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Steinunn Baekkeskov

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
12404
World Ranking
18229
National Ranking
7448

Steinunn Baekkeskov publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steinunn Baekkeskov sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 85 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Steinunn Baekkeskov D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steinunn Baekkeskov sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steinunn Baekkeskov is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. The scientist's academic presence is primarily associated with this institution.

There is no available information about specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or book publications linked to Baekkeskov. Similarly, details about main fields of study, subfields, and core topics of their research work are not provided. Likewise, there are no records of awards bestowed upon Baekkeskov.

Due to the limited data on scholarly output or research focus areas, the profile remains centered on the verified institutional affiliation. This suggests that Baekkeskov is an active contributor to the academic community at the University of California, San Francisco, though specifics of their expertise and contributions are not detailed here.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the 64K autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes as the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase.

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Henk-Jan Aanstoot;Stephan Christgai;Annette Reetz

  • Local GABA Circuit Control of Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Developing Visual Cortex

    Takao K. Hensch;Michela Fagiolini;Nobuko Mataga;Michael P. Stryker

  • Autoantibodies in newly diagnosed diabetic children immunoprecipitate human pancreatic islet cell proteins

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Jens Høiriis Nielsen;Birgitte Marner;Torben Bilde

  • Fas ligand expression in islets of Langerhans does not confer immune privilege and instead targets them for rapid destruction

    Sang Mo Kang;Darren B. Schneider;Zhonghua Lin;Douglas Hanahan

  • Beta-cell lines derived from transgenic mice expressing a hybrid insulin gene-oncogene

    Shimon Efrat;Susanne Linde;Hans Kofod;David Spector

  • Erratum: Identification of the 64K autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes as the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (Nature (1990) 347 (151-156))

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Henk Jan Aanstoot;Stephan Christgau;Annette Reetz

  • Antibodies to a 64,000 Mr human islet cell antigen precede the clinical onset of insulin-dependent diabetes

    S Baekkeskov;M Landin;J K Kristensen;S Srikanta

  • Epilepsy in mice deficient in the 65-kDa isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase.

    S F Kash;R S Johnson;L H Tecott;J L Noebels

  • Increased anxiety and altered responses to anxiolytics in mice deficient in the 65-kDa isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase

    Shera F. Kash;Laurence H. Tecott;Clyde Hodge;Steinunn Baekkeskov

  • Membrane anchoring of the autoantigen GAD65 to microvesicles in pancreatic beta-cells by palmitoylation in the NH2-terminal domain.

    S Christgau;H J Aanstoot;H Schierbeck;K Begley

  • Differential expression of GAD65 and GAD67 in human, rat, and mouse pancreatic islets.

    John Kim;Wiltrud Richter;Henk Jan Aanstoot;Yuguang Shi

  • Recombinant prion protein induces rapid polarization and development of synapses in embryonic rat hippocampal neurons in vitro

    Jamil Kanaani;Stanley B. Prusiner;Julia Diacovo;Steinunn Baekkeskov

  • Higher autoantibody levels and recognition of a linear NH2-terminal epitope in the autoantigen GAD65, distinguish stiff-man syndrome from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    John Kim;Marc Namchuk;Teodorica Bugawan;Quin Fu

  • The role of the synthetic enzyme GAD65 in the control of neuronal γ-aminobutyric acid release

    Ning Tian;Carl Petersen;Shera Kash;Steinunn Baekkeskov

  • Autoantibodies to a 64-kilodalton islet cell protein precede the onset of spontaneous diabetes in the BB rat

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Thomas Dyrberg;Å K.E. Lernmark

  • Autoreactive epitopes defined by diabetes-associated human monoclonal antibodies are localized in the middle and C-terminal domains of the smaller form of glutamate decarboxylase.

    Wiltrud Richter;Yuguang Shi;Steinunn Baekkeskov

  • Primary Human and Rat β-Cells Release the Intracellular Autoantigens GAD65, IA-2, and Proinsulin in Exosomes Together With Cytokine-Induced Enhancers of Immunity

    Chiara Cianciaruso;Edward Allen Phelps;Miriella Pasquier;Romain Hamelin

  • Pancreatic beta cells express two autoantigenic forms of glutamic acid decarboxylase, a 65-kDa hydrophilic form and a 64-kDa amphiphilic form which can be both membrane-bound and soluble.

    S Christgau;H Schierbeck;H J Aanstoot;L Aagaard

  • Pancreatic beta cells cultured from individual preneoplastic foci in a multistage tumorigenesis pathway: a potentially general technique for isolating physiologically representative cell lines.

    F Radvanyi;S Christgau;S Baekkeskov;C Jolicoeur

  • High-resolution autoreactive epitope mapping and structural modeling of the 65 kDa form of human glutamic acid decarboxylase

    Heather L Schwartz;John-Marc Chandonia;Shera F Kash;Jamil Kanaani

Frequent Co-Authors

Åke Lernmark
Åke Lernmark Lund University
Yuguang Shi
Yuguang Shi The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Wiltrud Richter
Wiltrud Richter University Hospital Heidelberg
Michele Solimena
Michele Solimena TU Dresden
Franco Folli
Franco Folli University of Milan
Jeffrey A. Hubbell
Jeffrey A. Hubbell New York University
Ray V. Rajotte
Ray V. Rajotte University of Alberta
Per-Olof Berggren
Per-Olof Berggren Karolinska Institute
Nancy L. Ascher
Nancy L. Ascher University of California, San Francisco
Johnny Ludvigsson
Johnny Ludvigsson Linköping University

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