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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
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Citations
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World Ranking
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112
Citations
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World Ranking
746
National Ranking
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Ulf Lindahl publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Lindahl sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 314 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ulf Lindahl D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ulf Lindahl sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Ulf Lindahl is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has contributed significantly to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work frequently addresses topics such as proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, COVID-19 clinical research studies, venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Lindahl has published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Proteoglycan Research

Recent publications by Lindahl include:

  • Heparin - An old drug with multiple potential targets in Covid-19 therapy (2020, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis)
  • Heparanase - Discovery and Targets (2020, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)

Lindahl also appears as a coauthor on papers led by other researchers, contributing to works published in 2021, 2022, and 2024, such as the study "Heparanase overexpression impedes perivascular clearance of amyloid-β from murine brain: relevance to Alzheimer's disease" (2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications), "Interacting polymer-modification enzymes in heparan sulfate biosynthesis" (2022, Carbohydrate Polymers), and "Heparin and heparan sulfate-The essence of sequence" (2024, Proteoglycan Research).

Frequent coauthors working with Lindahl include:

  • Jin-Ping Li
  • Honglian Li
  • Xiao Zhang
  • P.W. O'Callaghan

Their research spans various subfields such as cell biology, molecular biology, surgery, organic chemistry, and infectious diseases, showing a multidisciplinary approach to biomedical challenges. The emphasis on enzymatic processes and molecular interactions in heparin and heparan sulfate biology is a notable part of their work, especially in relation to pathological processes like thrombosis and Alzheimer's disease.

Best Publications

  • Proteoglycans: structures and interactions.

    Lena Kjellén;Ulf Lindahl

  • Glycosaminoglycans and their binding to biological macromolecules.

    Ulf Lindahl;Magnus Hook

  • Molecular diversity of heparan sulfate

    Jeffrey D. Esko;Ulf Lindahl

  • Regulated diversity of heparan sulfate.

    Ulf Lindahl;Marion Kusche-Gullberg;Lena Kjellén

  • Activating and inhibitory heparin sequences for FGF-2 (basic FGF). Distinct requirements for FGF-1, FGF-2, and FGF-4.

    S Guimond;M Maccarana;B.B. Olwin;U Lindahl

  • Evidence for a 3-O-sulfated D-glucosamine residue in the antithrombin-binding sequence of heparin.

    Ulf Lindahl;Gudrun Backstrom;Lennart Thunberg;Irwin G. Leder

  • Mechanism of the anticoagulant action of heparin

    I. Björk;U. Lindahl

  • Glycosaminoglycans and the regulation of blood coagulation.

    M C Bourin;U Lindahl

  • Interactions between heparan sulfate and proteins: the concept of specificity

    Johan Kreuger;Dorothe Spillmann;Jin-ping Li;Ulf Lindahl

  • Heparan sulfate: a piece of information.

    Markku Salmivirta;Kerstin Lidholt;Ulf Lindahl

  • Proteoglycans and Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans

    Jeffrey D Esko;Koji Kimata;Ulf Lindahl

  • Minimal sequence in heparin/heparan sulfate required for binding of basic fibroblast growth factor.

    M Maccarana;B Casu;U Lindahl

  • Further characterization of the antithrombin-binding sequence in heparin.

    Lennart Thunberg;Gudrun Bäckström;Ulf Lindahl

  • Anticoagulant activity of heparin: Separation of high-activity and low-activity heparin species by affinity chromatography on immobilized antithrombin

    Magnus Höök;Ingemar Björk;John Hopwood;Ulf Lindahl

  • The Putative Tumor Suppressors EXT1 and EXT2 Are Glycosyltransferases Required for the Biosynthesis of Heparan Sulfate

    Thomas Lind;Frank Tufaro;Craig McCormick;Ulf Lindahl

  • Structure and biological interactions of heparin and heparan sulfate.

    Benito Casu;Ulf Lindahl

  • QSulf1 remodels the 6-O sulfation states of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans to promote Wnt signaling

    Xingbin Ai;Anth-Tri Do;Olga Lozynska;Marion Kusche-Gullberg

  • Structure of the antithrombin-binding site in heparin

    Ulf Lindahl;Gudrun Backstrom;Magnus Hook;Lennart Thunberg

  • Extension and structural variability of the antithrombin-binding sequence in heparin.

    Ulf Lindahl;Lennart Thunberg;Gudrun Backstrom;Johan Riesenfeld

  • Anticoagulant activities of heparin oligosaccharides and their neutralization by platelet factor 4.

    D A Lane;J Denton;A M Flynn;L Thunberg

  • Heparin : chemical and biological properties, clinical applications

    D. A. Lane;Ulf Lindahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Ping Li
Jin-Ping Li Uppsala University
Dorothe Spillmann
Dorothe Spillmann Uppsala University
Lena Kjellén
Lena Kjellén Uppsala University
Annamaria Naggi
Annamaria Naggi University of Brescia
Israel Vlodavsky
Israel Vlodavsky Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Magnus Höök
Magnus Höök Texas A&M Health Science Center
Koji Kimata
Koji Kimata Aichi Medical University
Gunnar Pejler
Gunnar Pejler Uppsala University
Jeffrey D. Esko
Jeffrey D. Esko University of California, San Diego
Ingemar Björk
Ingemar Björk Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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