Per Åkesson

3.6k citations

43 papers · 2.8k · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Microbiology top 2%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 2%
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Papers in

Epidemiology 20
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment 14
- Urinary Tract Infections Management 4
Microbiology 7
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities 5
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines 2

Co-authors: Lars Björck (14 shared papers)Adam Linder (20 shared papers)Bértil Christensson (12 shared papers)Anders G. Sjöholm (1 shared paper)Jakki C. Cooney (3 shared papers)Inga-Maria Frick (5 shared papers)Heiko Herwald (4 shared papers)Björn Dahlbäck (2 shared papers)
Journals: Critical Care (4 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 papers)Critical Care Medicine (3 papers)Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (2 papers)Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden Germany Canada

In The Last Decade

Per Åkesson

43 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Per Åkesson's Hit Papers

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36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2016 · 389 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2016 Critical Care

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1	36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Critical Care ·R. M. Bateman, Michael D. Sharpe, Justin E. Jagger, Jordi Solé‐Violán, Estefanía Herrera‐Ramos, Jose Juan Ruiz-Hernández, Luis Borderías, Juan Pablo Horcajada Hit paper breakdown →	2016	389
2	Protein SIC, a Novel Extracellular Protein of Streptococcus pyogenes Interfering with Complement Function Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Per Åkesson, Anders G. Sjöholm, Lars Björck	1996	221
3	Bacterial growth blocked by a synthetic peptide based on the structure of a human proteinase inhibitor Nature ·Lars Björck, Per Åkesson, Martin Bohus, Jerzy Trojnar, Magnus Abrahamson, Ísleifur Ólafsson, ANDERS O. GRUBB	1989	196
4	SIC, a Secreted Protein of Streptococcus pyogenesThat Inactivates Antibacterial Peptides Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Inga-Maria Frick, Per Åkesson, Magnus Rasmussen, Artur Schmidtchen, Lars Björck	2003	152
5	M1 protein and protein H: IgGFc- and albumin-binding streptococcal surface proteins encoded by adjacent genes Biochemical Journal ·Per Åkesson, Jakki C. Cooney, Lars Björck +1 other	1994	145
6	Heparin‐Binding Protein: An Early Marker of Circulatory Failure in Sepsis Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Adam Linder, Bértil Christensson, Heiko Herwald, Lars Björck, Per Åkesson	2009	139
7	The contact system—a novel branch of innate immunity generating antibacterial peptides The EMBO Journal ·Inga-Maria Frick, Per Åkesson, Heiko Herwald, Matthias Mörgelin, Martin Malmsten, Dorit K. Nägler, Lars Björck	2006	130
8	Decreased plasma concentrations of apolipoprotein M in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndromes Critical Care ·Sunil B. Kumaraswamy, Adam Linder, Per Åkesson, Björn Dahlbäck	2012	110
9	Protein H—A novel igg binding bacterial protein Molecular Immunology ·Per Åkesson, Jakki C. Cooney, Fumitaka Kishimoto, Lars Björck	1990	101
10	Heparin-Binding Protein Measurement Improves the Prediction of Severe Infection With Organ Dysfunction in the Emergency Department Critical Care Medicine ·Adam Linder, Ryan Arnold, John H. Boyd, Marko Zindovic, Igor Zindovic, Anna Lange, Magnus Paulsson, Patrik Benjaminsson Nyberg	2015	98
11	Roles of Heparin-Binding Protein in Bacterial Infections Journal of Innate Immunity ·Adam Linder, Oliver Soehnlein, Per Åkesson	2010	94
12	Elevated plasma levels of heparin-binding protein in intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis and septic shock Critical Care ·Adam Linder, Per Åkesson, Malin Inghammar, Carl-Johan Treutiger, Anna Linnér, Jonas Sundén‐Cullberg	2012	91
13	Plasma concentrations of Gas6 (growth arrest specific protein 6) and its soluble tyrosine kinase receptor sAxl in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndromes Critical Care ·Carl Johan Ekman, Adam Linder, Per Åkesson, Björn Dahlbäck	2010	80
14	Cathelicidin LL-37 in Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Soft Tissue Infections in Humans Infection and Immunity ·Linda Johansson, Pontus Thulin, Parham Sendi, Erika Hertzén, Adam Linder, Per Åkesson, Don Low, Birgitta Agerberth	2008	76
15	Heparin-binding protein: A diagnostic marker of acute bacterial meningitis* Critical Care Medicine ·Adam Linder, Per Åkesson, Magnus Brink, Marie Studahl, Lars Björck, Bértil Christensson	2011	74
16	NEWS2 Is Superior to qSOFA in Detecting Sepsis with Organ Dysfunction in the Emergency Department Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Lisa Mellhammar, Adam Linder, Jonas Tverring, Bértil Christensson, John H. Boyd, Parham Sendi, Per Åkesson, Fredrik Kahn	2019	73
17	Protein H — a surface protein of Streptococcus pyogenes with separate binding sites for lgG and albumin Molecular Microbiology ·Inga-Maria Frick, Per Åkesson, Jakki C. Cooney, Ulf Sjöbring, Karl‐Hermann Schmidt, Hideyuki Gomi, Chiaki Tagawa, Fumitaka Kishimoto	1994	71
18	Structure and Stability of Protein H and the M1 Protein from Streptococcus pyogenes. Implications for Other Surface Proteins of Gram-Positive Bacteria Biochemistry ·Bo Nilson, Inga-Maria Frick, Per Åkesson, Sture Forsén, Lars Bjoerck, Bo Aakerstroem, Mats Wikstroem	1995	64
19	Low Antibody Levels against Cell Wall–Attached Proteins ofStreptococcus pyogenesPredispose for Severe Invasive Disease The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Per Åkesson, Magnus Rasmussen, Ellen M. Mascini, Ulrich von Pawel‐Rammingen, Robert Janulczyk, Mattias Collin, Arne Olsén, Martin L. Olsson	2004	49
20	Heparin-Binding Protein as a Prognostic Biomarker of Sepsis and Disease Severity at the Emergency Department Shock ·Fredrik Kahn, Jonas Tverring, Lisa Mellhammar, Nils Wetterberg, Anna Bläckberg, Erika Studahl, Niklas Hadorn, Robin Kahn	2019	46

About Per Åkesson

Per Åkesson is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Genetics, having authored 43 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (15 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (5 papers), Complement system in diseases (5 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (4 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (4 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (3 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (261 citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (770 citations), Epidemiology (662 citations), Immunology (265 citations) and Genetics (64 citations). Per Åkesson has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Lars Björck, Adam Linder, Bértil Christensson, Anders G. Sjöholm, Jakki C. Cooney, Inga-Maria Frick, Heiko Herwald, Björn Dahlbäck, Magnus Rasmussen and Artur Schmidtchen. Their work appears in journals such as Critical Care, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Critical Care Medicine, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

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