Prof. h.c. Dr. G. Bjørklund

Founder and President of the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM)
Björklund Scientific Advisory
Mo i Rana, Norway

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Dr. G. Bjørklund is a Norwegian researcher, health-science writer, editor, and scientific advisor. He was born on 20 April 1969 in Mo i Rana, Norway. In the late 1990s, Bjørklund had consulting assignments for the Norwegian Board of Health and was co-author of two expert reports. In 2013, he founded and became president of the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. Since then, he has collaborated with international researchers from numerous universities and institutions and has undertaken consulting assignments for the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2023, he was appointed Honorary Professor at Semey Medical University in Kazakhstan and at Samarkand State Medical University in Uzbekistan.

Scientific impact

According to Expertscape, Bjørklund ranks among the leading researchers worldwide on mercury and selenium, including top positions in Europe in both areas. He also ranks among the most published authors worldwide on autism spectrum disorder. His current h-index is above 70, based on about 20,000 citations in Google Scholar. He has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed articles.

Journals

In 1995, Bjørklund founded Tenner & Helse, the Norwegian Dental Patient Association’s membership magazine, and served as editor until the summer of 1999. In 2001, he founded the Nordic Journal of Biological Medicine and served as its editor until the journal’s final issue in 2003. He currently holds the following journal positions:

Deputy Chief Editor:
– Metabolic Brain Disease (Springer)
Section Editor:
– Current Medicinal Chemistry (Bentham Science)
– Current Pharmaceutical Design (Bentham Science)
Advisory Editor:
– Archives of Toxicology (Springer)
Editorial Board Member:
– Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (Springer)
– Molecules (MDPI)
– Pharmaceuticals (MDPI)

Awards and support

In 2003, Bjørklund received a scholarship of EUR 10,000 from the Albert Lindsay von Julin Foundation in Helsinki for his work promoting biological medicine in the Nordic region. He has also received support from Rana Utviklingsselskap AS (the development company of the municipality of Rana, Norway), Eco Foundation, and the Swedish Dental Health Association (Tandhälsoförbundets forskningsfond).