Anders Knutsson

20.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
105 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Anders Knutsson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anders Knutsson has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in General Health Professions, 38 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Anders Knutsson's work include Workplace Health and Well-being (35 papers), Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (35 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (11 papers). Anders Knutsson is often cited by papers focused on Workplace Health and Well-being (35 papers), Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (35 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (11 papers). Anders Knutsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Italy. Anders Knutsson's co-authors include Henrik Bøggild, Lars Alfredsson, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Björn Karlsson, Peter Wes­terholm, Bernt Lindahl, Göran Kecklund, Töres Theorell, Eleonor I. Fransson and Maria Nordin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Anders Knutsson

104 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Health disorders of shift workers 1999 2026 2008 2017 2003 2015 2001 2002 1999 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Health disorders of shift workers
    2003 898 citations Anders Knutsson Occupational Medicine profile →
  2. The Association between Job Strain and Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the Swedish WOLF Study
    2015 764 citations Eleonor I. Fransson, Anders Knutsson et al. profile →
  3. Is there an association between shift work and having a metabolic syndrome? Results from a population based study of 27 485 people
    2001 712 citations Björn Karlsson, Anders Knutsson et al. Occupational and Environmental Medicine profile →
  4. Sleep disturbances, work stress and work hours
    2002 560 citations Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Anders Knutsson et al. profile →
  5. Shift work, risk factors and cardiovascular disease
    1999 527 citations Henrik Bøggild, Anders Knutsson Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anders Knutsson Sweden 42 3.8k 2.6k 1.7k 1.7k 1.1k 105 8.7k
Meena Kumari United Kingdom 62 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 794 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 243 14.3k
Paul J. Mills United States 65 2.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 2.9k 1.6× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 357 15.4k
Michael H. Smolensky United States 49 2.6k 0.7× 511 0.2× 2.5k 1.4× 3.6k 2.1× 521 0.5× 217 9.4k
Girardin Jean‐Louis United States 45 4.4k 1.2× 876 0.3× 1.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 371 0.3× 287 8.2k
Marco Túlio de Mello Brazil 59 3.3k 0.9× 979 0.4× 4.2k 2.4× 1.6k 0.9× 518 0.5× 479 12.8k
Kathryn A. Lee United States 56 3.4k 0.9× 983 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 932 0.5× 774 0.7× 178 10.1k
Michelle A. Miller United Kingdom 46 7.0k 1.8× 977 0.4× 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 394 0.4× 168 12.9k
Douglas Carroll United Kingdom 67 1.6k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 337 0.2× 1.8k 1.6× 323 14.5k
Barry Taylor New Zealand 54 813 0.2× 855 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 3.1k 1.8× 377 0.3× 273 9.4k
Xianchen Liu United States 49 3.6k 1.0× 571 0.2× 534 0.3× 776 0.4× 564 0.5× 156 8.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anders Knutsson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hallqvist, Johan, et al.. (2018). Shift work, parental cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction in males. Occupational Medicine. 68(2). 120–125. 14 indexed citations
2.
Prel, Jean‐Baptist du, Peter Wes­terholm, Lars Alfredsson, et al.. (2017). Work overcommitment: Is it a trait or a state?. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 91(1). 1–11. 23 indexed citations
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Araghi, Marzieh, Maria Rosaria Galanti, Michael Lundberg, et al.. (2017). Smokeless tobacco (snus) use and colorectal cancer incidence and survival: Results from nine pooled cohorts. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 45(8). 741–748. 8 indexed citations
4.
Alfredsson, Lars, et al.. (2016). Association between occupational physical activity and myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012692–e012692. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Fei, Nancy L. Pedersen, Weimin Ye, et al.. (2016). Moist smokeless tobacco (Snus) use and risk of Parkinson’s disease. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(3). dyw294–dyw294. 15 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders & Henrik Bøggild. (2010). Gastrointestinal disorders among shift workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 36(2). 85–95. 213 indexed citations
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Stenlund, Therése, Christina Ahlgren, Bernt Lindahl, et al.. (2009). Cognitively Oriented Behavioral Rehabilitation in Combination with Qigong for Patients on Long-Term Sick Leave Because of Burnout: REST—A Randomized Clinical Trial. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 16(3). 294–303. 69 indexed citations
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Nordin, Maria, Anders Knutsson, & Elisabet Sundbom. (2007). Is Disturbed Sleep a Mediator in the Association between Social Support and Myocardial Infarction?. Journal of Health Psychology. 13(1). 55–64. 25 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Björn, Lars Alfredsson, Anders Knutsson, Eva Andersson, & Kjell Torén. (2005). Total mortality and cause-specific mortality of Swedish shift- and dayworkers in the pulp and paper industry in 1952-2001. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 31(1). 30–35. 111 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders. (2004). Methodological Aspects of Shift-Work Research. Chronobiology International. 21(6). 1037–1047. 166 indexed citations
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Hammar, Niklas, Tomas Andersson, Lars Alfredsson, et al.. (2003). Association of boiled and filtered coffee with incidence of first nonfatal myocardial infarction: the SHEEP and the VHEEP study : Journal of Internal Medicine. Journal of Internal Medicine. 253(6). 2 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders, et al.. (2003). Sickness absence and early retirement at two workplaces—effects of organisational intervention in Sweden. Social Science & Medicine. 58(1). 99–108. 14 indexed citations
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Hermansson, Ulric, Anders Knutsson, Lena Brandt, et al.. (2003). Screening for high-risk and elevated alcohol consumption in day and shift workers by use of the AUDIT and CDT. Occupational Medicine. 53(8). 518–526. 29 indexed citations
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Åkerstedt, Torbjörn, Anders Knutsson, Peter Wes­terholm, et al.. (2002). Work organisation and unintentional sleep: results from the WOLF study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 59(9). 595–600. 61 indexed citations
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Hammar, Niklas, Tomas Andersson, Christina Reuterwall, et al.. (2001). Geographical differences in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Sweden. Analyses of possible causes using two parallel case–control studies. Journal of Internal Medicine. 249(2). 137–144. 11 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders. (2000). The Workplace and Cardiovascular Disease. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 26(5). 455–455. 55 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders & Henrik Bøggild. (2000). Shiftwork and Cardiovascular Disease: Review of Disease Mechanisms. Reviews on Environmental Health. 15(4). 359–72. 171 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders & Tohr Nilsson. (1998). Tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to certain work characteristics. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. 26(3). 183–189. 31 indexed citations
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Knutsson, Anders & Tohr Nilsson. (1997). Job Strain in Shift and Daytime Workers.. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. 3(Supplement 2). 78–81. 1 indexed citations
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Bråbäck, Lennart, Andrzej Bręborowicz, K. Julge, et al.. (1995). Risk factors for respiratory symptoms and atopic sensitisation in the Baltic area.. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 72(6). 487–493. 143 indexed citations

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