Axel Wolf

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Axel Wolf is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Wolf has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Health Professions, 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Axel Wolf's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (14 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (11 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (8 papers). Axel Wolf is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (14 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (11 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (8 papers). Axel Wolf collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and United Kingdom. Axel Wolf's co-authors include Öncel Naldemirci, Nicky Britten, Inger Ekman, Doris Lydahl, Mark Elam, Lucy Moore, Karl Swedberg, Lars‐Eric Olsson, Charles Taft and Kerstin Dudas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Heart Journal and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Axel Wolf

63 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of person‐centred care in different healthcare contexts

2016 317 citations Lucy Moore, Nicky Britten et al. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences profile →
Registered nurses' experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID‐19 pandemic

2021 117 citations Axel Wolf et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Wolf Sweden	23	1.1k	517	314	260	236	71	2.0k
Lars‐Eric Olsson Sweden	23	1.4k 1.2×	627 1.2×	366 1.2×	383 1.5×	200 0.8×	32	2.7k
Patriek Mistiaen Netherlands	18	1.1k 1.0×	643 1.2×	261 0.8×	253 1.0×	191 0.8×	76	2.5k
Margareta Ehnfors Sweden	35	1.3k 1.2×	597 1.2×	210 0.7×	252 1.0×	148 0.6×	84	2.9k
Victoria Thomas United Kingdom	17	1.7k 1.5×	516 1.0×	121 0.4×	172 0.7×	278 1.2×	39	2.8k
Peter D. Mills United States	32	948 0.8×	579 1.1×	621 2.0×	201 0.8×	392 1.7×	117	3.5k
Gonzalo Grandes Spain	24	1.2k 1.1×	722 1.4×	271 0.9×	354 1.4×	201 0.9×	92	2.7k
Kerry Kuluski Canada	27	1.5k 1.3×	449 0.9×	94 0.3×	640 2.5×	217 0.9×	138	2.3k
Jenni Burt United Kingdom	27	1.0k 0.9×	574 1.1×	165 0.5×	250 1.0×	245 1.0×	76	2.1k
Tiffany Conroy Australia	22	1.1k 1.0×	562 1.1×	85 0.3×	112 0.4×	227 1.0×	94	2.0k
May Solveig Fagermoen Norway	25	627 0.6×	299 0.6×	132 0.4×	165 0.6×	333 1.4×	59	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Axel Wolf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Wolf

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Andréll, Paulin, et al.. (2025). Opioid‐Free Anesthesia in Perioperative Care: Findings From a Swedish Web‐Based Survey. Pain Research and Management. 2025(1). 6677904–6677904.

Kim, Youngmi, Axel Wolf, Esben Søvsø Szocska Hansen, et al.. (2025). Healthcare Staff Satisfaction with Hospital Service Robots in Denmark and South Korea. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 1166–1170.

Larsen, Tor Ketil, Richard Sawatzky, Helle Wijk, Ewa Wikström, & Axel Wolf. (2025). Adaptation, further development and evaluation of the measurement properties of the person-centred community care inventory (PERCCI-S) for use in the Swedish municipal health care system. BMC Health Services Research. 25(1). 1004–1004.

Andréll, Paulin, et al.. (2025). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in perioperative care: A Swedish web-based survey. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 25(1). 2 indexed citations

Andréll, Paulin, et al.. (2025). Patients´ experiences of TENS as a postoperative pain relief method in the post-anesthesia care unit after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a qualitative study. BMC Anesthesiology. 25(1). 18–18. 1 indexed citations

Wolf, Axel, et al.. (2024). Evaluating a targeted person-centred pain management intervention programme in lumbar spine surgery - a controlled segment-specific before-and-after interventional design. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 315–315. 1 indexed citations

Wolf, Axel, et al.. (2024). Patient and public involvement in healthcare: a systematic mapping review of systematic reviews – identification of current research and possible directions for future research. BMJ Open. 14(9). e083215–e083215. 2 indexed citations

Varkey, Emma, et al.. (2024). High‐frequency, high‐intensity TENS compared to standard treatment with opioids for postoperative pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A multicentre randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Pain. 28(10). 1772–1784. 4 indexed citations

Nilsson, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Factors Influencing Patient Participation in Inpatient Forensic Psychiatric Care – A Mixed-Method Systematic Review. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 23(4). 440–455.

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Leonardsen, Ann‐Chatrin Linqvist, Axel Wolf, & Ulrica Nilsson. (2024). Patient-Centeredness in the Perioperative Period—A Rapid Review of Current Research. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 39(5). 915–920.e3. 2 indexed citations

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Sawatzky, Richard, et al.. (2023). Attitudes towards death and dying among intensive care professionals: A cross-sectional design evaluating culture-related differential item functioning of the frommelt attitudes toward care of the dying instrument. Heliyon. 9(8). e18864–e18864. 2 indexed citations

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Lydahl, Doris, Nicky Britten, Axel Wolf, et al.. (2022). Exploring documentation in Person‐centred care: A content analysis of care plans. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 17(5). e12461–e12461. 7 indexed citations

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Wolf, Axel, et al.. (2021). Managerial and organisational prerequisites for the integration of palliative care in the intensive care setting: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Management. 29(8). 2715–2723. 5 indexed citations

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Heckemann, Birgit, et al.. (2021). Attitudes towards oldest‐old adults (age ≥80 years): A survey and international comparison between Swedish and Austrian nursing students. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 36(4). 1083–1093. 7 indexed citations

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Naldemirci, Öncel, Nicky Britten, Helen Lloyd, & Axel Wolf. (2020). Epistemic injustices in clinical communication: the example of narrative elicitation in person‐centred care. Sociology of Health & Illness. 43(1). 186–200. 17 indexed citations

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Naldemirci, Öncel, Nicky Britten, Helen Lloyd, & Axel Wolf. (2019). The potential and pitfalls of narrative elicitation in person‐centred care. Health Expectations. 23(1). 238–246. 23 indexed citations

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Naldemirci, Öncel, Axel Wolf, Mark Elam, et al.. (2017). Deliberate and emergent strategies for implementing person-centred care: a qualitative interview study with researchers, professionals and patients. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 527–527. 47 indexed citations

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Heckemann, Birgit, et al.. (2016). Discovering untapped relationship potential with patients in telehealth: a qualitative interview study. BMJ Open. 6(3). e009750–e009750. 32 indexed citations

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Wolf, Axel. (2012). Person-centred care: Possibilities, barriers and effects in hospitalised patients. Transgenic Research. 20(4). 759–72. 3 indexed citations

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Wolf, Axel, et al.. (1998). Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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