Birgit Niclasen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Birgit Niclasen is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Niclasen has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Niclasen's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (8 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 papers). Birgit Niclasen is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (8 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 papers). Birgit Niclasen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Greenland and Sweden. Birgit Niclasen's co-authors include Christina Schnohr, Joanna Mazur, Kate Levin, Torbjørn Torsheim, Franco Cavallo, Candace Currie, Carine Vereecken, Mette Rasmussen, Max Petzold and Gert Mulvad and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Obesity.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Niclasen

44 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Psychometric Validation of the Revised Family Affluence Scale: a Latent Variable Approach

2015 342 citations Torbjørn Torsheim, Franco Cavallo et al. Child Indicators Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Niclasen Denmark	14	432	311	242	155	143	46	1.0k
Candace Currie United Kingdom	12	421 1.0×	382 1.2×	311 1.3×	213 1.4×	134 0.9×	22	1.1k
Xiuyun Wu Canada	16	542 1.3×	369 1.2×	347 1.4×	138 0.9×	108 0.8×	27	1.2k
Joanna Todd United Kingdom	10	609 1.4×	405 1.3×	256 1.1×	125 0.8×	150 1.0×	25	1.2k
Margaret D. Hanson Canada	5	340 0.8×	362 1.2×	265 1.1×	146 0.9×	137 1.0×	6	1.2k
Holly Wethington United States	15	314 0.7×	449 1.4×	422 1.7×	174 1.1×	166 1.2×	34	1.2k
Melanie K. Bean United States	20	629 1.5×	430 1.4×	583 2.4×	107 0.7×	122 0.9×	77	1.4k
Shelley R. Kreiter United States	9	216 0.5×	277 0.9×	376 1.6×	120 0.8×	156 1.1×	14	1.1k
Anne Hublet Belgium	23	415 1.0×	491 1.6×	339 1.4×	168 1.1×	178 1.2×	40	1.7k
Tiago N. Munhoz Brazil	20	429 1.0×	384 1.2×	607 2.5×	206 1.3×	95 0.7×	70	1.5k
Layla Esposito United States	13	268 0.6×	239 0.8×	317 1.3×	229 1.5×	83 0.6×	22	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Niclasen

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Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken, et al.. (2024). A qualitative study of the implementation and organization of the national Greenlandic addiction treatment service. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1219787–1219787. 1 indexed citations

Mejldal, Anna, et al.. (2024). A quality assurance study of the development of quality of care in outpatient clinics for treatment of addiction in Greenland. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 78(5). 363–369.

Schnohr, Christina, et al.. (2022). Measurement of hearing impairment among Greenlandic school-children: association between self-reported data and clinical examinations. BMC Pediatrics. 22(1). 618–618. 1 indexed citations

Niclasen, Birgit, et al.. (2020). Polysubstance abuse among sexually abused in alcohol, drug, and gambling addiction treatment in Greenland: a cross sectional study. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 80(1). 1849909–1849909. 4 indexed citations

Schnohr, Christina, et al.. (2019). Self-reported hearing impairment among Greenlandic adolescents: Item development and findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study 2018. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 126. 109629–109629. 4 indexed citations

Torsheim, Torbjørn, Franco Cavallo, Kate Levin, et al.. (2015). Psychometric Validation of the Revised Family Affluence Scale: a Latent Variable Approach. Child Indicators Research. 9(3). 771–784. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

Honkala, Sisko, Carine Vereecken, Birgit Niclasen, & Eino Honkala. (2015). Trends in toothbrushing in 20 countries/regions from 1994 to 2010. European Journal of Public Health. 25(suppl 2). 20–23. 32 indexed citations

Niclasen, Birgit, Mette Rasmussen, Ina Borup, & Christina Schnohr. (2011). The intake of fruit and sweets in rural and urban Greenland — development from 1994 to 2006. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 70(2). 186–194. 8 indexed citations

Niclasen, Birgit & Gert Mulvad. (2010). Health care and health care delivery in Greenland. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 69(5). 437–487. 44 indexed citations

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Niclasen, Birgit & Christina Schnohr. (2009). Greenlandic schoolchildren’s compliance with national dietary guidelines. Public Health Nutrition. 13(8). 1162–1169. 9 indexed citations

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Schnohr, Christina, et al.. (2009). Trends in physical activity in Greenlandic schoolchildren, 1994–2006. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 68(1). 42–52. 7 indexed citations

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Vereecken, Carine, Marie Dupuy, Mette Rasmussen, et al.. (2009). Breakfast consumption and its socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates in schoolchildren in 41 countries participating in the HBSC study. International Journal of Public Health. 54(S2). 180–190. 157 indexed citations

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Niclasen, Birgit & Christina Schnohr. (2008). Has the curve been broken? Trends between 1994 and 2006 in smoking and alcohol use among Greenlandic school children. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 67(4). 299–307. 9 indexed citations

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Schnohr, Christina, Jørgen Holm Petersen, & Birgit Niclasen. (2008). Onset of Overweight in Nuuk, Greenland: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Children From 1973 to 1992. Obesity. 16(12). 2734–2738. 13 indexed citations

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Niclasen, Birgit. (2007). Low birthweight as an indicator of child health in Greenland—use, knowledge and implications. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 66(3). 215–225. 11 indexed citations

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Niclasen, Birgit. (2006). Changes in drug prescription over a decade in an Arctic child population. Acta Paediatrica. 95(11). 1456–1460. 9 indexed citations

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Niclasen, Birgit, Max Petzold, & Christina Schnohr. (2006). Overweight and obesity at school entry as predictor of overweight in adolescence in an Arctic child population. European Journal of Public Health. 17(1). 17–20. 35 indexed citations

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Schnohr, Christina, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, & Birgit Niclasen. (2005). Changes since 1980 in body mass index and the prevalence of overweight among inschooling children in Nuuk, Greenland. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 64(2). 157–162. 20 indexed citations

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Schifter, Søren, et al.. (1995). Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide During Exercise and Training. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 27(10). 473–475. 12 indexed citations

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Gebuhr, Peter, et al.. (1992). McBride's operation for hallux valgus. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 63(2). 189–191. 8 indexed citations

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