Gunnar Borg

24.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
32 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Gunnar Borg is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Borg has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Borg's work include Sports Performance and Training (14 papers), Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (3 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (3 papers). Gunnar Borg is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (14 papers), Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (3 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (3 papers). Gunnar Borg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Canada. Gunnar Borg's co-authors include B. Noble, Ruggero Ceci, Peter Hassmén, Monica Lagerström, Gunilla Ljunggren, Ira Jacobs, Peter Kaiser, Elisabet Borg, Lawrence E. Marks and David Ottoson and has published in prestigious journals such as Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Psychopharmacology and European Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Borg

32 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion

1982 12.8k citations Gunnar Borg Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Borg's Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales

1998 2.6k citations Gunnar Borg profile →
Perceived exertion: a note on "history" and methods.

1973 946 citations Gunnar Borg profile →
Perceived exertion related to heart rate and blood lactate during arm and leg exercise

1987 524 citations Gunnar Borg, Peter Hassmén et al. European Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
A category-ratio perceived exertion scale

1983 511 citations B. Noble, Gunnar Borg et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Physical performance and perceived exertion

1962 508 citations Gunnar Borg profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunnar Borg Sweden	19	5.5k	5.2k	4.8k	3.8k	3.0k	32	19.3k
Greg Atkinson United Kingdom	70	3.8k 0.7×	7.5k 1.4×	4.3k 0.9×	4.4k 1.2×	967 0.3×	289	20.1k
Michael L. Pollock United States	55	4.5k 0.8×	4.5k 0.9×	5.2k 1.1×	3.6k 1.0×	567 0.2×	148	14.9k
Gunnar Grimby Sweden	63	1.7k 0.3×	2.7k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	289	15.1k
Arthur S. Leon United States	67	5.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	14.9k 3.1×	6.6k 1.7×	1.3k 0.4×	253	33.8k
Will G. Hopkins New Zealand	77	6.6k 1.2×	18.9k 3.6×	4.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	384	30.5k
Timothy D. Noakes South Africa	95	7.6k 1.4×	14.0k 2.7×	11.0k 2.3×	4.5k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	608	30.0k
Carl Foster United States	64	7.1k 1.3×	11.7k 2.2×	2.9k 0.6×	3.4k 0.9×	704 0.2×	375	17.4k
Romain Meeusen Belgium	75	2.9k 0.5×	6.4k 1.2×	4.2k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	415 0.1×	373	20.0k
Alan M. Batterham United Kingdom	48	3.8k 0.7×	9.1k 1.7×	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.7×	712 0.2×	155	15.8k
Linda S. Pescatello United States	54	5.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	5.4k 1.1×	5.5k 1.5×	826 0.3×	280	17.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunnar Borg

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Borg, Gunnar. (2013). Några Psykofysiska Tillämpningar. Nordisk Psykologi. 1 indexed citations

Borg, Elisabet & Gunnar Borg. (2013). A demonstration of level-anchored ratio scaling for prediction of grip strength. Applied Ergonomics. 44(5). 835–840. 10 indexed citations

Buckley, John P. & Gunnar Borg. (2011). Borg’s scales in strength training; from theory to practice in young and older adults. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 36(5). 682–692. 89 indexed citations

Molander, Bo, et al.. (2005). Natural scaling in golf putting. 703–706. 1 indexed citations

Borg, Elisabet & Gunnar Borg. (2002). A comparison of AME and CR100 for scaling perceived exertion. Acta Psychologica. 109(2). 157–175. 136 indexed citations

Johansson, Sven‐Erik & Gunnar Borg. (1993). Perception of heavy work operations by tank truck drivers. Applied Ergonomics. 24(6). 421–426. 8 indexed citations

Marks, Lawrence E., Gunnar Borg, & Joakim Westerlund. (1992). Differences in taste perception assessed by magnitude matching and by category-ratio scaling. Chemical Senses. 17(5). 493–506. 21 indexed citations

Borg, Gunnar, et al.. (1988). Perceptual rating of local vibration: A psychophysical study of hand-arm vibration of short duration (Part I). International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 2(2). 143–150. 3 indexed citations

Borg, Gunnar, Peter Hassmén, & Monica Lagerström. (1987). Perceived exertion related to heart rate and blood lactate during arm and leg exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 56(6). 679–685. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Borg, Gunnar & David Ottoson. (1986). The perception of exertion in physical work : proceedings of an international symposium held at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, October 3rd-5th, 1985. Macmillan eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar, Gunilla Ljunggren, & Ruggero Ceci. (1985). The increase of perceived exertion, aches and pain in the legs, heart rate and blood lactate during exercise on a bicycle ergometer. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 54(4). 343–349. 341 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar & Lawrence E. Marks. (1983). Twelve meanings of the measure constant in psychophysical power functions. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 21(1). 73–75. 65 indexed citations

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Noble, B., Gunnar Borg, Ira Jacobs, Ruggero Ceci, & Peter Kaiser. (1983). A category-ratio perceived exertion scale. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 15(6). 523???528–523???528. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marks, Lawrence E., Gunnar Borg, & Gunilla Ljunggren. (1983). Individual differences in perceived exertion assessed by two new methods. Perception & Psychophysics. 34(3). 280–288. 84 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar & James S. Skinner. (1982). DYNAMIC STRENGTH AND MUSCULAR ENDURANCE IN YOUNG MEN DIFFERING IN BODY SIZE AND THE LEVEL AND TYPE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 14(2). 146–146. 2 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar & Hans Sjöberg. (1981). The Variation of Hand Steadiness with Physical Stress. Journal of Motor Behavior. 13(2). 110–116. 4 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar, et al.. (1981). QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF CHEST PAIN. Acta Medica Scandinavica. 209(S644). 43–45. 112 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar, et al.. (1976). The validity of four bicycle ergometer tests. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 8(3). 179–185. 4 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar, et al.. (1972). Changes in physical performance induced by amphetamine and amobarbital. Psychopharmacology. 26(1). 10–18. 21 indexed citations

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Borg, Gunnar, et al.. (1962). The Reliability and Validity of a Physical Work Test. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 55(4). 353–361. 48 indexed citations

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