Gunnvald Kvarstein

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Gunnvald Kvarstein is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Surgery and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnvald Kvarstein has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 14 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Gunnvald Kvarstein's work include Pain Management and Opioid Use (9 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (7 papers). Gunnvald Kvarstein is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Opioid Use (9 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (7 papers). Gunnvald Kvarstein collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Gunnvald Kvarstein's co-authors include Audun Stubhaug, Petter C. Borchgrevink, Sara Maria Allen, Leiv Arne Rosseland, Luis Romundstad, Harald Breivik, Tor Inge Tønnessen, Bjørn Edwin, Marit Helen Andersen and Lars Mathisen and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Surgery, Journal of Applied Physiology and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Gunnvald Kvarstein

40 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Assessment of pain 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Assessment of pain
    2008 1.4k citations Harald Breivik, Petter C. Borchgrevink et al. British Journal of Anaesthesia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gunnvald Kvarstein Norway 16 926 509 453 411 384 42 2.2k
Jon H. Loge Norway 6 652 0.7× 393 0.8× 622 1.4× 379 0.9× 227 0.6× 9 2.4k
Luis Romundstad Norway 16 1.2k 1.3× 672 1.3× 469 1.0× 408 1.0× 164 0.4× 37 2.5k
Leiv Arne Rosseland Norway 28 1.7k 1.8× 645 1.3× 608 1.3× 684 1.7× 409 1.1× 109 3.6k
B. Hoggart United Kingdom 10 817 0.9× 373 0.7× 1.1k 2.4× 311 0.8× 218 0.6× 14 3.0k
Sara Maria Allen Norway 4 621 0.7× 385 0.8× 370 0.8× 308 0.7× 140 0.4× 6 1.4k
Randy S. Roth United States 29 863 0.9× 222 0.4× 906 2.0× 384 0.9× 277 0.7× 48 2.9k
Richard A. Sherman United States 36 798 0.9× 815 1.6× 852 1.9× 188 0.5× 127 0.3× 133 3.5k
Chester C. Buckenmaier United States 31 1.4k 1.6× 670 1.3× 930 2.1× 284 0.7× 212 0.6× 106 2.8k
John P. Ney United States 17 324 0.3× 359 0.7× 336 0.7× 205 0.5× 594 1.5× 77 1.7k
Barbara A. Rakel United States 32 872 0.9× 518 1.0× 1.3k 2.9× 325 0.8× 328 0.9× 87 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Gunnvald Kvarstein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gunnvald Kvarstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunnvald Kvarstein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pedersen, Geir, Benjamin Hummelen, Stefan Sütterlin, et al.. (2024). Pain prevalence rates and the mediating role of negative affect in adults referred to personality disorder treatment: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Pain. 26. 104724–104724.
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Skirbekk, Helge, et al.. (2022). Home administration of needle injections for children with rheumatic diseases: A qualitative study on nurses’ perception of their educational role. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 66. e137–e144. 1 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2020). Postoperative opioids and risk of respiratory depression – A cross-sectional evaluation of routines for administration and monitoring in a tertiary hospital. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 21(1). 203–207. 2 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2020). Pre-consultation biopsychosocial data from patients admitted for management at pain centers in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 20(2). 363–373. 7 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2020). Responses after spinal interventions in a clinical pain practice – a pragmatic observational study. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 20(3). 469–482. 1 indexed citations
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Skirbekk, Helge, et al.. (2020). Children’s fear of needle injections: a qualitative study of training sessions for children with rheumatic diseases before home administration. Pediatric Rheumatology. 18(1). 13–13. 17 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2020). <p>Mediators of Pain and Physical Function in Female and Male Patients with Chronic Pain</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 13. 1059–1071. 4 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2019). Cryoneurolysis for cervicogenic headache – a double blinded randomized controlled study. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 20(1). 39–50. 15 indexed citations
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Hausken, John, Åsmund Avdem Fretland, Bjørn Edwin, et al.. (2019). Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia After Open Liver Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 270(2). 193–199. 31 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, Arne Johan Norheim, Thomas Weiß, et al.. (2019). <p>Recruitment and inclusion procedures as “pain killers” in clinical trials?</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 2027–2037. 3 indexed citations
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Winger, Anette, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Vegard Bruun Wyller, et al.. (2015). Health related quality of life in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 13(1). 96–96. 38 indexed citations
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Fredheim, Olav Magnus S., et al.. (2012). Attitudes, beliefs and self‐reported competence about postoperative pain among physicians and nurses working on surgical wards. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 26(3). 545–552. 13 indexed citations
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Fredheim, Olav Magnus S., Petter C. Borchgrevink, & Gunnvald Kvarstein. (2011). Behandling av postoperativ smerte i sykehus. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 131(18). 1772–1776. 10 indexed citations
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Fredheim, Olav Magnus S., et al.. (2011). Postoperativ smerte hos pasienter innlagt i norske sykehus. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 131(18). 1763–1767. 9 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2011). Tissue gas tensions and tissue metabolites for detection of organ hypoperfusion and ischemia. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 56(2). 200–209. 14 indexed citations
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Breivik, Harald, Petter C. Borchgrevink, Sara Maria Allen, et al.. (2008). Assessment of pain. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 101(1). 17–24. 1418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Andersen, Marit Helen, Lars Mathisen, Ole Øyen, et al.. (2006). Postoperative Pain and Convalescence in Living Kidney Donors—Laparoscopic Versus Open Donor Nephrectomy: A Randomized Study. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(6). 1438–1443. 95 indexed citations
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Kvarstein, Gunnvald, et al.. (2003). Tissue Carbon Dioxide Tension:. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 112(7). 1825–1831. 5 indexed citations

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