Johan Herlitz

39.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
581 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Johan Herlitz is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Herlitz has authored 581 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 316 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 314 papers in Emergency Medicine and 75 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Johan Herlitz's work include Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (266 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (155 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (123 papers). Johan Herlitz is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (266 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (155 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (123 papers). Johan Herlitz collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Norway. Johan Herlitz's co-authors include Thomas Karlsson, Stig Holmberg, Leif Svensson, Johan Engdahl, Angela Bång, Jonny Lindqvist, Marianne Hartford, Åke Hjalmarson, Anders Waldenström and Hans Wedel and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Johan Herlitz

566 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Indications for fibrinoly... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1994 1995 1981 2005 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Indications for fibrinolytic therapy in suspected acute myocardial infarction : collaborative overview of early mortality and major morbidity results from all randomised trials of more than 1000 patients
    1994 1.7k citations Johan Herlitz profile →
  2. Randomized trial of insulin-glucose infusion followed by subcutaneous insulin treatment in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI study): Effects on mortality at 1 year
    1995 1.1k citations Johan Herlitz et al. profile →
  3. EFFECT ON MORTALITY OF METOPROLOL IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
    1981 781 citations Johan Herlitz et al. profile →
  4. Intense metabolic control by means of insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI 2): effects on mortality and morbidity
    2005 728 citations Johan Herlitz et al. profile →
  5. Incidence of EMS-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Europe
    2005 641 citations Johan Herlitz et al. Resuscitation profile →
  6. Early Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
    2015 640 citations Gabriel Riva, Johan Herlitz et al. profile →
  7. Effect of Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Nonsleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea. The RICCADSA Randomized Controlled Trial
    2016 451 citations Johan Herlitz et al. profile →
  8. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Epidemiology of cardiac arrest in Europe
    2021 373 citations Johan Herlitz, Gisela Lilja et al. Resuscitation profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Johan Herlitz 11.3k 10.3k 4.0k 2.5k 2.5k 581 22.9k
Graham Nichol 14.2k 1.3× 8.7k 0.8× 4.6k 1.1× 4.2k 1.6× 2.5k 1.0× 245 24.3k
Gunnar Gislason 3.5k 0.3× 15.7k 1.5× 5.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 4.2k 1.7× 926 31.4k
Charles Maynard 2.7k 0.2× 8.1k 0.8× 4.9k 1.2× 1.5k 0.6× 2.8k 1.1× 422 18.9k
Ian G. Stiell 13.2k 1.2× 5.7k 0.6× 8.2k 2.1× 2.4k 1.0× 4.1k 1.7× 471 29.0k
Joel M. Gore 2.9k 0.3× 18.2k 1.8× 7.1k 1.8× 2.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 376 23.5k
Paul S. Chan 6.2k 0.6× 5.2k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 298 13.1k
George Sopko 2.7k 0.2× 13.6k 1.3× 7.2k 1.8× 1.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 266 20.4k
Bárbara Riegel 2.2k 0.2× 16.6k 1.6× 2.8k 0.7× 950 0.4× 4.2k 1.7× 495 26.4k
Frederick A. Masoudi 2.2k 0.2× 23.5k 2.3× 5.3k 1.3× 1.9k 0.8× 3.9k 1.6× 476 34.5k
Adrian F. Hernandez 3.1k 0.3× 26.2k 2.5× 6.3k 1.6× 2.5k 1.0× 7.8k 3.2× 899 42.2k

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All Works

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Rawshani, Araz, Truls Råmunddal, Björn Redfors, et al.. (2023). Characteristics, survival and neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in young adults in Sweden: A nationwide study. Resuscitation Plus. 16. 100503–100503. 3 indexed citations
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Lingman, Markus, et al.. (2022). The potential of new prediction models for emergency medical dispatch prioritisation of patients with chest pain: a cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 30(1). 34–34. 6 indexed citations
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Rawshani, Aidin, Kristofer Skoglund, Niklas Bergh, et al.. (2022). Predicting recurrent cardiac arrest in individuals surviving Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 184. 109678–109678. 4 indexed citations
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Lingman, Markus, et al.. (2022). Clinical presentation in EMS patients with acute chest pain in relation to sex, age and medical history: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(8). e054622–e054622. 3 indexed citations
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Lingman, Markus, et al.. (2021). Guideline adherence among prehospital emergency nurses when caring for patients with chest pain: a prospective cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 29(1). 157–157. 6 indexed citations
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Lindahl, Bertil, Johan Herlitz, Joakim Alfredsson, et al.. (2021). Poor long‐term prognosis in patients admitted with strong suspicion of acute myocardial infarction but discharged with another diagnosis. Journal of Internal Medicine. 290(2). 359–372. 2 indexed citations
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Alfredsson, Joakim, Stefan James, David Erlinge, et al.. (2021). Randomized comparison of early supplemental oxygen versus ambient air in patients with confirmed myocardial infarction: Sex-related outcomes from DETO2X-AMI. American Heart Journal. 237. 13–24. 2 indexed citations
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Thorén, Anna, Araz Rawshani, Johan Herlitz, et al.. (2020). ECG-monitoring of in-hospital cardiac arrest and factors associated with survival. Resuscitation. 150. 130–138. 25 indexed citations
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Djärv, Therese, Anders Bremer, Johan Herlitz, et al.. (2020). Health-related quality of life after surviving an out-of-hospital compared to an in-hospital cardiac arrest: A Swedish population-based registry study. Resuscitation. 151. 77–84. 32 indexed citations
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Nyström, Thomas, Stefan James, Bertil Lindahl, et al.. (2019). Oxygen Therapy in Myocardial Infarction Patients With or Without Diabetes: A Predefined Subgroup Analysis From the DETO2X-AMI Trial. Diabetes Care. 42(11). 2032–2041. 5 indexed citations
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Göransson, Katarina E., Sune Forsberg, Matteo Bottai, et al.. (2019). Prearrest prediction of favourable neurological survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest: The Prediction of outcome for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PIHCA) score. Resuscitation. 143. 92–99. 23 indexed citations
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Herlitz, Johan, et al.. (2019). Symptom description in patients with chest pain—A qualitative analysis of emergency medical calls involving high‐risk conditions. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28(15-16). 2844–2857. 6 indexed citations
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Herlitz, Johan, et al.. (2016). Prehospital factors associated with an acute life-threatening condition in non-traumatic chest pain patients — A systematic review. International Journal of Cardiology. 219. 373–379. 15 indexed citations
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Suserud, Björn‐Ove, et al.. (2011). Do the Right Patients use the Ambulance Service in South-Eastern Finland?. International Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2(5). 544–549. 3 indexed citations
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Herlitz, Johan, Solveig Aune, Andreas Claesson, & Leif Svensson. (2010). Epidemiology of cardiac arrest outside and inside hospital Experiences from registries in Sweden. Signa Vitae. 5(S1). 44–44. 4 indexed citations
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Rosenblad, Andreas, et al.. (2010). Hospital employees' theoretical knowledge on what to do in an in-hospital cardiac arrest. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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