Johan Thor

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Johan Thor is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Thor has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Johan Thor's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (14 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (11 papers) and Mental Health and Patient Involvement (10 papers). Johan Thor is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (14 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (11 papers) and Mental Health and Patient Involvement (10 papers). Johan Thor collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Finland. Johan Thor's co-authors include Mats Brommels, Pamela Mazzocato, Carl Savage, Henrik Aronsson, Karin Pukk Härenstam, Jesper Olsson, Cheryl Carli, Jonas Lundberg, Mattias Elg and Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, BMC Public Health and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Johan Thor

60 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. Lean thinking in healthcare: a realist review of the literature
    2010 424 citations Pamela Mazzocato, Carl Savage et al. BMJ Quality & Safety profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Johan Thor Sweden 19 610 412 400 283 232 67 1.6k
Pamela Mazzocato Sweden 17 518 0.8× 405 1.0× 325 0.8× 330 1.2× 161 0.7× 37 1.4k
James R. Langabeer United States 23 379 0.6× 239 0.6× 214 0.5× 244 0.9× 562 2.4× 105 1.8k
Larry Gamm United States 20 662 1.1× 131 0.3× 456 1.1× 232 0.8× 183 0.8× 58 1.6k
Jami L. DelliFraine United States 14 264 0.4× 203 0.5× 142 0.4× 131 0.5× 132 0.6× 38 983
Sharon Schweikhart United States 12 252 0.4× 257 0.6× 238 0.6× 129 0.5× 93 0.4× 22 1.1k
Thomas Rotter Canada 23 813 1.3× 190 0.5× 311 0.8× 506 1.8× 941 4.1× 60 2.5k
Christopher S. Kim United States 13 277 0.5× 197 0.5× 149 0.4× 163 0.6× 119 0.5× 24 896
Mohammadkarim Bahadori Iran 20 535 0.9× 69 0.2× 136 0.3× 243 0.9× 149 0.6× 179 1.6k
Heidi Boerstler United States 9 412 0.7× 208 0.5× 298 0.7× 190 0.7× 105 0.5× 23 930
Peter Kralovec United States 17 766 1.3× 99 0.2× 793 2.0× 441 1.6× 448 1.9× 25 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Johan Thor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Johan Thor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Thor

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All Works

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Reed, Julie, Grazia Antonacci, Natalie Armstrong, et al.. (2025). What is improvement science, and what makes it different? An outline of the field and its frontiers. Frontiers in Health Services. 4. 1454658–1454658. 3 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Katherine, Johan Thor, Marcel D’Eon, Linda A. Headrick, & Boel Andersson Gäre. (2025). Background and Foreground: Connections and Distinctions When Health Professions Faculty Teach Both Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Quality Improvement—A Case Study. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 12. 2367710349–2367710349.
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Thor, Johan, et al.. (2023). Improving heart failure care with an Experience-Based Co-Design approach: what matters to persons with heart failure and their family members?. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 294–294. 3 indexed citations
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Holmberg, Christopher, et al.. (2022). How a point-of-care dashboard facilitates co-production of health care and health for and with individuals with psychotic disorders: a mixed-methods case study. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 1599–1599. 5 indexed citations
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Thor, Johan, et al.. (2020). Roadmap Out of COVID-19. Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal. 14(3). 4–9. 2 indexed citations
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Engström, Agneta Kullén, et al.. (2020). Patient involvement in quality improvement – a ‘tug of war’ or a dialogue in a learning process to improve healthcare?. BMC Health Services Research. 20(1). 1115–1115. 32 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Inger Kappel, Johan Thor, Thomas Davidson, Fredrik Nilsson, & Christina Carlsson. (2018). The national program on standardized cancer care pathways in Sweden: Observations and findings half way through. Health Policy. 122(9). 945–948. 21 indexed citations
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Sund‐Levander, Märtha, et al.. (2016). What Is Best for Esther? Building Improvement Coaching Capacity With and for Users in Health and Social Care—A Case Study. Quality Management in Health Care. 25(1). 53–60. 11 indexed citations
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Thor, Johan, Daniel Olsson, & Jörgen Nordenström. (2016). The design, fate and impact of a hospital-wide training program in evidence-based medicine for physicians – an observational study. BMC Medical Education. 16(1). 86–86. 10 indexed citations
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Staines, Anthony, Johan Thor, & Glenn Robert. (2015). Sustaining Improvement? The 20-Year Jönköping Quality Improvement Program Revisited. Quality Management in Health Care. 24(1). 21–37. 28 indexed citations
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Sandahl, Christer, Hugo Westerlund, Peter Henriksson, et al.. (2013). Antecedents and Characteristics of Lean Thinking Implementation in a Swedish Hospital. Quality Management in Health Care. 22(1). 48–61. 35 indexed citations
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Mazzocato, Pamela, Carl Savage, Mats Brommels, Henrik Aronsson, & Johan Thor. (2010). Lean thinking in healthcare: a realist review of the literature. BMJ Quality & Safety. 19(5). 376–382. 424 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahmady, Soleiman, Tahereh Changiz, Mats Brommels, et al.. (2009). Contextual adaptation of the Personnel Evaluation Standards for assessing faculty evaluation systems in developing countries: the case of Iran. BMC Medical Education. 9(1). 18–18. 10 indexed citations
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Härenstam, Karin Pukk, et al.. (2008). Analysis of 23 364 patient-generated, physician-reviewed malpractice claims from a non-tort, blame-free, national patient insurance system: lessons learned from Sweden. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 85(1000). 69–73. 37 indexed citations
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Thor, Johan, Jonas Lundberg, Jesper Olsson, et al.. (2007). Application of statistical process control in healthcare improvement: systematic review. BMJ Quality & Safety. 16(5). 387–399. 290 indexed citations
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Thor, Johan, et al.. (2004). Learning Helpers. Quality Management in Health Care. 13(1). 60–74. 31 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jesper, et al.. (2003). Surveying Improvement Activities in Health Care on a National Level—The Swedish Internal Collaborative Strategy and Its Challenges. Quality Management in Health Care. 12(4). 202–216. 15 indexed citations

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