Josefien van Olmen

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Josefien van Olmen is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Josefien van Olmen has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Josefien van Olmen's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (25 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (20 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers). Josefien van Olmen is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (25 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (20 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers). Josefien van Olmen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, South Africa and Netherlands. Josefien van Olmen's co-authors include Guy Kegels, Bruno Marchal, Sara Van Belle, Tom Hoerée, Wim Van Damme, Edwin Wouters, Roy Remmen, Katrien Danhieux, Bart Criel and Jeroen De Man and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Josefien van Olmen

87 papers receiving 1.7k 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. Is realist evaluation keeping its promise? A review of published empirical studies in the field of health systems research
    2012 318 citations Bruno Marchal, Sara Van Belle et al. profile →
  2. Multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2022 94 citations Ogechukwu A Asogwa, Daniel Boateng et al. BMJ Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josefien van Olmen Belgium 21 792 397 324 306 236 103 1.7k
Hassan Haghparast‐Bidgoli United Kingdom 25 633 0.8× 229 0.6× 219 0.7× 394 1.3× 232 1.0× 115 1.7k
Guy Kegels Belgium 27 1.0k 1.3× 293 0.7× 474 1.5× 752 2.5× 268 1.1× 60 2.2k
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula South Africa 24 787 1.0× 567 1.4× 386 1.2× 490 1.6× 181 0.8× 114 2.4k
Sara Allin Canada 26 1.3k 1.6× 227 0.6× 681 2.1× 297 1.0× 176 0.7× 107 2.4k
Bradley H. Wagenaar United States 25 808 1.0× 416 1.0× 246 0.8× 425 1.4× 204 0.9× 88 1.9k
Cheryl Amoroso United States 20 635 0.8× 273 0.7× 160 0.5× 382 1.2× 330 1.4× 45 1.5k
Charles Hongoro South Africa 21 576 0.7× 185 0.5× 365 1.1× 526 1.7× 245 1.0× 76 1.6k
Rohina Joshi Australia 28 782 1.0× 382 1.0× 379 1.2× 588 1.9× 512 2.2× 143 2.8k
Brian van Wyk South Africa 25 1.5k 1.9× 667 1.7× 372 1.1× 807 2.6× 221 0.9× 114 3.0k
Rolf Wahlström Sweden 28 1.0k 1.3× 374 0.9× 328 1.0× 296 1.0× 359 1.5× 92 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Josefien van Olmen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Josefien van Olmen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josefien van Olmen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olmen, Josefien van, et al.. (2025). Getting the numbers right: Power, creativity and ‘good’ routine maternal and neonatal health data in Southern Tanzania. Social Science & Medicine. 366. 117668–117668.
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Colliers, Annelies, et al.. (2024). Evaluation study of the urban governance of the COVID-19 crisis in the city of Antwerp. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2117–2117.
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Danhieux, Katrien, et al.. (2024). Development of a Qualitative Data Analysis Codebook for Arterial Hypertension and Type-2-Diabetes Integrated Care Evaluation. International Journal of Integrated Care. 24(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Hoorenbeeck, Kim Van, et al.. (2024). Breathing across ages: a systematic review on challenges and components of transitional care for young people with asthma. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 12. 1348963–1348963. 3 indexed citations
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Damme, Wim Van, et al.. (2024). An in-depth Analysis of the Degree of Implementation of Integrated Care for Diabetes in Primary Health Care in Cambodia. International Journal of Integrated Care. 24(4). 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Tran, Phuong Bich, et al.. (2024). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of people with multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health. 9(1). e013606–e013606. 3 indexed citations
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Thrift, Amanda G., Josefien van Olmen, Edwin Wouters, et al.. (2024). Strengthening policy engagement when scaling up interventions targeting non-communicable diseases: insights from a qualitative study across 20 countries. Health Policy and Planning. 39(Supplement_2). i39–i53. 3 indexed citations
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Tran, Phuong Bich, Georgios F. Nikolaidis, Emmanuel Abatih, et al.. (2024). Multimorbidity healthcare expenditure in Belgium: a 4-year analysis (COMORB study). Health Research Policy and Systems. 22(1). 35–35. 2 indexed citations
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Asogwa, Ogechukwu A, Daniel Boateng, Sanne A. E. Peters, et al.. (2022). Multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 12(1). e049133–e049133. 94 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olmen, Josefien van, Pilvikki Absetz, Roy William Mayega, et al.. (2022). Process evaluation of a pragmatic implementation trial to support self-management for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden in the SMART2D project. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 10(5). e002902–e002902. 2 indexed citations
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Olmen, Josefien van, Erica Erwin, Ana Cristina García-Ulloa, et al.. (2020). Implementation barriers for mHealth for non-communicable diseases management in low and middle income countries: a scoping review and field-based views from implementers. PubMed. 5. 7–7. 30 indexed citations
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Ridde, Valéry, Émilie Robert, Anne Guichard, Pierre Blaise, & Josefien van Olmen. (2012). L’approche Realist à l’épreuve du réel de l’évaluation des programmes. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 26(3). 37–59. 25 indexed citations
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Olmen, Josefien van, Bart Criel, Wim Van Damme, et al.. (2012). Analysing health system dynamics; a framework. 2nd edition of SHSOP 27. 4 indexed citations
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Richard, Fabienne, David Hercot, Charlemagne Ouédraogo, et al.. (2011). Sub-Saharan Africa and the Health MDGs: The Need to Move Beyond the 'Quick Impact' Model. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Olmen, Josefien van, Bart Criel, Wim Van Damme, et al.. (2010). Analysing health systems to make them stronger. 49 indexed citations

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