Kari Risnes

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kari Risnes is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kari Risnes has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kari Risnes's work include Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (10 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (9 papers). Kari Risnes is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (10 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (9 papers). Kari Risnes collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Finland. Kari Risnes's co-authors include Michael B. Bracken, William Murk, Kenneth D. Belanger, Eero Kajantie, Geir Jacobsen, Pål Romundstad, Lars J. Vatten, Markus Jokela, Lars J. Vatten and Thorkild I. A. Sørensen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PEDIATRICS and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Kari Risnes

48 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2011 396 citations Kari Risnes, Lars J. Vatten et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kari Risnes Norway	17	697	450	370	322	249	51	1.7k
Valerie J. Flaherman United States	23	601 0.9×	824 1.8×	367 1.0×	305 0.9×	165 0.7×	81	1.7k
Belavendra Antonisamy India	25	470 0.7×	209 0.5×	188 0.5×	219 0.7×	153 0.6×	93	1.8k
Hassib Narchı United Arab Emirates	21	479 0.7×	298 0.7×	504 1.4×	148 0.5×	104 0.4×	136	1.9k
Michael Sgro Canada	23	1.2k 1.7×	353 0.8×	492 1.3×	273 0.8×	218 0.9×	75	2.0k
Hung‐Chieh Chou Taiwan	26	802 1.2×	285 0.6×	887 2.4×	351 1.1×	141 0.6×	118	2.3k
Elizabeth Nathan Australia	26	600 0.9×	365 0.8×	438 1.2×	434 1.3×	179 0.7×	116	2.1k
David A. Paul United States	23	946 1.4×	445 1.0×	788 2.1×	187 0.6×	57 0.2×	110	2.1k
Francesca Giuliani Italy	20	775 1.1×	588 1.3×	731 2.0×	274 0.9×	76 0.3×	53	2.1k
Milad Azami Iran	23	329 0.5×	283 0.6×	113 0.3×	323 1.0×	73 0.3×	109	1.7k
Ayala Maayan‐Metzger Israel	23	520 0.7×	317 0.7×	387 1.0×	170 0.5×	33 0.1×	82	1.8k

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Yang, Bo, Eero Kajantie, Monica S M Persson, et al.. (2025). Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Individuals Born Preterm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Studies. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 5(5). 100535–100535. 1 indexed citations

Metsälä, Johanna, Kari Risnes, Martina Persson, et al.. (2024). Gestational age at birth and type 1 diabetes in childhood and young adulthood: a nationwide register study in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Diabetologia. 67(7). 1315–1327. 1 indexed citations

Finnanger, Torun Gangaune, et al.. (2024). Goal management training for improving fatigue in children and adolescents with acquired brain injuries: A 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 35(3). 572–592.

Yin, Weiyao, Anna Pulakka, Abraham Reichenberg, et al.. (2024). Association between parental psychiatric disorders and risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: a Swedish and Finnish population-based cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 40. 100902–100902. 7 indexed citations

Simpson, Melanie Rae, et al.. (2023). Bronchial reactivity and asthma at school age after early-life metapneumovirus infection. ERJ Open Research. 10(1). 832–2023. 3 indexed citations

Andersson, Stein, et al.. (2023). Cognitive rehabilitation in paediatric acquired brain injury—A 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1173480–1173480. 5 indexed citations

Risnes, Kari, et al.. (2023). The Burden of Human Bocavirus 1 in Hospitalized Children With Respiratory Tract Infections. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 12(5). 282–289. 4 indexed citations

Nilsen, Sara Marie, Tormod Rogne, Andreas Asheim, et al.. (2023). Gestational age at birth and hospitalisations for infections among individuals aged 0–50 years in Norway: a longitudinal, register-based, cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 62. 102108–102108. 5 indexed citations

Asheim, Andreas, Sara Marie Nilsen, Signe Opdahl, et al.. (2022). Effect of Hospital Delivery Volume and Travel Time on Perinatal Mortality and Transport Delivery in Norway. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Stubberud, Jan, Torun Gangaune Finnanger, Eva Skovlund, et al.. (2022). Predictors of Functional School Outcome in Children With Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury. Frontiers in Neurology. 13. 872469–872469. 2 indexed citations

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Skovlund, Eva, Helene Eidsmo Barder, Stein Andersson, et al.. (2022). Metacognitive strategy training versus psychoeducation for improving fatigue in children and adolescents with acquired brain injuries: A randomized controlled trial.. Neuropsychology. 36(7). 579–596. 4 indexed citations

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Finnanger, Torun Gangaune, Torstein B. Rø, Eva Skovlund, et al.. (2021). Rehabilitation of executive function in chronic paediatric brain injury: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 253–253. 13 indexed citations

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Persson, Martina, Signe Opdahl, Kari Risnes, et al.. (2020). Gestational age and the risk of autism spectrum disorder in Sweden, Finland, and Norway: A cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 17(9). e1003207–e1003207. 37 indexed citations

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Risnes, Kari, Torstein B. Rø, Eva Skovlund, et al.. (2019). Paediatric goal management training in patients with acquired brain injury: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 9(8). e029273–e029273. 18 indexed citations

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Rogne, Tormod, Oddvar Uleberg, Eva Skovlund, et al.. (2019). Presenting complaints and mortality in a cohort of 22 000 adult emergency patients at a local hospital in Nepal. Journal of Global Health. 9(2). 20403–20403. 4 indexed citations

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Risnes, Kari, Oddvar Uleberg, Tormod Rogne, et al.. (2018). Impact of 2015 earthquakes on a local hospital in Nepal: A prospective hospital-based study. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192076–e0192076. 34 indexed citations

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Moe, Nina, Sidsel Krokstad, Andreas Christensen, et al.. (2017). Comparing Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Viral Co-Detections, Genotypes and Risk Factors for Severe Disease. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0170200–e0170200. 51 indexed citations

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Moe, Nina, Steinar Krokstad, Andreas Christensen, et al.. (2017). The Burden of Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Hospitalized Norwegian Children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 216(1). 110–116. 28 indexed citations

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Risnes, Kari, Lars J. Vatten, Jennifer L. Baker, et al.. (2011). Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology. 40(3). 647–661. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Risnes, Kari, Kenneth D. Belanger, William Murk, & Michael B. Bracken. (2010). Antibiotic Exposure by 6 Months and Asthma and Allergy at 6 Years: Findings in a Cohort of 1,401 US Children. American Journal of Epidemiology. 173(3). 310–318. 224 indexed citations

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