Kristina Johnell

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
184 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Kristina Johnell is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristina Johnell has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 63 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 47 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Kristina Johnell's work include Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (69 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (44 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (37 papers). Kristina Johnell is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (69 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (44 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (37 papers). Kristina Johnell collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Australia and France. Kristina Johnell's co-authors include Johan Fastbom, Lucas Morin, Jonas W. Wastesson, Inga Klarin, Marie‐Laure Laroche, Edwin C.K. Tan, Laura Fratiglioni, Mats Thorslund, J. Simon Bell and Syed Imran Haider and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Kristina Johnell

176 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

An update on the clinical consequences of polypharmacy in... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. An update on the clinical consequences of polypharmacy in older adults: a narrative review
    2018 349 citations Jonas W. Wastesson, Lucas Morin et al. profile →
  2. The epidemiology of polypharmacy in older adults: register-based prospective cohort study
    2018 244 citations Lucas Morin, Kristina Johnell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kristina Johnell Sweden 43 3.4k 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 1.0k 184 6.4k
Danijela Gnjidic Australia 39 5.0k 1.5× 2.8k 1.6× 873 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 173 6.9k
Elizabeth E. Roughead Australia 46 3.4k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 785 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 944 0.9× 324 8.5k
Alessandro Nobili Italy 44 2.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 868 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 550 0.5× 255 5.9k
Mirko Petrović Belgium 49 3.9k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 601 0.6× 303 8.8k
Shelly L. Gray United States 43 3.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 880 0.7× 575 0.6× 149 7.0k
Donna M. Fick United States 33 2.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 646 0.5× 695 0.7× 132 6.2k
Sirpa Hartikainen Finland 40 2.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 1.8k 1.3× 944 0.7× 371 0.4× 227 5.9k
Cristín Ryan Ireland 35 6.1k 1.8× 3.1k 1.8× 752 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.9× 130 7.5k
Vasi Naganathan Australia 44 3.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 850 0.6× 889 0.7× 390 0.4× 278 8.5k
Denis O’Mahony Ireland 47 7.4k 2.2× 3.9k 2.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.4× 2.1k 2.1× 201 10.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristina Johnell

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All Works

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Zhu, Nanbo, Maria Eriksdotter, Sophie Liabeuf, et al.. (2025). Anticholinergic burden and incident dementia: a Swedish nationwide case-control study. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 17(1). 227–227.
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Maura, Géric, Jani Raitanen, Leena Forma, et al.. (2024). Long-term care use, hospitalizations and mortality during COVID-19 in Finland and Sweden: A nationwide register-based study in 2020. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 52(3). 345–353. 2 indexed citations
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Wastesson, Jonas W., Johan Fritzell, Bo Bur­ström, Kristina Johnell, & Johan Fastbom. (2023). Regional variations in excessive polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate drug use among older adults in Sweden: Trends from 2006 to 2020. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 2 indexed citations
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Dai, Lu, Hao Luo, Jonas W. Wastesson, et al.. (2023). Comorbidity patterns and health-related outcomes in older adults with atrial fibrillation: nationwide population-based findings from swedish national patient register. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations
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Mazhar, Faizan, Paul Hjemdahl, Catherine M. Clase, et al.. (2022). Intensity of and Adherence to Lipid‐Lowering Therapy as Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(14). e025813–e025813. 24 indexed citations
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Wastesson, Jonas W., et al.. (2021). Unplanned hospitalisations in older people: illness trajectories in the last year of life. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e1). e953–e961. 5 indexed citations
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Ding, Mozhu, Rui Wang, Grégoria Kalpouzos, et al.. (2021). Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Study. Stroke. 52(8). 2685–2689. 17 indexed citations
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Johnell, Kristina, Peter C. Austin, Patrik Tydén, et al.. (2020). Low adherence to statin treatment during the 1st year after an acute myocardial infarction is associated with increased 2nd-year mortality risk—an inverse probability of treatment weighted study on 54 872 patients. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 7(2). 141–147. 29 indexed citations
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Muth, Christiane, Jeanet W. Blom, Susan M. Smith, et al.. (2018). Evidence supporting the best clinical management of patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a systematic guideline review and expert consensus. Journal of Internal Medicine. 285(3). 272–288. 204 indexed citations
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Lexomboon, Duangjai, Edwin C.K. Tan, Jonas Höijer, et al.. (2018). The Effect of Xerostomic Medication on Oral Health in Persons With Dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 19(12). 1080–1085.e2. 12 indexed citations
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Haasum, Ylva & Kristina Johnell. (2017). Use of antiepileptic drugs and risk of falls in old age: A systematic review. Epilepsy Research. 138. 98–104. 17 indexed citations
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Čermáková, Pavla, Juraj Sečník, Sara García‐Ptacek, et al.. (2017). Living Alone with Alzheimer’s Disease: Data from SveDem, the Swedish Dementia Registry. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 58(4). 1265–1272. 43 indexed citations
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Tan, Edwin C.K., Duangjai Lexomboon, Gunilla Sandborgh‐Englund, Ylva Haasum, & Kristina Johnell. (2017). Medications That Cause Dry Mouth As an Adverse Effect in Older People: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 66(1). 76–84. 100 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Björn, Kristina Johnell, Robert Sigström, Linnea Sjöberg, & Laura Fratiglioni. (2016). Depression and Depression Treatment in a Population-Based Study of Individuals Over 60 Years Old Without Dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 24(8). 615–623. 28 indexed citations
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Čermáková, Pavla, Lars H. Lund, Seyed‐Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, et al.. (2015). Heart Failure and Dementia: Survival in Relation to Types of Heart Failure and Different Dementia Disorders. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(6). 612–619. 62 indexed citations
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Čermáková, Pavla, Kristina Johnell, Johan Fastbom, et al.. (2015). Cardiovascular comorbidities and medication in dementia disorders (P7.112). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Čermáková, Pavla, Seyed‐Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Kristina Johnell, et al.. (2014). Cardiovascular medication burden in dementia disorders: a nationwide study of 19,743 dementia patients in the Swedish Dementia Registry. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 6(3). 34–34. 26 indexed citations
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Narasimhalu, Kaavya, Kristina Johnell, Alexander Ploner, et al.. (2013). The Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) May Increase the Risk of Dementia in Patients with Late Life Depression (P03.104). Neurology. 80(7_supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Fastbom, Johan, et al.. (2011). Association between Multi-Dose Drug Dispensing and Quality of Drug Treatment – A Register-Based Study. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26574–e26574. 46 indexed citations
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Johnell, Kristina, et al.. (2003). Neighbourhood social participation and women’s use of anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs: a multilevel analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 58(1). 59–64. 16 indexed citations

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