Kurt Svärdsudd

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kurt Svärdsudd is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Svärdsudd has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Kurt Svärdsudd's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (3 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (3 papers). Kurt Svärdsudd is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (3 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (3 papers). Kurt Svärdsudd collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Brazil and Australia. Kurt Svärdsudd's co-authors include Gösta Tibblin, Lars Agréus, D. K. G. Andersson, Mari‐Ann Wallander, Tove Jörgensen, Saga Johansson, Lennart Welin, Lars Wilhelmsen, Alvar Svanborg and Hans Wedel and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Diabetes Care and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Svärdsudd

56 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia in the general pop... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia in the general population: Overlap and lack of stability over time
    1995 584 citations Lars Agréus, Kurt Svärdsudd et al. Gastroenterology profile →

Peers

Kurt Svärdsudd
Mari‐Ann Wallander Sweden
Károly Kulich Sweden
Farah Khandwala Canada
Anacleto D. Gano United States
Vincent Wietlisbach Switzerland
Jan Busby‐Whitehead United States
Brett Larive United States
Carolyn Morris United States
Saga Johansson Sweden
Andrea Roalfe United Kingdom
Mari‐Ann Wallander Sweden
Kurt Svärdsudd
Citations per year, relative to Kurt Svärdsudd Kurt Svärdsudd (= 1×) peers Mari‐Ann Wallander

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt Svärdsudd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Svärdsudd

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kurt Svärdsudd. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kurt Svärdsudd based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kurt Svärdsudd. Kurt Svärdsudd is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berne, Christian, et al.. (2011). Efficacy of screening for high blood pressure in dental health care. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 194–194. 27 indexed citations
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Wilhelmsen, Lars, Kurt Svärdsudd, Helena Eriksson, et al.. (2010). Factors associated with reaching 90 years of age: a study of men born in 1913 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Journal of Internal Medicine. 269(4). 441–451. 30 indexed citations
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Rosengren, Annika, Henry Eriksson, Per‐Olof Hansson, et al.. (2009). Obesity and trends in cardiovascular risk factors over 40 years in Swedish men aged 50. Journal of Internal Medicine. 266(3). 268–276. 31 indexed citations
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Bröms, Kristina, Dan Norbäck, Margaretha Eriksson, Claes Sundelin, & Kurt Svärdsudd. (2009). Effect of degree of urbanisation on age and sex-specific asthma prevalence in Swedish preschool children. BMC Public Health. 9(1). 303–303. 20 indexed citations
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Wallander, Mari‐Ann, et al.. (2007). Factors associated with adherence to drug therapy: a population-based study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 63(3). 307–314. 47 indexed citations
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Svärdsudd, Kurt, et al.. (2006). Qigong har stressdämpande effekt [Qigong has a relieving effect on stress]. Läkartidningen. 103. 1 indexed citations
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Svärdsudd, Kurt, Hans Wedel, & Torsten Gordh. (2002). Mortality rates among Swedish physicians: 
a population‐based nationwide study with special reference to anesthesiologists. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 46(10). 1187–1195. 24 indexed citations
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Rosengren, Annika, Hanna Eriksson, B. Larsson, et al.. (2000). Secular changes in cardiovascular risk factors over 30 years in Swedish men aged 50: the study of men born in 1913, 1923, 1933 and 1943. Journal of Internal Medicine. 247(1). 111–118. 53 indexed citations
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Blennow, Kaj, et al.. (1999). Prevalence and Incidence of Clinically Diagnosed Memory Impairments in a Geographically Defined General Population in Sweden. Neuroepidemiology. 18(3). 144–155. 50 indexed citations
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Swedenborg, Jesper, David Bergqvist, Lars Norgren, Thomas Troëng, & Kurt Svärdsudd. (1998). [Significant regional differences in the frequency of vascular surgery].. PubMed. 95(34). 3555–9. 1 indexed citations
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Agréus, Lars, Olof Nyrén, Kurt Svärdsudd, & Gösta Tibblin. (1996). Reply to comments from Whitehead et al on "IBS and dyspepsia in the general population: Overlap and lack of stability over time". Gastroenterology. 110. 1 indexed citations
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Larsson, Ullabeth Sätterlund, et al.. (1995). Lifestyle in primary health care discourse. Social Science & Medicine. 40(3). 339–348. 9 indexed citations
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Agréus, Lars, et al.. (1995). Irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia in the general population: Overlap and lack of stability over time. Gastroenterology. 109(3). 671–680. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Svärdsudd, Kurt, et al.. (1994). Factors Related to Perceived Health among Elderly People: The Albertina Project. Age and Ageing. 23(4). 328–333. 65 indexed citations
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Welin, Lennart, et al.. (1992). Triglycerides and blood glucose are the major coronary risk factors in elderly swedish men the study of men born in 1913. Annals of Epidemiology. 2(1-2). 113–119. 12 indexed citations
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Nerbrand, C., et al.. (1992). Cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in seven counties in Sweden in relation to water hardness and geological settings. European Heart Journal. 13(6). 721–727. 39 indexed citations
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Dimenäs, E., et al.. (1991). Aspects of quality of life on treatment with felodipine. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 40(2). 141–147. 16 indexed citations
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Larsson, Ullabeth Sätterlund, Kurt Svärdsudd, Hans Wedel, & Roger Säljö. (1989). Patient involvement in decision-making in surgical and orthopaedic practice: The project perioperative risk. Social Science & Medicine. 28(8). 829–835. 33 indexed citations

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