Lars Forsgren

15.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Lars Forsgren is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Forsgren has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 39 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lars Forsgren's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (41 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (30 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (14 papers). Lars Forsgren is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (41 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (30 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (14 papers). Lars Forsgren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Ethiopia and United Kingdom. Lars Forsgren's co-authors include Torbjörn Tomson, Dale C. Hesdorffer, Ettore Beghi, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Alicia Bogacz, Solomon L. Moshé, J. Helen Cross, Carlos Alberto Acevedo, Christian E. Elger and Jerome Engel and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Lars Forsgren

73 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy

2014 3.8k citations Lars Forsgren, Torbjörn Tomson et al. Epilepsia profile →
Recommendation for a definition of acute symptomatic seizure

2009 581 citations Ettore Beghi, Arturo Carpio et al. Epilepsia profile →
The epidemiology of epilepsy in Europe – a systematic review

2005 572 citations Lars Forsgren, Ettore Beghi et al. European Journal of Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Forsgren Sweden	31	5.9k	4.1k	1.8k	1.1k	986	75	8.3k
John M. Pellock United States	49	7.9k 1.3×	6.5k 1.6×	2.9k 1.6×	804 0.7×	514 0.5×	174	10.2k
James J. Riviello United States	38	4.1k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	843 0.9×	148	7.0k
Giuseppe Capovilla Italy	34	5.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	614 0.6×	107	6.8k
Reetta Kälviäinen Finland	46	5.0k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	856 0.8×	729 0.7×	179	7.2k
Catherine Chiron France	56	6.0k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	756 0.8×	233	9.9k
Frank Gilliam United States	57	8.2k 1.4×	5.3k 1.3×	2.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.9×	784 0.8×	159	10.2k
Edward Faught United States	59	8.2k 1.4×	5.6k 1.4×	3.2k 1.7×	1.8k 1.6×	876 0.9×	187	10.2k
Mary Connolly Canada	34	4.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	806 0.8×	143	7.7k
Douglas R. Nordli United States	30	6.9k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	624 0.6×	71	9.2k
W. Donald Shields United States	47	5.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	947 0.9×	561 0.6×	110	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Forsgren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Forsgren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Forsgren

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All Works

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Christensen, Jakob, Julie Werenberg Dreier, Yuelian Sun, et al.. (2022). Estimates of epilepsy prevalence, psychiatric co-morbidity and cost. Seizure. 107. 162–171. 27 indexed citations

Wagner, Ryan G., Fredrik Norström, Melanie Bertram, et al.. (2020). Community health workers to improve adherence to anti‐seizure medication in rural South Africa: Is it cost‐effective?. Epilepsia. 62(1). 98–106. 7 indexed citations

Forsgren, Lars, et al.. (2013). On the experience of stigma by persons with epilepsy in Sweden and Iran—A comparative study. Seizure. 22(9). 748–751. 21 indexed citations

Blomstedt, Patric, Peter Lindvall, Jan Linder, et al.. (2011). Reoperation After Failed Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor. World Neurosurgery. 78(5). 554.e1–554.e5. 19 indexed citations

Blomstedt, Patric, Marwan Hariz, Stephen Tisch, et al.. (2009). A family with a hereditary form of torsion dystonia from Northern Sweden treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation. Movement Disorders. 24(16). 2415–2419. 8 indexed citations

Marklund, Petter, Anne Larsson, Eva Elgh, et al.. (2008). Temporal dynamics of basal ganglia under-recruitment in Parkinson's disease: transient caudate abnormalities during updating of working memory. Brain. 132(2). 336–346. 59 indexed citations

Norberg, Anna, Lars Forsgren, Dan Holmberg, & Monica Holmberg. (2005). Exclusion of the juvenile myoclonic epilepsy gene EFHC1 as the cause of migraine on chromosome 6, but association to two rare polymorphisms in MEP1A and RHAG. Neuroscience Letters. 396(2). 137–142. 7 indexed citations

Feigin, Valery L., Michael Brainin, Monique M.B. Breteler, et al.. (2004). Teaching of neuroepidemiology in Europe: time for action. European Journal of Neurology. 11(12). 795–799. 4 indexed citations

Lindsten, Hans, Hans Stenlund, & Lars Forsgren. (2001). Seizure recurrence in adults after a newly diagnosed unprovoked epileptic seizure. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 104(4). 202–207. 10 indexed citations

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Sidenvall, Ragnar, J. Heijbel, Hans K son Blomquist, Lennart Nyström, & Lars Forsgren. (2001). An Incident Case–Control Study of First Unprovoked Afebrile Seizures in Children: A Population‐Based Study of Pre‐ and Perinatal Risk Factors. Epilepsia. 42(10). 1261–1265. 31 indexed citations

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Sander, Josemir W., Arturo Carpio, James J. Cereghino, et al.. (1997). The Epidemiology of the Epilepsies: Future Directions. Epilepsia. 38(5). 614–618. 145 indexed citations

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Forsgren, Lars, et al.. (1997). A follow-up of an incident case-referent study of febrile convulsions seven years after the onset. Seizure. 6(1). 21–26. 9 indexed citations

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Forsgren, Lars, et al.. (1996). Influence of Epilepsy on Mortality in Mental Retardation: An Epidemiologic Study. Epilepsia. 37(10). 956–963. 90 indexed citations

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Sidenvall, Ragnar, Lars Forsgren, & J. Heijbel. (1996). Prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in children in Northern Sweden. Seizure. 5(2). 139–146. 116 indexed citations

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Sidenvall, Ragnar, Lars Forsgren, Hans K son Blomquist, & J. Heijbel. (1993). A community‐based prospective incidence study of epileptic seizures in children. Acta Paediatrica. 82(1). 60–65. 115 indexed citations

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Tekle‐Haimanot, Redda, Lars Forsgren, Alemayehu Digssie Gebremariam, et al.. (1992). Attitudes of rural people in central Ethiopia towards leprosy and a brief comparison with observations on epilepsy. Leprosy Review. 63(2). 157–68. 22 indexed citations

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Forsgren, Lars, Ragnar Sidenvall, Hans K son Blomquist, J. Heijbel, & Lennart Nyström. (1991). Pre‐ and Perinatal Factors in Febrile Convulsions. Acta Paediatrica. 80(2). 218–225. 27 indexed citations

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Forsgren, Lars, Markku Fagerlund, & Bo Zetterlund. (1991). Electroencephalographic and Neuroradiological Findings in Adults with Newly Diagnosed Unprovoked Seizures. European Neurology. 31(2). 61–67. 13 indexed citations

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Schuback, Deborah E., Laurie J. Ozelius, Gösta Holmgren, et al.. (1991). Dopamine beta-hydroxylase gene excluded in four subtypes of hereditary dystonia. Human Genetics. 87(3). 311–316. 6 indexed citations

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Haimanot, Redda Tekle, Abebe Mekonnen, Ayele Gebre-Mariam, et al.. (1990). Community-Based Study of Neurological Disorders in Rural Central Ethiopia. Neuroepidemiology. 9(5). 263–277. 121 indexed citations

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