Lars Lien

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
211 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Lars Lien is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Lien has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Clinical Psychology, 54 papers in General Health Professions and 33 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lars Lien's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (35 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (27 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (21 papers). Lars Lien is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (35 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (27 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (21 papers). Lars Lien collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Sweden. Lars Lien's co-authors include Espen Bjertness, Edvard Hauff, Florence Dalgard, Magne Thoresen, Jon Anders Halvorsen, Dawit Abebe, Sonja Heyerdahl, Tore Wentzel‐Larsen, Jørgen G. Bramness and Robert S. Stern and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lars Lien

194 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The Psychological Burden of Skin Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study among Dermatological Out-Patients in 13 European Countries

2014 612 citations Lars Lien, Flora Balieva et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lars Lien	2.0k	1.0k	838	655	633	211	4.8k
Angelo Picardi	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	752 0.9×	308 0.5×	906 1.4×	190	5.9k
Floris W. Kraaimaat	992 0.5×	591 0.6×	568 0.7×	333 0.5×	368 0.6×	91	5.2k
Sherry Everett Jones	1.2k 0.6×	293 0.3×	914 1.1×	752 1.1×	474 0.7×	93	4.0k
Aric A. Prather	1.3k 0.6×	185 0.2×	718 0.9×	792 1.2×	576 0.9×	122	5.9k
Ingo Schäfer	2.3k 1.2×	243 0.2×	646 0.8×	443 0.7×	488 0.8×	220	4.1k
Cris Glazebrook	2.8k 1.4×	236 0.2×	1.5k 1.8×	1.5k 2.2×	1.5k 2.3×	137	7.4k
Frank M. Perna	647 0.3×	377 0.4×	751 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	473 0.7×	95	5.8k
Anja Wittkowski	2.0k 1.0×	175 0.2×	343 0.4×	2.0k 3.1×	779 1.2×	145	4.0k
Rachel Roberts	1.5k 0.7×	100 0.1×	510 0.6×	590 0.9×	428 0.7×	200	4.2k
Sharon Danoff‐Burg	2.2k 1.1×	145 0.1×	737 0.9×	402 0.6×	1.6k 2.5×	70	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Lien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Lien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Lien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Lien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Lien 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 Lars Lien. Lars Lien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kleppang, Annette Løvheim, Curt Hagquist, Tonje Holte Stea, et al.. (2025). Social media use, gaming and quality of life among adolescents in Norway: results from the Young-HUNT study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 23(1). 113–113.

Bramness, Jørgen G., et al.. (2024). Bariatric surgery patients in AUD treatment in Norway—an exploratory cross-sectional study. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 59(2). 2 indexed citations

Bramness, Jørgen G., et al.. (2023). Levels of IL-6 are Associated with Lifetime Attempted Suicide in Alcohol Use Disorder Patients. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 19. 2141–2148. 1 indexed citations

Bolstad, Ingeborg, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory cytokines in alcohol use disorder patients are lower in smokers and users of smokeless tobacco. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 47(7). 1352–1363. 4 indexed citations

Sarkadi, Anna, et al.. (2023). Training non-specialists in teaching recovery techniques (TRT) to help traumatised children in humanitarian settings: a qualitative analysis of experiences gained from 20 years of practice. International Journal for Equity in Health. 22(1). 187–187. 2 indexed citations

Lien, Lars, et al.. (2023). Time trends in self-reported depressive symptoms, prescription of antidepressants, sedatives and hypnotics and the emergence of social media among Norwegian adolescents. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295384–e0295384. 4 indexed citations

Bramness, Jørgen G. & Lars Lien. (2022). Levels of Peripheral Circulating IL-6 and IL-10 Decrease Over Time Despite High Depression Burden in PTSD Patients. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 8 indexed citations

Bronken, Berit Arnesveen, et al.. (2022). Association of daily hassles, daily uplifts, coping styles and stress‐related symptoms among women exposed to sexual abuse—A cross‐sectional study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 37(1). 117–130. 2 indexed citations

Lien, Lars, et al.. (2021). Childhood abuse and its association with adults’ mental health problems: a cross-sectional study among men and women in the Yangon Region of Myanmar. BMJ Open. 11(11). e045870–e045870. 1 indexed citations

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Bronken, Berit Arnesveen, et al.. (2020). Interrelationship of Posttraumatic Stress, Hassles, Uplifts, and Coping in Women With a History of Severe Sexual Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(5-6). 2289–2309. 8 indexed citations

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Bronken, Berit Arnesveen, et al.. (2019). How women experience and cope with daily hassles after sexual abuse – a retrospective qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 33(2). 487–497. 5 indexed citations

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Lien, Lars. (2016). Smoking, Mental Health and Addiction: A Review of the Literature. 1(1). 3 indexed citations

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Khalifa, Dina Sami, Kari Glavin, Espen Bjertness, & Lars Lien. (2016). Determinants of postnatal depression in Sudanese women at 3 months postpartum: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 6(3). e009443–e009443. 47 indexed citations

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Balieva, Flora, Lars Lien, J. Küpfer, Jan F. Halvorsen, & Florence Dalgard. (2015). Are Common Skin Diseases among Norwegian Dermatological Outpatients Associated with Psychological Problems Compared with Controls? An Observational Study. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 96(2). 227–231. 12 indexed citations

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Swartz, Leslie, et al.. (2015). Perceived current needs, psychological distress and functional impairment in a war-affected setting: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan. BMJ Open. 5(8). e007534–e007534. 11 indexed citations

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Sagatun, Åse, Sonja Heyerdahl, Tore Wentzel‐Larsen, & Lars Lien. (2015). Medical benefits in young adulthood: a population-based longitudinal study of health behaviour and mental health in adolescence and later receipt of medical benefits. BMJ Open. 5(5). e007139–e007139. 11 indexed citations

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Bratlien, Unni, Merete Glenne Øie, Elisabeth Haug, et al.. (2014). Environmental factors during adolescence associated with later development of psychotic disorders – A nested case-control study. Psychiatry Research. 215(3). 579–585. 19 indexed citations

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Lien, Lars, et al.. (2012). What are the risk factors for the comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in a war-affected population? a cross-sectional community study in South Sudan. BMC Psychiatry. 12(1). 175–175. 61 indexed citations

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Lien, Nanna, Bernadette Kumar, & Lars Lien. (2007). Overvekt blant ungdom i Oslo. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

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Bjertness, Espen, et al.. (2007). Mobbing og helseplager hos barn og ungdom. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 6 indexed citations

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