Marjan van den Akker

13.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
224 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Marjan van den Akker is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Marjan van den Akker has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Epidemiology, 60 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 57 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Marjan van den Akker's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (91 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (55 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (30 papers). Marjan van den Akker is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (91 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (55 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (30 papers). Marjan van den Akker collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Marjan van den Akker's co-authors include Frank Buntinx, J. André Knottnerus, Job Metsemakers, Laura Deckx, Alexandra Prados‐Torres, Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga, Beatriz Poblador‐Plou, Tatjana T. Makovski, Saverio Stranges and Frans R.J. Verhey and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Marjan van den Akker

215 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

Multimorbidity in General Practice: Prevalence, Incidence... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1998 1996 2014 2019 250 500 750
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. Multimorbidity in General Practice: Prevalence, Incidence, and Determinants of Co-Occurring Chronic and Recurrent Diseases
    1998 779 citations Marjan van den Akker, Frank Buntinx et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  2. Comorbidity or multimorbidity
    1996 639 citations Marjan van den Akker, Frank Buntinx et al. profile →
  3. Multimorbidity patterns: a systematic review
    2014 541 citations Alexandra Prados‐Torres, Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  4. Multimorbidity and quality of life: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis
    2019 390 citations Tatjana T. Makovski, Marjan van den Akker 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
Marjan van den Akker Netherlands 42 3.8k 2.0k 1.9k 1.4k 1.3k 224 8.3k
Graham Watt United Kingdom 36 3.9k 1.0× 3.2k 1.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 963 0.8× 112 8.9k
José M Valderas United Kingdom 54 5.3k 1.4× 4.4k 2.1× 3.4k 1.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 269 13.2k
René J. F. Melis Netherlands 37 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 882 0.7× 158 6.1k
Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga Sweden 39 2.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 178 5.4k
Jennifer L. Wolff United States 50 2.9k 0.7× 5.4k 2.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 257 10.6k
Sara Angleman Sweden 25 2.2k 0.6× 958 0.5× 891 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 777 0.6× 33 4.6k
Davide Liborio Vetrano Sweden 48 2.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 3.0k 2.1× 824 0.6× 253 7.1k
Marcel E. Salive United States 36 1.9k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 861 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 75 8.9k
Claire Gudex Denmark 26 1.3k 0.3× 2.6k 1.2× 3.6k 1.9× 588 0.4× 559 0.4× 71 11.5k
Colleen J. Maxwell Canada 50 1.2k 0.3× 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 749 0.6× 238 7.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marjan van den Akker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coste, Joël, Cyrille Delpierre, Sarah Tebeka, et al.. (2024). Difference in long COVID prevalence due to different definitions and long COVID related risk factors. European Journal of Public Health. 34(Supplement_3). 3 indexed citations
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Lutomski, Jennifer E., Trynke Hoekstra, Marjan van den Akker, et al.. (2023). Multimorbidity patterns in older persons and their association with self-reported quality of life and limitations in activities of daily living. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 115. 105134–105134. 8 indexed citations
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Pati, Sandipana, Marjan van den Akker, François Schellevis, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, & Jako Burgers. (2023). Management of diabetes patients with comorbidity in primary care: a mixed-method study in Odisha, India. Family Practice. 40(5-6). 714–721. 2 indexed citations
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Bachmeier, Beatrice E., et al.. (2023). How do German General Practitioners Manage Long-/Post-COVID? A Qualitative Study in Primary Care. Viruses. 15(4). 1016–1016. 15 indexed citations
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Köberlein–Neu, Juliane, et al.. (2022). Use of an electronic medication management support system in patients with polypharmacy in general practice: study protocol of a quantitative process evaluation of the AdAM trial. Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety. 13. 1561525439–1561525439. 2 indexed citations
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Brueckle, Maria-Sophie, et al.. (2022). Stakeholder Perspectives on the Development and Implementation of a Polypharmacy Management Program in Germany: Results of a Qualitative Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(7). 1115–1115. 2 indexed citations
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Pivodic, Lara, Tine De Burghgraeve, Jos W. R. Twisk, et al.. (2021). Changes in social, psychological and physical well-being in the last 5 years of life of older people with cancer: a longitudinal study. Age and Ageing. 50(5). 1829–1833. 8 indexed citations
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González‐González, Ana Isabel, Christine Schmucker, Edris Nury, et al.. (2020). End-of-Life Care Preferences of Older Patients with Multimorbidity: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(1). 91–91. 28 indexed citations
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Vos, Rein, et al.. (2020). Identifying disease trajectories with predicate information from a knowledge graph. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 11(1). 9–9. 6 indexed citations
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Müller, Beate S., Lorenz Uhlmann, Peter Ihle, et al.. (2020). Development and internal validation of prognostic models to predict negative health outcomes in older patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in general practice. BMJ Open. 10(10). e039747–e039747. 8 indexed citations
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Schmucker, Christine, Truc Sophia Nguyen, Maria-Sophie Brueckle, et al.. (2020). End-of-life care preferences of older patients with multimorbidity: protocol of a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Open. 10(7). e038682–e038682. 4 indexed citations
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Schmucker, Christine, Jeanet W. Blom, Marjan van den Akker, et al.. (2019). Health-related preferences of older patients with multimorbidity: the protocol for an evidence map. BMJ Open. 9(9). e029724–e029724. 2 indexed citations
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Pati, Sanghamitra, Subhashisa Swain, Job Metsemakers, J. André Knottnerus, & Marjan van den Akker. (2017). Pattern and severity of multimorbidity among patients attending primary care settings in Odisha, India. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0183966–e0183966. 71 indexed citations
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Prados‐Torres, Alexandra, et al.. (2014). Multimorbidity patterns: a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 67(3). 254–266. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klabbers, Gonnie, Hans Bosma, Marjan van den Akker, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, & J. Th. M. van Eijk. (2012). Cognitive hostility predicts all-cause mortality irrespective of behavioural risk at late middle and older age. European Journal of Public Health. 23(4). 701–705. 23 indexed citations
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Akker, Marjan van den, et al.. (2010). Veenweiden en klimaat. Mogelijkheden voor mitigatie en adaptatie. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 20(3). 6–8. 1 indexed citations
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Akker, Marjan van den, Agnes G. Schuurman, Job Metsemakers, & Frank Buntinx. (2004). Is depression related to subsequent diabetes mellitus?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 110(3). 178–183. 55 indexed citations

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