Pål Kristensen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 719 citations indexed

About

Pål Kristensen is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Pål Kristensen has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Clinical Psychology, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Pål Kristensen's work include Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (29 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (28 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (15 papers). Pål Kristensen is often cited by papers focused on Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (29 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (28 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (15 papers). Pål Kristensen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Finland and Netherlands. Pål Kristensen's co-authors include Trond Heir, Lars Weisæth, Kari Dyregrov, Atle Dyregrov, Ajmal Hussain, Rolf Gjestad, Øyvind Langsrud, Jens C. Thimm, Riittakerttu Kaltiala‐Heino and Maja O’Connor and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

In The Last Decade

Pål Kristensen

29 papers receiving 699 citations

Hit Papers

Bereavement and Mental Health after Sudden and Violent Lo... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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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. Bereavement and Mental Health after Sudden and Violent Losses: A Review
    2012 337 citations Pål Kristensen, Lars Weisæth et al. profile →

Peers

Pål Kristensen
Melissa A. Smigelsky United States
Yonit Schorr United States
Aaron L. Bergman United States
Linna Tam‐Seto Canada
Ilanit Tal Young United States
Warren Donnellan United Kingdom
Isabelle Marcoux Canada
Kirsten Woodward United States
Lauren M. Borges United States
Janet York United States
Melissa A. Smigelsky United States
Pål Kristensen
Citations per year, relative to Pål Kristensen Pål Kristensen (= 1×) peers Melissa A. Smigelsky

Countries citing papers authored by Pål Kristensen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pål Kristensen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pål Kristensen

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

All Works

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Dyregrov, Atle, et al.. (2024). Funeral directors’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 27(8). 838–855.
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Kaltiala‐Heino, Riittakerttu, et al.. (2024). Somatic symptoms and insomnia among bereaved parents and siblings eight years after the Utøya terror attack. European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2300585–2300585. 1 indexed citations
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Lenferink, Lonneke I. M., et al.. (2024). The Norwegian traumatic grief inventory-self report plus (TGI-SR+): a psychometric evaluation in traumatically bereaved people. European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2391248–2391248. 3 indexed citations
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Dyregrov, Atle, et al.. (2023). Loss of a Child during a Pandemic. A Mixed Method Study of Parents’ Experiences of Interference with Rituals and Grief. Journal of Loss and Trauma. 28(8). 651–676. 2 indexed citations
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Thimm, Jens C., et al.. (2022). Prolonged grief, post-traumatic stress, and functional impairment in parents and siblings 8 years after the 2011 Utøya terror attack. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(2). 9 indexed citations
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Heir, Trond, Ajmal Hussain, Pål Kristensen, & Lars Weisæth. (2021). Delayed post-traumatic stress and memory inflation of life-threatening events following a natural disaster: prospective study. BJPsych Open. 7(4). e132–e132. 7 indexed citations
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Dyregrov, Atle & Pål Kristensen. (2020). Information to Bereaved Families Following Catastrophic Losses. Why Is It Important?. Journal of Loss and Trauma. 25(5). 472–487. 4 indexed citations
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Dyregrov, Atle, et al.. (2018). Early intervention for bereaved children: What mental health professionals think. Death Studies. 44(4). 201–209. 3 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål, et al.. (2017). Optimizing Visits to the Site of Death for Bereaved Families After Disasters and Terrorist Events. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 12(4). 523–527. 5 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål, Kari Dyregrov, & Atle Dyregrov. (2017). Hva skiller forlenget sorg-forstyrrelse fra depresjon?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 137(7). 538–539. 17 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål, Kari Dyregrov, Atle Dyregrov, & Trond Heir. (2016). Media exposure and prolonged grief: A study of bereaved parents and siblings after the 2011 Utøya Island terror attack.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 8(6). 661–667. 23 indexed citations
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Dyregrov, Kari & Pål Kristensen. (2016). Even if the trauma is national, the grief is private. 3. 1 indexed citations
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Dyregrov, Kari & Pål Kristensen. (2015). Utøya 22 July 2011 – psychosocial sequela for bereaved parents. 2. 6 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål, Lars Weisæth, Ajmal Hussain, & Trond Heir. (2014). PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT AFTER LOSS OF A FAMILY MEMBER: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY AFTER THE 2004 TSUNAMI. Depression and Anxiety. 32(1). 49–56. 49 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål. (2013). Sorg som diagnose. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 133(8). 856–858. 5 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål, et al.. (2012). Visiting the Site of Death: Experiences of the Bereaved after the 2004 Southeast Asian Tsunami. Death Studies. 36(5). 462–476. 13 indexed citations
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Kristensen, Pål, et al.. (2011). Parental Mental Health After the Accidental Death of a Son During Military Service. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 200(1). 63–68. 19 indexed citations

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