Robert Karasek

28.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
80 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Karasek is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Social Psychology and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Karasek has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in General Health Professions, 16 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Robert Karasek's work include Workplace Health and Well-being (54 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (44 papers) and Stress and Burnout Research (10 papers). Robert Karasek is often cited by papers focused on Workplace Health and Well-being (54 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (44 papers) and Stress and Burnout Research (10 papers). Robert Karasek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Denmark. Robert Karasek's co-authors include Töres Theorell, Chantal Brisson, Norito Kawakami, I.L.D. Houtman, Benjamin C. Amick, Paulien M. Bongers, Dean Baker, Anders Ahlbom, Carl F. Pieper and Töres Theorell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Robert Karasek

77 papers receiving 19.5k citations

Hit Papers

Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Im... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1998 1998 1981 1996 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign
    1979 8.7k citations Robert Karasek Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  2. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): An instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics.
    1998 2.7k citations Robert Karasek, I.L.D. Houtman et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  3. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): An instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics.
    1998 2.6k citations Robert Karasek, I.L.D. Houtman et al. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  4. Job decision latitude, job demands, and cardiovascular disease: a prospective study of Swedish men.
    1981 1.2k citations Robert Karasek, Töres Theorell et al. American Journal of Public Health profile →
  5. Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research.
    1996 614 citations Töres Theorell, Robert Karasek Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →
  6. Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research.
    1996 500 citations Töres Theorell, Robert Karasek Journal of Occupational Health Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Karasek United States 43 15.0k 5.7k 4.3k 2.8k 2.7k 80 21.3k
Johannés Siegrist Germany 74 17.9k 1.2× 5.9k 1.0× 2.8k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 394 26.3k
Jussi Vahtera Finland 87 16.9k 1.1× 4.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 568 28.1k
Norito Kawakami Japan 66 10.3k 0.7× 6.1k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 504 22.8k
Marko Elovainio Finland 73 10.1k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 2.5k 0.9× 524 19.9k
I.L.D. Houtman Netherlands 34 7.1k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 146 10.4k
Paulien M. Bongers Netherlands 61 8.9k 0.6× 6.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 9.6k 3.5× 1.1k 0.4× 162 19.1k
Benjamin C. Amick United States 44 7.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.6× 984 0.2× 3.3k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 201 13.2k
Allard J. van der Beek Netherlands 71 6.8k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.3× 6.4k 2.3× 1.0k 0.4× 463 19.3k
Michiel A. J. Kompier Netherlands 57 5.0k 0.3× 3.5k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 147 10.3k
Michael P. Leiter Canada 62 21.5k 1.4× 13.1k 2.3× 13.3k 3.1× 1.5k 0.5× 6.5k 2.4× 157 38.0k

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All Works

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Choi, BongKyoo, Maureen F. Dollard, Jian Li, et al.. (2025). The Structure of Demand, Control, and Stability-Support Underlying the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) 2.0—An Innovative Tool for Assessing Multilevel Work Characteristics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(9). 1403–1403. 1 indexed citations
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Martus, Peter, et al.. (2025). The Cross-Sectional Association of Scales from the Job Content Questionnaire 2 (JCQ 2.0) with Burnout and Affective Commitment Among German Employees. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(3). 386–386. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jian, Sung‐Il Cho, Sarven S. McLinton, et al.. (2025). An International Comparative Reliability and Concurrent Validity Assessment of the Multi-Level Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) 2.0. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(9). 1435–1435.
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Santos, Kionna Oliveira Bernardes, Tânia Maria de Araújo, Fernándo Martins Carvalho, & Robert Karasek. (2017). The job content questionnaire in various occupational contexts: applying a latent class model. BMJ Open. 7(5). e013596–e013596. 19 indexed citations
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Karasek, Robert, et al.. (2015). Job, Psychological Factors and Coronary Heart Disease. Advances in cardiology. 29. 62–67. 7 indexed citations
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Chungkham, Holendro Singh, Michael Ingre, Robert Karasek, Hugo Westerlund, & Töres Theorell. (2013). Factor Structure and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance of the Demand Control Support Model: An Evidence from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH). PLoS ONE. 8(8). e70541–e70541. 89 indexed citations
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Canivet, Catarina, BongKyoo Choi, Robert Karasek, et al.. (2012). Can high psychological job demands, low decision latitude, and high job strain predict disability pensions? A 12-year follow-up of middle-aged Swedish workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 86(3). 307–319. 69 indexed citations
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Clays, Els, Dirk De Bacquer, France Kittel, et al.. (2010). The perception of work stressors is related to reduced parasympathetic activity. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 84(2). 185–191. 86 indexed citations
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Collins, Sean & Robert Karasek. (2010). Reduced vagal cardiac control variancein exhausted and high strain job subjects. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. 23(3). 267–78. 41 indexed citations
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Canivet, Catarina, Per‐Olof Östergren, S Lindeberg, et al.. (2010). Conflict between the work and family domains and exhaustion among vocationally active men and women. Social Science & Medicine. 70(8). 1237–1245. 42 indexed citations
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Choi, BongKyoo, Els Clays, Dirk De Bacquer, & Robert Karasek. (2008). Socioeconomic status, job strain and common mental disorders - an ecological (occupational) approach. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 9 indexed citations
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Lahiri, Supriya, et al.. (2006). Employment Conditions as Social Determinants of Health Part I: The External Domain. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 16(3). 267–288. 12 indexed citations
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Collins, Sean, et al.. (2005). Job strain and autonomic indices of cardiovascular disease risk. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 48(3). 182–193. 133 indexed citations
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Karasek, Robert. (2004). An Alternative Economic Vision for Healthy Work: Conducive Economy. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 24(5). 397–429. 15 indexed citations
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Theorell, Töres & Robert Karasek. (1998). "Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research": Correction to Theorell and Karasek (1996).. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 3(4). 367–367. 3 indexed citations
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Karasek, Robert. (1995). Stress at Work: An Integrative Approach. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 4(4). 28–35. 12 indexed citations
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Karasek, Robert, Töres Theorell, Joseph E. Schwartz, et al.. (1988). Job characteristics in relation to the prevalence of myocardial infarction in the US Health Examination Survey (HES) and the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES).. American Journal of Public Health. 78(8). 910–918. 449 indexed citations
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Karasek, Robert. (1987). Making Customer-Oriented Variety Feasible for CIM: Customer-Oriented Product Design Software.. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 129–136. 1 indexed citations
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Karasek, Robert. (1979). Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign. Administrative Science Quarterly. 24(2). 285–285. 8680 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karasek, Robert. (1979). Job demand, job decision latitude, and mental strain : implications for job redesign. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24. 285–308. 47 indexed citations

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