Thomas Truelsen

96.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
13 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Truelsen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Truelsen has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Truelsen's work include Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (11 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (6 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (4 papers). Thomas Truelsen is often cited by papers focused on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (11 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (6 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (4 papers). Thomas Truelsen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Switzerland and United States. Thomas Truelsen's co-authors include Valery L. Feigin, George A. Mensah, Suzanne Barker‐Collo, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Derrick Bennett, Mohsen Naghavi, Rita Krishnamurthi, Andrew Moran, Ralph L. Sacco and Majid Ezzati and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Stroke and The Lancet Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Truelsen

12 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

2013 2.9k citations Valery L. Feigin, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar et al. The Lancet profile →
Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

2013 971 citations Rita Krishnamurthi, Valery L. Feigin et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
Update on the Global Burden of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in 1990-2013: The GBD 2013 Study

2015 922 citations Valery L. Feigin, Rita Krishnamurthi et al. Neuroepidemiology profile →
Stroke incidence and prevalence in Europe: a review of available data

2006 483 citations Thomas Truelsen, Bartłomiej Piechowski‐Jóźwiak et al. European Journal of Neurology profile →

Peers

Thomas Truelsen

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NEURO

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Myles Connor United Kingdom

Ralph L. Sacco United States

Rita Krishnamurthi New Zealand

Andrew Moran United States

Michael Brainin Austria

Maurice Giroud France

Emma Witt New Zealand

Andreas Terént Sweden

Helen M. Dewey Australia

Reneé Semonin Holleran United States

Myles Connor United Kingdom

Thomas Truelsen

2.8k ×0.9

EPIDE

1.8k ×0.8

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1.1k ×0.9

NEURO

824 ×0.9

PRM

819 ×0.9

CCM

Citations per year, relative to Thomas Truelsen Thomas Truelsen (= 1×) peers Myles Connor

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Truelsen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Truelsen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Truelsen

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Lauritsen, Jens, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Outcome of Moyamoya Disease. Acta neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 136. 93–97.

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Truelsen, Thomas, Helle K. Iversen, George A. Mensah, et al.. (2015). Causes of Death Data in the Global Burden of Disease Estimates for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke. Neuroepidemiology. 45(3). 152–160. 36 indexed citations

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Feigin, Valery L., Rita Krishnamurthi, Priya Parmar, et al.. (2015). Update on the Global Burden of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in 1990-2013: The GBD 2013 Study. Neuroepidemiology. 45(3). 161–176. 922 indexed citations breakdown →

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Krishnamurthi, Rita, Valery L. Feigin, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, et al.. (2013). Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet Global Health. 1(5). e259–e281. 971 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andersson, Charlotte, Ole Ahlehoff, Mette Charlot, et al.. (2013). Temporal trends in stroke admissions in Denmark 1997–2009. BMC Neurology. 13(1). 156–156. 21 indexed citations

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Feigin, Valery L., Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Rita Krishnamurthi, et al.. (2013). Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet. 383(9913). 245–255. 2899 indexed citations breakdown →

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Truelsen, Thomas, Bartłomiej Piechowski‐Jóźwiak, Ruth Bonita, et al.. (2006). Stroke incidence and prevalence in Europe: a review of available data. European Journal of Neurology. 13(6). 581–598. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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Truelsen, Thomas, Mattias Ekman, & Gudrun Boysen. (2005). Cost of stroke in Europe. European Journal of Neurology. 12(s1). 78–84. 70 indexed citations

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Bonita, Ruth, Shanthi Mendis, Thomas Truelsen, et al.. (2004). The Global Stroke Initiative. The Lancet Neurology. 3(7). 391–393. 347 indexed citations

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Truelsen, Thomas, Markku Mähönen, Hanna Tolonen, et al.. (2003). Trends in Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease in the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke. 34(6). 1346–1352. 119 indexed citations

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Bonita, Ruth & Thomas Truelsen. (2003). Stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: a neglected chronic disease. The Lancet Neurology. 2(10). 592–592. 15 indexed citations

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Boysen, Gudrun, Thomas Truelsen, Bernadette Boden‐Albala, et al.. (2003). Development and validation of a model to estimate stroke incidence in a population. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 12(1). 22–28. 5 indexed citations

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Truelsen, Thomas, Ruth Bonita, & Konrad Jamrozik. (2001). Surveillance of stroke: a global perspective. International Journal of Epidemiology. 30(suppl 1). S11–S16. 75 indexed citations

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