Tom Wilsgaard

62.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
360 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Tom Wilsgaard is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Wilsgaard has authored 360 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 79 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 66 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Tom Wilsgaard's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (40 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (33 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (31 papers). Tom Wilsgaard is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (40 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (33 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (31 papers). Tom Wilsgaard collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Sweden. Tom Wilsgaard's co-authors include Inger Njølstad, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Maja‐Lisa Løchen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Sigrid K. Brækkan, Anne Elise Eggen, John‐Bjarne Hansen, Ganesh Acharya, Henrik Schirmer and E. B. Mathiesen and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Genetics and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Tom Wilsgaard

347 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

Cohort profile: The Troms... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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. Cohort profile: The Tromso Study
    2011 542 citations Anne Elise Eggen, Tom Wilsgaard et al. profile →
  2. Excess mortality after hip fracture in elderly persons from Europe and the USA: the CHANCES project
    2017 254 citations Tom Wilsgaard et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Tom Wilsgaard 3.5k 2.4k 2.0k 1.8k 1.6k 360 13.5k
Morten Schmidt 4.3k 1.2× 2.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 201 14.3k
Pål Romundstad 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 269 13.5k
Ethan M. Balk 2.8k 0.8× 4.8k 2.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 601 0.4× 265 17.7k
Susan R. Heckbert 10.0k 2.8× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 479 21.7k
Kyungdo Han 4.5k 1.3× 2.6k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 20.4k
Stephen Sidney 4.8k 1.4× 2.3k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 2.9k 1.6× 520 0.3× 234 18.2k
Inger Njølstad 3.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 589 0.4× 214 9.8k
Ioanna Tzoulaki 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 981 0.6× 186 13.9k
Stephen B. Hulley 3.7k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 743 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 120 16.6k
Jacqueline C.M. Witteman 5.4k 1.5× 2.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 570 0.4× 170 16.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Wilsgaard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Wilsgaard

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All Works

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Wilsgaard, Tom, Jocasta Ball, Maja‐Lisa Løchen, et al.. (2025). Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in Women and Men in the Tromsø Study. JACC Advances. 4(2). 101556–101556. 1 indexed citations
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Wilsgaard, Tom, Wayne Rosamond, Henrik Schirmer, et al.. (2025). A New Biomarker of Aging Derived From Electrocardiograms Improves Risk Prediction of Incident Cardiovascular Disease. JACC Advances. 4(6). 101764–101764. 1 indexed citations
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Rylander, Charlotta, Ole‐Martin Fuskevåg, Guri Grimnes, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal assessment of classic and 11-oxygenated androgen concentrations and their association with type 2 diabetes mellitus development: the Tromsø study. Acta Diabetologica. 61(7). 847–857.
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Wilsgaard, Tom, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Inger Ariansen, et al.. (2024). Social inequality in prevalence of NCD risk factors: a cross-sectional analysis from the population-based Tromsø Study 2015–2016. BMJ Open. 14(4). e080611–e080611. 2 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Christopher Sivert, Audun Stubhaug, Aslak Johansen, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal relationships between habitual physical activity and pain tolerance in the general population. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285041–e0285041. 12 indexed citations
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Løchen, Maja‐Lisa, et al.. (2022). Association between espresso coffee and serum total cholesterol: the Tromsø Study 2015–2016. Open Heart. 9(1). e001946–e001946. 13 indexed citations
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Ariansen, Inger, Tove Aminda Hanssen, Knut Tore Lappegård, et al.. (2022). Achievements of primary prevention targets in individuals with high risk of cardiovascular disease: an 8-year follow-up of the Tromsø study. European Heart Journal Open. 2(5). oeac061–oeac061. 3 indexed citations
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Gerdts, Eva, Jocasta Ball, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, et al.. (2022). Sex-specific time trends in incident atrial fibrillation and the contribution of risk factors: the Tromsø Study 1994–2016. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(1). 72–81. 9 indexed citations
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Lindekleiv, Haakon, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Jan Mannsverk, et al.. (2021). Low pain tolerance is associated with coronary angiography, coronary artery disease, and mortality: The TROMSO study. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 3 indexed citations
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Schirmer, Henrik, Darryl P. Leong, Sofia Malyutina, et al.. (2021). Heavy alcohol drinking and subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities of structure and function. Open Heart. 8(1). e001457–e001457. 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Jocasta, Maja‐Lisa Løchen, Tom Wilsgaard, et al.. (2021). Sex-Specific Associations between Blood Pressure and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in the Tromsø Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(7). 1514–1514. 9 indexed citations
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Averina, Maria, Tom Wilsgaard, Hugh Watkins, et al.. (2020). Why does Russia have such high cardiovascular mortality rates? Comparisons of blood-based biomarkers with Norway implicate non-ischaemic cardiac damage. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 74(9). 698–704. 10 indexed citations
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Eltoft, Agnethe, Kjell Arne Arntzen, Tom Wilsgaard, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, & Stein Harald Johnsen. (2018). Interleukin-6 is an independent predictor of progressive atherosclerosis in the carotid artery: The Tromsø Study. Atherosclerosis. 271. 1–8. 41 indexed citations
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Ueda, Peter, et al.. (2018). Hypothetical interventions to prevent stroke: an application of the parametric g-formula to a healthy middle-aged population. European Journal of Epidemiology. 33(6). 557–566. 21 indexed citations
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Eltoft, Agnethe, Kjell Arne Arntzen, John‐Bjarne Hansen, et al.. (2017). C-reactive protein in atherosclerosis – A risk marker but not a causal factor? A 13-year population-based longitudinal study: The Tromsø study. Atherosclerosis. 263. 293–300. 28 indexed citations
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Mannsverk, Jan, Tom Wilsgaard, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, et al.. (2015). Trends in Modifiable Risk Factors Are Associated With Declining Incidence of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Acute Coronary Heart Disease in a Population. Circulation. 133(1). 74–81. 118 indexed citations
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Kamycheva, Elena, Tom Wilsgaard, Henrik Schirmer, & Rolf Jorde. (2013). Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Left Ventricular Systolic Function in a Non-Smoking Population: The Tromsø Study. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(5). 490–495. 6 indexed citations

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