Toralf Hasvold

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Toralf Hasvold is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health Information Management and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toralf Hasvold has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Health Professions, 5 papers in Health Information Management and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Toralf Hasvold's work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers), Healthcare Systems and Technology (4 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (4 papers). Toralf Hasvold is often cited by papers focused on Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers), Healthcare Systems and Technology (4 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (4 papers). Toralf Hasvold collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Netherlands and Poland. Toralf Hasvold's co-authors include Roar Johnsen, Yann Bourgueil, Toni Dedeu, Allen Hutchinson, Marek Oleszczyk, Danica Rotar Pavlič, Thomas Cartier, Margus Lember, Paolo Tedeschi and Dionne Kringos and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Medicine, BMJ Open and BMC Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Toralf Hasvold

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The strength of primary care in Europe: an international ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200 250
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. The strength of primary care in Europe: an international comparative study
    2013 285 citations Dionne Kringos, W.G.W. Boerma et al. British Journal of General Practice profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Toralf Hasvold Norway 11 535 268 178 163 133 28 1.1k
David Lanier United States 15 732 1.4× 305 1.1× 88 0.5× 158 1.0× 88 0.7× 24 1.4k
Aman Bhandari United States 8 464 0.9× 311 1.2× 56 0.3× 180 1.1× 32 0.2× 10 1.1k
James C. Romeis United States 19 310 0.6× 270 1.0× 31 0.2× 140 0.9× 133 1.0× 51 1.1k
Edward J. Miech United States 20 591 1.1× 167 0.6× 79 0.4× 217 1.3× 27 0.2× 95 1.4k
Ludmiła Marcinowicz Poland 16 389 0.7× 79 0.3× 84 0.5× 57 0.3× 30 0.2× 81 887
Volker Eric Amelung Germany 15 527 1.0× 308 1.1× 87 0.5× 136 0.8× 16 0.1× 127 1.1k
Lieve Peremans Belgium 22 614 1.1× 108 0.4× 60 0.3× 156 1.0× 25 0.2× 80 1.2k
Mindy Flanagan United States 21 709 1.3× 106 0.4× 32 0.2× 163 1.0× 37 0.3× 92 1.6k
D C Morrell United Kingdom 17 626 1.2× 180 0.7× 61 0.3× 62 0.4× 36 0.3× 55 1.1k
Neal Maskrey United Kingdom 11 716 1.3× 243 0.9× 94 0.5× 102 0.6× 14 0.1× 31 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Toralf Hasvold

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Fields of papers citing papers by Toralf Hasvold

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Toralf Hasvold. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Toralf Hasvold. The network helps show where Toralf Hasvold may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toralf Hasvold

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boerma, W.G.W., Yann Bourgueil, Thomas Cartier, et al.. (2015). Overview and future challenges for primary care. Pure Amsterdam UMC. 119–134. 2 indexed citations
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Kringos, Dionne, W.G.W. Boerma, Yann Bourgueil, et al.. (2013). The strength of primary care in Europe: an international comparative study. British Journal of General Practice. 63(616). e742–e750. 285 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berntsen, Gro, et al.. (2013). Is a high level of general practitioner consultations associated with low outpatients specialist clinic use? A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 3(1). e002041–e002041. 5 indexed citations
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Maleta, Kenneth, et al.. (2012). "PHC leadership: are health centres in good hands? Perspectives from 3 districts in Malawi".. PubMed. 24(3). 46–51. 3 indexed citations
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Iversen, Trond, Tore K. Solberg, Bertil Romner, et al.. (2011). Effect of caudal epidural steroid or saline injection in chronic lumbar radiculopathy: multicentre, blinded, randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 343(sep13 3). d5278–d5278. 101 indexed citations
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Holtedahl, Knut, Tor Anvik, Niels Bentzen, et al.. (2007). Examination of final-year medical students in general practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 25(4). 198–201. 3 indexed citations
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Bellika, Johan Gustav, Toralf Hasvold, & Gunnar Hartvigsen. (2006). Propagation of program control: A tool for distributed disease surveillance. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 76(4). 313–329. 27 indexed citations
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Bellika, Johan Gustav, et al.. (2006). Properties of a federated epidemiology query system. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 76(9). 664–676. 22 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf, et al.. (2004). [Medical education in Tromsø--does it secure recruitment of physicians to the northern parts of Norway?].. PubMed. 124(16). 2107–9. 7 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf. (2004). Fastlegeordningen – bare en strukturreform?. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 1 indexed citations
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Dahl, Lauritz Bredrup, et al.. (2003). Kan hjertebilyder evalueres med telemedisin. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 1 indexed citations
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Kummervold, Per Egil, Deede Gammon, Svein Bergvik, et al.. (2002). Social support in a wired world: Use of online mental health forums in Norway. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 56(1). 59–65. 154 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf. (2000). Listestørrelse og kvalitet i fastlegeordningen. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 2 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf. (2000). [Size of the patient list and quality of the general practice].. PubMed. 120(7). 786–7. 3 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf & Roar Johnsen. (1996). Headache and neck or shoulder pain—family learnt illnesses behaviour? The Bardu Muscoloskeletal Study, 1989–1990. Family Practice. 13(3). 242–246. 7 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf, Roar Johnsen, & Olav Helge Førde. (1996). Non-migrainous headache, neck or shoulder pain, and migraine — differences in association with background factors in a city population. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 14(2). 92–99. 21 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Bjarne K., Toralf Hasvold, Georg Høyer, & Vidje Hansen. (1995). The General Health Questionnaire: how many items are really necessary in population surveys?. Psychological Medicine. 25(5). 957–961. 45 indexed citations
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Hasvold, Toralf & Roar Johnsen. (1993). Headache and neck or shoulder pain - frequent and disabling complaints in the general population. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 11(3). 219–224. 110 indexed citations

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