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Researcher · University of Bergen · Norway

Bjørn Bjorvatn

Bjørn Bjorvatn publishes mostly in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and General Health Professions, on topics such as Sleep and related disorders, Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue and Sleep and Wakefulness Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-7051-745X OpenAlex
World rank
#103,266
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Norway
#523
of 33,005
Works
480
Citations
23k
Citations per work
47.7
h-index
76
i10-index 289Top 0.7% in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Bjørn Bjorvatn

What does Bjørn Bjorvatn research?

Bjørn Bjorvatn's work is mostly in Psychology (36%), Neuroscience (18%), Health Professions (10%).

Social Sciences: 175 works · 36.4% of their workPsychology: 175 works · 36.4% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 157 works · 32.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 17 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 148 works · 30.9% of their workLife Sciences: 87 works · 18.2% of their workNeuroscience: 87 works · 18.2% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 55 works · 11.5% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 32 works · 6.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 70 works · 14.5% of their workHealth Professions: 46 works · 9.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 46 works · 9.5% of their workMedicine: 24 works · 5.0% of their workPhysiology: 24 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKBjørn Bjorvatn480works
Life Sciences18%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences36%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology17536.4%
  2. Everything else14830.9%
    1. Neuroscience8718.2%
    1. Health Professions469.5%
    2. Medicine245.0%
  1. 1Experimental and Cognitive Psychology33% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience12% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions10% of their works
  4. 4Endocrine and Autonomic Systems7% of their works
  5. 5Physiology5% of their works
  6. 6Clinical Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bjørn Bjorvatn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Circadian Rhythms, Epidemiology, Insomnia, Sleep Duration, Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, Memory and Sleep.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Circadian Rhythms4002 topics
  2. Epidemiology3323 topics
  3. Insomnia2621 topic
  4. Sleep Duration2621 topic
  5. Fatigue1541 topic
  6. Sleep Deprivation1541 topic
  7. Memory1381 topic
  8. Sleep1381 topic
  9. Cardiovascular Disease1272 topics
  10. Psychosocial Work Environment801 topic
  11. Work-related Stress801 topic
  12. Circadian Clock751 topic
  13. Melatonin751 topic
  14. Obstructive Sleep Apnea471 topic
  15. Sleep-Disordered Breathing471 topic
  16. Diagnostic Criteria231 topic
  17. Restless Legs Syndrome231 topic
  18. Dopamine221 topic
  19. Serotonin221 topic

Where does Bjørn Bjorvatn work?

Bjørn Bjorvatn's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Bergen, Norway.

How many publications and citations does Bjørn Bjorvatn have?

OpenAlex counts 480 works and 22,908 citations for Bjørn Bjorvatn, an h-index of 76, ranking #103,266 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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