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Researcher · University of Bergen · Norway

Gerd Kvale

Gerd Kvale publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-5449-2344 OpenAlex
World rank
#200,353
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Norway
#1,141
of 33,005
Works
216
Citations
7.5k
Citations per work
34.9
h-index
46
i10-index 108Top 3.2% in Clinical Psychology
Gerd Kvale

What does Gerd Kvale research?

Gerd Kvale's work is mostly in Psychology (42%), Neuroscience (10%), Medicine (5%).

Social Sciences: 90 works · 41.6% of their workPsychology: 90 works · 41.6% of their workClinical Psychology: 65 works · 30.2% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 works · 11.4% of their workEverything else: 72 works · 33.2% of their workLife Sciences: 32 works · 14.8% of their workNeuroscience: 22 works · 10.2% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 works · 10.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 works · 4.6% of their workGenetics: 10 works · 4.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 22 works · 10.4% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 5.3% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 works · 5.3% of their workDentistry: 11 works · 5.1% of their workOral Surgery: 11 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKGerd Kvale216works
Life Sciences15%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences42%

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. Psychology9041.6%
  2. Everything else7233.2%
    1. Neuroscience2210.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.6%
    1. Medicine115.3%
    2. Dentistry115.1%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology30% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology11% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience10% of their works
  4. 4Psychiatry and Mental health5% of their works
  5. 5Oral Surgery5% of their works
  6. 6Genetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gerd Kvale's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, Neurobiological Correlates, Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Genetics and Dental Anxiety.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder891 topic
  2. Tourette Syndrome891 topic
  3. Neurobiological Correlates672 topics
  4. Anxiety Disorders461 topic
  5. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy461 topic
  6. Autism Spectrum Disorders381 topic
  7. Genetics381 topic
  8. Dental Anxiety281 topic
  9. Local Anesthetics281 topic
  10. Borderline Personality Disorder211 topic
  11. Psychopathology211 topic
  12. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy161 topic
  13. Internet-based Interventions161 topic
  14. Genetic Variation131 topic
  15. Genome-Wide Association131 topic
  16. Neurologic Manifestations121 topic
  17. Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome121 topic

Where does Gerd Kvale work?

Gerd Kvale's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Bergen, Norway.

How many publications and citations does Gerd Kvale have?

OpenAlex counts 216 works and 7,544 citations for Gerd Kvale, an h-index of 46, ranking #200,353 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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