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Researcher · Fafo Foundation · Norway

Ståle Østhus

Ståle Østhus publishes mostly in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Epidemiology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Employment and Welfare Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,985,807
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Norway
#18,100
of 33,005
Works
23
Citations
272
Citations per work
11.8
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 74% in Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Ståle Østhus

What does Ståle Østhus research?

Ståle Østhus's work is mostly in Medicine (33%), Health Professions (16%), Psychology (12%).

Health Sciences: 11 works · 48.2% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 32.7% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 works · 17.2% of their workEpidemiology: 4 works · 15.5% of their workHealth Professions: 4 works · 15.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 4 works · 15.5% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 27.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 24.2% of their workPsychology: 3 works · 12.1% of their workClinical Psychology: 2 works · 6.9% of their workSocial Psychology: 1 works · 5.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 12.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 12.1% of their workTHEIR WORKStåle Østhus23works
Health Sciences48%Social Sciences24%

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. Medicine832.7%
    2. Health Professions415.5%
  2. Everything else627.6%
    1. Psychology312.1%
    2. Social Sciences312.1%
  1. 1Pathology and Forensic Medicine17% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology16% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions16% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology7% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ståle Østhus's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cancer Risk, Psychiatric Disorders, Alcohol, Liver Disease, Alcohol Dependence, Substance Use Disorders, Precarious Employment and Unemployment.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer Risk122 topics
  2. Psychiatric Disorders112 topics
  3. Alcohol101 topic
  4. Liver Disease101 topic
  5. Alcohol Dependence91 topic
  6. Substance Use Disorders91 topic
  7. Precarious Employment51 topic
  8. Unemployment51 topic
  9. Psychosocial Work Environment41 topic
  10. Work-related Stress41 topic
  11. Interactional Expertise31 topic
  12. Tacit Knowledge31 topic
  13. Criminal Behavior21 topic
  14. Downsizing21 topic
  15. Organizational Change21 topic
  16. Psychopathy21 topic
  17. Smoking Cessation21 topic
  18. Tobacco Use21 topic

Where does Ståle Østhus work?

Ståle Østhus's main affiliation in the publication record is Fafo Foundation, Norway.

How many publications and citations does Ståle Østhus have?

OpenAlex counts 23 works and 272 citations for Ståle Østhus, an h-index of 8, ranking #2,985,807 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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