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Birgitta Essén

Birgitta Essén

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
6434
World Ranking
4806
National Ranking
56

Birgitta Essén publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgitta Essén sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 198 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Birgitta Essén D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgitta Essén sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 261 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Are some perinatal deaths in immigrant groups linked to suboptimal perinatal care services

    Birgitta Essén;Birgit Bödker;Nils-Otto Sjöberg;Jens Langhoff-Roos

  • Increased perinatal mortality among sub-Saharan immigrants in a city-population in Sweden

    Birgitta Essén;Bertil S. Hanson;Per-Olof Östergren;Pelle G. Lindquist

  • Qualitative study of pregnancy and childbirth experiences in Somalian women resident in Sweden

    Birgitta Essén;Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Hovelius;Saemundur Gudmundsson

  • Healing the health system after civil unrest

    Anneli Ivarsson;John Kinsman;Karin Johansson;Khalif Bile Mohamud

  • Being a bridge: Swedish antenatal care midwives’ encounters with Somali-born women and questions of violence; a qualitative study

    Ulrika Byrskog;Ulrika Byrskog;Pia Olsson;Birgitta Essén;Marie-Klingberg Allvin

  • Shared Language Is Essential: Communication in a Multiethnic Obstetric Care Setting

    Pauline Binder;Yan Borné;Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Essén

  • Increasing caesarean section rates among low-risk groups: a panel study classifying deliveries according to Robson at a university hospital in Tanzania

    Helena Litorp;Hussein L Kidanto;Lennarth Nystrom;Elisabeth Darj

  • Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications.

    Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Essén

  • Suicides during pregnancy and 1 year postpartum in Sweden, 1980-2007.

    Annika Esscher;Birgitta Essén;Eva Innala;Fotios C. Papadopoulos

  • Female genital mutilation in the West: traditional circumcision versus genital cosmetic surgery.

    Birgitta Essén;Sara Johnsdotter

  • Suboptimal care and maternal mortality among foreign-born women in Sweden: maternal death audit with application of the ‘migration three delays’ model

    Annika Esscher;Pauline Binder-Finnema;Birgit Bødker;Ulf Högberg

  • Glycogen depletion of different fibre types in human skeletal muscle during intermittent and continuous exercise.

    Birgitta Essén

  • Communication and Cultural Issues in Providing Reproductive Health Care to Immigrant Women: Health Care Providers’ Experiences in Meeting Somali Women Living in Finland

    Filio Degni;Sakari Suominen;Birgitta Essén;Walid El Ansari

  • “Never My Daughters”: A Qualitative Study Regarding Attitude Change Toward Female Genital Cutting Among Ethiopian and Eritrean Families in Sweden

    Sara Johnsdotter;Kontie Moussa;Aje Carlbom;Rishan Aregai

  • Cultural change after migration: Circumcision of girls in Western migrant communities

    Sara Johnsdotter;Birgitta Essén

  • Seven things to know about female genital surgeries in Africa

    Jasmine Abdulcadir;Fuambai Sia Ahmadu;Lucrezia Catania;Birgitta Essén

  • Evaluating Helping Babies Breathe: training for healthcare workers at hospitals in Rwanda.

    Aimable Musafili;Birgitta Essén;Cyprien Baribwira;Alphonse Rukundo

  • Stillbirth among foreign-born women in Sweden

    Cecilia Ekéus;Sven Cnattingius;Birgitta Essén;Anders Hjern;Anders Hjern

  • Swedish health care providers' experience and knowledge of female genital cutting

    Leila Tamaddon;Sara Johnsdotter;Jerker Liljestrand;Birgitta Essén

  • Maternal near-miss and death and their association with caesarean section complications: a cross-sectional study at a university hospital and a regional hospital in Tanzania.

    Helena Litorp;Hussein L Kidanto;Mattias Rööst;Muzdalifat Abeid

  • Negotiating Collective and Individual Agency: A Qualitative Study of Young Women’s Reproductive Health in Rural India

    Mandira Paul;Birgitta Essén;Salla Sariola;Sharad Iyengar

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulf Högberg
Ulf Högberg Uppsala University
Per-Olof Östergren
Per-Olof Östergren Lund University
Rhonda Small
Rhonda Small La Trobe University
Anita J. Gagnon
Anita J. Gagnon McGill University
Maria Emmelin
Maria Emmelin Lund University
Walid El Ansari
Walid El Ansari University of Gloucestershire
Sakari Suominen
Sakari Suominen University of Turku
Jeffrey V. Lazarus
Jeffrey V. Lazarus University of Barcelona
Richard H. Glazier
Richard H. Glazier University of Toronto
Helene Norder
Helene Norder University of Gothenburg

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