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Bjørn Evald Holstein

Bjørn Evald Holstein

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
52
Citations
14408
World Ranking
2399
National Ranking
19

Bjørn Evald Holstein publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 290 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Bjørn Evald Holstein D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bjørn Evald Holstein is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans multiple disciplines including psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with a focus on clinical psychology, general health professions, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work primarily centers on topics such as health disparities and outcomes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, health, psychology and well-being, obesity, physical activity and diet, obesity and health practices, school health, nursing education, and child and adolescent health.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the European Journal of Pediatrics, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, International Journal of Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bjørn Evald Holstein include:

  • "Loneliness in the lives of Danish adolescents: Associations with health and sleep" (2020), Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • "Trends in social inequality in overweight and obesity among adolescents in Denmark 1998-2018" (2020), International Journal of Public Health
  • "Loneliness and Scholastic Self-Beliefs among Adolescents: A Population-based Survey" (2021), Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
  • "Bullying at School, Cyberbullying, and Loneliness: National Representative Study of Adolescents in Denmark" (2024), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Lonely, but Not Alone: Qualitative Study among Immigrant and Native-Born Adolescents" (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Bjørn Evald Holstein has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Katrine Rich Madsen, Mogens Trab Damsgaard, Trine Pagh Pedersen, Mette Rasmussen, and Pamela Qualter.

Best Publications

  • Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) family affluence scale.

    Candace Currie;Michal Molcho;William Boyce;Bjørn Holstein

  • Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries

    Pernille Due;Bjørn E. Holstein;John Lynch;Finn Diderichsen

  • Body mass index and overweight in adolescents in 13 European countries, Israel, and the United States.

    Inge Lissau;Mary D. Overpeck;W. June Ruan;Pernille Due

  • Social relations: network, support and relational strain.

    Pernille Due;Bjørn Holstein;Rikke Lund;Jens Modvig

  • Socioeconomic Inequality in Exposure to Bullying During Adolescence: A Comparative, Cross-Sectional, Multilevel Study in 35 Countries

    Pernille Due;Juan Merlo;Yossi Harel-Fisch;Mogens Trab Damsgaard

  • Social relations as determinant of onset of disability in aging

    Kirsten Avlund;Rikke Lund;Bjørn E Holstein;Pernille Due

  • Communication and coping as predictors of fertility problem stress: cohort study of 816 participants who did not achieve a delivery after 12 months of fertility treatment

    L. Schmidt;B. E. Holstein;U. Christensen;Jacky Boivin

  • Does infertility cause marital benefit?: An epidemiological study of 2250 women and men in fertility treatment

    Lone Schmidt;Bjørn Holstein;Ulla Christensen;Jacky Boivin

  • Pathways and mechanisms in adolescence contribute to adult health inequalities.

    Pernille Due;Rikke Krølner;Mette Rasmussen;Anette Andersen

  • Cohabitation and marital status as predictors of mortality--an eight year follow-up study.

    Rikke Lund;Pernille Due;Jens Modvig;Bjørn Evald Holstein

  • Overweight, body image and bullying—An epidemiological study of 11- to 15-years olds.

    Carina S. Brixval;Signe L. B. Rayce;Mette Rasmussen;Bjørn E. Holstein

  • Bullying victimization among 13 to 15 year old school children: Results from two comparative studies in 66 countries and regions

    Pernille Due;Bjørn Evald Holstein;Mag Scient Soc

  • The Impact of Structural and Functional Characteristics of Social Relations as Determinants of Functional Decline

    Kirsten Avlund;Rikke Lund;Bjørn E. Holstein;Pernille Due

  • Social relations and mortality. An eleven year follow-up study of 70-year-old men and women in Denmark.

    Kirsten Avlund;Mogens Trab Damsgaard;BjØrn E. Holstein

  • Exposure to teachers smoking and adolescent smoking behaviour: analysis of cross sectional data from Denmark

    Lis Hentze Poulsen;M Osler;C Roberts;P Due

  • Socioeconomic position in early life, birth weight, childhood cognitive function, and adult mortality. A longitudinal study of Danish men born in 1953

    M. Osler;Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen;P. Due;R. Lund

  • Socioeconomic position, macroeconomic environment and overweight among adolescents in 35 countries.

    P. Due;M. T. Damsgaard;M. Rasmussen;B. E. Holstein

  • Socioeconomic health inequalities among a nationally representative sample of Danish adolescents: the role of different types of social relations

    P Due;J Lynch;B Holstein;Jens Simon Modvig

  • International Survey of Self-Reported Medicine Use Among Adolescents

    Ebba Holme Hansen;Bjørn E Holstein;Pernille Due;Candace E Currie

  • The social epidemiology of coping with infertility.

    L. Schmidt;U. Christensen;B.E. Holstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Pernille Due
Pernille Due University of Southern Denmark
Rikke Lund
Rikke Lund University of Copenhagen
Merete Osler
Merete Osler University of Copenhagen
Morten Grønbæk
Morten Grønbæk University of Southern Denmark
Candace Currie
Candace Currie Glasgow Caledonian University
John Lynch
John Lynch University of Adelaide
Jasper Schipperijn
Jasper Schipperijn University of Southern Denmark
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn University of Galway
Juan Merlo
Juan Merlo Lund University
Lisa M. Powell
Lisa M. Powell University of Illinois at Chicago

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