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Gerd Ahlström

Gerd Ahlström

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
7504
World Ranking
5995
National Ranking
55

Gerd Ahlström publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerd Ahlström sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 262 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Gerd Ahlström D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerd Ahlström sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gerd Ahlström is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their research primarily spans topics related to aging populations, intellectual disabilities, and healthcare services for vulnerable groups.

Their work is frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • Healthcare
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Nursing Reports
  • Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • BMC Palliative Care

Ahlström's main areas of study include General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, and Geriatrics and Gerontology. The principal themes addressed in the research involve geriatric care and nursing homes, palliative care and end-of-life issues, chronic disease management strategies, as well as exploring genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders.

The most prominent research topics associated with Ahlström are:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

A number of frequently cited papers by Ahlström include:

  • Ageing people with intellectual disabilities and the association between frailty factors and social care: A Swedish national register study (2021), published in the Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • Specialist psychiatric health care utilization among older people with intellectual disability - predictors and comparisons with the general population: a national register study (2020), published in BMC Psychiatry

Other related works from Ahlström's collaborations are reflected in studies focusing on quality of life among older populations and healthcare utilization patterns.

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of Ahlström's career, frequently working alongside researchers such as Tove Lindhardt, Marianne Holmgren, Anna Axmon, Lina Behm, and Magnus Persson. These partnerships have contributed to a body of research investigating aging, intellectual disabilities, and healthcare outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Cross-cultural interview studies using interpreters: systematic literature review

    Anne-Marie Wallin;Gerd Ahlström

  • Long-term pain conditions after a stroke.

    Marita Widar;Lars Samuelsson;Susanne Karlsson-Tivenius;Gerd Ahlström

  • Patients' perceptions of the concept of the quality of care in the psychiatric setting: a phenomenographic study.

    Agneta Schröder;Gerd Ahlström;Gerd Ahlström;Bodil Wilde Larsson

  • Somatic healthcare utilisation patterns among older people with intellectual disability: an 11-year register study.

    Magnus Sandberg;Gerd Ahlström;Anna Axmon;Jimmie Kristensson;Jimmie Kristensson

  • Experiences of loss and chronic sorrow in persons with severe chronic illness

    Gerd Ahlström

  • Severely ill ICU patients recall of factual events and unreal experiences of hospital admission and ICU stay--3 and 12 months after discharge.

    Lennart Löf;Lars Berggren;Gerd Ahlström

  • The relationship between function, quality of life and coping in patients with low-grade gliomas.

    Margareta Gustafsson;Tanja Edvardsson;Gerd Ahlström

  • Unaccompanied Young Adult Refugees in Sweden, Experiences of their Life Situation and Well-being: A Qualitative Follow-up Study

    Anne-Marie M Wallin;Gerd I Ahlström

  • Quality of life and impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis

    Ann-Kristin Isaksson;Gerd Ahlström;Lars-Gunnar Gunnarsson

  • Health-related quality of life in persons with long-term pain after a stroke.

    Marita Widar;Gerd Ahlström;Anna-Christina Ek

  • A family's perspective on living with a highly malignant brain tumor.

    Ann-Kristin Wideheim;Tanja Edvardsson;Anneli Påhlson;Gerd Ahlström

  • Problems experienced during the first year of an acute traumatic hand injury - a prospective study

    Margareta Gustafsson;Gerd Ahlström

  • The meaning of women's experience of living with long-term urinary incontinence is powerlessness.

    Doris Hägglund;Gerd Ahlström

  • Activities of daily living and quality of life in persons with muscular dystrophy.

    Birgitta Nätterlund;Gerd Ahlström

  • Disability, coping and quality of life in individuals with muscular dystrophy: a prospective study over five years

    Birgitta Nätterlund;Lars-Gunnar Gunnarsson;Gerd Ahlström

  • The effect of an outdoor powered wheelchair on activity and participation in users with stroke

    Ingvor Pettersson;Kristina Törnquist;Gerd Ahlström

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire as applied to clinical and nonclinical groups

    Lars-Olov Lundqvist;Gerd Ahlström

  • General practitioners' and district nurses' conceptions of the encounter with obese patients in primary health care.

    Lena M Hansson;Finn Rasmussen;Gerd I Ahlstrom

  • Swedish Child Health Care nurses conceptions of overweight in children: a qualitative study

    Gabriella E Isma;Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen;Gerd Ahlstrom;Gerd Ahlstrom;Margareta Östman

  • Learning a way through ethical problems: Swedish nurses’ and doctors’ experiences from one model of ethics rounds

    Mia Svantesson;Rurik Löfmark;Håkan Thorsén;Kjell Kallenberg

  • Coping with illness-related problems and quality of life in adult individuals with muscular dystrophy.

    Gerd Ahlström;Per-Olow Sjöden

Frequent Co-Authors

Finn Rasmussen
Finn Rasmussen Aarhus University Hospital
Ingalill Rahm Hallberg
Ingalill Rahm Hallberg Lund University
Per Nilsen
Per Nilsen Linköping University
Håkan Widner
Håkan Widner Lund University
Nawi Ng
Nawi Ng University of Gothenburg
Helena Leino-Kilpi
Helena Leino-Kilpi Turku University Hospital
Leopold M. G. Curfs
Leopold M. G. Curfs Maastricht University
Christopher Gillberg
Christopher Gillberg University of Gothenburg
Bengt Fridlund
Bengt Fridlund Linnaeus University

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