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2026

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D-Index
68
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World Ranking
871
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5

Göran Tomson 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 Göran Tomson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 253 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Göran Tomson 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 Göran Tomson 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: 260 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: 68 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Göran Tomson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Health Professions, Environmental Science, and Medicine. Within these domains, their work extends into subfields such as General Health Professions, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Among Göran Tomson's recent publications are:

  • "Health and well-being for all: an approach to accelerating progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in countries in the WHO European Region," 2020, European Journal of Public Health
  • "Tackling the politics of intersectoral action for the health of people and planet," 2022, BMJ
  • "Beyond building back better: imagining a future for human and planetary health," 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "The battle for COVID-19 vaccines highlights the need for a new global governance mechanism," 2021, Nature Medicine
  • "Solidarity and universal preparedness for health after covid-19," 2021, BMJ

Their frequent publication venues include BMJ, BMJ Global Health, European Journal of Public Health, The Lancet Planetary Health, and Nature Medicine.

Frequent coauthors associated with Göran Tomson's work are Ole Petter Ottersen, Amanda Shriwise, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Maarinke van der Meulen, and Bettina Menne.

Best Publications

  • Access to medicines from a health system perspective

    Maryam Bigdeli;Bart Jacobs;Goran Tomson;Richard Laing

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • Using the three delays model to understand why newborn babies die in eastern Uganda

    Peter Waiswa;Peter Waiswa;Karin Kallander;Karin Kallander;Stefan Peterson;Stefan Peterson;Stefan Peterson;Goran Tomson

  • Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance

    Otto Cars;Liselotte Diaz Högberg;Mary Murray;Olle Nordberg

  • Socioeconomic status overrides age and gender in determining health-seeking behaviour in rural Bangladesh

    Syed Masud Ahmed;Göran Tomson;Max Petzold;Zarina Nahar Kabir

  • Maximising access to achieve appropriate human antimicrobial use in low-income and middle-income countries

    Marc Mendelson;John-Arne Røttingen;John-Arne Røttingen;John-Arne Røttingen;Unni Gopinathan;Davidson H Hamer

  • Leadership behaviour of nurse managers in relation to job satisfaction and work climate

    Stina Fransson Sellgren;Göran Ekvall;Göran Tomson

  • SELF-PRESCRIBING BY WAY OF PHARMACIES IN THREE ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Göran Tomson;Göran Sterky

  • Refugees: towards better access to health-care services

    Etienne V Langlois;Andy Haines;Göran Tomson;Abdul Ghaffar

  • Antibiotic medication and bacterial resistance to antibiotics: a survey of children in a Vietnamese community

    Mattias Larsson;Göran Kronvall;Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc;Inga Karlsson

  • Leadership styles in nursing management: preferred and perceived

    Stina Sellgren;Göran Ekvall;Göran Tomson

  • Poor newborn care practices - a population based survey in eastern Uganda

    Peter Waiswa;Peter Waiswa;Stefan Peterson;Stefan Peterson;Stefan Peterson;Goran Tomson;George W Pariyo

  • Utilization of public or private health care providers by febrile children after user fee removal in Uganda.

    Elizeus Rutebemberwa;Elizeus Rutebemberwa;George Pariyo;Stefan Peterson;Stefan Peterson;Stefan Peterson;Goran Tomson

  • Determinants of delay in care-seeking for febrile children in eastern Uganda.

    Elizeus Rutebemberwa;Karin Kallander;Goran Tomson;Stefan Peterson

  • Malaria rapid testing by community health workers is effective and safe for targeting malaria treatment: Randomised cross-over trial in Tanzania

    Marycelina Mubi;Annika Janson;Marian Warsame;Andreas Mårtensson

  • Collaboration uncovered: Exploring the adequacy of measuring university-industry collaboration through co-authorship and funding

    Jonas Lundberg;Göran Tomson;Inger Lundkvist;John Sk r

  • Informed choices for attaining the Millennium Development Goals: towards an international cooperative agenda for health- systems research

    F Becerra-Posada;D Berwick;Z Bhutta;M Chowdhury

  • Antibiotic resistance in China--a major future challenge.

    Andreas Heddini;Otto Cars;Sun Qiang;Göran Tomson

  • Effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on dispensing practices at private pharmacies in Vietnam and Thailand--a randomized controlled trial.

    J. Chalker;S. Ratanawijitrasin;N.T.K Chuc;M. Petzold

  • The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines

    Paul N. Newton;Abdinasir A. Amin;Chris Bird;Phillip Passmore

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in Chinese adolescents - a methodological study

    Cheng Guo;Göran Tomson;Jizhi Guo;Xiangyun Li

Frequent Co-Authors

George Pariyo
George Pariyo Johns Hopkins University
Anders Rane
Anders Rane Karolinska University Hospital
John N. Lavis
John N. Lavis McMaster University
Nelson K. Sewankambo
Nelson K. Sewankambo Rakai Health Sciences Program
John-Arne Røttingen
John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Lars Wallin
Lars Wallin Dalarna University
Don de Savigny
Don de Savigny Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Otto Cars
Otto Cars Uppsala University
Qiang Sun
Qiang Sun Peking University

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