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Knut Fylkesnes

Knut Fylkesnes

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
4708
World Ranking
6286
National Ranking
60

Knut Fylkesnes 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 Knut Fylkesnes sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 87 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Knut Fylkesnes 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 Knut Fylkesnes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Knut Fylkesnes is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily explores health professions and social sciences, with a focus on general health professions and epidemiology.

The scientist has published work extensively on topics including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Global health care issues
  • HIV/AIDS research and interventions
  • HIV, drug use, and sexual risk
  • Poverty, education, and child welfare

Among Knut Fylkesnes's recent papers are:

  • "The value of general health perception in health equity research: A community-based cohort study of long-term mortality risk (Finnmark cohort study 1987-2017)," published in 2021 in SSM - Population Health
  • "Examining the association between HIV prevalence and socioeconomic factors among young people in Zambia: Do neighbourhood contextual effects play a role?" published in 2022 in PLoS ONE
  • "Effectiveness of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on early childbearing and sitting for grade nine exams among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: a cluster randomised trial," published in 2024 in EClinicalMedicine
  • "Does Migration Widen Mortality Inequalities Between Rural and Urban Areas? Long-Term Mortality Risk Among Rural Stayers, Rural Migrants, Urban Migrants, and Returners in Norway," scheduled for 2025 in Population Space and Place

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Monika Dybdahl Jakobsen, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Nils Henriksen, Chola Nakazwe, and Charles Michelo. Collaborative work includes co-authorship on various publications spanning multiple fields and topics.

Frequent publication venues for Knut Fylkesnes include:

  • SSM - Population Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • EClinicalMedicine
  • Population Space and Place

Best Publications

  • Declining HIV prevalence and risk behaviours in Zambia: evidence from surveillance and population-based surveys.

    Knut Fylkesnes;Rosemary M. Musonda;Moses Sichone;Zacchaeus Ndhlovu

  • A randomized trial on acceptability of voluntary HIV counselling and testing.

    Knut Fylkesnes;Seter Siziya

  • The Tromsø study: Predictors of self-evaluated health—Has society adopted the expanded health concept?

    Knut Fylkesnes;Olav Helge Førde

  • Studying dynamics of the HIV epidemic: population-based data compared with sentinel surveillance in Zambia.

    Knut Fylkesnes;Zacchaeus Ndhlovu;Kelvin Kasumba;Rosemary Mubanga Musonda

  • The HIV epidemic in Zambia: socio-demographic prevalence patterns and indications of trends among childbearing women.

    Knut Fylkesnes;Rosemary Mubanga Musonda;Kelvin Kasumba;Zacchaeus Ndhlovu

  • Determinants of Health Care Utilization — Visits and Referrals

    Knut Fylkesnes

  • Determinants and dimensions involved in self-evaluation of health.

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  • Marked HIV prevalence declines in higher educated young people: evidence from population-based surveys (1995-2003) in Zambia.

    Charles Michelo;Ingvild F Sandøy;Knut Fylkesnes

  • HIV counselling and testing: overemphasizing high acceptance rates a threat to confidentiality and the right not to know.

    Knut Fylkesnes;Alan Haworth;Catharina Rosensvärd;Pascal Mushimwa Kwapa

  • Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey.

    Tesfaye Hordofa Leta;Tesfaye Hordofa Leta;Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy;Knut Fylkesnes

  • Home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing found highly acceptable and to reduce inequalities

    Wilbroad Mutale;Charles Cheembo Michelo;Charles Cheembo Michelo;Marte Jürgensen;Knut Fylkesnes

  • The burden of knowing: balancing benefits and barriers in HIV testing decisions. a qualitative study from Zambia

    Marte Jürgensen;Mary Tuba;Mary Tuba;Knut Fylkesnes;Astrid Blystad

  • Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities

    Mercy Karimi Njeru;Mercy Karimi Njeru;Astrid Blystad;Elizabeth H. Shayo;Elizabeth H. Shayo;Isaac K. Nyamongo

  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection patterns and risk behaviours in different population groups and provinces in Viet Nam

    Nguyen Anh Tuan;Knut Fylkesnes;Bui Duc Thang;Nguyen Tran Hien

  • Effects of home-based voluntary counselling and testing on HIV-related stigma: findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia.

    Marte Jürgensen;Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy;Charles Michelo;Knut Fylkesnes

  • HIV-1, HSV-2 and syphilis among pregnant women in a rural area of Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors.

    Khadija I Yahya-Malima;Khadija I Yahya-Malima;Bjørg Evjen-Olsen;Bjørg Evjen-Olsen;Mecky I Matee;Knut Fylkesnes

  • Sex differences in HIV prevalence persist over time: Evidence from 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Hanne K. Hegdahl;Knut Fylkesnes;Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy

  • Associations between sexual behaviour change in young people and decline in HIV prevalence in Zambia

    Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy;Charles Cheembo Michelo;Seter Siziya;Knut Fylkesnes

  • Factors associated with health facility childbirth in districts of Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia: a population based survey.

    Selia Ng’anjo Phiri;Torvid Kiserud;Torvid Kiserud;Gunnar Kvåle;Jens Byskov

  • Constraints to educational opportunities of orphans: a community-based study from northern Uganda

    Oleke C;Blystad A;Fylkesnes K;Tumwine Jk

  • Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries

    Jens Byskov;Paul Bloch;Astrid Blystad;Anna-Karin Hurtig

Frequent Co-Authors

Astrid Blystad
Astrid Blystad University of Bergen
Karen Marie Moland
Karen Marie Moland University of Bergen
Douglas K. Martin
Douglas K. Martin University of Toronto
Bruno Marchal
Bruno Marchal Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Bertil Tungodden
Bertil Tungodden Norwegian School of Economics
Fanny Janssen
Fanny Janssen University of Groningen
Dag S. Thelle
Dag S. Thelle University of Oslo

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