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Øystein Kravdal 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 Øystein Kravdal sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 111 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Øystein Kravdal 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 Øystein Kravdal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Øystein Kravdal is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Norway. Their research primarily contributes to the social sciences and medicine, with significant work in pediatrics, perinatology, child health, demography, general health professions, health, and sociology and political science.

Their work explores various topics including:

  • Family dynamics and relationships
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global health care issues
  • Birth, development, and health
  • Assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy
  • Intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving
  • Demographic trends and gender preferences

Notable recent publications by Øystein Kravdal include:

  • Mental health benefits of cohabitation and marriage: A longitudinal analysis of Norwegian register data (2022) in Population Studies
  • Mental and Physical Health Trajectories of Norwegian Parents and Children before and after Union Dissolution (2023) in Population and Development Review
  • Are sibling models a suitable tool in analyses of how reproductive factors affect child mortality? (2020) in Demographic Research

Other relevant publications in which they were a co-author include:

  • The demographics of assisted reproductive technology births in a Nordic country (2020) in Human Reproduction
  • Maternal age and the risk of low birthweight and pre-term delivery: a pan-Nordic comparison (2022) in International Journal of Epidemiology

Øystein Kravdal frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Demographic Research
  • Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
  • European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie
  • Population Studies
  • Population and Development Review

The scientist collaborates regularly with several colleagues, including:

  • Solveig Glestad Christiansen
  • Alice Goisis
  • Jonathan Wörn
  • Bjørn-Atle Reme
  • Kieron Barclay

Best Publications

  • Changing Relationships between Education and Fertility: A Study of Women and Men Born 1940 to 1964

    Øystein Kravdal;Ronald R. Rindfuss

  • Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;S. Philip Morgan;ØYstein Kravdal

  • Child care availability and first-birth timing in Norway

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;S. Philip Morgan;Øystein Kravdal

  • Education and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: individual and community effects.

    Øystein Kravdal

  • The High Fertility of College Educated Women in Norway: An Artefact of the Separate Modelling of Each Parity Transition

    Øystein Kravdal

  • Child mortality in India: The community-level effect of education

    Øystein Kravdal

  • The impact of individual and aggregate unemployment on fertility in Norway

    Øystein Kravdal

  • The Importance of Economic Activity, Economic Potential and Economic Resources for the Timing of First Births in Norway

    Øystein Kravdal

  • The impact of marital status on cancer survival.

    Øystein Kravdal

  • Individual and community effects of women's education and autonomy on contraceptive use in India

    Anne Moursund;Oystein Kravdal

  • Cancer's impact on employment and earnings— a population-based study from Norway

    Astri Syse;Steinar Tretli;Øystein Kravdal

  • Reproductive History and Mortality in Late Middle Age among Norwegian Men and Women

    Emily Grundy;Øystein Kravdal

  • Consequences of family disruption on children’s educational outcomes in norway

    Fiona Steele;Wendy Sigle-Rushton;Øystein Kravdal

  • Fertility history and cause-specific mortality: a register-based analysis of complete cohorts of Norwegian women and men.

    Emily Grundy;Øystein Kravdal

  • Increasing absolute mortality disparities by education in Finland, Norway and Sweden, 1971–2000

    Vladimir M Shkolnikov;Evgueni M Andreev;Dmitri A Jdanov;Domantas Jasilionis

  • How the local supply of day-care centers influences fertility in Norway: A parity-specific approach

    Øystein Kravdal

  • Does marriage require a stronger economic underpinning than informal cohabitation

    Øystein Kravdal

  • The Emergence of a Positive Relation Between Education and Third Birth Rates in Norway with Supportive Evidence from the United States

    Øystein Kravdal

  • Effects of Current Education on Second- and Third-Birth Rates among Norwegian Women and Men Born in 1964: Substantive Interpretations and Methodological Issues

    Øystein Kravdal

  • Proceed With Caution? Parents' Union Dissolution and Children's Educational Achievement

    Wendy Sigle-Rushton;Torkild Hovde Lyngstad;Patrick Lie Andersen;Øystein Kravdal

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily Grundy
Emily Grundy University of Essex
Ronald R. Rindfuss
Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steinar Tretli
Steinar Tretli Cancer Registry of Norway
Per Magnus
Per Magnus Norwegian Institute of Public Health
David K. Guilkey
David K. Guilkey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov Max Planck Society
S. Philip Morgan
S. Philip Morgan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tapani Valkonen
Tapani Valkonen University of Helsinki
Vegard Skirbekk
Vegard Skirbekk Columbia University
Joel E. Cohen
Joel E. Cohen Rockefeller University

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