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D-Index
143
Citations
251083
World Ranking
1459
National Ranking
853

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Cancer

Stein Emil Vollset mostly deals with Global health, Years of potential life lost, Life expectancy, Gerontology and Mortality rate. Stein Emil Vollset interconnects Verbal autopsy, Pediatrics, Disease burden and Environmental health in the investigation of issues within Global health. Relative risk is closely connected to Risk factor in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Environmental health.

The Years of potential life lost study combines topics in areas such as Epidemiology, Epidemiological transition, Disability-adjusted life year, Breast cancer and Population health. His work in Life expectancy tackles topics such as Disease which are related to areas like Endocrinology and Homocysteine. His Gerontology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Body mass index, Overweight and Obesity.

His most cited work include:

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (6893 citations)
  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (6893 citations)
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (4452 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Stein Emil Vollset mainly focuses on Internal medicine, Homocysteine, Endocrinology, Pregnancy and Cohort study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Epidemiology, Pediatrics and Cohort. His Epidemiology research incorporates themes from Years of potential life lost and Disease, Cause of death.

Gerontology is closely connected to Mortality rate in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Cause of death. His work investigates the relationship between Risk factor and topics such as Environmental health that intersect with problems in Disease burden. His research investigates the connection between Disease burden and topics such as Life expectancy that intersect with issues in Public health.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Internal medicine (46.77%)
  • Homocysteine (20.36%)
  • Endocrinology (20.56%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Global health (17.14%)
  • Life expectancy (12.90%)
  • Environmental health (14.31%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Stein Emil Vollset focuses on Global health, Life expectancy, Environmental health, Internal medicine and Years of potential life lost. His Global health research integrates issues from Pediatrics, Disease burden and Scale. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Population ageing and Population health.

He combines subjects such as Health care, Gerontology, Mortality rate, Cause of death and Birth rate with his study of Life expectancy. His Environmental health study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Relative risk, Standardized mortality ratio and Risk factor. His Years of potential life lost research includes themes of Verbal autopsy, Epidemiology, Epidemiological transition and Disability-adjusted life year, Burden of disease.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (3027 citations)
  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2980 citations)
  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. (2660 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Cancer

His primary areas of investigation include Global health, Life expectancy, Years of potential life lost, Environmental health and Mortality rate. His Global health study incorporates themes from Cause of death, Disease burden, Pediatrics, Population health and Infant mortality. Stein Emil Vollset has researched Life expectancy in several fields, including Health care, Disease, Gerontology and Public health.

He has included themes like Cancer, Causes of cancer, Epidemiology, Epidemiological transition and Disability-adjusted life year in his Years of potential life lost study. His Environmental health research incorporates themes from Verbal autopsy, Attributable risk and Risk factor. His Cohort research incorporates elements of Body mass index, Overweight and Obesity.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Ashkan Afshin;Patrick John Sur;Kairsten A. Fay;Leslie Cornaby

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Magne Ueland
Per Magne Ueland University of Bergen
Grethe S. Tell
Grethe S. Tell University of Bergen
Helga Refsum
Helga Refsum University of Oslo
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute

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