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Svenn Torgersen

Svenn Torgersen

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
65
Citations
15998
World Ranking
2834
National Ranking
17

Svenn Torgersen 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 Svenn Torgersen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 174 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Svenn Torgersen 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 Svenn Torgersen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Svenn Torgersen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and focuses primarily on research within the field of psychology, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology. Their body of work encompasses various subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The research conducted by Svenn Torgersen covers several interconnected topics. These include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, personality disorders and psychopathology, hormonal and reproductive studies, cognitive abilities and testing, sexual differentiation and disorders, health psychology and well-being, as well as mental health and psychiatry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Svenn Torgersen include the following:

  • Severity of anabolic steroid dependence, executive function, and personality traits in substance use disorder patients in Norway, 2022, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Psychopathology among anabolic-androgenic steroid using and non-using female athletes in Norway, 2022, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Clustering psychopathology in male anabolic-androgenic steroid users and nonusing weightlifters, 2023, Brain and Behavior
  • Childhood trauma and borderline personality disorder traits: A discordant twin study, 2022, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • The role of sense of coherence and loneliness in borderline personality disorder traits: a longitudinal twin study, 2022, Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation

Svenn Torgersen frequently collaborates with several co-authors including Trine Waaktaar, Eirunn Skaug, Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Morgan Scarth, and Marie Lindvik Jørstad.

Publication venues where Torgersen's work appears often include Twin Research and Human Genetics, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Brain and Behavior, and Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.

Best Publications

  • The prevalence of personality disorders in a community sample

    Svenn Torgersen;Einar Kringlen;Victoria Cramer

  • A Norwegian psychiatric epidemiological study.

    Einar Kringlen;Svenn Torgersen;Victoria Cramer

  • Genetic Factors in Anxiety Disorders

    Svenn Torgersen

  • A twin study of personality disorders

    Svenn Torgersen;Sissel Lygren;Per Anders Øien;Ingunn Skre

  • High interrater reliability for the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Axis I (SCID-I).

    Ingunn Skre;Sidsel Onstad;S. Torgersen;E. Kringlen

  • Personality types and coping.

    Margarete Vollrath;Svenn Torgersen

  • The structure of genetic and environmental risk factors for DSM-IV personality disorders: a multivariate twin study.

    Kenneth S. Kendler;Steven H. Aggen;Nikolai Czajkowski;Espen Røysamb

  • Who takes health risks? A probe into eight personality types

    Margarete Vollrath;Svenn Torgersen

  • Borderline personality disorder

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  • The nature and origin of common phobic fears.

    Svenn Torgersen

  • The borderline diagnosis III: identifying endophenotypes for genetic studies

    Larry J Siever;Svenn Torgersen;John G Gunderson;W.John Livesley

  • A twin study of DSM-III-R anxiety disorders

    I. Skre;S. Onstad;S. Torgersen;S. Lygren

  • Dimensional Representations of DSM-IV Cluster B Personality Disorders in a Population-Based Sample of Norwegian Twins: A Multivariate Study

    S. Torgersen;N. Czajkowski;K. Jacobson;T. Reichborn-Kjennerud

  • The determination of twin zygosity by means of a mailed questionnaire.

    Svenn Torgersen

  • The relationship between DSM‐III symptom disorders (Axis I) and personality disorders (Axis II) in an outpatient population

    R. Alnæs;S. Torgersen

  • Genetic Factors in Moderately Severe and Mild Affective Disorders

    Svenn Torgersen

  • Neuronal correlates of the five factor model (FFM) of human personality: Multimodal imaging in a large healthy sample

    Astrid Bjørnebekk;Anders M. Fjell;Kristine B. Walhovd;Håkon Grydeland

  • Genetic and nosological aspects of schizotypal and borderline personality disorders. A twin study

    Svenn Torgersen

  • Personality disorders and quality of life. A population study

    Victoria Cramer;Svenn Torgersen;Einar Kringlen

  • The joint structure of DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II disorders.

    Espen Røysamb;Kenneth S. Kendler;Kristian Tambs;Ragnhild E. Ørstavik

  • Twin concordance for DSM-III-R schizophrenia.

    S. Onstad;I. Skre;S. Torgersen;E. Kringlen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Margarete E. Vollrath
Margarete E. Vollrath University of Oslo
Kenneth S. Kendler
Kenneth S. Kendler Virginia Commonwealth University
Kristian Tambs
Kristian Tambs Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski University of Oslo
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Marco Battaglia
Marco Battaglia Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University
Steven H. Aggen
Steven H. Aggen Virginia Commonwealth University

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