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Ulf Högberg

Ulf Högberg

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
58
Citations
9747
World Ranking
1689
National Ranking
15

Ulf Högberg 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 Ulf Högberg sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 238 publications — 76th percentile

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

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

Ulf Högberg 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 Ulf Högberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

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

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

Overview

Ulf Högberg is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health as well as Clinical Psychology. Their research portfolio includes 44 publications in Medicine and 16 in Psychology. Subfields of study also include Sociology and Political Science, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work addresses several core topics, primarily Child Abuse and Related Trauma, covering 32 publications, followed by Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse, and Child Abuse and Trauma, each with 18 publications. Other significant topics in their research include Restraint-Related Deaths, Sexual Function and Dysfunction Studies, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Recent published papers by Ulf Högberg include:

  • "Internet-based Treatment for Vulvodynia (EMBLA) - A Randomized Controlled Study" (2021, The Journal of Sexual Medicine)
  • "Medical findings and symptoms in infants exposed to witnessed or admitted abusive shaking: A nationwide registry study" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "The epidemiology of infant shaft fractures of femur or humerus by incidence, birth, accidents, and other causes" (2020, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
  • "Difficult birth is the main contributor to birth-related fracture and accidents to other neonatal fractures" (2020, Acta Paediatrica)
  • "Retinal haemorrhage in infants investigated for suspected maltreatment is strongly correlated with intracranial pathology" (2021, Acta Paediatrica)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ingemar Thiblin
  • Knut Wester
  • Göran Högberg
  • Alkistis Skalkidou
  • Jacob Andersson

Publication venues where Ulf Högberg frequently publishes include:

  • Acta Paediatrica (6 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica

They have published a book titled Shaken Baby Syndrome through Cambridge University Press in 2023, which has received citations reflecting academic engagement.

Best Publications

  • Physical partner abuse during pregnancy: a risk factor for low birth weight in Nicaragua.

    Eliette Valladares;Mary Carroll Ellsberg;Mary Carroll Ellsberg;Rodolfo Pena;Ulf Hogberg

  • Proactive management promotes outcome in extremely preterm infants: a population-based comparison of two perinatal management strategies.

    Stellan Håkansson;Aijaz Farooqi;Per Ake Holmgren;Fredrik Serenius

  • The decline in maternal mortality in Sweden: the role of community midwifery.

    Ulf Högberg

  • The development and experience of epidemiological transition theory over four decades: a systematic review

    Ailiana Santosa;Stig Wall;Edward Fottrell;Ulf Högberg

  • The World Health Report 2005

    Ulf Högberg

  • Healing the health system after civil unrest

    Anneli Ivarsson;John Kinsman;Karin Johansson;Khalif Bile Mohamud

  • The World Health Report 2005: "make every mother and child count" - including Africans.

    Ulf Högberg

  • Intimate partner violence and depression among women in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

    Negussie Deyessa;Y. Berhane;Y. Berhane;Atalay Alem;Mary Carroll Ellsberg

  • Early dating by ultrasound and perinatal outcome

    Ulf Høgberg;Nils Larsson

  • Familial patterns in birth characteristics: impact on individual and population risks

    Anna Winkvist;Ingrid Mogren;Ulf Högberg

  • Wellbeing and mental growth-long-term effects of legal abortion.

    Anneli Kero;Ulf Högberg;Ann Lalos

  • Maternal Mortality in Sweden, 1980–1988

    U. Hogberg;E. Innala;A. Sandstrom

  • Suicides during pregnancy and 1 year postpartum in Sweden, 1980-2007.

    Annika Esscher;Birgitta Essén;Eva Innala;Fotios C. Papadopoulos

  • The negative birth experience of prolonged labour : a case-referent study.

    Astrid Nystedt;Ulf Högberg;Berit Lundman

  • 'We feel like one, they see us as two': new parents' discontent with postnatal care.

    Lotta Ellberg;Ulf Högberg;Viveca Lindh

  • Legal abortion: a painful necessity.

    Anneli Kero;Ulf Högberg;Lars Jacobsson;Ann Lalos

  • Familial occurrence of preeclampsia.

    Ingrid Mogren;Ulf Högberg;Anna Winkvist;Hans Stenlund

  • Suboptimal care and maternal mortality among foreign-born women in Sweden: maternal death audit with application of the ‘migration three delays’ model

    Annika Esscher;Pauline Binder-Finnema;Birgit Bødker;Ulf Högberg

  • The effects of maternal depression and maternal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure on offspring

    Jocelien Olivier;H Akerud;H Kaihola;J L Pawluski

  • Women's health in a rural setting in societal transition in Ethiopia.

    Yemane Berhane;Y Gossaye;Maria Emmelin;Ulf Högberg

  • Violence against pregnant women: prevalence and characteristics. A population-based study in Nicaragua.

    Eliette Valladares;Rodolfo Peña;Lars Åke Persson;Ulf Högberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Byass
Peter Byass Umeå University
Birgitta Essén
Birgitta Essén Uppsala University
Maria Emmelin
Maria Emmelin Lund University
Hans Stenlund
Hans Stenlund Umeå University
Berit Lundman
Berit Lundman Umeå University
Lars Åke Persson
Lars Åke Persson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mary Ellsberg
Mary Ellsberg George Washington University
Joacim Rocklöv
Joacim Rocklöv Umeå University
Sven Cnattingius
Sven Cnattingius Karolinska Institute
Nawi Ng
Nawi Ng University of Gothenburg

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