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Carsten Bøcker Pedersen

Carsten Bøcker Pedersen

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
52504
World Ranking
11961
National Ranking
127

Carsten Bøcker Pedersen publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carsten Bøcker Pedersen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 280 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Carsten Bøcker Pedersen D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carsten Bøcker Pedersen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Carsten Bøcker Pedersen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. The primary field of study for this researcher is Medicine, with 82 publications contributing to this domain. Their subfields of focus include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's main topics of work cover a range of areas related to mental health and public health impacts. Key research topics include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequent publication venues for this researcher demonstrate a presence in conferences and journals related to epidemiology, psychiatry, and environmental health. These venues include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • UNC Libraries
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

The list of recent papers authored or co-authored by this scientist includes notable publications with significant citations. These papers are:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Association between Mental Disorders and Subsequent Medical Conditions (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145,990 survey respondents from 27 countries (2020, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences)
  • Association of Mental Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence With Subsequent Educational Achievement (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Nature and prevalence of combinations of mental disorders and their association with excess mortality in a population-based cohort study (2020, World Psychiatry)

Collaborative work appears to be a significant aspect of the scientist's career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Esben Agerbo
  • Preben Bo Mortensen
  • Torben Sigsgaard
  • John J. McGrath
  • Oleguer Plana-Ripoll

Best Publications

  • The Danish civil registration system

    Carsten Bøcker Pedersen

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • The Danish Civil Registration System. A cohort of eight million persons.

    Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Heine Gøtzsche;Jørgen Ostrup Møller;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Effects of family history and place and season of birth on the risk of schizophrenia.

    Preben Bo Mortensen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Tine Westergaard;Jan Wohlfahrt

  • New parents and mental disorders. A population-based register study

    Trine Munk-Olsen;Thomas Munk Laursen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Ole Mors

  • EVIDENCE OF A DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URBANICITY DURING UPBRINGING AND SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK

    Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

    Richard J.L. Anney;Richard J.L. Anney;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Verneri Anttila;Jakob Grove;Jakob Grove

  • Absolute Risk of Suicide After First Hospital Contact in Mental Disorder

    Merete Nordentoft;Preben Bo Mortensen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen

  • Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood

    Kristine Engemann;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Lars Arge;Constantinos Tsirogiannis

  • A comprehensive nationwide study of the incidence rate and lifetime risk for treated mental disorders.

    Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Ole Mors;Ole Mors;Aksel Bertelsen;Berit Lindum Waltoft;Berit Lindum Waltoft

  • Exploring Comorbidity Within Mental Disorders Among a Danish National Population.

    Oleguer Plana-Ripoll;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Yan Holtz;Michael E. Benros;Michael E. Benros

  • Meta-Analysis of the Association of Urbanicity With Schizophrenia

    Evangelos Vassos;Carsten B Pedersen;Robin M Murray;David A Collier

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Preben Bo Mortensen
Preben Bo Mortensen Aarhus University
Esben Agerbo
Esben Agerbo Aarhus University
Ole Mors
Ole Mors Aarhus University
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University
David M. Hougaard
David M. Hougaard Statens Serum Institut
Roger T. Webb
Roger T. Webb University of Manchester
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

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