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Erik Lægsgaard

Erik Lægsgaard

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
30939
World Ranking
2053
National Ranking
15

Erik Lægsgaard publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik Lægsgaard sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 222 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Erik Lægsgaard D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Erik Lægsgaard was affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on surgery, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research extended across multiple subfields within medicine and covered topics related to muscle and compartmental disorders, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, and electrolyte and hormonal disorders.

The scientist's publication record included papers in the journal Ugeskrift for Læger. Among their recent works was the 2025 paper titled Acute paraspinal compartment syndrome, published in Ugeskrift for Læger.

Throughout their career, Erik Lægsgaard collaborated with several co-authors, including Simone Dalskov, Brian Christensen, Kristian Høy, Morten Ørregaard Nielsen, and Kresten W Rickers.

  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

  • Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Electrolyte and hormonal disorders

  • Acute paraspinal compartment syndrome, 2025, Ugeskrift for Læger

  • Simone Dalskov
  • Brian Christensen
  • Kristian Høy
  • Morten Ørregaard Nielsen
  • Kresten W Rickers

  • Ugeskrift for Læger

Best Publications

  • Bandgap opening in graphene induced by patterned hydrogen adsorption

    Richard Balog;Bjarke Jørgensen;Louis Nilsson;Mie Andersen

  • Atomic-scale structure of single-layer MoS2 nanoclusters

    S. Helveg;J. V. Lauritsen;E. Lægsgaard;I. Stensgaard

  • Oxygen vacancies as active sites for water dissociation on rutile TiO(2)(110).

    R. Schaub;P. Thostrup;N. Lopez;E. Lægsgaard

  • The Role of Interstitial Sites in the Ti3d Defect State in the Band Gap of Titania

    Stefan Wendt;Stefan Wendt;Phillip T. Sprunger;Phillip T. Sprunger;Estephania Lira;Estephania Lira;Georg K. H. Madsen;Georg K. H. Madsen

  • Size-dependent structure of MoS2 nanocrystals.

    Jeppe V. Lauritsen;Jakob Kibsgaard;Stig Helveg;Henrik Topsøe

  • Oxygen vacancies on TiO2(110) and their interaction with H2O and O2: A combined high-resolution STM and DFT study

    Stefan Wendt;Renald Schaub;Jesper Matthiesen;Ebbe K Vestergaard

  • Location and coordination of promoter atoms in Co- and Ni-promoted MoS2-based hydrotreating catalysts

    Jeppe V. Lauritsen;Jakob Kibsgaard;Georg H. Olesen;Poul Georg Moses

  • Quantized conductance in an atom-sized point contact.

    L. Olesen;E. Laegsgaard;I. Stensgaard;Flemming Besenbacher

  • Enhanced bonding of gold nanoparticles on oxidized TiO2(110).

    D. Matthey;J. G. Wang;S. Wendt;J. Matthiesen

  • Oxygen-mediated diffusion of oxygen vacancies on the TiO2(110) surface.

    Renald Schaub;Erik Wahlström;Anders Rønnau;Erik Lægsgaard

  • Properties of large organic molecules on metal surfaces

    Federico Rosei;Michael Schunack;Yoshitaka Naitoh;Ping Jiang

  • Formation and Splitting of Paired Hydroxyl Groups on Reduced TiO~2(110)

    S. Wendt;J. Matthiesen;R. Schaub;E. K. Vestergaard

  • Atomic-scale insight into structure and morphology changes of MoS2 nanoclusters in hydrotreating catalysts

    J.V. Lauritsen;M.V. Bollinger;E. Lægsgaard;K.W. Jacobsen

  • Bonding of gold nanoclusters to oxygen vacancies on rutile TiO2(110).

    E. Wahlström;Nuria Lopez;R. schaub;P. Thostrup

  • Atomic-scale structure of Co-Mo-S nanoclusters in hydrotreating catalysts

    J.V Lauritsen;S Helveg;E Lægsgaard;I Stensgaard

  • Hydrodesulfurization reaction pathways on MoS2 nanoclusters revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy

    J.V. Lauritsen;M. Nyberg;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;B.S. Clausen

  • Quantized conductance in atom-sized wires between two metals.

    Mads Brandbyge;Jakob Schiøtz;Mads Reinholdt Sørensen;Per Stoltze

  • Initial growth of Au on Ni(110): Surface alloying of immiscible metals.

    L. Pleth Nielsen;F. Besenbacher;I. Stensgaard;E. Laegsgaard

  • Metastable structures and recombination pathways for atomic hydrogen on the graphite (0001) surface.

    L Hornekaer;Z Sljivancanin;W Xu;R Otero

  • Palladium Nanocrystals on Al 2 O 3 : Structure and Adhesion Energy

    K. Højrup Hansen;T. Worren;Sascha Stempel;E. Lægsgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Ivan Stensgaard
Ivan Stensgaard Aarhus University
Bjørk Hammer
Bjørk Hammer Aarhus University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Jeppe V. Lauritsen
Jeppe V. Lauritsen Aarhus University
Kurt V. Gothelf
Kurt V. Gothelf Aarhus University
Karina Morgenstern
Karina Morgenstern Ruhr University Bochum
Bjerne S. Clausen
Bjerne S. Clausen University of Copenhagen
Karsten Wedel Jacobsen
Karsten Wedel Jacobsen Technical University of Denmark
André Gourdon
André Gourdon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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