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Erik Lykke Mortensen

Erik Lykke Mortensen

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Psychology
Denmark
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
86
Citations
39414
World Ranking
1117
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Erik Lykke Mortensen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their scholarly contributions encompass 116 publications in Medicine and 98 in Psychology, with notable involvement in various specialized subfields.

Their work spans multiple subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Mortensen's research topics cover diverse areas, emphasizing:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Antidepressant effects of a psychedelic experience in a large prospective naturalistic sample, 2022, Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Trauma-affected refugees treated with basic body awareness therapy or mixed physical activity as augmentation to treatment as usual-A pragmatic randomised controlled trial, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • The influence of prolonged strength training upon muscle and fat in healthy and chronically diseased older adults, 2020, Experimental Gerontology
  • Asthma-like symptoms in young children increase the risk of COPD, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Imagery rehearsal therapy and/or mianserin in treatment of refugees diagnosed with PTSD: Results from a randomized controlled trial, 2021, Journal of Sleep Research

Mortensen frequently publishes in journals such as PLoS ONE, GeroScience, Journal of Affective Disorders, Behavior Genetics, and Schizophrenia Bulletin. The volume of publications in these venues reflects their continuous engagement with interdisciplinary research.

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors including Jessica Carlsson, Merete Osler, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, and Marie Grønkjær, showing sustained academic partnerships across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • The Danish National Birth Cohort - its background, structure and aim:

    Jørn Olsen;Mads Melbye;Sjurdur Frodi Olsen;Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

  • The association between duration of breastfeeding and adult intelligence.

    Erik Lykke Mortensen;Kim Fleischer Michaelsen;Stephanie A. Sanders;June Machover Reinisch

  • National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures

    A. Terracciano;A. M. Abdel-Khalek;N. Ádám;L. Adamovová

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • In Utero Exposure to Phenobarbital and Intelligence Deficits in Adult Men

    June Machover Reinisch;Stephanie A. Sanders;Erik Lykke Mortensen;Donald B. Rubin

  • Relation between age-related decline in intelligence and cerebral white-matter hyperintensities in healthy octogenarians: a longitudinal study

    Ellen Garde;Erik Lykke Mortensen;Katja Krabbe;Egill Rostrup

  • Effect of dietary counseling on food intake, body weight, response rate, survival, and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a prospective, randomized study.

    Lars Ovesen;Lene Allingstrup;Jens Hannibal;Erik L. Mortensen

  • The SCL-90 and SCL-90R versions validated by item response models in a Danish community sample

    Lis Raabæk Olsen;Erik Lykke Mortensen;Per Bech

  • Gestational weight gain in relation to offspring body mass index and obesity from infancy through adulthood

    L Schack-Nielsen;K F Michaelsen;M Gamborg;E L Mortensen

  • Prevalence of major depression and stress indicators in the Danish general population

    L. R. Olsen;E. L. Mortensen;P. Bech

  • The challenges of human population ageing

    Miriam Sander;Bjarke Oxlund;Astrid Pernille Jespersen;Allan Krasnik

  • A new `advanced' test of theory of mind: evidence from children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome

    Nils Kaland;Annette Møller-Nielsen;Kirsten Callesen;Erik Lykke Mortensen

  • Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: physical activity and ageing.

    Jens Bangsbo;Joanna Blackwell;Carl-Johan Boraxbekk;Paolo Caserotti

  • Cognitive deficits in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors: Identification of predictive factors

    Tonny Solveig Reimers;Susanne Ehrenfels;Erik Lykke Mortensen;Marianne Schmiegelow

  • Late introduction of complementary feeding, rather than duration of breastfeeding, may protect against adult overweight

    Lene Schack-Nielsen;Thorkild Ia Sørensen;Erik Lykke Mortensen;Kim Fleischer Michaelsen

  • Frontolimbic serotonin 2A receptor binding in healthy subjects is associated with personality risk factors for affective disorder

    Vibe G. Frokjaer;Erik L. Mortensen;Finn Årup Nielsen;Finn Årup Nielsen;Steven Haugbol

  • Performance of children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism on advanced theory of mind tasks.

    Nils Kaland;Kirsten Callesen;Annette Møller-Nielsen;Erik Lykke Mortensen

  • Amniotic fluid inflammatory cytokines: potential markers of immunologic dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders.

    Morsi W. Abdallah;Nanna Larsen;Jakob Grove;Bent Nørgaard-Pedersen

  • A gender difference in the association between APOE genotype and age-related cognitive decline.

    E. L. Mortensen;Peter Høgh

  • Quality of life in 70 women with disorders of sex development

    Trine H Johannsen;Caroline P L Ripa;Erik L Mortensen;Katharina M Main

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephanie A. Sanders
Stephanie A. Sanders Indiana University
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Jason Schiffman
Jason Schiffman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Alan J. Gow
Alan J. Gow Heriot-Watt University
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Erik Simonsen
Erik Simonsen University of Copenhagen

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