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Esben Agerbo

Esben Agerbo

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Denmark
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
90
Citations
51555
World Ranking
190
National Ranking
2

Esben Agerbo 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 Esben Agerbo sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 333 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Esben Agerbo 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 Esben Agerbo sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Esben Agerbo is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of research covered by Esben Agerbo include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, UNC Libraries, JAMA Psychiatry, and Nature Communications, Esben Agerbo's research reaches diverse scholarly audiences in genetics and psychiatry.

Esben Agerbo has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Preben Bo Mortensen
  • Anders D. Børglum
  • Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson
  • Thomas Werge
  • Merete Nordentoft

Some recent significant papers include:

  • "Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology," 2021, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains," 2023, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Association between Mental Disorders and Subsequent Medical Conditions," 2020, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Depression pathophysiology, risk prediction of recurrence and comorbid psychiatric disorders using genome-wide analyses," 2023, published in Nature Medicine

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • 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

  • 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

  • Suicide risk in relation to socioeconomic, demographic, psychiatric, and familial factors: a national register-based study of all suicides in Denmark, 1981-1997.

    Ping Qin;Esben Agerbo;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Risk Factors for Autism: Perinatal Factors, Parental Psychiatric History, and Socioeconomic Status

    Heidi Jeanet Larsson;William W. Eaton;Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen;Mogens Vestergaard

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

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

  • Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

    Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

  • 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

  • Familial, psychiatric, and socioeconomic risk factors for suicide in young people: nested case-control study

    Esben Agerbo;Merete Nordentoft;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Association of Schizophrenia and Autoimmune Diseases: Linkage of Danish National Registers

    William W. Eaton;Majella Byrne;Henrik Ewald;Ole Mors

  • Epilepsy and risk of suicide: a population-based case–control study

    Jakob Christensen;Mogens Vestergaard;Preben Bo Mortensen;Per Sidenius

  • 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

  • A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study

    Oleguer Plana-Ripoll;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Esben Agerbo;Esben Agerbo;Yan Holtz

  • Gender differences in risk factors for suicide in Denmark

    Ping Qin;Esben Agerbo;Niels Westergård-Nielsen;Tor Eriksson

  • Psychiatric illness and risk factors for suicide in Denmark.

    P. B. Mortensen;Esben Agerbo;T. Erikson;Ping Qin

  • Myocardial Infarction and Risk of Suicide A Population-Based Case-Control Study

    Karen Kjær Larsen;Esben Agerbo;Bo Christensen;Jens Søndergaard

  • 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
Ole Mors
Ole Mors Aarhus University
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
David M. Hougaard
David M. Hougaard Statens Serum Institut
Carsten Bøcker Pedersen
Carsten Bøcker Pedersen Aarhus University
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Thomas D. Als
Thomas D. Als Aarhus University

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