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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

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

Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Naomi R. Wray
Naomi R. Wray University of Queensland
Manuel Mattheisen
Manuel Mattheisen Dalhousie University
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu

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