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152
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140
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Jes Olesen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 868 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Jes Olesen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 152 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Jes Olesen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has made significant contributions to the field of headache and neurological research. Their work spans main fields of study including Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on various subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology, Physiology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their research extensively covers topics related to migraine and headache studies, trigeminal neuralgia and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, sympathectomy and hyperhidrosis treatments, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, ophthalmology and eye disorders, and neurological complications and syndromes.

Some of the recent papers published by Jes Olesen include:

  • Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Chronic versus episodic migraine: The 15-day threshold does not adequately reflect substantial differences in disability across the full spectrum of headache frequency, 2021, Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
  • The PACAP pathway is independent of CGRP in mouse models of migraine: possible new drug target?, 2022, Brain
  • ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channel inhibition: A promising new drug target for migraine, 2020, Cephalalgia
  • Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache: 1. Rationale and description, 2021, The Journal of Headache and Pain

Jes Olesen frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, including Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Lisette J. A. Kogelman, Mona Ameri Chalmer, Elena R. Lebedeva, and Hreinn Stefánsson.

Their research output has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Cephalalgia
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
  • Brain

Best Publications

  • The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version)

    Jes Olesen;André Bes;Robert Kunkel;James W. Lance

  • The International Classification of Headache Disorders: 2nd edition

    Jes Olesen;Peter Goadsby;Tim Steiner

  • The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    H.U. Wittchen;F. Jacobi;J. Rehm;J. Rehm;Anders Gustavsson

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    Anders Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;Frank Jacobi;Christer Allgulander

  • Epidemiology of headache in a general population—A prevalence study

    Birthe Krogh Rasmussen;Rigmor Jensen;Marianne Schroll;Jes Olesen

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

  • The economic cost of brain disorders in Europe

    J Olesen;A Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;H-U Wittchen

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist BIBN 4096 BS for the acute treatment of migraine.

    Jes Olesen;Hans-Christoph Diener;Ingo W. Husstedt;Peter J. Goadsby

  • CGRP may play a causative role in migraine

    LH Lassen;PA Haderslev;VB Jacobsen;HK Iversen

  • Vestibular migraine: diagnostic criteria

    Thomas Lempert;Jes Olesen;Joseph Furman;John Waterston

  • Focal hyperemia followed by spreading oligemia and impaired activation of rcbf in classic migraine

    Jes Olesen;Bo Larsen;Martin Lauritzen

  • Autoregulation of brain circulation in severe arterial hypertension.

    S. Strandgaard;J. Olesen;E. Skinhøj;N. A. Lassen

  • New Appendix Criteria Open for a Broader Concept of Chronic Migraine

    J. Olesen;M -G Bousser;H -C Diener;D. Dodick

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe.

    Patrik Andlin-Sobocki;Bengt Jönsson;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Jes Olesen

  • Premonitory symptoms in migraine: an electronic diary study.

    N. J. Giffin;L. Ruggiero;R. B. Lipton;S. D. Silberstein

  • Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraine

    Padhraig Gormley;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Bendik S. Winsvold;Bendik S. Winsvold;Priit Palta

  • Migraine with aura and migraine without aura: an epidemiological study.

    Birthe Krogh Rasmussen;Jes Olesen

  • Timing and topography of cerebral blood flow, aura, and headache during migraine attacks.

    Jes Olesen;Lars Friberg;Tom Skyhøj Olsen;Helle K. Iversen

  • International Classification of Headache Disorders

    Jes Olesen

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist BIBN4096BSfor the acute treatment of migraine

    J Olesen;H Diener;IW Husstedt;PJ Goadsby

Frequent Co-Authors

Messoud Ashina
Messoud Ashina University of Copenhagen
Rigmor Jensen
Rigmor Jensen University of Copenhagen
Lars Edvinsson
Lars Edvinsson Lund University
Thomas Hansen
Thomas Hansen Copenhagen University Hospital
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Peter J. Goadsby
Peter J. Goadsby King's College London
Hreinn Stefansson
Hreinn Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Anders Hay-Schmidt
Anders Hay-Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson Karolinska Institute

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