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D-Index
135
Citations
110937
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2011
National Ranking
208

Jørgen Vestbo publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 854 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jørgen Vestbo D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 135 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Jørgen Vestbo is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and has produced extensive research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work focuses significantly on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, with additional contributions to Physiology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's primary research themes include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, the Delphi Technique in Research, and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

Vestbo has published in several frequent venues, including:

  • European Respiratory Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • ERJ Open Research
  • Thorax
  • Respiratory Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vestbo include:

  • The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma, 2020, Allergy
  • Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: in search of diagnostic biomarkers and treatable traits, 2020, Thorax
  • Trajectory of Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry: Natural History and Long-Term Prognosis, 2021, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Machine Learning and Prediction of All-Cause Mortality in COPD, 2020, CHEST Journal
  • COVID-19 and COPD: a narrative review of the basic science and clinical outcomes, 2020, European Respiratory Review

Vestbo collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Alexander G. Mathioudakis
  • Yunus Çolak
  • Peter Lange
  • Børge G. Nordestgaard
  • Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen

Award recognition includes being a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary.

    Jørgen Vestbo;Suzanne S. Hurd;Alvar G. Agustí;Paul W. Jones

  • Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper

    B. R. Celli;W. MacNee;A. Agusti;Antonio R Anzueto

  • Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2017 Report: GOLD Executive Summary

    Claus F. Vogelmeier;Gerard J. Criner;Fernando J. Martinez;Antonio Anzueto

  • Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Julie A. Anderson;Bartolome Celli;Gary T. Ferguson;Christine Jenkins

  • Susceptibility to Exacerbation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    John R. Hurst;Jørgen Vestbo;Jørgen Vestbo;Antonio Anzueto;Nicholas Locantore

  • Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: the GOLD science committee report 2019.

    Dave Singh;Alvar Agusti;Antonio Anzueto;Peter J. Barnes

  • Combined salmeterol and fluticasone in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial.

    Peter Calverley;Romain Pauwels;Jørgen Vestbo;Paul Jones

  • A 15-year follow-up study of ventilatory function in adults with asthma.

    Peter Lange;Jan Parner;Jørgen Vestbo;Peter Schnohr

  • Characterisation of COPD heterogeneity in the ECLIPSE cohort

    Àlvar Agustí;Peter Ma Calverley;Bartolome R Celli;Harvey O Coxson

  • Prognostic value of nutritional status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Charlotte Landbo;Eva Prescott;Peter Lange;Jørgen Vestbo

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD.

    Mei Lan K. Han;Alvar Agusti;Peter M. Calverley;Bartolome R. Celli

  • Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Peter Lange;Bartolome Celli;Alvar Agustí;Gorm Boje Jensen

  • Changes in forced expiratory volume in 1 second over time in copd

    Jørgen Vestbo;Jørgen Vestbo;Lisa D. Edwards;Paul D. Scanlon;Julie C. Yates

  • Effect of Pharmacotherapy on Rate of Decline of Lung Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Results from the TORCH Study

    Bartolomé R. Celli;Nicola E. Thomas;Julie A. Anderson;Gary T. Ferguson

  • Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases.

    Alvar Agusti;Elisabeth Bel;Mike Thomas;Claus Vogelmeier

  • Indacaterol–Glycopyrronium versus Salmeterol–Fluticasone for COPD

    Jadwiga A Wedzicha;Donald Banerji;Kenneth R Chapman;Jørgen Vestbo

  • Persistent systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD: a novel phenotype.

    Alvar Agustí;Lisa D. Edwards;Stephen I. Rennard;William MacNee

  • Association of chronic mucus hypersecretion with FEV1 decline and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease morbidity. Copenhagen City Heart Study Group.

    J Vestbo;E Prescott;P Lange

  • Smoking and risk of myocardial infarction in women and men: longitudinal population study

    Eva Prescott;Merete Hippe;Peter Schnohr;Hans Ole Hein

  • Developing COPD: a 25 year follow up study of the general population

    A Løkke;P Lange;H Scharling;P Fabricius

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Lange
Peter Lange University of Copenhagen
Bartolome R. Celli
Bartolome R. Celli Brigham and Women's Hospital
Alvar Agusti
Alvar Agusti University of Barcelona
Peter M.A. Calverley
Peter M.A. Calverley University of Liverpool
Dave Singh
Dave Singh University of Manchester
Børge G. Nordestgaard
Børge G. Nordestgaard University of Copenhagen
Ruth Tal-Singer
Ruth Tal-Singer GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Emiel F.M. Wouters
Emiel F.M. Wouters Maastricht University
Edwin K. Silverman
Edwin K. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital
David A. Lomas
David A. Lomas University College London

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