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D-Index
87
Citations
46858
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13398
National Ranking
147

Jytte Halkjær 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 Jytte Halkjær sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 218 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jytte Halkjær 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 Jytte Halkjær sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jytte Halkjær is affiliated with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a strong focus on nutritional studies and diet. Their work spans multiple aspects of diet and metabolism, consumer attitudes and food labeling, obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, cancer risks and factors, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

The scientist's primary domains of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields concentrating on public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, and oncology.

Jytte Halkjær's research output includes publications in several prominent venues, notably:

  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Atherosclerosis
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Halkjær are:

  • "A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Consumption of ultra-processed foods associated with weight gain and obesity in adults: A multi-national cohort study" (2021, Clinical Nutrition)
  • "Metabolic signatures of greater body size and their associations with risk of colorectal and endometrial cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition" (2021, BMC Medicine)
  • "Food biodiversity and total and cause-specific mortality in 9 European countries: An analysis of a prospective cohort study" (2021, PLoS Medicine)
  • "Intake of whole grain and associations with lifestyle and demographics: a cross-sectional study based on the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health-Next Generations cohort" (2020, European Journal of Nutrition)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Anne Tjønneland
  • Matthias B. Schulze
  • Elisabete Weiderpass
  • Christina C. Dahm
  • Inge Huybrechts

Jytte Halkjær's research focuses predominantly on public health issues related to diet, nutrition, and associated chronic diseases. The intersections of nutritional epidemiology and cancer risks appear significant in their profile, alongside investigations into metabolic and genetic factors affecting health outcomes.

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

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Body Size and Risk of Colon and Rectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Christine Friedenreich

  • 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

  • Dietary fiber and subsequent changes in body weight and waist circumference in European men and women

    Huaidong Du;Daphne L van der A;Hendriek C Boshuizen;Nita G Forouhi

  • Body size and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Anne Tjønneland

  • The link between family history and risk of type 2 diabetes is not explained by anthropometric, lifestyle or genetic risk factors : The EPIC-InterAct study

    R. A. Scott;C. Langenberg;S. J. Sharp;P. W. Franks;P. W. Franks

  • Meat consumption and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study

    Anne Claire Vergnaud;Teresa Norat;Dora Romaguera;Traci Mouw

  • Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit, and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a European diabetic population.

    Ute Nöthlings;Matthias B. Schulze;Cornelia Weikert;Heiner Boeing

  • Plasma phospholipid fatty acid profiles and their association with food intakes: results from a cross-sectional study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Mitra Saadatian-Elahi;Nadia Slimani;Véronique Chajès;Mazda Jenab

  • Healthy Aspects of the Nordic Diet Are Related to Lower Total Mortality

    Anja Olsen;Rikke Egeberg;Jytte Halkjær;Jane Christensen

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Lower Abdominal Adiposity in European Men and Women

    Dora Romaguera;Teresa Norat;Traci Mouw;Anne M. May

  • The amount and type of dairy product intake and incident type 2 diabetes: results from the EPIC-InterAct Study

    Ivonne Sluijs;Nita G. Forouhi;Joline W.J. Beulens;Yvonne T. Van Der Schouw

  • Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project

    Dora Romaguera;Teresa Norat;Anne Claire Vergnaud;Traci Mouw

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Domenico Palli
Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (Istituto per lo Studio, la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica)
Rudolf Kaaks
Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge

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