2026 Kaare Christensen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	140	1667	1543	23	22	1039	91084

Kaare Christensen 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 Kaare Christensen sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,039 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Kaare Christensen 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 Kaare Christensen sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 140 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kaare Christensen is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study for Christensen include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work also covers a range of subfields such as:

Genetics
Molecular Biology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physiology
Health

Christensen's research topics focus notably on:

Birth, Development, and Health
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Health Disparities and Outcomes
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Among recent publications, Christensen has contributed to the following papers:

Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging, 2021, published in Genome Biology
Sex and age differences in COVID-19 mortality in Europe, 2020, published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Association of Leukocyte Telomere Length With Mortality Among Adult Participants in 3 Longitudinal Studies, 2020, published in JAMA Network Open
TET2 mutations are associated with hypermethylation at key regulatory enhancers in normal and malignant hematopoiesis, 2021, published in Nature Communications
Do men avoid seeking medical advice? A register-based analysis of gender-specific changes in primary healthcare use after first hospitalisation at ages 60+ in Denmark, 2020, published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Christensen include:

Marianne Nygaard
Jonas Mengel-From
Mary K. Wojczynski
Joseph M. Zmuda
Mary F. Feitosa

Christensen's work appears regularly in the following publication venues:

Innovation in Aging
The Journals of Gerontology Series A
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Twin Research and Human Genetics
Aging Cell

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

8465
Citations
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

5734
Citations
Ageing populations: the challenges ahead

Kaare Christensen;Gabriele Doblhammer;Roland Rau;James W Vaupel

4898
Citations
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

3430
Citations
A century of trends in adult human height

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

1428
Citations
Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

1170
Citations
Familial Risk and Heritability of Cancer Among Twins in Nordic Countries.

Lorelei A Mucci;Lorelei A Mucci;Jacob B Hjelmborg;Jennifer R Harris;Kamila Czene

885
Citations
Telomere Fluorescence Measurements in Granulocytes and T Lymphocyte Subsets Point to a High Turnover of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Memory T Cells in Early Childhood

Nathalie Rufer;Tim H. Brümmendorf;Steen Kolvraa;Claus Bischoff

836
Citations
Survival, disabilities in activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning among the oldest-old in China: a cohort study.

Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Qiushi Feng;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh;Kaare Christensen

814
Citations
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

778
Citations
Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene variants and the risk of isolated cleft lip or palate.

Theresa M. Zucchero;Margaret E. Cooper;Brion S. Maher;Sandra Daack-Hirsch

775
Citations
Men: good health and high mortality. Sex differences in health and aging*

Anna Oksuzyan;Anna Oksuzyan;Knud Juel;James W. Vaupel;Kaare Christensen

774
Citations
Heritability of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Based on the Nationwide Danish Twin Register

Rikke Hilker;Rikke Hilker;Dorte Helenius;Birgitte Fagerlund;Axel Skytthe

675
Citations
A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

661
Citations
The quest for genetic determinants of human longevity: challenges and insights

Kaare Christensen;Thomas E. Johnson;James W. Vaupel

644
Citations
Evidence for a major role of heredity in Graves' disease: a population-based study of two Danish twin cohorts.

Thomas Heiberg Brix;Thomas Heiberg Brix;Kirsten Ohm Kyvik;Kaare Christensen;Laszlo Hegedüs

615
Citations
Disruption of an AP-2 alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip

Fedik Rahimov;Mary L Marazita;Axel Visel;Margaret E Cooper

587
Citations
Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

585
Citations
Genetic influence on human lifespan and longevity

Jacob v. B. Hjelmborg;Ivan Iachine;Axel Skytthe;James W. Vaupel

568
Citations
Causal Inference and Observational Research: The Utility of Twins

Matt McGue;Merete Osler;Kaare Christensen

519
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lene Christiansen University of Southern Denmark

James W. Vaupel University of Southern Denmark

Matt McGue University of Minnesota

Kirsten Ohm Kyvik University of Southern Denmark

Merete Osler University of Copenhagen

Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

Jørn Olsen Aarhus University

Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute

Jeffrey C. Murray University of Iowa

Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen

External Links

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