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103
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49106
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7235
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79

Kirsten Ohm Kyvik 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 Kirsten Ohm Kyvik sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 439 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kirsten Ohm Kyvik 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 Kirsten Ohm Kyvik sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kirsten Ohm Kyvik is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with significant work in subfields including Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Ophthalmology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered in their work are diverse and include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Kirsten Ohm Kyvik has contributed to numerous scientific publications, often collaborating with prominent co-authors such as Kaare Christensen, Nicholas G. Martin, Jaakko Kaprio, Dorret I. Boomsma, and Nancy L. Pedersen. These collaborations highlight interdisciplinary efforts across genetic epidemiology and public health.

Their work has been published particularly frequently in the following scientific venues:

  • Twin Research and Human Genetics
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Cephalalgia
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • BMJ Open

Notable recent research papers authored or co-authored by Kirsten Ohm Kyvik include:

  • "Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts," 2022, International Journal of Obesity
  • "Implications of Non-Specific Effects for Testing, Approving, and Regulating Vaccines," 2023, Drug Safety
  • "Interactions between ocular and systemic disease using national register-based data in the Danish Excellence Centre in Ophthalmic Epidemiology (DECODE-EYE): study perspective," 2020, Acta Ophthalmologica
  • "Diabetic Retinopathy Predicts Risk of Alzheimer's Disease: A Danish Registry-Based Nationwide Cohort Study," 2022, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • "Migraine with aura in women is not associated with structural thalamic abnormalities," 2020, NeuroImage Clinical

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • The prevalence of neck pain in the world population: a systematic critical review of the literature

    René Fejer;Kirsten Ohm Kyvik;Jan Hartvigsen

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts

    Yurii S Aulchenko;Samuli Ripatti;Ida Lindqvist;Dorret Boomsma

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Heritability of type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance--a population-based twin study.

    P. Poulsen;K.O. Kyvik;A. Vaag;H. Beck-Nielsen

  • 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

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • The course of low back pain from adolescence to adulthood: eight-year follow-up of 9600 twins.

    Lise Hestbaek;Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde;Kirsten Ohm Kyvik;Claus Manniche

  • Concordance of inflammatory bowel disease among Danish twins. Results of a nationwide study.

    M. Orholm;V. Binder;T. I. A. Sørensen;L. P. Rasmussen

  • Telomere Length Inversely Correlates With Pulse Pressure and Is Highly Familial

    Elisabeth Jeanclos;Nicholas J. Schork;Nicholas J. Schork;Kirsten O. Kyvik;Masayuki Kimura

  • Concordance rates of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: a population based study of young Danish twins.

    Kirsten O Kyvik;Anders Green;Henning Beck-Nielsen

  • At what age does low back pain become a common problem? A study of 29,424 individuals aged 12-41 years.

    Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde;Kirsten Ohm Kyvik

  • Concordance of Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Danish Twins

    M. Orholm;V. Binder;T. I. A. Sørensen;L. P. Rasmussen

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Vibeke Backer
Vibeke Backer Rigshospitalet
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Gonneke Willemsen
Gonneke Willemsen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Massimo Mangino
Massimo Mangino King's College London

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