2026 Merete Nordentoft: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	122	490	466	6	6	906	70374
Medicine	129	2542	2370	32	30	883	80700

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Merete Nordentoft is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research activity spans several domains within medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on psychiatry and mental health as well as clinical psychology and genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on schizophrenia, mental health treatment, and suicide, reflected in their main topics of work which include:

Schizophrenia research and treatment
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Mental Health Treatment and Access
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Mental Health Research Topics
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Merete Nordentoft's notable recent publications include:

"How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
"Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
"Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia" (2022), published in Nature
"Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries" (2021), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
"Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains" (2023), published in Nature Genetics

Frequent collaborators in Merete Nordentoft's work include Ole Mors, Carsten Hjorthøj, Thomas Werge, Anders D. Børglum, and David M. Hougaard. These co-authors have worked alongside Nordentoft on multiple publications indicating a consistent collaborative network.

Publication venues where Merete Nordentoft frequently appears include:

Schizophrenia Bulletin (37 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (36 publications)
Schizophrenia Research (23 publications)
Psychological Medicine (18 publications)
UNC Libraries (17 publications)

Merete Nordentoft has also contributed to book publications, notably a work published by Frontiers Media titled "Shared Decision Making in Mental Health: International Perspectives on Implementation" released in 2022.

Their fields of study are predominantly medicine and psychology, with over 800 combined publications. Subfields prominently represented within their research output include psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, and general health professions. This diverse expertise supports a multifaceted approach to mental health research and treatment development.

Best Publications

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

3191
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

2714
Citations
Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

2363
Citations
Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

2295
Citations
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

1969
Citations
Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

1660
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

1637
Citations
How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carmen Moreno;Til Wykes;Til Wykes;Silvana Galderisi;Merete Nordentoft

1635
Citations
Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

1548
Citations
Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

1481
Citations
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

1346
Citations
Years of potential life lost and life expectancy in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Carsten Hjorthøj;Carsten Hjorthøj;Anne Emilie Stürup;John J McGrath;John J McGrath;John J McGrath;Merete Nordentoft;Merete Nordentoft

1107
Citations
Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Robert W Aldridge;Alistair Story;Stephen W Hwang;Merete Nordentoft

943
Citations
Effect of anti-inflammatory treatment on depression, depressive symptoms, and adverse effects: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Ole Köhler;Michael E. Benros;Merete Nordentoft;Michael E. Farkouh

933
Citations
Excess Early Mortality in Schizophrenia

Thomas Munk Laursen;Merete Nordentoft;Preben Bo Mortensen

927
Citations
Suicide risk in relation to psychiatric hospitalization : evidence based on longitudinal registers

Ping Qin;Merete Nordentoft

845
Citations
Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders: a multilevel intervention framework and priorities for clinical practice, policy and research agendas

Nancy H. Liu;Nancy H. Liu;Gail L. Daumit;Tarun Dua;Ralph Aquila

793
Citations
Absolute Risk of Suicide After First Hospital Contact in Mental Disorder

Merete Nordentoft;Preben Bo Mortensen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen

729
Citations
Excess mortality, causes of death and life expectancy in 270,770 patients with recent onset of mental disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Merete Nordentoft;Kristian Wahlbeck;Jonas Hällgren;Jeanette Westman

713
Citations
Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders

Kristian Wahlbeck;Jeanette Westman;Merete Nordentoft;Mika Gissler

695
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Mors Aarhus University

Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen

Preben Bo Mortensen Aarhus University

Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University

David M. Hougaard Statens Serum Institut

Esben Agerbo Aarhus University

Carsten Bøcker Pedersen Aarhus University

Thomas D. Als Aarhus University

Annette Erlangsen Johns Hopkins University

Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

External Links

Personal website of Merete Nordentoft Google Scholar page

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