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D-Index
78
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17558
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1724
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18

Niels Gregersen publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 318 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Niels Gregersen D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Niels Gregersen is affiliated with Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. Their research spans multiple domains primarily in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions also in physics and astronomy.

The main fields of study they focus on include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, Gregersen's subfields of study cover:

  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology

Their research topics highlight a range of biochemical and biophysical investigations, particularly:

  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Gregersen's recent papers reflect their interdisciplinary work and cover various aspects of metabolism, molecular genetics, and bioenergetics. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Riboflavin Deficiency-Implications for General Human Health and Inborn Errors of Metabolism" (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Bioenergetic and Proteomic Profiling of Immune Cells in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients: An Exploratory Study" (2021), Biomolecules
  • "Use of Molecular Genetic Analyses in Danish Routine Newborn Screening" (2021), International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • "Bezafibrate activation of PPAR drives disturbances in mitochondrial redox bioenergetics and decreases the viability of cells from patients with VLCAD deficiency" (2021), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • "Increased antioxidant response in medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: does lipoic acid have a protective role?" (2020), Pediatric Research

Their frequent coauthors illustrate active collaborative research networks involving:

  • Rikke Katrine Jentoft Olsen
  • Luca Vannucci
  • Signe Mosegaard
  • Graziana Dipace

Gregersen's work has been published in several consistent venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biomolecules
  • International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease

Best Publications

  • α-cardiac actin is a novel disease gene in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Jens Mogensen;Ib C. Klausen;Anders K. Pedersen;Henrik Egeblad

  • Hereditary spastic paraplegia SPG13 is associated with a mutation in the gene encoding the mitochondrial chaperonin Hsp60.

    Jens Jacob Hansen;Alexandra Dürr;Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix;Costa Georgopoulos

  • Oligonucleotide-priming methods for the chromosome-specific labelling of alpha satellite DNA in situ.

    Jørn E. Koch;Steen Kølvraa;Kirsten B. Petersen;Niels Gregersen

  • Protein Misfolding and Human Disease

    Niels Gregersen;Peter Gerd Bross;Søren Vang;Jane Hvarregaard Christensen

  • ETFDH mutations as a major cause of riboflavin-responsive multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency

    Rikke K J Olsen;Simon E Olpin;Brage S Andresen;Zofia H Miedzybrodzka

  • Clear Correlation of Genotype with Disease Phenotype in Very–Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency

    Brage Storstein Andresen;Brage Storstein Andresen;Simon Olpin;Ben J.H.M. Poorthuis;Hans R. Scholte

  • Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) mutations identified by MS/MS-based prospective screening of newborns differ from those observed in patients with clinical symptoms: identification and characterization of a new, prevalent mutation that results in mild MCAD deficiency.

    Brage Storstein Andresen;Brage Storstein Andresen;Steve F. Dobrowolski;Linda O'Reilly;Joseph Muenzer

  • A sequence variation: 713-8delC in the transforming growth factor-beta 1 gene has higher prevalence in osteoporotic women than in normal women and is associated with very low bone mass in osteoporotic women and increased bone turnover in both osteoporotic and normal women

    B.L. Langdahl;J.Y. Knudsen;H.K. Jensen;N. Gregersen

  • Protein misfolding and degradation in genetic diseases

    Peter Bross;Thomas Juhl Corydon;Brage S. Andresen;Brage S. Andresen;Malene Munk Jørgensen

  • One short well conserved region of Alu-sequences is involved in human gene rearrangements and has homology with prokaryotic chi

    Niels S. Rüdiger;Niels Gregersen;Morten C. Kielland-Brandt

  • Clear relationship between ETF/ETFDH genotype and phenotype in patients with multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency.

    Rikke K.J. Olsen;Brage S. Andresen;Brage S. Andresen;Ernst Christensen;Peter Bross

  • In vitro fibroblast studies in a patient with C6-C10-dicarboxylic aciduria: evidence for a defect in general acyl-CoA dehydrogenase.

    S. Kølvraa;N. Gregersen;E. Christensen;N. Hobolth

  • Mutation analysis in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation defects: Exemplified by acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiencies, with special focus on genotype-phenotype relationship.

    Niels Gregersen;Brage S. Andresen;Brage S. Andresen;Morten J. Corydon;Thomas J. Corydon

  • Genomic structure of the human mitochondrial chaperonin genes: HSP60 and HSP10 are localised head to head on chromosome 2 separated by a bidirectional promoter

    Jens J Hansen;Peter Bross;Majken Westergaard;Marit Nyholm Nielsen

  • Seemingly Neutral Polymorphic Variants May Confer Immunity to Splicing-Inactivating Mutations: A Synonymous SNP in Exon 5 of MCAD Protects from Deleterious Mutations in a Flanking Exonic Splicing Enhancer

    Karsten Bork Nielsen;Suzette Sørensen;Luca Cartegni;Thomas Juhl Corydon

  • Identification of 13 new mutations in the vasopressin-neurophysin II gene in 17 kindreds with familial autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.

    S. Rittig;G. L. Robertson;C. Siggaard;L. Kovács

  • Protein Misfolding and Cellular Stress: An Overview

    Niels Gregersen;Niels Gregersen;Peter Bross;Peter Bross

  • Protein Misfolding and Disease

    Peter Bross;Niels Gregersen

  • Identification of Four New Mutations in the Short-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (SCAD) Gene in Two Patients: One of the Variant Alleles, 511C→T, is Present at an Unexpectedly High Frequency in the General Population, as Was the Case for 625G→A, Together Conferring Susceptibility to Ethylmalonic Aciduria

    Niels Gregersen;Vibeke S. Winter;Morten J. Corydon;Thomas J. Corydon

  • The Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease: Protein Folding and Misfolding: the Role of Cellular Protein Quality Control Systems in Inherited Disorders

    Peter Bross;Malene Munk Jørgensen;Niels Gregersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Brage S. Andresen
Brage S. Andresen University of Southern Denmark
Peter Bross
Peter Bross Aarhus University
Lars Bolund
Lars Bolund Aarhus University
Steen Kølvraa
Steen Kølvraa Arcedi Biotech
Thomas J. Corydon
Thomas J. Corydon Aarhus University
Jerry Vockley
Jerry Vockley University of Pittsburgh
Hans Eiberg
Hans Eiberg University of Copenhagen
Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Uffe Birk Jensen
Uffe Birk Jensen Aarhus University
Arnold W. Strauss
Arnold W. Strauss Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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