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Oluf Pedersen 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 Oluf Pedersen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,030 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.

Oluf Pedersen 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 Oluf Pedersen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 168 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Oluf Pedersen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focused presence in subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics encompass several areas, notably:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

Recent publication venues where Oluf Pedersen has contributed include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Diabetologia, and Nature Communications.

Frequent collaborators in their work are Torben Hansen, Niels Grarup, Tue H. Hansen, Allan Linneberg, and Henrik Vestergaard.

Selected recent papers by Oluf Pedersen reflect themes across gut microbiota, genetics, and blood-related traits and diseases:

  • "Gut microbiota in human metabolic health and disease," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases," 2020, Cell
  • "Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations," 2020, Cell
  • "Aberrant gut microbiota alters host metabolome and impacts renal failure in humans and rodents," 2020, Gut

Best Publications

  • A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

    Junjie Qin;Ruiqiang Li;Jeroen Raes;Manimozhiyan Arumugam

  • Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

    Manimozhiyan Arumugam;Jeroen Raes;Eric Pelletier;Denis Le Paslier

  • A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes

    Junjie Qin;Yingrui Li;Zhiming Cai;Shenghui Li

  • Multifactorial Intervention and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

    Peter Gæde;Pernille Vedel;Nicolai Larsen;Nicolai Larsen;Gunnar V.H. Jensen

  • Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers

    Trine Nielsen;Junjie Qin;Edi Prifti

  • Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

    Peter Gæde;Henrik Lund-Andersen;Hans-Henrik Parving;Oluf Pedersen

  • The Human Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease

    Susan V Lynch;Oluf Pedersen

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Gut microbiota in human metabolic health and disease.

    Yong Fan;Oluf Pedersen

  • 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

  • An integrated catalog of reference genes in the human gut microbiome

    Junhua Li;Huijue Jia;Xianghang Cai;Huanzi Zhong

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota

    Kristoffer Forslund;Falk Hildebrand;Falk Hildebrand;Trine Nielsen;Gwen Falony;Gwen Falony

  • 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

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Human gut microbes impact host serum metabolome and insulin sensitivity

    Helle Krogh Pedersen;Valborg Gudmundsdottir;Henrik B. Nielsen;Tuulia Hyötyläinen;Tuulia Hyötyläinen

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

    Gudmar Thorleifsson;G Bragi Walters;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • 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

Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Torben Jørgensen
Torben Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Niels Grarup
Niels Grarup University of Copenhagen
Allan Linneberg
Allan Linneberg University of Copenhagen
Knut Borch-Johnsen
Knut Borch-Johnsen Aarhus University
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University

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