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D-Index
113
Citations
43916
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4985
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Peter Aaby 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 Peter Aaby sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 712 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Aaby 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 Peter Aaby sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% 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

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Peter Aaby is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans immunology, microbiology, medicine, and social sciences, with significant work focusing on immunology and infectious diseases.

Their main research topics include:

  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Vaccine coverage and hesitancy
  • Child nutrition and water access
  • COVID-19 impact on reproduction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders
  • Virology and viral diseases

Peter Aaby has published extensively in prominent venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Vaccine
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Infection

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Christine Stabell Benn
  • Sebastian Nielsen
  • Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer
  • Ane Bærent Fisker
  • Amabélia Rodrigues

Recent papers featuring Peter Aaby or of related significance include:

  • "Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes" (2020, Nature Immunology)
  • "The COVID-19 pandemic: diverse contexts; different epidemics-how and why?" (2020, BMJ Global Health)
  • "100 years of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin" (2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "Vaccinology: time to change the paradigm?" (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "The non-specific and sex-differential effects of vaccines" (2020, Nature Reviews. Immunology)

The subfields of study relevant to their work include immunology, health, infectious diseases, nutrition and dietetics, and epidemiology.

Peter Aaby was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Danish National Birth Cohort - its background, structure and aim:

    Jørn Olsen;Mads Melbye;Sjurdur Frodi Olsen;Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

  • BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

    Rob J.W. Arts;Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag;Boris Novakovic;Yang Li

  • Measles and atopy in Guinea-Bissau

    S.O Shaheen;D.J.P Barker;C.B Heyes;A.W Shiell

  • Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccination at Birth to Low-Birth-Weight Children: Beneficial Nonspecific Effects in the Neonatal Period?

    Peter Aaby;Adam Roth;Adam Roth;Henrik Ravn;Bitiguida Mutna Napirna

  • Long-lasting effects of BCG vaccination on both heterologous Th1/Th17 responses and innate trained immunity.

    Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis;Jessica Quintin;Frank Preijers;Christine Stabell Benn

  • A small jab – a big effect: nonspecific immunomodulation by vaccines

    Christine S. Benn;Mihai G. Netea;Liisa K. Selin;Peter Aaby

  • A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis.

    Chiea C Khor;Stephen J Chapman;Stephen J Chapman;Fredrik O Vannberg;Aisling Dunne

  • Routine vaccinations and child survival: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

    Ines Kristensen;Peter Aaby;Henrik Jensen

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

    Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

  • Vitamin D as supplementary treatment for tuberculosis: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    Christian Wejse;Victor F. Gomes;Paulo Rabna;Per Gustafson

  • Newborns Develop a Th1-Type Immune Response to Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination

    Arnaud Marchant;Tessa Goetghebuer;Martin O. Ota;Ingrid Wolfe

  • Non-specific beneficial effect of measles immunisation: analysis of mortality studies from developing countries

    Peter Aaby;Badara Samb;Francois Simondon;Awa Marie Coll Seck

  • Investigation of the risk factors for tuberculosis: a case–control study in three countries in West Africa

    C Lienhardt;K Fielding;J S Sillah;B Bah

  • BCG scar and positive tuberculin reaction associated with reduced child mortality in West Africa. A non-specific beneficial effect of BCG?

    May-Lill Garly;Cesário Lourenco Martins;Carlitos Balé;Mamadu Aliu Baldé

  • Influence of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin on antibody and cytokine responses to human neonatal vaccination

    Martin O. C. Ota;Johan Vekemans;Susanna E. Schlegel-Haueter;Katherine Fielding

  • Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

    Florian Marks;Vera von Kalckreuth;Peter Aaby;Yaw Adu-Sarkodie

  • Early BCG vaccination and reduction in atopy in Guinea-Bissau.

    Peter Aaby;S O Shaheen;C B Heyes;A Goudiaby

  • Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during first 18 months of life

    Christine Stabell Benn;Mads Melbye;Jan Wohlfahrt;Bengt Björkstén

  • Non-specific effects of standard measles vaccine at 4.5 and 9 months of age on childhood mortality: randomised controlled trial

    Peter Aaby;Cesário L Martins;May-Lill Garly;Carlito Balé

  • Population based study of rates of multiple pregnancies in denmark, 1980-94

    Tine Westergaard;Jan Wohlfahrt;Peter Aaby;Mads Melbye

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Stabell Benn
Christine Stabell Benn University of Southern Denmark
Hilton Whittle
Hilton Whittle London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kåre Mølbak
Kåre Mølbak Statens Serum Institut
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Palle Valentiner-Branth
Palle Valentiner-Branth Statens Serum Institut
Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Maria Yazdanbakhsh Leiden University Medical Center
Jan Wohlfahrt
Jan Wohlfahrt Statens Serum Institut
Reinout van Crevel
Reinout van Crevel Radboud University

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