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Top institutions in Denmark for Clinical Medicine

29 institutions · Clinical Medicine · Denmark

Which institutions in Denmark have the most top-cited scientists in Clinical Medicine?

820 researchers in Denmark whose main field is Clinical Medicine are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 38.4% of all listed authors in Denmark, and 17th of 145 countries in the field. 321 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Københavns Universitet has the most (109), followed by Aarhus Universitet (99) and Rigshospitalet (97). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
820
38.4% of all in Denmark
In the global top 100,000
321
39.1% of them
Country rank in the field
#17
of 145 countries in Clinical Medicine
Highest-ranked
#239
Nordestgaard, Börge Grønne
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Københavns Universitet10951#93Holst, Jens Juul #633
2Aarhus Universitet9935#107Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker #3,173
3Rigshospitalet9739#108Pedersen, Bente Klarlund #458
4Aarhus Universitetshospital6221#222Thygesen, Kristian A. #10,787
5Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet5522#252Petersen, Poul Erik #6,731
6Syddansk Universitet5420#254Roos, Ewa M. #3,269
7Copenhagen University Hospital4417#308Astrup, Arne Vernon #6,335
8Odense Universitetshospital4212#322Hegedüs, László M. #13,884
9Gentofte Hospital3116#439Nordestgaard, Börge Grønne #239
10Bispebjerg Hospital179#858Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan #7,331
11Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark154#951Aagaard, Per #16,928
12Aalborg Universitetshospital146#996Vestergaard, Peter #10,947
13Aalborg University134#1,053Arendt-Nielsen, Lars #8,626
14Sjællands Universitetshospital125#1,122Jemec, Gregor Borut Ernst #6,978
15Hvidovre Hospital115#1,212Burisch, Johan #15,601
16Technical University of Denmark93#1,434Nielsen, Morten Munch B. #16,187
17Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research84#1,641Holst, Jens Juul #54,530
18Statens Institut for Folkesundhed72#1,717Taylor, Rod S. #7,942
19Statens Serum Institut70#1,877Pasternak, Björn #115,125
20Novo Nordisk A/S62#1,950Knop, Filip K. #13,057
21Frederiksberg Hospital64#2,005Bonde, Jens Peter Ellekilde #30,624
22Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø52#2,188Rugulies, Reiner #17,781
23Nordsjællands Hospital - Hillerød52#2,271Torp-Pedersen, Christian Tobias #44,532
24Nordic Bioscience AS42#2,538Karsdal, Morten Asser #15,814
25Kræftens Bekæmpelse42#2,755Hansen, Johnni D. #81,713
26Biotech Research & Innovation Centre41#2,770Andersen, Jesper B. #86,686
27Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen33#2,980Rossing, Peter R. #4,463
28H. Lundbeck A/S31#3,178Molinuevo, Jose Luis #46,239
29Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine33#3,326Grove, Jakob #78,230

The top 100 in Clinical Medicine in Denmark, in order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
    Holst, Jens Juul
    Københavns Universitet
  4. 4
    Kehlet, Henrik Fs
    Københavns Universitet, Section for Surgical Pathophysiology
  5. 5
    Gøtzsche, Peter Christian
    Institute for Scientific Freedom
  6. 6
    Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker
    Aarhus Universitet
  7. 7
    Ashina, Messoud
    Rigshospitalet
  8. 8
    Roos, Ewa M.
    Syddansk Universitet
  9. 9
    Ntoumanis, Nikos
    Syddansk Universitet
  10. 10
    Rossing, Peter R.
    Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
  11. 11
    Finnerup, Nanna Brix
    Aarhus Universitet
  12. 12
    Sørensen, Henrik Toft
    Aarhus Universitet
  13. 13
    Edvinsson, Lars I.H.
    Rigshospitalet
  14. 14
    Astrup, Arne Vernon
    Copenhagen University Hospital
  15. 15
    Bangsbo, Jens
    Københavns Universitet
  16. 16
    Petersen, Poul Erik
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  17. 17
    Nordentoft, Merete
    Københavns Universitet
  18. 18
    Jemec, Gregor Borut Ernst
    Sjællands Universitetshospital
  19. 19
    Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn
    Syddansk Universitet
  20. 20
    Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan
    Bispebjerg Hospital
  21. 21
    Vedel Kessing, Lars Vedel
    Københavns Universitet
  22. 22
    Høiby, Niels
    Rigshospitalet
  23. 23
    Taylor, Rod S.
    Statens Institut for Folkesundhed
  24. 24
    Arendt-Nielsen, Lars
    Aalborg University
  25. 25
    Kjaer, Michael L.
    Bispebjerg Hospital
  26. 26
    Borghammer, Per
    Aarhus Universitet
  27. 27
    Mogensen, Trine Hyrup
    Aarhus Universitet
  28. 28
    Magkos, Faidon
    Københavns Universitet
  29. 29
    Jensen, Troels Staehelin
    Aarhus Universitet
  30. 30
    Kamstrup, Pia Rørbæk
    Københavns Universitet
  31. 31
    Langdahl, Bente Lomholt
    Aarhus Universitet
  32. 32
    Bisgaard, Hans
    Gentofte Hospital
  33. 33
    Thygesen, Kristian A.
    Aarhus Universitetshospital
  34. 34
    Vestergaard, Peter
    Aalborg Universitetshospital
  35. 35
    Vilsbøll, Tina
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  36. 36
    Andersen, Per Kragh
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  37. 37
    Steinhausen, Hans Christoph
    Syddansk Universitet
  38. 38
    Bech, Per
    Københavns Universitet
  39. 39
    Overgaard, Jens
    Aarhus Universitet
  40. 40
    Olesen, Jes
    Rigshospitalet
  41. 41
    Knop, Filip K.
    Novo Nordisk A/S
  42. 42
    Borregaard, Niels
    Rigshospitalet
  43. 43
  44. 44
    Prescott, Eva Irene Bossano
    Copenhagen University Hospital
  45. 45
    Hegedüs, László M.
    Odense Universitetshospital
  46. 46
    Mortensen, Preben Bo
    National Centre for Register-based Research
  47. 47
    Köber, Lars Valeur
    Rigshospitalet
  48. 48
    Knudsen, Lotte Bjerre
    Novo Nordisk A/S
  49. 49
    Falk, Erling
    Aarhus Universitet
  50. 50
    Burisch, Johan
    Hvidovre Hospital
  51. 51
    Karsdal, Morten Asser
    Nordic Bioscience AS
  52. 52
    Nielsen, Morten Munch B.
    Technical University of Denmark
  53. 53
    Olesen, Jes
    Rigshospitalet
  54. 54
    Aagaard, Per
    Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
  55. 55
    Gyawali, Bishal
    Københavns Universitet
  56. 56
    Andreasen, Jens Ove
    Copenhagen University Hospital
  57. 57
    Rugulies, Reiner
    Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø
  58. 58
    Juul, A. M.
    Københavns Universitet
  59. 59
    Madsbad, Sten
    Hvidovre Hospital
  60. 60
    Paludan, Søren Riis
    Aarhus Universitet
  61. 61
    Hallas, Jesper
    Syddansk Universitet
  62. 62
    Siebner, Hartwig Roman
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  63. 63
    Nybo, Lars
    Københavns Universitet
  64. 64
    Andersen, Lars Louis F.
    Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø
  65. 65
    Schmidt, Morten C.
    Aarhus Universitet
  66. 66
  67. 67
    Laursen, Thomas Munk
    Aarhus Universitet
  68. 68
    Andersen, Lars Wiuff
    Aarhus Universitetshospital
  69. 69
    Christensen, Kaare
    Syddansk Universitet
  70. 70
    Skou, Søren T.
    Syddansk Universitet
  71. 71
  72. 72
    Jess, Tine
    Aalborg Universitetshospital
  73. 73
    Gravholt, Claus H.
    Aarhus Universitetshospital
  74. 74
    Østergaard, Leif
    Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience
  75. 75
    Hartvigsen, Jan
    Syddansk Universitet
  76. 76
    Rejnmark, Lars
    Aarhus Universitetshospital
  77. 77
    Rehfeld, Jens Federik
    Rigshospitalet
  78. 78
    Simonsen, Jens B.
    Jbsimonsen Consult
  79. 79
    Lykkesfeldt, Jens J.
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  80. 80
    Párnas, Josef
    Københavns Universitet
  81. 81
    Egeberg, Alexander
    Bispebjerg Hospital
  82. 82
    Pottegård, Anton
    Odense Universitetshospital
  83. 83
    Carstensen, Bendix
    Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
  84. 84
    Mentis, Alexios Fotios A.
    BGI Genomics Co., Ltd.
  85. 85
    Thorborg, Kristian
    Hvidovre Hospital
  86. 86
    Agerbo, Esben
    The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research
  87. 87
    Bonde, Jens Peter Ellekilde
    Frederiksberg Hospital
  88. 88
  89. 89
    Gögenür, Ismail
    Københavns Universitet
  90. 90
    Pedersen, Oluf Borbye
    Herlev and Gentofte–Copenhagen University Hospital
  91. 91
    Sorensen, Thorkild I.A.
    Center for Childhood Health
  92. 92
    Linneberg, Allan R.
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  93. 93
    Jennum, Poul Jørgen
    Rigshospitalet
  94. 94
    Lauritzen, Martin Johannes
    Københavns Universitet
  95. 95
    Schmiegelow, Kjeld
    Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  96. 96
    Magnusson, Stig Peter
    Bispebjerg Hospital
  97. 97
    Kell, Douglas B.
    The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability
  98. 98
    Mirza, Mansoor Raza
    Nordic Society of Gynecological Oncology
  99. 99
    Krustrup, Peter
    Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
  100. 100
    Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole
    Danish Cancer Institute

820 listed scientists in Clinical Medicine in Denmark

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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