Flemming Skjøth

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Flemming Skjøth is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Flemming Skjøth has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 40 papers in Internal Medicine and 16 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Flemming Skjøth's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (66 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (40 papers) and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (27 papers). Flemming Skjøth is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (66 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (40 papers) and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (27 papers). Flemming Skjøth collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Flemming Skjøth's co-authors include Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Jette Nordstrøm Kjældgaard, Mette Søgaard, Deirdre A. Lane, Anders Gorst‐Rasmussen, Thure Filskov Overvad and Mary Rosenzweig and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Flemming Skjøth

109 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Comparative effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants and warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: propensity weighted nationwide cohort study

2016 342 citations Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Flemming Skjøth et al. BMJ profile →
Effectiveness and safety of reduced dose non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants and warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: propensity weighted nationwide cohort study

2017 258 citations Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Flemming Skjøth et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Flemming Skjøth Denmark	35	3.4k	1.5k	744	276	266	117	4.2k
Javier Castrodeza Spain	25	448 0.1×	143 0.1×	449 0.6×	47 0.2×	35 0.1×	130	1.8k
Mohammad Asim Qatar	24	154 0.0×	97 0.1×	394 0.5×	47 0.2×	108 0.4×	146	2.0k
Edward Hulten United States	32	1.7k 0.5×	26 0.0×	350 0.5×	59 0.2×	45 0.2×	88	4.0k
Marcello Covino Italy	31	278 0.1×	23 0.0×	858 1.2×	42 0.2×	242 0.9×	208	3.5k
Stanley L. Robbins United States	22	374 0.1×	42 0.0×	194 0.3×	48 0.2×	52 0.2×	53	2.3k
Juan González del Castillo Spain	28	245 0.1×	27 0.0×	1.1k 1.5×	29 0.1×	137 0.5×	271	3.5k
Edgar Bautista Mexico	16	426 0.1×	66 0.0×	1.9k 2.5×	15 0.1×	37 0.1×	37	2.9k
Dilip R. Karnad India	31	574 0.2×	28 0.0×	367 0.5×	38 0.1×	146 0.5×	92	2.3k
A. Kane Senegal	19	526 0.2×	30 0.0×	597 0.8×	33 0.1×	86 0.3×	185	1.7k

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Skjøth, Flemming, et al.. (2025). Comparing Methods for Classification of Hospital Visits in the Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR): DNPR3 Versus DNPR2. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 17. 277–285.

Søgaard, Mette, Christian‐Alexander Behrendt, Nikolaj Eldrup, & Flemming Skjøth. (2024). Lifetime risk of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease: a Danish nationwide longitudinal study. European Heart Journal. 46(13). 1206–1215. 3 indexed citations

Ording, Anne Gulbech, Flemming Skjøth, Laurids Østergaard Poulsen, et al.. (2024). Time Toxicity of Systemic Anticancer Therapy for Metastatic Lung Cancer in Routine Clinical Practice: A Nationwide Cohort Study. JCO Oncology Practice. 21(9). 1316–1324. 7 indexed citations

Cehofski, Lasse Jørgensen, et al.. (2024). Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular diseases in patients with retinal vein occlusion: A Danish nationwide cohort study. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1(3). 100044–100044.

Ording, Anne Gulbech, Thomas Decker Christensen, Flemming Skjøth, et al.. (2024). Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Stage III and IV Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Nationwide Descriptive Cohort Study. Clinical Lung Cancer. 25(5). 407–416.e1. 4 indexed citations

Søgaard, Mette, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Nikolaj Eldrup, et al.. (2023). Epidemiological Trends and Projections of Incidence, Prevalence, and Disease Related Mortality Associated With Peripheral Arterial Disease: Observations Using Nationwide Danish Data. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 66(5). 662–669. 4 indexed citations

Skjøth, Flemming, et al.. (2023). External Validation of the OAC3-PAD Bleeding Score in a Nationwide Population of Patients Undergoing Invasive Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Disease. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 67(4). 621–629. 4 indexed citations

Søgaard, Mette, Anne Gulbech Ording, Flemming Skjøth, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, & Peter Brønnum Nielsen. (2023). Effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulation vs. warfarin in frail patients with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 10(2). 137–146. 7 indexed citations

Skjøth, Flemming, Henrik Nielsen, & Jacob Bodilsen. (2022). Validity of Algorithm for Classification of In- and Outpatient Hospital Contacts in the Danish National Patient Registry. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 14. 1561–1570. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Olívia, Stephen Morris, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness and Safety of Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Rivaroxaban and Apixaban in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Meta-Analysis of Real-World Studies. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 2022. 1–11. 3 indexed citations

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Hansen, Louise, et al.. (2022). Cost Effectiveness of Patient Self-Managed Warfarin Compared with Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation: An Economic Evaluation in a Danish Healthcare Sector Setting. PharmacoEconomics - Open. 6(4). 483–494. 3 indexed citations

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Overvad, Thure Filskov, Flemming Skjøth, Gregory Piazza, et al.. (2022). The Khorana score and venous and arterial thrombosis in patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: A Danish cohort study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 20(12). 2921–2929. 19 indexed citations

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Søgaard, Mette, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Flemming Skjøth, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, & Nikolaj Eldrup. (2021). Revascularisation for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: External Applicability of the VOYAGER PAD Trial. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 63(2). 285–294. 10 indexed citations

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Bodilsen, Jacob, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Mette Søgaard, et al.. (2021). Hospital admission and mortality rates for non-covid diseases in Denmark during covid-19 pandemic: nationwide population based cohort study. BMJ. 373. n1135–n1135. 115 indexed citations

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Ording, Anne Gulbech, Flemming Skjøth, Mette Søgaard, et al.. (2021). Increasing Incidence and Declining Mortality After Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: A Nationwide Cohort Study. The American Journal of Medicine. 134(7). 868–876.e5. 20 indexed citations

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Overvad, Thure Filskov, Flemming Skjøth, Ida Ehlers Albertsen, et al.. (2020). Should We Reintroduce Previous Venous Thromboembolism Into Decision-Making for Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation?. The American Journal of Medicine. 134(1). 67–75.e5. 1 indexed citations

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Lip, Gregory Y.H., Flemming Skjøth, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, & Torben Bjerregaard Larsen. (2019). Evaluation of the C2HEST Risk Score as a Possible Opportunistic Screening Tool for Incident Atrial Fibrillation in a Healthy Population (From a Nationwide Danish Cohort Study). The American Journal of Cardiology. 125(1). 48–54. 23 indexed citations

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Skjøth, Flemming, et al.. (2018). Disease progression after ablation for atrial flutter compared with atrial fibrillation: A nationwide cohort study. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 72(11). e13258–e13258. 13 indexed citations

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Grove, Erik Lerkevang, Flemming Skjøth, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Thomas Decker Christensen, & Torben Bjerregaard Larsen. (2018). Effectiveness and safety of self-managed oral anticoagulant therapy compared with direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15805–15805. 13 indexed citations

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Søgaard, Mette, Flemming Skjøth, Jette Nordstrøm Kjældgaard, et al.. (2017). Atrial fibrillation in patients with severe mental disorders and the risk of stroke, fatal thromboembolic events and bleeding: a nationwide cohort study. BMJ Open. 7(12). e018209–e018209. 26 indexed citations

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