Henrik Birn

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Henrik Birn is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Henrik Birn has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Nephrology, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Henrik Birn's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (31 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (29 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (16 papers). Henrik Birn is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (31 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (29 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (16 papers). Henrik Birn collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and Sweden. Henrik Birn's co-authors include Erik Christensen, Rikke Nielsen, P Verroust, Søren K. Moestrup, Ebba Nexø, Kathrin Weyer, Christian Jacobsen, H. P. Philipsen, Erik Christensen and Tina Storm and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Henrik Birn

157 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

  1. Megalin and cubilin: multifunctional endocytic receptors
    2002 659 citations Erik Christensen, Henrik Birn profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Henrik Birn 2.2k 1.5k 785 769 713 164 5.9k
Motoko Yanagita 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 511 0.7× 483 0.7× 250 7.6k
Serge Cremers 1.7k 0.8× 947 0.6× 808 1.0× 885 1.2× 401 0.6× 144 6.5k
Martine Cohen‐Solal 2.4k 1.1× 813 0.5× 862 1.1× 403 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 242 6.1k
Gerhard A. Müller 3.5k 1.6× 2.9k 1.9× 1.3k 1.7× 739 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 302 10.5k
Frederick R. Singer 2.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 874 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 1.7k 2.3× 189 10.3k
Masayuki Iwano 3.4k 1.5× 2.6k 1.8× 1.1k 1.5× 669 0.9× 700 1.0× 138 8.4k
Eduardo Salido 3.8k 1.7× 603 0.4× 710 0.9× 928 1.2× 489 0.7× 222 7.2k
Neal S. Fedarko 3.4k 1.5× 925 0.6× 544 0.7× 373 0.5× 2.3k 3.3× 108 8.2k
Hirokazu Okada 3.4k 1.5× 2.8k 1.9× 1.3k 1.7× 536 0.7× 319 0.4× 220 8.9k
Karl Insogna 5.9k 2.7× 3.1k 2.1× 1.4k 1.8× 1.4k 1.8× 1.1k 1.6× 237 15.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henrik Birn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henrik Birn

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All Works

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Jensen, Simon Kok, Michael Lejbach Bertelsen, Mette Nørgaard, et al.. (2025). Occurrence and prognosis of chronic kidney disease in Denmark – a nationwide population-based cohort study. Clinical Kidney Journal. 18(6). sfaf147–sfaf147.
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Faivre, Anna, et al.. (2025). In vivo expression of VCAM1 precedes nephron loss following kidney tubular necrosis. Science Advances. 11(43). eadz5358–eadz5358.
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Birn, Henrik, et al.. (2024). The Cyst Epithelium in Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Displays Normal Apical-Basolateral Cell Polarity. Physiology. 39(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Andersen, Henrik Ørbæk, Kathrin Weyer, Jan Erik Henriksen, et al.. (2024). Amiloride Reduces Urokinase/Plasminogen-Driven Intratubular Complement Activation in Glomerular Proteinuria. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(4). 410–425. 4 indexed citations
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Jensen, Simon Kok, Uffe Heide‐Jørgensen, Line Elmerdahl Frederiksen, et al.. (2024). Risk factor analysis for a rapid progression of chronic kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 39(7). 1150–1158. 11 indexed citations
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Khatir, Dinah Sherzad, Henrik Birn, Niels Henrik Buus, et al.. (2024). A Urine pH-Ammonium Acid/Base Score and CKD Progression. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(11). 1533–1545. 3 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Katja Venborg, Mads Malik Aagaard, Jesper Graakjær, et al.. (2024). The role of genomic disorders in chronic kidney failure of undetermined aetiology ≤50 years. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(7). sfae166–sfae166.
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Gustafsen, Camilla, Ditte Olsen, Per Ivarsen, et al.. (2023). Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 targets megalin in the kidney proximal tubule and aggravates proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome. Kidney International. 104(4). 754–768. 20 indexed citations
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Nørgaard, Mette, et al.. (2023). Proton pump inhibitors and the risk of acute kidney injury in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: A Danish population‐based cohort study. International Journal of Cancer. 154(7). 1164–1173. 2 indexed citations
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Genovese, Federica, Daniel Guldager Kring Rasmussen, M.A. Karsdal, et al.. (2023). Endotrophin Levels Are Associated with Allograft Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Biomolecules. 13(5). 792–792. 5 indexed citations
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Birn, Henrik, et al.. (2023). Additive effects of dapagliflozin and finerenone on albuminuria in non-diabetic CKD: an open-label randomized clinical trial. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(1). sfad249–sfad249. 29 indexed citations
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Birn, Henrik, et al.. (2023). Twenty-four-Year Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Nephrotic Syndrome: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Epidemiology. 34(3). 411–420. 6 indexed citations
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Heide‐Jørgensen, Uffe, Simon Kok Jensen, Henrik Birn, et al.. (2023). Performance of the race-free CKD-EPI creatinine-based eGFR equation in a Danish cohort with measured GFR. Clinical Kidney Journal. 16(12). 2728–2737. 3 indexed citations
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Oltean, Mihai, et al.. (2022). A comparison of four established GFR formulas to estimate measured GFR and changes in GFR in adult kidney transplant recipients. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 82(4). 296–303. 1 indexed citations
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Svenningsen, Per, Kirsten Madsen, Claus Bistrup, et al.. (2021). Proteinuria is accompanied by intratubular complement activation and apical membrane deposition of C3dg and C5b-9 in kidney transplant recipients. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 322(2). F150–F163. 13 indexed citations
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Lildballe, Dorte L., et al.. (2021). Clinical genetic diagnostics in Danish autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients reveal possible founder variants. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 64(4). 104183–104183. 4 indexed citations
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Christiansen, Christian Fynbo, et al.. (2021). Identification of Patients with CKD in Medical Databases. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 16(4). 543–551. 33 indexed citations
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Heide‐Jørgensen, Uffe, Heleen van Haalen, Glen James, et al.. (2020). <p>Risk of Anemia in Patients with Newly Identified Chronic Kidney Disease – A Population-Based Cohort Study</p>. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 12. 953–962. 11 indexed citations

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