Mads Melbye

58.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
535 papers, 24.1k citations indexed

About

Mads Melbye is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mads Melbye has authored 535 papers receiving a total of 24.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Epidemiology, 120 papers in Oncology and 89 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mads Melbye's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (54 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (43 papers) and Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (42 papers). Mads Melbye is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (54 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (43 papers) and Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (42 papers). Mads Melbye collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Sweden. Mads Melbye's co-authors include Jan Wohlfahrt, Morten Frisch, Robert J. Biggar, Henrik Hjalgrim, Tine Westergaard, Anders Hviid, Klaus Rostgaard, Heather A. Boyd, Björn Pasternak and Hans‐Olov Adami and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mads Melbye

530 papers receiving 23.1k 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.

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

2001 869 citations Mads Melbye, Sjúrđur F. Olsen et al. profile →
Effects of Family History and Place and Season of Birth on the Risk of Schizophrenia

1999 566 citations Tine Westergaard, Jan Wohlfahrt et al. profile →
Risk of post-pregnancy hypertension in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: nationwide cohort study

2017 236 citations Mads Melbye, Jan Wohlfahrt et al. profile →
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist use and risk of thyroid cancer: Scandinavian cohort study

2024 57 citations Björn Pasternak, Anders Hviid et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mads Melbye	6.9k	4.8k	4.2k	3.1k	2.8k	535	24.1k
Noel S. Weiss	5.3k 0.8×	6.3k 1.3×	5.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	491	29.1k
Steven J. Jacobsen	7.6k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	7.3k 1.7×	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	676	51.4k
Valerie Beral	5.3k 0.8×	9.7k 2.0×	2.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	3.6k 1.3×	343	33.2k
Lisa Sullivan	6.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	4.2k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	393	35.1k
Jonas F. Ludvigsson	13.4k 1.9×	2.5k 0.5×	10.4k 2.5×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	641	35.3k
Julian Peto	12.5k 1.8×	8.2k 1.7×	7.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.3×	3.5k 1.2×	158	34.8k
Les Irwig	4.9k 0.7×	5.6k 1.2×	5.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	3.0k 1.1×	279	26.8k
Brian E. Henderson	3.9k 0.6×	9.6k 2.0×	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	3.8k 1.3×	678	43.0k
Andreas Stang	3.5k 0.5×	5.4k 1.1×	5.5k 1.3×	860 0.3×	1.4k 0.5×	382	25.3k
Sholom Wacholder	15.0k 2.2×	5.0k 1.0×	7.3k 1.7×	977 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	276	30.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mads Melbye

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Stefanick, Marcia L., Jonathan A. Mayo, Lisa G. Rosas, et al.. (2024). Vascular health years after a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy: The EPOCH study. American Heart Journal. 272. 96–105. 2 indexed citations

Strawbridge, Rona J., Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Riccardo E. Marioni, et al.. (2024). Methods applied to neonatal dried blood spot samples for secondary research purposes: a scoping review. Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. 61(8). 685–708.

Andersson, Niklas Worm, Jan Wohlfahrt, Bjarke Feenstra, et al.. (2023). Cumulative Incidence of Thiazide-Induced Hyponatremia. Annals of Internal Medicine. 177(1). 1–11. 16 indexed citations

Munch, Tina Nørgaard, Paula L. Hedley, Christian M. Hagen, et al.. (2022). The genetic background of hydrocephalus in a population-based cohort: implication of ciliary involvement. Brain Communications. 5(1). fcad004–fcad004. 3 indexed citations

Rasmussen, Marie-Louise Hee, Gry Poulsen, Jan Wohlfahrt, Poul Videbech, & Mads Melbye. (2022). Familial risk of postpartum depression. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 146(4). 340–349. 2 indexed citations

Hansen, Jørgen Vinsløv, et al.. (2021). Postoperative de novo epilepsy after craniotomy: a nationwide register-based cohort study. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 93(4). 436–444. 14 indexed citations

Poulsen, Gry, et al.. (2021). The impact of specialised treatment of low back pain on health care costs and productivity in a nationwide cohort. EClinicalMedicine. 43. 101247–101247. 12 indexed citations

Inghammar, Malin, Henrik Svanström, Marianne Voldstedlund, et al.. (2020). Proton-Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(12). e1084–e1089. 34 indexed citations

Hedermann, Gitte, Paula L. Hedley, Marie Bækvad‐Hansen, et al.. (2020). Danish premature birth rates during the COVID-19 lockdown. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 106(1). 93–95. 187 indexed citations

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Lund, Marie, Þórhallur I. Halldórsson, Nina Øyen, et al.. (2019). Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load during pregnancy and offspring risk of congenital heart defects: a prospective cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 111(3). 526–535. 12 indexed citations

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Hjalgrim, Henrik, Mads Melbye, & Παγώνα Λάγιου. (2018). Hodgkin Lymphoma. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Fadista, João, Marie Lund, Line Skotte, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide association study of Hirschsprung disease detects a novel low-frequency variant at the RET locus. European Journal of Human Genetics. 26(4). 561–569. 22 indexed citations

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Ngo, Thuy T. M., Mira N. Moufarrej, Marie-Louise Hee Rasmussen, et al.. (2018). Noninvasive blood tests for fetal development predict gestational age and preterm delivery. Science. 360(6393). 1133–1136. 178 indexed citations

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Hjalgrim, Henrik, Klaus Rostgaard, P. Johnson, et al.. (2010). HLA-A alleles and infectious mononucleosis suggest a critical role for cytotoxic T-cell response in EBV-related Hodgkin lymphoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(14). 6400–6405. 73 indexed citations

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Schöllkopf, Claudia, Mads Melbye, Lars Munksgaard, et al.. (2008). Borrelia infection and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 111(12). 5524–5529. 63 indexed citations

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Biggar, Robert J., Julia S. Johansen, Karin E. Smedby, et al.. (2008). Serum YKL-40 and interleukin 6 levels in Hodgkin lymphoma. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 52 indexed citations

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Lei, Ulrikke, Jan Wohlfahrt, Tine Westergaard, et al.. (2004). Reproductive factors and extreme levels of maternal serum alpha‐fetoprotein: a population‐based study. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 83(12). 1147–1151. 3 indexed citations

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Melbye, Mads, Else Smith, Jan Wohlfahrt, et al.. (1996). Anal and cervical abnormality in women—prediction by human papillomavirus tests. International Journal of Cancer. 68(5). 559–564. 5 indexed citations

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Westergaard, Tine, et al.. (1996). Cancer risk in fathers and brothers of testicular cancer patients in Denmark. A population-based study. International Journal of Cancer. 66(5). 627–631. 93 indexed citations

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Westergaard, Tine, et al.. (1996). Cancer risk in fathers and brothers of testicular cancer patients in Denmark. A population‐based study. International Journal of Cancer. 66(5). 627–631. 9 indexed citations

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