Maria Kjærgaard

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 621 citations indexed

About

Maria Kjærgaard is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Kjærgaard has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 621 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Hepatology and 12 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Maria Kjærgaard's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (21 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (12 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (11 papers). Maria Kjærgaard is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (21 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (12 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (11 papers). Maria Kjærgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and Spain. Maria Kjærgaard's co-authors include Aleksander Krag, Maja Thiele, Sönke Detlefsen, Katrine Prier Lindvig, Bjørn Stæhr Madsen, Ditlev Nytoft Rasmussen, Torben Hansen, Mads Israelsen, Suganya Jacobsen and Stine Johansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Maria Kjærgaard

20 papers receiving 617 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.

Noninvasive proteomic biomarkers for alcohol-related liver disease

2022 154 citations Lili Niu, Maja Thiele et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Using the ELF test, FIB-4 and NAFLD fibrosis score to screen the population for liver disease

2023 116 citations Maria Kjærgaard, Katrine Prier Lindvig et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Kjærgaard Denmark	12	467	290	183	106	87	23	621
Ditlev Nytoft Rasmussen Denmark	9	171 0.4×	90 0.3×	98 0.5×	41 0.4×	76 0.9×	12	342
Tsuyoshi Todo United States	11	703 1.5×	499 1.7×	85 0.5×	204 1.9×	75 0.9×	32	942
Giovanni Galati Italy	12	287 0.6×	165 0.6×	49 0.3×	99 0.9×	89 1.0×	44	509
Kazuhisa Kodama Japan	12	311 0.7×	212 0.7×	70 0.4×	105 1.0×	62 0.7×	34	444
Sarah Temple United States	6	761 1.6×	652 2.2×	88 0.5×	144 1.4×	114 1.3×	16	953
Apinya Leerapun Thailand	10	253 0.5×	152 0.5×	19 0.1×	143 1.3×	113 1.3×	35	483
Zhenhua Tu China	9	193 0.4×	209 0.7×	43 0.2×	24 0.2×	94 1.1×	13	463
Benyam D. Addissie United States	8	269 0.6×	236 0.8×	42 0.2×	60 0.6×	77 0.9×	13	472
Gi‐Ae Kim South Korea	16	1.3k 2.7×	1.1k 3.9×	98 0.5×	144 1.4×	117 1.3×	43	1.5k
Volker Penndorf Germany	7	365 0.8×	252 0.9×	54 0.3×	110 1.0×	67 0.8×	10	514

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Thorhauge, Katrine Holtz, Georg Semmler, Stine Johansen, et al.. (2024). Using liver stiffness to predict and monitor the risk of decompensation and mortality in patients with alcohol-related liver disease. Journal of Hepatology. 81(1). 23–32. 20 indexed citations

Houben, Tom, Albert V. Bitorina, Dennis M. Meesters, et al.. (2024). Plasma cathepsin D as an early indicator of alcohol-related liver disease. JHEP Reports. 6(9). 101117–101117.

Johansen, Stine, Mads Israelsen, Ida Falk Villesen, et al.. (2023). Validation of scores of PRO‐C3 to predict liver‐related events in alcohol‐related liver disease. Liver International. 43(7). 1486–1496. 8 indexed citations

Kjærgaard, Maria, Katrine Prier Lindvig, Katrine Holtz Thorhauge, et al.. (2023). Screening for Fibrosis Promotes Lifestyle Changes: A Prospective Cohort Study in 4796 Individuals. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 22(5). 1037–1047.e9. 28 indexed citations

Kjærgaard, Maria, Katrine Prier Lindvig, Katrine Holtz Thorhauge, et al.. (2023). Using the ELF test, FIB-4 and NAFLD fibrosis score to screen the population for liver disease. Journal of Hepatology. 79(2). 277–286. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

Lindvig, Katrine Prier, Maria Kjærgaard, Katrine Holtz Thorhauge, et al.. (2023). A cost-comparison of the LiverPRO score with FIB-4, ELF, and FibroScan in 6,032 study participants. Journal of Hepatology. 78. S163–S164.

Niu, Lili, Maja Thiele, Philipp E. Geyer, et al.. (2022). Noninvasive proteomic biomarkers for alcohol-related liver disease. Nature Medicine. 28(6). 1277–1287. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

Kjærgaard, Maria, Katrine Prier Lindvig, Camilla Dalby Hansen, et al.. (2022). Hepatorenal Index by B‐Mode Ratio Versus Imaging and Fatty Liver Index to Diagnose Steatosis in Alcohol‐Related and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 42(2). 487–496. 10 indexed citations

Kjærgaard, Maria, Katrine Prier Lindvig, Johanne Kragh Hansen, et al.. (2022). Does screening for liver fibrosis change alcohol consumption, diet, and exercise? A prospective cohort study on the consequences of screening in 2, 764 individuals. Journal of Hepatology. 77. S35–S36.

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Thiele, Maja, Stine Johansen, N.S. Gudmann, et al.. (2021). Progressive alcohol‐related liver fibrosis is characterised by imbalanced collagen formation and degradation. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 54(8). 1070–1080. 28 indexed citations

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Madsen, Bjørn Stæhr, Maja Thiele, Sönke Detlefsen, et al.. (2021). PRO‐C3 and ADAPT algorithm accurately identify patients with advanced fibrosis due to alcohol‐related liver disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 54(5). 699–708. 18 indexed citations

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Lindvig, Katrine Prier, Bjørn Stæhr Madsen, Maria Kjærgaard, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of routine liver function tests to identify patients with significant and advanced alcohol-related liver fibrosis. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 56(9). 1088–1095. 14 indexed citations

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Madsen, Bjørn Stæhr, Maja Thiele, Sönke Detlefsen, et al.. (2020). Prediction of liver fibrosis severity in alcoholic liver disease by human microfibrillar‐associated protein 4. Liver International. 40(7). 1701–1712. 23 indexed citations

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Israelsen, Mads, Helene Bæk Juel, Sönke Detlefsen, et al.. (2020). Metabolic and Genetic Risk Factors Are the Strongest Predictors of Severity of Alcohol-Related Liver Fibrosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 20(8). 1784–1794.e9. 57 indexed citations

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Thiele, Maja, Vanessa Rausch, Maria Kjærgaard, et al.. (2018). Controlled attenuation parameter and alcoholic hepatic steatosis: Diagnostic accuracy and role of alcohol detoxification. Journal of Hepatology. 68(5). 1025–1032. 68 indexed citations

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Kjærgaard, Maria, Maja Thiele, Christian Jansen, et al.. (2017). High risk of misinterpreting liver and spleen stiffness using 2D shear-wave and transient elastography after a moderate or high calorie meal. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0173992–e0173992. 41 indexed citations

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Kjærgaard, Maria, Maja Thiele, Bjørn Stæhr Madsen, et al.. (2015). Poster Session 2: Advances in Imaging and Noninvasive Markers of Fibrosis; Bile Acids, Cholangiocyte Biology, and Experimental Cholestasis. Hepatology. 62(S1). 594A–624A. 4 indexed citations

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Kjærgaard, Maria, Maja Thiele, Bjørn Stæhr Madsen, et al.. (2015). High risk of misclassifying liver stiffness using 2D shearwave and transient elastography during a moderate or high calorie meal. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 3 indexed citations

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Thiele, Maja, Maria Kjærgaard, Peter Thielsen, & Aleksander Krag. (2015). Contemporary use of elastography in liver fibrosis and portal hypertension. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. 37(3). 235–242. 17 indexed citations

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Kjærgaard, Maria, et al.. (2014). Can Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A<sub>2</sub> be Used as a Predictor of Long-term Outcome in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome?. Current Cardiology Reviews. 9(4). 310–315. 6 indexed citations

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