Peter Aaby

36.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
611 papers, 25.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Aaby is a scholar working on Immunology, Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Aaby has authored 611 papers receiving a total of 25.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 339 papers in Immunology, 223 papers in Health and 171 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Peter Aaby's work include Immune responses and vaccinations (306 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (223 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (119 papers). Peter Aaby is often cited by papers focused on Immune responses and vaccinations (306 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (223 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (119 papers). Peter Aaby collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia. Peter Aaby's co-authors include Christine Stabell Benn, Ida Maria Lisse, Amabélia Rodrigues, Hilton Whittle, Henrik Ravn, Henrik Jensen, Morten Sodemann, Ane Bærent Fisker, Kåre Mølbak and Cesário Martins and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Peter Aaby

599 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Peter Aaby et al. profile →
BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

2018 800 citations Christine Stabell Benn, Peter Aaby et al. profile →
Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccination at Birth to Low-Birth-Weight Children: Beneficial Nonspecific Effects in the Neonatal Period?

2011 439 citations Peter Aaby, Adam Roth et al. profile →
Long-Lasting Effects of BCG Vaccination on Both Heterologous Th1/Th17 Responses and Innate Trained Immunity

2013 438 citations Christine Stabell Benn, Peter Aaby et al. profile →
A small jab – a big effect: nonspecific immunomodulation by vaccines

2013 377 citations Christine Stabell Benn, Peter Aaby et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Aaby Denmark	79	13.4k	7.6k	7.5k	6.2k	4.0k	611	25.4k
John D. Clemens United States	69	2.0k 0.2×	6.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.3×	4.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	421	19.7k
Laura C. Rodrigues United Kingdom	69	3.0k 0.2×	8.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.1×	4.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	408	19.0k
Susanna Esposito Italy	72	1.6k 0.1×	4.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.2×	10.9k 1.7×	670 0.2×	944	24.2k
Robert F. Breiman United States	87	1.1k 0.1×	10.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.2×	11.6k 1.9×	1.4k 0.4×	391	25.8k
Lawrence H. Moulton United States	64	706 0.1×	5.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.2×	5.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	258	16.4k
Marion Koopmans Netherlands	97	2.5k 0.2×	27.9k 3.7×	869 0.1×	8.8k 1.4×	788 0.2×	711	39.6k
Beate Kampmann United Kingdom	51	2.0k 0.1×	4.5k 0.6×	881 0.1×	4.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	280	9.6k
Denise J. Jamieson United States	72	1.3k 0.1×	5.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.2×	6.5k 1.0×	486 0.1×	565	24.9k
Maurício L. Barreto Brazil	65	1.5k 0.1×	4.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.2×	2.1k 0.3×	2.8k 0.7×	667	18.2k
Stanley A. Plotkin United States	70	3.6k 0.3×	7.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.3×	10.6k 1.7×	176 0.0×	461	20.2k

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Mølbak, Kåre, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Samir Bhatt, et al.. (2024). Severity of respiratory tract infections depends on the infectious dose. Perspectives for the next pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1391719–1391719. 2 indexed citations

Rieckmann, Andreas, Piotr Dworzyński, Heresh Amini, et al.. (2024). Discovering Subgroups of Children With High Mortality in Urban Guinea-Bissau: Exploratory and Validation Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 10. e48060–e48060. 1 indexed citations

Benn, Christine Stabell, Ane Bærent Fisker, Andreas Rieckmann, Signe Sørup, & Peter Aaby. (2020). Vaccinology: time to change the paradigm?. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20(10). e274–e283. 127 indexed citations

Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Dorte Møller Jensen, Kaare Christensen, et al.. (2019). The Guinea-Bissau Twin Registry Update: A Platform for Studying Twin Mortality and Metabolic Disease. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 22(6). 554–560. 2 indexed citations

Oliveira, Igor Henrique Rodrigues, Peter Aaby, Christian Wejse, et al.. (2017). Awareness, attitudes and perceptions regarding HIV and PMTCT amongst pregnant women in Guinea-Bissau– a qualitative study. BMC Women s Health. 17(1). 71–71. 16 indexed citations

Pedersen, Michael Lynge, et al.. (2016). Rapid spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae ciprofloxacin resistance due to a newly introduced resistant strain in Nuuk, Greenland, 2012–2015: a community-based prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(8). e011998–e011998. 3 indexed citations

Biering‐Sørensen, Sofie, et al.. (2015). Early BCG vaccine to low-birth-weight infants and the effects on growth in the first year of life: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics. 15(1). 137–137. 6 indexed citations

Thorsen, Kasper, et al.. (2013). Leukocyte transcript alterations in West-African girls following a booster vaccination with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 73(4). 349–354. 2 indexed citations

Tienen, Carla van, Samuel McConkey, Thushan I. de Silva, et al.. (2011). Maternal Proviral Load and Vertical Transmission of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Guinea-Bissau. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 28(6). 584–590. 10 indexed citations

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Wejse, Christian, Victor Gomes, Paulo Rabna, et al.. (2009). Vitamin D as Supplementary Treatment for Tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(9). 843–850. 306 indexed citations

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Garly, May‐Lill, Kamilla Danebod, Jens Nielsen, et al.. (2008). Thymus Size at 6 Months of Age and Subsequent Child Mortality. The Journal of Pediatrics. 153(5). 683–688.e3. 47 indexed citations

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Steentoft, Anni, Brita Teige, Peter Aaby, et al.. (2006). Fatal Poisoning in Nordic addicts in 2002. Forensic Science International. 1 indexed citations

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Roth, Adam, Per Gustafson, Anja Poulsen, et al.. (2005). BCG vaccination scar associated with better childhood survival in Guinea-Bissau. International Journal of Epidemiology. 34(3). 540–547. 158 indexed citations

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Jaffar, Shabbar, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Jesper Eugen‐Olsen, et al.. (2005). Immunological Predictors of Survival in HIV Type 2-Infected Rural Villagers in Guinea-Bissau. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(6). 560–564. 17 indexed citations

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Berry, Neil, Shabbar Jaffar, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, et al.. (2002). Low Level Viremia and High CD4% Predict Normal Survival in a Cohort of HIV Type-2-Infected Villagers. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 18(16). 1167–1173. 56 indexed citations

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Jakobsen, Marianne Skytte, Morten Sodemann, Kåre Mølbak, & Peter Aaby. (1996). Reason for Termination of Breastfeeding and the Length of Breastfeeding. International Journal of Epidemiology. 25(1). 115–121. 54 indexed citations

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Mølbak, Kåre, et al.. (1994). Prolonged breast feeding, diarrhoeal disease, and survival of children in Guinea-Bissau. BMJ. 308(6941). 1403–1406. 99 indexed citations

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Aaby, Peter, et al.. (1993). Reduced childhood mortality after standard measles vaccination at 4-8 months compared with 9-11 months of age.. BMJ. 307(6915). 1308–1311. 54 indexed citations

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Aaby, Peter. (1992). Lessons for the past: Third World evidence and the reinterpretation of developed world mortality declines. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 11 indexed citations

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Aaby, Peter & Kåre Mølbak. (1990). Siblings of opposite sex as a risk factor for child mortality.. BMJ. 301(6744). 143–145. 14 indexed citations

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