Peter Bjerregaard

40.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
243 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Bjerregaard is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Bjerregaard has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in General Health Professions, 70 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 45 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Peter Bjerregaard's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (79 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (56 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (36 papers). Peter Bjerregaard is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (79 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (56 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (36 papers). Peter Bjerregaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Greenland and Canada. Peter Bjerregaard's co-authors include Marit E. Jørgensen, T. Kue Young, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Gert Mulvad, Éric Dewailly, Charlotte Jeppesen, K. Borch‐Johnsen, Tine Curtis, Jacob Valentin Hansen and Mikkel Bille and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Genetics and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Bjerregaard

234 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Greenlandic Inuit show genetic signatures of diet and climate adaptation

2015 334 citations Matteo Fumagalli, Ida Moltke et al. Science profile →
Staging atmospheres: Materiality, culture, and the texture of the in-between

2014 208 citations Peter Bjerregaard et al. profile →
Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations

2011 140 citations Peter Bjerregaard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Bjerregaard Denmark	40	1.5k	1.2k	973	778	704	243	5.7k
Michael Wadsworth United Kingdom	52	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	551 0.7×	1.5k 2.1×	126	9.2k
Catherine D’Este Australia	47	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	782 0.8×	365 0.5×	562 0.8×	245	8.5k
Laura D Howe United Kingdom	45	1.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.9×	1.0k 1.0×	603 0.8×	683 1.0×	234	8.1k
David Hole United Kingdom	56	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	920 0.9×	622 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	184	13.0k
Grace M. Egeland Canada	40	2.0k 1.3×	966 0.8×	420 0.4×	687 0.9×	969 1.4×	148	4.8k
Sven‐Erik Johansson Sweden	48	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	873 0.9×	328 0.4×	1.4k 2.1×	208	8.3k
Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen Denmark	52	1.4k 0.9×	3.4k 2.7×	430 0.4×	913 1.2×	956 1.4×	322	11.1k
Zena Stein United States	48	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	624 0.6×	546 0.7×	299 0.4×	203	8.2k
A. Lindsay Frazier United States	53	1.1k 0.7×	3.8k 3.1×	1.4k 1.4×	466 0.6×	222 0.3×	224	11.0k
Frank M. Biro United States	46	1.2k 0.8×	2.5k 2.0×	732 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	173 0.2×	196	8.2k

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Overvad, Maria, Lars Jorge Díaz, Peter Bjerregaard, et al.. (2023). The effect of diabetes and the diabetogenic TBC1D4 p.Arg684ter variant on kidney function in Inuit in Greenland. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 82(1). 2191406–2191406. 2 indexed citations

Lewis, Jack Windsor, Mads Vendelbo Lind, Grith Møller, et al.. (2023). The effect of traditional diet on glucose homoeostasis in carriers and non-carriers of a common TBC1D4 variant in Greenlandic Inuit: a randomised crossover study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 130(11). 1871–1884. 4 indexed citations

Andersen, Mette K., Emil Jørsboe, Frederik Filip Stæger, et al.. (2023). GWAS of lipids in Greenlanders finds association signals shared with Europeans and reveals an independent PCSK9 association signal. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(2). 215–223. 5 indexed citations

Waples, Ryan K., Emil Jørsboe, Marit E. Jørgensen, et al.. (2021). The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact. Current Biology. 31(10). 2214–2219.e4. 9 indexed citations

Bjerregaard, Peter & Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen. (2021). Social determinants of dietary patterns, food basket costs and expenditure on alcohol and tobacco amongst Greenland Inuit. Public Health Nutrition. 24(15). 4975–4984. 9 indexed citations

Jørgensen, Marit E., Emil Jørsboe, Fumiaki Imamura, et al.. (2020). Genetic study of the Arctic CPT1A variant suggests that its effect on fatty acid levels is modulated by traditional Inuit diet. European Journal of Human Genetics. 28(11). 1592–1601. 12 indexed citations

Albrechtsen, Anders, Lotte Lauritzen, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, et al.. (2020). Omega-3 fatty acids and risk of cardiovascular disease in Inuit: First prospective cohort study. Atherosclerosis. 312. 28–34. 10 indexed citations

Appel, Emil V. R., Ida Moltke, Marit E. Jørgensen, et al.. (2018). Genetic determinants of glycated hemoglobin levels in the Greenlandic Inuit population. European Journal of Human Genetics. 26(6). 868–875. 7 indexed citations

Grarup, Niels, Ida Moltke, Mette K. Andersen, et al.. (2018). Loss-of-function variants in ADCY3 increase risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Nature Genetics. 50(2). 172–174. 119 indexed citations

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Dahl‐Petersen, Inger Katrine, Søren Brage, Peter Bjerregaard, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, & Marit E. Jørgensen. (2017). Physical Activity and Abdominal Fat Distribution in Greenland. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 49(10). 2064–2070. 18 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Casper‐Emil Tingskov, Kirk E. Lohmueller, Niels Grarup, et al.. (2016). The Effect of an Extreme and Prolonged Population Bottleneck on Patterns of Deleterious Variation: Insights from the Greenlandic Inuit. Genetics. 205(2). 787–801. 39 indexed citations

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Fumagalli, Matteo, Ida Moltke, Niels Grarup, et al.. (2015). Greenlandic Inuit show genetic signatures of diet and climate adaptation. Science. 349(6254). 1343–1347. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jørgensen, Marit E., K. Borch‐Johnsen, Daniel R. Witte, & Peter Bjerregaard. (2011). Diabetes in Greenland and its relationship with urbanization. Diabetic Medicine. 29(6). 755–760. 54 indexed citations

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Bjerregaard, Peter, Tine Curtis, & Marit E. Jørgensen. (2006). Folkesundhed i Grønland: Epidemiologisk transition og social epidemiologi. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 84. 219–229.

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Bjerregaard, Peter. (1996). Cardiovascular disease and environmental pollutants: the Arctic aspect.. PubMed. 55 Suppl 1. 25–31. 13 indexed citations

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Bjerregaard, Peter, et al.. (1996). Effects of smoking and marine diet on birthweight in Greenland.. PubMed. 55(4). 156–64. 16 indexed citations

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Mulvad, Gert, Henning Sloth Pedersen, Jens C. Hansen, et al.. (1996). The Inuit diet. Fatty acids and antioxidants, their role in ischemic heart disease, and exposure to organochlorines and heavy metals. An international study.. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 55 Suppl 1. 20–4. 16 indexed citations

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Bjerregaard, Peter. (1989). [Vaccination of children in Kenya].. PubMed. 151(48). 3221–5. 2 indexed citations

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Bjerregaard, Peter, et al.. (1988). Immunization coverage in Kenya 1987.. PubMed. 65(12). 811–9. 3 indexed citations

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Bjerregaard, Peter, Kjeld Møller Pedersen, Finn Kamper‐Jørgensen, et al.. (1985). Vaccination mod mæslinger, fåresyge og røde hunde I: Lægelige og epidemiologiske aspekter. Ugeskrift for Læger. 147(38). 1 indexed citations

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