Thomas Werge

62.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
253 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Werge is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Werge has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Genetics, 92 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Thomas Werge's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (49 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (36 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (24 papers). Thomas Werge is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (49 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (36 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (24 papers). Thomas Werge collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Norway. Thomas Werge's co-authors include Merete Nordentoft, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Henrik Berg Rasmussen, David M. Hougaard, Preben Bo Mortensen, Anders D. Børglum, Klaus D. Jakobsen, Line Olsen, Ole A. Andreassen and Ole Mors and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Werge

246 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Heritability of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Based on the Nationwide Danish Twin Register

2017 345 citations Dorte Helenius, Thomas Werge et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Werge Denmark	42	2.4k	1.8k	1.4k	1.0k	914	253	7.2k
Stephen J. Glatt United States	45	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	734 0.8×	156	7.1k
Gerome Breen United Kingdom	50	2.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	973 1.1×	280	8.6k
James B. Potash United States	46	3.5k 1.5×	2.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	719 0.7×	899 1.0×	136	8.4k
Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar United States	48	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	238	6.9k
John R. Kelsoe United States	47	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.9×	1.3k 1.3×	906 1.0×	167	8.1k
Bertram Müller‐Myhsok Germany	50	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	770 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	727 0.8×	197	8.7k
Andrea Schmitt Germany	48	3.3k 1.4×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	254	8.6k
Kazuhiko Nakamura Japan	50	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	534 0.6×	376	11.5k
Ε. Fuller Torrey United States	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	91	7.0k
Francis J. McMahon United States	54	2.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.7×	3.4k 2.4×	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	188	9.1k

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Pedersen, Ole Birger, Kristoffer Sølvsten Burgdorf, Lise Wegner Thørner, et al.. (2025). Impaired health-related quality of life, and depressive symptoms in a cohort of healthy adults with symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. European Psychiatry. 68(1). e44–e44. 1 indexed citations

Burton, Birgitte Klee, Nicoline Hemager, Aja Neergaard Greve, et al.. (2025). Environmental and Genetic Influences on Developmental Outcomes Across the Domains of Language, Cognition, Motor Function, and Social Behavior. European Journal of Neuroscience. 61(12). e70163–e70163. 2 indexed citations

Nudel, Ron, Mischa Lundberg, Michael Schwinn, et al.. (2024). Developmental language disorder – heritability and genetic correlations with other disorders affecting language. Psychiatry Research. 342. 116212–116212. 2 indexed citations

Ingason, Andrés, Christine Søholm Hansen, Marie Bækvad‐Hansen, et al.. (2023). T56. NEONATAL BLOOD TRANSCRIPTOMICS REVEAL EXPRESSION SIGNATURES OF ADHD RISK. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 75. S191–S192. 1 indexed citations

Pan, Mengyu, James M. Roe, Ron Nudel, et al.. (2023). Circulating S100B levels at birth and risk of six major neuropsychiatric or neurological disorders: a two-sample Mendelian Randomization Study. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 174–174. 4 indexed citations

Christoffersen, Lea Arregui Nordahl, Dorte Helenius, Michael Schwinn, et al.. (2023). Experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of 50 968 adult Danes. BMJ Open. 13(4). e064033–e064033. 4 indexed citations

Nudel, Ron, Michael Schwinn, Karina Banasik, et al.. (2023). Developmental language disorder – a comprehensive study of more than 46,000 individuals. Psychiatry Research. 323. 115171–115171. 19 indexed citations

Jefsen, Oskar Hougaard, Ron Nudel, Yunpeng Wang, et al.. (2022). Genetic assortative mating for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. European Psychiatry. 65(1). 1–24. 6 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

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Nudel, Ron, Wesley K. Thompson, Anders D. Børglum, et al.. (2022). Maternal pregnancy-related infections and autism spectrum disorder—the genetic perspective. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 334–334. 16 indexed citations

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Krebs, Morten Dybdahl, et al.. (2021). Abstracts. Genetic Epidemiology. 45(7). 741–807. 1 indexed citations

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Didriksen, Maria, Thomas Werge, Janna Nissen, et al.. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep Quality, Stress Level and Health-Related Quality of Life—A Large Prospective Cohort Study on Adult Danes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(14). 7610–7610. 14 indexed citations

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Aarøe, Lene, Vivek Appadurai, Kasper Møller Hansen, et al.. (2020). Genetic predictors of educational attainment and intelligence test performance predict voter turnout. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(2). 281–291. 21 indexed citations

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Østergaard, Søren Dinesen, Betina B. Trabjerg, Thomas D. Als, et al.. (2020). Polygenic risk score, psychosocial environment and the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 335–335. 23 indexed citations

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Nudel, Ron, Yunpeng Wang, Vivek Appadurai, et al.. (2019). A large-scale genomic investigation of susceptibility to infection and its association with mental disorders in the Danish population. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 283–283. 47 indexed citations

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Wimberley, Theresa, Esben Agerbo, Henriette Thisted Horsdal, et al.. (2019). Genetic liability to ADHD and substance use disorders in individuals with ADHD. Addiction. 115(7). 1368–1377. 43 indexed citations

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Didriksen, Maria, Richard P. Allen, Brendan Burchell, et al.. (2018). Restless legs syndrome is associated with major comorbidities in a population of Danish blood donors. Sleep Medicine. 45. 124–131. 21 indexed citations

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Fan, Chun Chieh, John J. McGrath, Vivek Appadurai, et al.. (2018). Spatial fine-mapping for gene-by-environment effects identifies risk hot spots for schizophrenia. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5296–5296. 13 indexed citations

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Nagy, Stanislav, et al.. (2018). AMPK signaling linked to the schizophrenia-associated 1q21.1 deletion is required for neuronal and sleep maintenance. PLoS Genetics. 14(12). e1007623–e1007623. 23 indexed citations

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Vangkilde, Anders, Line Olsen, Louise K. Hoeffding, et al.. (2016). Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders in a Danish 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Cohort Compared to the Total Danish Population—A Nationwide Register Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 42(3). 824–831. 12 indexed citations

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