Torben Sigsgaard

21.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
387 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Torben Sigsgaard is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Torben Sigsgaard has authored 387 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 90 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 74 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Torben Sigsgaard's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (147 papers), Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (111 papers) and Occupational exposure and asthma (75 papers). Torben Sigsgaard is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (147 papers), Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (111 papers) and Occupational exposure and asthma (75 papers). Torben Sigsgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Sweden and United States. Torben Sigsgaard's co-authors include Carl‐Gustaf Bornehag, Jan Sundell, Vivi Schlünssen, L. Hagerhed‐Engman, Charles J. Weschler, Björn Lundgren, Øyvind Omland, Dick Heederik, Jakob Hjort Bønløkke and Per Malmros and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Torben Sigsgaard

367 papers receiving 11.1k 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 Association between Asthma and Allergic Symptoms in Children and Phthalates in House Dust: A Nested Case–Control Study

2004 669 citations Torben Sigsgaard et al. profile →
The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement

2019 259 citations Torben Sigsgaard et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Torben Sigsgaard	6.8k	2.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.2k	387	11.5k
Peter S. Thorne	7.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	2.9k 1.8×	605 0.5×	343	15.2k
Jeroen Douwes	5.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	729 0.6×	226	10.3k
Jouni J. K. Jaakkola	8.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	3.8k 2.4×	1.7k 1.4×	324	14.5k
Dan Norbäck	9.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.9×	3.5k 2.9×	423	15.3k
Dennis Nowak	3.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	4.6k 2.9×	673 0.6×	394	12.6k
Robert Dales	5.7k 0.8×	717 0.3×	3.3k 1.7×	2.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.2×	190	11.2k
Isabella Annesi‐Maesano	5.4k 0.8×	804 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	290	10.6k
Patrick N. Breysse	5.5k 0.8×	646 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	276	9.9k
Hans Kromhout	6.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.5×	3.2k 1.7×	829 0.5×	744 0.6×	493	15.3k
Ulrike Gehring	6.7k 1.0×	601 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	2.4k 2.0×	202	9.8k

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Schlünssen, Vivi, Karin Bröberg, Margit W. Frederiksen, et al.. (2024). Associations between bioaerosols, lung function work-shift changes and inflammatory markers: A study of recycling workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 50(8). 602–612. 4 indexed citations

Pokharel, Pratik, Cecilie Kyrø, Jörg Schullehner, et al.. (2024). Source-specific nitrate and nitrite intakes and associations with sociodemographic factors in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health cohort. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1326991–1326991. 7 indexed citations

Schlünssen, Vivi, Chamara V. Senaratna, Simone Accordini, et al.. (2024). Use of oral moist tobacco (snus) in puberty and its association with asthma in the population-based RHINESSA study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 11(1). e002401–e002401.

Thomsen, Simon Francis, et al.. (2023). Artificial intelligence and allergic rhinitis: does ChatGPT increase or impair the knowledge?. Journal of Public Health. 46(1). 123–126. 7 indexed citations

Adhikari, Tara Ballav, Kiran Paudel, Marieann Högman, et al.. (2023). Burden and risk factors of chronic respiratory diseases in Nepal, 1990–2019: An analysis of the global burden of diseases study. Health Science Reports. 6(2). e1091–e1091. 4 indexed citations

Hartl, Sylvia, Otto C. Burghuber, Emiel F.�M. Wouters, et al.. (2022). Aero-Allergen Sensitization in the General Population: Longitudinal Analyses of the LEAD (Lung Heart Social Body) Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

Schlünssen, Vivi, Cecilie Svanes, Ane Johannessen, et al.. (2022). The effect of farming environment on asthma; time dependent or universal?. European Journal of Epidemiology. 37(8). 779–788. 3 indexed citations

Brix, Nis, Jörg Schullehner, Gunnar Toft, et al.. (2022). Nitrate in Maternal Drinking Water during Pregnancy and Measures of Male Fecundity in Adult Sons. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21). 14428–14428. 2 indexed citations

Rosati, Bernadette, Peter Ravn, Søren K. Kjærgaard, et al.. (2021). Acute health effects from exposure to indoor ultrafine particles—A randomized controlled crossover study among young mild asthmatics. Indoor Air. 31(6). 1993–2007. 9 indexed citations

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Acharya, Pawan, Marieann Högman, Dinesh Neupane, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and its Associated Factors in Nepal: Findings from a Community-based Household Survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Holst, Gitte Juel, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Malene Thygesen, et al.. (2020). Air pollution and family related determinants of asthma onset and persistent wheezing in children: nationwide case-control study. BMJ. 370. m2791–m2791. 69 indexed citations

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Bønløkke, Jakob Hjort, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Merete Bilde, et al.. (2020). An RCT of acute health effects in COPD-patients after passive vape exposure from e-cigarettes. European Clinical Respiratory Journal. 8(1). 1861580–1861580. 7 indexed citations

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Baur, Xaver, Cezmi A. Akdiş, Lygia Therese Budnik, et al.. (2019). Immunological methods for diagnosis and monitoring of IgE‐mediated allergy caused by industrial sensitizing agents (IMExAllergy). Allergy. 74(10). 1885–1897. 14 indexed citations

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Svanes, Cecilie, Davíð Gíslason, Þórarinn Gíslason, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of allergic sensitization to storage mites in Northern Europe. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 50(3). 372–382. 19 indexed citations

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Basinas, Ioannis, Torben Sigsgaard, Mogens Erlandsen, et al.. (2014). Exposure-Affecting Factors of Dairy Farmers’ Exposure to Inhalable Dust and Endotoxin. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 58(6). 707–23. 38 indexed citations

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Johannessen, Ane, Trude Duelien Skorge, Bertil Forsberg, et al.. (2013). Traffic air pollution and prevalence of respiratory symptoms. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). P1548–P1548. 1 indexed citations

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Sigsgaard, Torben & Dick Heederik. (2010). Occupational Asthma. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Omland, Øyvind, et al.. (2010). The cohort of young Danish farmers – A longitudinal study of the health effects of farming exposure. PubMed Central.

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Madsen, Anne Mette, et al.. (2009). Airborne Fungal and Bacterial Components in PM<sub>1</sub> Dust from Biofuel Plants. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 53(7). 749–57. 49 indexed citations

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Schlünssen, Vivi, et al.. (2008). Determinants of Wood Dust Exposure in the Danish Furniture Industry—Results from Two Cross-Sectional Studies 6 Years Apart. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 52(4). 227–38. 39 indexed citations

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