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Icelandic Heart Association

In research, Icelandic Heart Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,273 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,858 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,340
of 34,923
Rank in Iceland
#6
of 23
Research works
276
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
69%
world 18%
Icelandic Heart Association

What is Icelandic Heart Association known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,273 of 16,688 19.7%152
MedicineField #3,858 of 14,558 21.0%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Icelandic Heart Association sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Icelandic Heart Association work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Icelandic Heart Association is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Environmental Science (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 37.2% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 32.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 26.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKIcelandic HeartAssociation58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1932.5%
    2. Health Professions24.1%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Environmental Science712.4%
    2. Engineering57.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.6%
    4. Energy11.4%
    5. Computer Science11.4%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology711.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences58.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology24.0%
    4. Neuroscience22.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Psychology23.2%
    2. Social Sciences23.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.14× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.94× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.49× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.69× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.94×2 works
  2. Veterinary3.80×0 works
  3. Environmental Science2.49×7 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.29×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.14×7 works
  6. Medicine1.69×19 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.68×5 works
  8. Neuroscience1.63×2 works
  9. Health Professions1.56×2 works
  10. Energy1.55×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×0 works
  12. Psychology1.06×2 works
  13. Engineering0.52×4 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.25×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  23. Nursing0.07×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Icelandic Heart Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Vilmundur G. Gudnason, Guðný Eiríksdóttir and Valur Emilsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Icelandic Heart Association.

  1. 1 Vilmundur G. Gudnason Iceland · #6,604 worldwide 181k citations · 1,370 works
  2. 2 Guðný Eiríksdóttir Iceland · #21,162 worldwide 53k citations · 408 works
  3. 3 Valur Emilsson Iceland · #28,181 worldwide 26k citations · 141 works
  4. 4 Elias Freyr Gudmundsson Iceland · #75,213 worldwide 20k citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Valborg Guðmundsdóttir Iceland · #106,218 worldwide 8.1k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Sigurdur Oli Sigurdsson Iceland · #126,613 worldwide 17k citations · 362 works
  7. 7 Kristín Siggeirsdóttir Iceland · #186,678 worldwide 6k citations · 101 works
  8. 8 Gudny Eiriksdottir Iceland · #244,528 worldwide 12k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Bolli Þórsson Iceland · #556,803 worldwide 1.4k citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Nikulás Sigfússon Iceland · #994,164 worldwide 3.6k citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at Icelandic Heart Association

What are the most cited papers from Icelandic Heart Association?

The most cited paper from Icelandic Heart Association is "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (The LifeLines Cohort Study et al., 2015), with 4,954 citations. Next come "Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease" (4,711) and "Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids" (3,706).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
2 Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease European Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (EADI) et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access184 authors 27 Oct 2013 4,711
3 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids Tanya M. Teslovich et al. · Nature Open access209 authors Aug 2010 3,706
4 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels Cristen J. Willer et al. · Nature Genetics Open access259 authors 6 Oct 2013 3,319
5 Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing Brian W. Kunkle et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access469 authors 28 Feb 2019 3,277
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Icelandic Heart Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Aquaculture, Aging, Neuroimaging, Biomarkers, Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability and Alzheimer's Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 2.7×10 topics
  2. Invasive Species4▲ 15×4 topics
  3. Aquaculture3▲ 23×3 topics
  4. Epidemiology3▲ 1.28×22 topics
  5. Aging3▲ 9.0×8 topics
  6. Biomarkers3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  7. Neuroimaging3▲ 18×7 topics
  8. Public Health3▲ 3.3×13 topics
  9. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 5.3×11 topics
  11. Biodiversity2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  12. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Dementia2▲ 39×1 topic
  14. Mild Cognitive Impairment2▲ 43×1 topic
  15. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Conservation Challenges2▲ 74×1 topic
  17. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.9×19 topics
  19. Depression2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  20. Nutrition2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  21. Cytokines2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  22. Disease Risk2▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Fatty Acids2▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Fish Feed2▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Omega-3 Fatty Acids2▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  27. Anxiety2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Conservation2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Gut Microbiota2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  30. Innate Immunity2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  31. Fish Immunology1▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Genetic Variation1▲ 11×7 topics
  33. Global Change1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Probiotics1▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem1▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Parasites1▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Community Health1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Health Promotion1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  39. Surgery1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  40. DNA Barcoding1▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Icelandic Heart Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…2Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 2 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…1Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 1 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…1Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species: 1 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 1 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthNature and Landscape ConservationAquatic ScienceImmunology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 2 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 1 works
  5. 5 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 works
  8. 8 Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available51.5%not open48.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.2%domestic only30.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Icelandic Heart Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Icelandic Heart Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Icelandic Heart Association0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

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