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Researcher · deCODE Genetics (Iceland) · Iceland

Arnaldur Gylfason

Arnaldur Gylfason publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

ORCID 0000-0001-5912-4962 OpenAlex
World rank
#32,143
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#30
of 2,050
Works
65
Citations
20k
Citations per work
301.6
h-index
41
i10-index 48Top 7.5% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Arnaldur Gylfason

What does Arnaldur Gylfason research?

Arnaldur Gylfason's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (56%), Medicine (12%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%).

Life Sciences: 39 works · 60.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 works · 55.6% of their workGenetics: 21 works · 32.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 18.3% of their workCancer Research: 3 works · 5.3% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 works · 4.7% of their workImmunology: 3 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 27.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 12.5% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 12.5% of their workInfectious Diseases: 6 works · 8.9% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKArnaldur Gylfason65works
Life Sciences60%Health Sciences12%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3655.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology34.7%
  2. Everything else1827.2%
    1. Medicine812.5%
  1. 1Genetics32% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology18% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases9% of their works
  4. 4Cancer Research5% of their works
  5. 5Immunology5% of their works
  6. 6Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Arnaldur Gylfason's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gene Expression, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association, Cell-Free DNA, Copy Number Variation, Genomic Rearrangements, Genetic Variants and Sequence Interpretation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Gene Expression212 topics
  2. Genetic Variation161 topic
  3. Genome-Wide Association161 topic
  4. Cell-Free DNA142 topics
  5. Copy Number Variation141 topic
  6. Genomic Rearrangements141 topic
  7. Genetic Variants121 topic
  8. Sequence Interpretation121 topic
  9. DNA Methylation112 topics
  10. Cancer Genomics81 topic
  11. Coronavirus81 topic
  12. Mutational Signatures81 topic
  13. SARS-CoV-281 topic
  14. Aneuploidy Screening61 topic
  15. Epigenetic Reprogramming61 topic
  16. Histone Modification61 topic
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis61 topic
  18. Genomic Imprinting51 topic
  19. Parental Influence51 topic

Where does Arnaldur Gylfason work?

Arnaldur Gylfason's main affiliation in the publication record is deCODE Genetics (Iceland), Iceland.

How many publications and citations does Arnaldur Gylfason have?

OpenAlex counts 65 works and 19,601 citations for Arnaldur Gylfason, an h-index of 41, ranking #32,143 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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