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Researcher · Reykjavík University · Iceland

Gunnar Pálsson

Gunnar Pálsson publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

ORCID 0000-0002-8231-3961 OpenAlex
World rank
#540,536
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#228
of 2,050
Works
21
Citations
2k
Citations per work
94.5
h-index
14
i10-index 15Top 44% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Gunnar Pálsson

What does Gunnar Pálsson research?

Gunnar Pálsson's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (75%), Medicine (15%), Neuroscience (5%).

Life Sciences: 17 works · 80.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 works · 75.4% of their workGenetics: 12 works · 55.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 11.5% of their workCancer Research: 2 works · 8.2% of their workNeuroscience: 1 works · 4.9% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 works · 4.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 14.8% of their workMedicine: 3 works · 14.8% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 works · 8.2% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKGunnar Pálsson21works
Life Sciences80%Health Sciences15%

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 Biology1675.4%
    2. Neuroscience14.9%
    1. Medicine314.8%
  3. Everything else14.9%
  1. 1Genetics56% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Cancer Research8% of their works
  4. 4Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health8% of their works
  5. 5Pathology and Forensic Medicine7% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gunnar Pálsson's research?

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

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Cell-Free DNA92 topics
  2. Genetic Variation91 topic
  3. Genome-Wide Association91 topic
  4. Copy Number Variation81 topic
  5. Genetic Variants81 topic
  6. Genomic Instability82 topics
  7. Genomic Rearrangements81 topic
  8. Sequence Interpretation81 topic
  9. Cancer Genomics51 topic
  10. Mutational Signatures51 topic
  11. Aneuploidy Screening41 topic
  12. Microsatellite Instability41 topic
  13. Molecular Characterization41 topic
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis41 topic
  15. DNA Damage31 topic
  16. Repair31 topic
  17. Genome Evolution21 topic
  18. Polyploidy21 topic

Where does Gunnar Pálsson work?

Gunnar Pálsson's main affiliation in the publication record is Reykjavík University, Iceland.

How many publications and citations does Gunnar Pálsson have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 1,985 citations for Gunnar Pálsson, an h-index of 14, ranking #540,536 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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