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Researcher · deCODE Genetics (Iceland) · Iceland

Gyða Björnsdóttir

Gyða Björnsdóttir publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Migraine and Headache Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-8100-0306 OpenAlex
World rank
#30,574
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#29
of 2,050
Works
112
Citations
21k
Citations per work
184.4
h-index
45
i10-index 72Top 6.1% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Gyða Björnsdóttir

What does Gyða Björnsdóttir research?

Gyða Björnsdóttir's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%), Medicine (20%).

Everything else: 49 works · 44.1% of their workLife Sciences: 41 works · 36.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 41 works · 36.3% of their workGenetics: 29 works · 26.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 10.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 22 works · 19.6% of their workMedicine: 22 works · 19.6% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 works · 6.5% of their workRheumatology: 5 works · 4.8% of their workNeurology: 5 works · 4.5% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGyða Björnsdóttir112works
Life Sciences36%Health Sciences20%

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. Everything else4944.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4136.3%
    1. Medicine2219.6%
  1. 1Genetics26% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology10% of their works
  3. 3Psychiatry and Mental health6% of their works
  4. 4Rheumatology5% of their works
  5. 5Neurology4% of their works
  6. 6Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gyða Björnsdóttir's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association, Genetic Influences, Fragile X Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Headache Disorders, Migraine and Cartilage.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Variation341 topic
  2. Genome-Wide Association341 topic
  3. Genetic Influences182 topics
  4. Fragile X Syndrome141 topic
  5. Rett Syndrome141 topic
  6. Headache Disorders111 topic
  7. Migraine111 topic
  8. Cartilage81 topic
  9. Early-Life Conditions81 topic
  10. Fetal Programming81 topic
  11. Osteoarthritis81 topic
  12. Intelligence71 topic
  13. Working Memory71 topic
  14. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome61 topic
  15. DNA Methylation61 topic
  16. Fibromyalgia61 topic
  17. Histone Modification61 topic

Where does Gyða Björnsdóttir work?

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

How many publications and citations does Gyða Björnsdóttir have?

OpenAlex counts 112 works and 20,656 citations for Gyða Björnsdóttir, an h-index of 45, ranking #30,574 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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