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Kāri Stefánsson

Kāri Stefánsson publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

World rank
#127
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#1
of 411
Works
145
Citations
4.2k
Citations per work
29.0

What does Kāri Stefánsson research?

Genetics: 29.4%Molecular Biology: 15.3%Rheumatology: 5.9%Neurology: 3.5%other fields: 45.9%29%top field
Genetics29.4%Molecular Biology15.3%Rheumatology5.9%Neurology3.5%other fields45.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Genetics29% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology15% of their works
  3. 3Rheumatology6% of their works
  4. 4Neurology4% of their works
  5. 5Surgery4% of their works
  6. 6Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kāri Stefánsson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association, Population Genetics, Haplotype Mapping, Mendelian Randomization, Marker-Assisted Selection, Genome-wide Association Studies and Quantitative Trait Loci.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Variation272 topics
  2. Genome-Wide Association242 topics
  3. Population Genetics242 topics
  4. Haplotype Mapping211 topic
  5. Mendelian Randomization211 topic
  6. Marker-Assisted Selection92 topics
  7. Genome-wide Association Studies61 topic
  8. Quantitative Trait Loci61 topic
  9. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis51 topic
  10. Genetic Variants51 topic
  11. Protein-Protein Interaction Networks51 topic
  12. Sequence Interpretation51 topic
  13. Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis41 topic
  14. Copy Number Variation41 topic
  15. Genomic Rearrangements41 topic
  16. Paraneoplastic Syndromes41 topic
  17. Cartilage31 topic
  18. Genomic Selection31 topic
  19. Osteoarthritis31 topic
  20. Plant Breeding31 topic

Where does Kāri Stefánsson work?

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

How many publications and citations does Kāri Stefánsson have?

Science Explorer counts 145 works and 4,200 citations for Kāri Stefánsson, ranking #127 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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