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Researcher · deCODE Genetics (Iceland) · Iceland

Ólafur Þ. Magnússon

Ólafur Þ. Magnússon publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Immunology, on topics such as Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders.

ORCID 0000-0002-5285-9904 OpenAlex
World rank
#71,598
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#49
of 2,050
Works
180
Citations
22k
Citations per work
120.4
h-index
62
i10-index 118Top 2.7% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Ólafur Þ. Magnússon

What does Ólafur Þ. Magnússon research?

Ólafur Þ. Magnússon's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (38%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%), Medicine (4%).

Life Sciences: 85 works · 47.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 works · 37.9% of their workGenetics: 37 works · 20.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 31 works · 17.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 works · 5.4% of their workImmunology: 10 works · 5.4% of their workNeuroscience: 7 works · 3.7% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 81 works · 45.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 4.3% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 4.3% of their workSurgery: 8 works · 4.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 3.7% of their workChemistry: 7 works · 3.7% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 7 works · 3.7% of their workTHEIR WORKÓlafur Þ.Magnússon180works
Life Sciences47%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences4%

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 Biology6837.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology105.4%
    3. Neuroscience73.7%
  2. Everything else8145.0%
    1. Medicine84.3%
    1. Chemistry73.7%
  1. 1Genetics21% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology17% of their works
  3. 3Immunology5% of their works
  4. 4Surgery4% of their works
  5. 5Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ólafur Þ. Magnússon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Variants, Sequence Interpretation, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association, Heme Biosynthesis, Vitamin B12, Copy Number Variation and Genomic Rearrangements.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Variants291 topic
  2. Sequence Interpretation291 topic
  3. Genetic Variation211 topic
  4. Genome-Wide Association211 topic
  5. Heme Biosynthesis101 topic
  6. Vitamin B12101 topic
  7. Copy Number Variation91 topic
  8. Genomic Rearrangements91 topic
  9. Adaptation81 topic
  10. Cancer Genomics81 topic
  11. Coronavirus81 topic
  12. DNA Methylation81 topic
  13. High Altitude81 topic
  14. Histone Modification81 topic
  15. Mutational Signatures81 topic
  16. SARS-CoV-281 topic

Where does Ólafur Þ. Magnússon work?

Ólafur Þ. Magnússon's main affiliation in the publication record is deCODE Genetics (Iceland), Iceland.

How many publications and citations does Ólafur Þ. Magnússon have?

OpenAlex counts 180 works and 21,680 citations for Ólafur Þ. Magnússon, an h-index of 62, ranking #71,598 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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