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Researcher · deCODE Genetics (Iceland) · Iceland

Þórunn Rafnar

Þórunn Rafnar publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

ORCID 0000-0003-0491-7046 OpenAlex
World rank
#10,349
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#15
of 2,050
Works
241
Citations
34k
Citations per work
140.3
h-index
83
i10-index 159Top 1.1% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Þórunn Rafnar

What does Þórunn Rafnar research?

Þórunn Rafnar's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (45%), Medicine (15%).

Life Sciences: 109 works · 45.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 109 works · 45.2% of their workGenetics: 51 works · 21.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 47 works · 19.6% of their workCancer Research: 10 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 95 works · 39.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 37 works · 15.2% of their workMedicine: 37 works · 15.2% of their workSurgery: 14 works · 5.8% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 works · 4.8% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKÞórunn Rafnar241works
Life Sciences45%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 Biology10945.2%
  2. Everything else9539.6%
    1. Medicine3715.2%
  1. 1Genetics21% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology20% of their works
  3. 3Surgery6% of their works
  4. 4Pathology and Forensic Medicine5% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5% of their works
  6. 6Cancer Research4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Þórunn Rafnar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association, Cancer Risk, Genetic Testing, Molecular Characterization, DNA Methylation, Histone Modification and BRCA1.

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. Genetic Variation571 topic
  2. Genome-Wide Association571 topic
  3. Cancer Risk442 topics
  4. Genetic Testing442 topics
  5. Molecular Characterization322 topics
  6. DNA Methylation281 topic
  7. Histone Modification281 topic
  8. BRCA1241 topic
  9. BRCA2241 topic
  10. Hereditary Syndromes201 topic
  11. Microsatellite Instability201 topic
  12. RNA methylation171 topic
  13. m6A-seq171 topic
  14. Cancer Genomics161 topic
  15. Mutational Signatures161 topic
  16. Bladder Cancer121 topic
  17. Urothelial Carcinoma121 topic
  18. Genetic Variants101 topic
  19. Sequence Interpretation101 topic

Where does Þórunn Rafnar work?

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

How many publications and citations does Þórunn Rafnar have?

OpenAlex counts 241 works and 33,813 citations for Þórunn Rafnar, an h-index of 83, ranking #10,349 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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