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Researcher · Icelandic Heart Association · Iceland

Vilmundur G. Gudnason

Vilmundur G. Gudnason publishes mostly in Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Bone health and osteoporosis research.

ORCID 0000-0001-5696-0084 OpenAlex
World rank
#8,247
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Iceland
#12
of 2,050
Works
1,370
Citations
181k
Citations per work
131.9
h-index
188
i10-index 786Top 0.1% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Vilmundur G. Gudnason

What does Vilmundur G. Gudnason research?

Vilmundur G. Gudnason's work is mostly in Medicine (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%).

Everything else: 714 works · 52.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 359 works · 26.2% of their workMedicine: 359 works · 26.2% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 141 works · 10.3% of their workSurgery: 81 works · 5.9% of their workPhysiology: 73 works · 5.3% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 64 works · 4.7% of their workLife Sciences: 297 works · 21.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 297 works · 21.7% of their workGenetics: 182 works · 13.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 115 works · 8.4% of their workTHEIR WORKVilmundur G.Gudnason1,370works
Life Sciences22%Health Sciences26%

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 else71452.1%
    1. Medicine35926.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29721.7%
  1. 1Genetics13% of their works
  2. 2Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine10% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology8% of their works
  4. 4Surgery6% of their works
  5. 5Physiology5% of their works
  6. 6Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Vilmundur G. Gudnason's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Bone Mineral Density and Fractures.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Variation2691 topic
  2. Genome-Wide Association2691 topic
  3. Metabolic Syndrome1763 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease1152 topics
  5. Alzheimer's Disease961 topic
  6. Mild Cognitive Impairment961 topic
  7. Bone Mineral Density821 topic
  8. Fractures821 topic
  9. Cholesterol-lowering681 topic
  10. Statins681 topic
  11. Diabetes611 topic
  12. Early-Life Conditions611 topic
  13. Fetal Programming611 topic
  14. Insulin Resistance611 topic
  15. Inflammation541 topic
  16. Mediterranean Diet541 topic
  17. Hip Fracture491 topic
  18. Mortality491 topic

Where does Vilmundur G. Gudnason work?

Vilmundur G. Gudnason's main affiliation in the publication record is Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland.

How many publications and citations does Vilmundur G. Gudnason have?

OpenAlex counts 1,370 works and 180,754 citations for Vilmundur G. Gudnason, an h-index of 188, ranking #8,247 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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