Björg Rafnar

10 total papers · 888 total citations
10 papers, 713 citations indexed

About

Björg Rafnar is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Virology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Björg Rafnar has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 713 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 4 papers in Virology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Björg Rafnar's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (2 papers). Björg Rafnar is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (2 papers). Björg Rafnar collaborates with scholars based in Iceland, United States and Sweden. Björg Rafnar's co-authors include Claes Örvell, Maurice A. Mufson, E. Norrby, G. Georgsson, P. A. Pálsson, Gudmundur Pétursson, Sigurbjörg Torsteinsdóttir, Ólafur S. Andrésson, Valgerður Andrésdóttir and Gregory J. Tobin and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Virology and Journal of General Virology.

In The Last Decade

Björg Rafnar

10 papers receiving 680 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Two Distinct Subtypes of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus
    1985 528 citations Maurice A. Mufson, Claes Örvell et al. Journal of General Virology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Björg Rafnar 665 301 178 119 93 10 713
Phillip G. Bardin 431 0.6× 319 1.1× 185 1.0× 66 0.6× 80 0.9× 13 851
Eric Tsao 491 0.7× 282 0.9× 214 1.2× 92 0.8× 73 0.8× 22 872
N Elango 754 1.1× 322 1.1× 82 0.5× 55 0.5× 231 2.5× 17 854
Kevin W. Graepel 566 0.9× 478 1.6× 145 0.8× 28 0.2× 47 0.5× 8 803
Nick M. Cirino 442 0.7× 300 1.0× 215 1.2× 113 0.9× 76 0.8× 21 857
Ruth M. Myers 313 0.5× 383 1.3× 113 0.6× 85 0.7× 24 0.3× 14 762
Nathalie Castagné 476 0.7× 421 1.4× 65 0.4× 34 0.3× 105 1.1× 10 811
Alfred M. Del Vecchio 333 0.5× 238 0.8× 33 0.2× 66 0.6× 97 1.0× 18 771
Richard W. Hardy 322 0.5× 318 1.1× 34 0.2× 56 0.5× 73 0.8× 10 637
Rama Raghunandan 475 0.7× 267 0.9× 98 0.6× 22 0.2× 67 0.7× 14 775

Countries citing papers authored by Björg Rafnar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björg Rafnar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Björg Rafnar. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Björg Rafnar. The network helps show where Björg Rafnar may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björg Rafnar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Björg Rafnar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Björg Rafnar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Björg Rafnar. Björg Rafnar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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