Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir is a scholar working on Oncology, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Oncology, 9 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (13 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (11 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (8 papers). Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (13 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (11 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (8 papers). Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir collaborates with scholars based in Iceland, Norway and Denmark. Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir's co-authors include Laufey Tryggvadóttír, Jón G. Jónasson, Gerda Engholm, Eero Pukkala, Hans H. Storm, Jacques Ferlay, Åsa Klint, Freddie Bray, Niels Lyhne Christensen and Guðríður H. Ólafsdóttir and has published in prestigious journals such as JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, American Journal of Epidemiology and British Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir

45 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

NORDCAN – a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research

2010 432 citations Gerda Engholm, Jacques Ferlay et al. Acta Oncologica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir Iceland	19	855	374	362	342	286	46	1.9k
Jean-Pierre Droz France	12	795 0.9×	383 1.0×	575 1.6×	203 0.6×	206 0.7×	12	2.0k
Boukje A. C. van Dijk Netherlands	28	659 0.8×	746 2.0×	580 1.6×	392 1.1×	252 0.9×	99	2.2k
Haythem Ali United States	15	767 0.9×	178 0.5×	497 1.4×	353 1.0×	202 0.7×	51	1.8k
Victoria M. Chia United States	19	667 0.8×	415 1.1×	175 0.5×	324 0.9×	128 0.4×	36	1.6k
Caitlin C Morrison United States	9	790 0.9×	440 1.2×	272 0.8×	143 0.4×	145 0.5×	17	1.5k
Shibao Feng United States	20	948 1.1×	192 0.5×	259 0.7×	475 1.4×	336 1.2×	52	1.9k
Giles F. Whalen United States	27	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 3.0×	573 1.6×	504 1.5×	463 1.6×	73	2.6k
William C. Black United States	17	1.0k 1.2×	377 1.0×	640 1.8×	225 0.7×	336 1.2×	34	2.2k
Shenying Fang United States	24	1.1k 1.3×	164 0.4×	333 0.9×	480 1.4×	170 0.6×	68	1.9k
Shrujal S. Baxi United States	28	1.6k 1.9×	775 2.1×	769 2.1×	309 0.9×	187 0.7×	107	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir

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Lundberg, Frida E., Helgi Birgisson, Gerda Engholm, et al.. (2024). Survival trends for patients diagnosed with cutaneous malignant melanoma in the Nordic countries 1990-2016: The NORDCAN survival studies. European Journal of Cancer. 202. 113980–113980. 4 indexed citations

Engholm, Gerda, Frida E. Lundberg, Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir, et al.. (2024). TNM stage in the Nordic Cancer Registries 2004–2016: Registration and availability. Acta Oncologica. 63. 303–312. 2 indexed citations

Ólafsdóttir, Elínborg J., Jane M. Grant‐Kels, Árni Kristjánsson, et al.. (2023). Survival of patients with basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma in situ: A whole population study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 90(1). 91–97. 1 indexed citations

Vidarsdóttir, Linda, Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir, Rósa B. Barkardóttir, et al.. (2023). Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer and adverse outcome in BRCA2 mutation carriers and young non-carrier patients. npj Breast Cancer. 9(1). 3 indexed citations

Johansson, Anna L.V., Anna Skog, Tom Børge Johannesen, et al.. (2023). Were cancer patients worse off than the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic? A population-based study from Norway, Denmark and Iceland during the pre-vaccination era. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 31. 100680–100680. 2 indexed citations

Lundberg, Frida E., Helgi Birgisson, Tom Børge Johannesen, et al.. (2022). Survival trends in patients diagnosed with colon and rectal cancer in the nordic countries 1990–2016: The NORDCAN survival studies. European Journal of Cancer. 172. 76–84. 22 indexed citations

Lundberg, Frida E., Niels Kroman, Mats Lambe, et al.. (2022). Age-specific survival trends and life-years lost in women with breast cancer 1990–2016: the NORDCAN survival studies. Acta Oncologica. 61(12). 1481–1489. 9 indexed citations

Andersson, Therése, Elisabete Weiderpass, Gerda Engholm, et al.. (2017). Avoidable cancer cases in the Nordic countries – The impact of overweight and obesity. European Journal of Cancer. 79. 106–118. 28 indexed citations

Crujeiras, Ana B., Ángel Díaz‐Lagares, Ólafur Andri Stefánsson, et al.. (2017). Obesity and menopause modify the epigenomic profile of breast cancer. Endocrine Related Cancer. 24(7). 351–363. 34 indexed citations

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Pukkala, Eero, Gerda Engholm, Hans H. Storm, et al.. (2017). Nordic Cancer Registries – an overview of their procedures and data comparability. Acta Oncologica. 57(4). 440–455. 264 indexed citations

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Hjalgrim, Lisa Lyngsie, Klaus Rostgaard, Gerda Engholm, et al.. (2015). Aetiologic heterogeneity in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma? Evidence from the Nordic countries, 1978–2010. Acta Oncologica. 55(1). 85–90. 4 indexed citations

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Jónasson, Jón G., Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir, et al.. (2015). The epidemiology of pituitary adenomas in Iceland, 1955–2012: a nationwide population-based study. European Journal of Endocrinology. 173(5). 655–664. 220 indexed citations

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Ólafsdóttir, Elínborg J., et al.. (2014). Oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk: A cohort study of 16 928 women 48 years and older. Acta Oncologica. 53(6). 752–758. 19 indexed citations

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Tryggvadóttír, Laufey, Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir, Guðríður H. Ólafsdóttir, et al.. (2013). Tumour diploidy and survival in breast cancer patients with BRCA2 mutations. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 140(2). 375–384. 16 indexed citations

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Alexíusdóttir, Kristín, Páll Helgi Möller, Pétur Snæbjörnsson, et al.. (2012). Association of symptoms of colon cancer patients with tumor location and TNM tumor stage. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 47(7). 795–801. 40 indexed citations

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Jónasson, Jón G., Jón G. Jónasson, Jón Hrafnkelsson, & Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir. (2011). Skjaldkirtilskrabbamein á Íslandi tímabilið 1955-2004. Klínísk og meinafræðileg faraldsfræðirannsókn. Læknablaðið. 2011(2). 83–89. 1 indexed citations

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Engholm, Gerda, Jacques Ferlay, Niels Lyhne Christensen, et al.. (2010). NORDCAN – a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research. Acta Oncologica. 49(5). 725–736. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Héry, C., Laufey Tryggvadóttír, Þórarinn J. Sigurðsson, et al.. (2010). A Melanoma Epidemic in Iceland: Possible Influence of Sunbed Use. American Journal of Epidemiology. 172(7). 762–767. 61 indexed citations

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Jónsson, Eiríkur, Jon Tomasson, Kristrún R. Benediktsdóttir, et al.. (2006). Adenocarcinoma of the prostate in Iceland: A population-based study of stage, Gleason grade, treatment and long-term survival in males diagnosed between 1983 and 1987. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 40(4). 265–271. 14 indexed citations

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Tryggvadóttír, Laufey, Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir, Steinunn Thorlacius, et al.. (2003). BRCA2mutation carriers, reproductive factors and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research. 5(5). R121–8. 36 indexed citations

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