Gunnar Sigurðsson

29.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Gunnar Sigurðsson is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Sigurðsson has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 40 papers in Surgery and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Sigurðsson's work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (45 papers), Hip and Femur Fractures (21 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (16 papers). Gunnar Sigurðsson is often cited by papers focused on Bone health and osteoporosis research (45 papers), Hip and Femur Fractures (21 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (16 papers). Gunnar Sigurðsson collaborates with scholars based in Iceland, United States and United Kingdom. Gunnar Sigurðsson's co-authors include Vilmundur Guðnason, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, B. Lewis, John Danesh, Nadeem Sarwar, A. Nicoll, Kay‐Tee Khaw, Nicholas J. Wareham, Sheila Bingham and S. Matthijs Boekholdt and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Sigurðsson

88 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Triglycerides and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

2006 1.1k citations Nadeem Sarwar, John Danesh et al. profile →

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Chan Soo Shin South Korea

Christian Meier Switzerland

László B. Tankó Denmark

Hajime Orimo Japan

Peter Alexandersen Denmark

Robert Y.L. Zee United States

Matti Välimäki Finland

Steven D. Mittelman United States

Michael A. Bush United States

Kyoung Min Kim South Korea

Chan Soo Shin South Korea

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1.1k ×0.7

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2.1k ×1.6

253 ×0.3

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Countries citing papers authored by Gunnar Sigurðsson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunnar Sigurðsson

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Hjaltadóttir, Ingibjörg, Lenore J. Launer, Kristín Siggeirsdóttir, et al.. (2023). Milk intake and hip fracture incidence in community-dwelling old Icelandic adults. Osteoporosis International. 34(11). 1951–1959.

Ramel, Alfons, Ingibjörg Hjaltadóttir, Lenore J. Launer, et al.. (2020). Characteristics of incidence hip fracture cases in older adults participating in the longitudinal AGES-Reykjavik study. Osteoporosis International. 32(2). 243–250. 5 indexed citations

Marques, Elisa A., Martine Elbejjani, Vilmundur Guðnason, et al.. (2019). Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Lower Quadriceps Cross-sectional Area and Attenuation in Older Adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 22(6). 935–941. 7 indexed citations

Marques, Elisa A., Julio Carballido‐Gamio, Vilmundur Guðnason, et al.. (2018). Sex differences in the spatial distribution of bone in relation to incident hip fracture: Findings from the AGES-Reykjavik study. Bone. 114. 72–80. 13 indexed citations

Marques, Elisa A., Vilmundur Guðnason, Thomas Lang, et al.. (2016). Association of bone turnover markers with volumetric bone loss, periosteal apposition, and fracture risk in older men and women: the AGES-Reykjavik longitudinal study. Osteoporosis International. 27(12). 3485–3494. 33 indexed citations

Guðbjartsson, Daníel F., Patrick Sulem, Hannes Helgason, et al.. (2015). Sequence variants from whole genome sequencing a large group of Icelanders. Scientific Data. 2(1). 150011–150011. 31 indexed citations

Harris, Tamara B., Xiaoling Song, Ilse Reinders, et al.. (2015). Plasma phospholipid fatty acids and fish-oil consumption in relation to osteoporotic fracture risk in older adults: the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 101(5). 947–955. 25 indexed citations

Siggeirsdóttir, Kristín, Thor Aspelund, Håkan Johansson, et al.. (2014). The incidence of a first major osteoporotic fracture in Iceland and implications for FRAX. Osteoporosis International. 25(10). 2445–2451. 30 indexed citations

Halldórsson, Þórhallur I., Gunnar Sigurðsson, Sigurður Sigurdsson, et al.. (2013). Milk consumption throughout life and bone mineral content and density in elderly men and women. Osteoporosis International. 25(2). 663–672. 11 indexed citations

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Siggeirsdóttir, Kristín, Thor Aspelund, Brynjólfur Jónsson, et al.. (2013). Epidemiology of fractures in Iceland and secular trends in major osteoporotic fractures 1989–2008. Osteoporosis International. 25(1). 211–219. 57 indexed citations

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Keyak, Joyce H., Sigurður Sigurdsson, Díana Oskarsdóttir, et al.. (2011). Male–female differences in the association between incident hip fracture and proximal femoral strength: A finite element analysis study. Bone. 48(6). 1239–1245. 135 indexed citations

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Guðmundsdóttir, Sigríður Lára, Díana Oskarsdóttir, Ólafur S. Indridason, Leifur Franzson, & Gunnar Sigurðsson. (2010). Risk factors for bone loss in the hip of 75-year-old women: A 4-year follow-up study. Maturitas. 67(3). 256–261. 9 indexed citations

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Sarwar, Nadeem, Thor Aspelund, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, et al.. (2010). Markers of Dysglycaemia and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in People without Diabetes: Reykjavik Prospective Study and Systematic Review. PLoS Medicine. 7(5). e1000278–e1000278. 130 indexed citations

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Guðnason, Vilmundur, et al.. (2008). Einkenni og teikn fótameins hjá íslenskum sjúklingum með sykursýki af tegund 2. Læknablaðið.

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Minne, H. W., Maurice Audran, Barbara Obermayer‐Pietsch, et al.. (2008). Bone density after teriparatide in patients with or without prior antiresorptive treatment: one-year results from the EUROFORS study*. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 24(11). 3117–3128. 25 indexed citations

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Geirsson, Árni Jón, et al.. (2007). [Bone mineral density and bone turnover in systemic sclerosis].. PubMed. 93(7-8). 535–41. 6 indexed citations

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Styrkársdóttir, Unnur, Jean‐Baptiste Cazier, Augustine Kong, et al.. (2003). Linkage of Osteoporosis to Chromosome 20p12 and Association to BMP2. PLoS Biology. 1(3). e69–e69. 196 indexed citations

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Sigurðsson, Gunnar, et al.. (2001). Breytingar á tíðni kransæðasjúkdóma á Íslandi. Læknablaðið. 2 indexed citations

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Sigurðsson, Gunnar, et al.. (1997). Association of BsmI vitamin‐D receptor gene polymorphism with combined bone mass in spine and proximal femur in Icelandic women. Journal of Internal Medicine. 241(6). 501–505. 13 indexed citations

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Lewis, B., Alan Chait, C M Oakley, et al.. (1974). Serum Lipoprotein Abnormalities in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease: Comparisons with a Control Population. BMJ. 3(5929). 489–493. 86 indexed citations

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