Olav B. Smeland

15.5k citations

100 papers · 2.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

Co-authors: Ole A. Andreassen Oleksandr Frei Anders M. Dale Alexey Shadrin Srdjan Djurovic Kevin S. O’Connell Shahram Bahrami Chun Chieh Fan
Topics: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (61 papers)Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (19 papers)Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (12 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Genetics Psychiatry and Mental health
Journals: Nature Communications Nature Genetics Bioinformatics
Partner nations: Norway United States United Kingdom

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Olav B. Smeland

91 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

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1	Identification and validation of postpartum depression subtypes: a population-based cohort study 2025 ·EClinicalMedicine ·Anna E. Bauer,Piotr Jahołkowski,Yi Lu,Jerry Guintivano,Laurie J. Hannigan,Elizabeth C. Corfield,Martin Tesli,Olav B. Smeland,Yun Li,Ted Reichborn‐Kjennerud,Patrick F. Sullivan,Samantha Meltzer‐Brody,Alexandra Havdahl,Helga Ask	0
2	The phenotypic and genetic relationship between adolescent mental health and time spent on social media, gaming, and TV 2025 ·Psychiatry Research ·(unknown),Oleksandr Frei,Piotr Jahołkowski,Nadine Parker,(unknown),Alexey Shadrin,Espen Hagen,(unknown),(unknown),Helga Ask,Ole A. Andreassen,Olav B. Smeland	0
3	Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Common Epilepsies With Cortical Brain Morphology 2024 ·Neurology Genetics ·Naz Karadag,Espen Hagen,Alexey Shadrin,Dennis van der Meer,Kevin S. O’Connell,Zillur Rahman,(unknown),Nadine Parker,Shahram Bahrami,Vera Fominykh,Kjell Heuser,Erik Taubøll,Nils Eiel Steen,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Oleksandr Frei,Ole A. Andreassen,Olav B. Smeland	2
4	Mapping cerebellar anatomical heterogeneity in mental and neurological illnesses 2024 ·Nature Mental Health ·(unknown),Esten H. Leonardsen,Saige Rutherford,Geir Selbæk,Karin Persson,Nils Eiel Steen,Olav B. Smeland,Torill Ueland,Geneviève Richard,Christian F. Beckmann,André F. Marquand,Ole A. Andreassen,Lars T. Westlye,Thomas Wolfers,Torgeir Moberget	2
5	The genetic landscape of basal ganglia and implications for common brain disorders 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Shahram Bahrami,Kaja Nordengen,Jaroslav Rokicki,Alexey Shadrin,Zillur Rahman,Olav B. Smeland,Piotr Jahołkowski,Nadine Parker,(unknown),Kevin S. O’Connell,Torbjørn Elvsåshagen,Mathias Toft,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Lars T. Westlye,Tobias Kaufmann,Ole A. Andreassen	2
6	Unraveling the shared genetics of common epilepsies and general cognitive ability 2024 ·Seizure ·Naz Karadag,Espen Hagen,Alexey Shadrin,Dennis van der Meer,Kevin S. O’Connell,Zillur Rahman,(unknown),Nadine Parker,Shahram Bahrami,Vera Fominykh,Kjell Heuser,Erik Taubøll,Torill Ueland,Nils Eiel Steen,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Oleksandr Frei,Ole A. Andreassen,Olav B. Smeland	0
7	Genetic Overlap Between Global Cortical Brain Structure, C-Reactive Protein, and White Blood Cell Counts 2023 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Nadine Parker,Weiqiu Cheng,Guy Hindley,Kevin S. O’Connell,(unknown),Børge Holen,Alexey Shadrin,Zillur Rahman,Naz Karadag,Shahram Bahrami,Aihua Lin,Nils Eiel Steen,Thor Ueland,Pål Aukrust,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Olav B. Smeland,Oleksandr Frei,Ole A. Andreassen	10
8	Genome-wide Association Analysis of Schizophrenia and Vitamin D Levels Shows Shared Genetic Architecture and Identifies Novel Risk Loci 2023 ·Schizophrenia Bulletin ·Piotr Jahołkowski,Guy Hindley,Alexey Shadrin,Markos Tesfaye,Shahram Bahrami,Mari Nerhus,Zillur Rahman,Kevin S. O’Connell,Børge Holen,Nadine Parker,Weiqiu Cheng,Aihua Lin,Linn Rødevand,(unknown),Oleksandr Frei,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Olav B. Smeland,Ole A. Andreassen	5
9	Shared genetic architecture between irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric disorders reveals molecular pathways of the gut-brain axis 2023 ·Genome Medicine ·Markos Tesfaye,Piotr Jahołkowski,Guy Hindley,Alexey Shadrin,Zillur Rahman,Shahram Bahrami,Aihua Lin,Børge Holen,Nadine Parker,Weiqiu Cheng,Linn Rødevand,Oleksandr Frei,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Olav B. Smeland,Kevin S. O’Connell,Ole A. Andreassen	23
10	Genome-wide analyses reveal shared genetic architecture and novel risk loci between opioid use disorder and general cognitive ability 2023 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Børge Holen,(unknown),Alexey Shadrin,Romain Icick,Guy Hindley,Linn Rødevand,Kevin S. O’Connell,Oleksandr Frei,Nadine Parker,Markos Tesfaye,Joseph D. Deak,Piotr Jahołkowski,Anders M. Dale,Srdjan Djurovic,Ole A. Andreassen,Olav B. Smeland	2
11	Shared genetic loci between depression and cardiometabolic traits 2022 ·PLoS Genetics ·(unknown),Zillur Rahman,Shahram Bahrami,Guy Hindley,Nadine Parker,Oleksandr Frei,Alexey Shadrin,Kevin S. O’Connell,Martin Tesli,Olav B. Smeland,John Munkhaugen,Srdjan Djurovic,Toril Dammen,Ole A. Andreassen	29
12	Genetic loci shared between major depression and intelligence with mixed directions of effect 2021 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Shahram Bahrami,Alexey Shadrin,Oleksandr Frei,Kevin S. O’Connell,Francesco Bettella,Florian Krull,Chun Chieh Fan,Jan Ivar Røssberg,Guy Hindley,Torill Ueland,Anders M. Dale,Srdjan Djurovic,Nils Eiel Steen,Olav B. Smeland,Ole A. Andreassen	29
13	Polygenic overlap and shared genetic loci between loneliness, severe mental disorders, and cardiovascular disease risk factors suggest shared molecular mechanisms 2021 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Linn Rødevand,Shahram Bahrami,Oleksandr Frei,Aihua Lin,Osman Gani,Alexey Shadrin,Olav B. Smeland,(unknown),Torbjørn Elvsåshagen,Adriano Winterton,Daniel Quintana,Guy Hindley,Maren Caroline Frogner Werner,Srdjan Djurovic,Anders M. Dale,Trine Vik Lagerberg,Nils Eiel Steen,Ole A. Andreassen	38
14	Population-based body–brain mapping links brain morphology with anthropometrics and body composition 2021 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Tiril P. Gurholt,Tobias Kaufmann,Oleksandr Frei,Dag Alnæs,Unn K. Haukvik,Dennis van der Meer,Torgeir Moberget,Kevin S. O’Connell,Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard,Jennifer Linge,Rozalyn Simon,Olav B. Smeland,Ida E. Sønderby,Adriano Winterton,Nils Eiel Steen,Lars T. Westlye,Ole A. Andreassen	25
15	The genetic architecture of the human thalamus and its overlap with ten common brain disorders 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Torbjørn Elvsåshagen,Alexey Shadrin,Oleksandr Frei,Dennis van der Meer,Shahram Bahrami,Vinod Kumar,Olav B. Smeland,Lars T. Westlye,Ole A. Andreassen,Tobias Kaufmann	34
16	Understanding the genetic determinants of the brain with MOSTest 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Dennis van der Meer,Oleksandr Frei,Tobias Kaufmann,Alexey Shadrin,Anna Devor,Olav B. Smeland,Wesley K. Thompson,Chun Chieh Fan,Dominic Holland,Lars T. Westlye,Ole A. Andreassen,Anders M. Dale	86
17	Beyond SNP heritability: Polygenicity and discoverability of phenotypes estimated with a univariate Gaussian mixture model 2020 ·PLoS Genetics ·Dominic Holland,Oleksandr Frei,Rahul S. Desikan,Chun Chieh Fan,Alexey Shadrin,Olav B. Smeland,V. S. Sundar,Paul M. Thompson,Ole A. Andreassen,Anders M. Dale	104
18	Identification of genetic overlap and novel risk loci for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder 2019 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Kevin S. O’Connell,Alexey Shadrin,Shahram Bahrami,Olav B. Smeland,Francesco Bettella,Oleksandr Frei,Florian Krull,Ragna Bugge Askeland,G. Bragi Walters,(unknown),(unknown),Ólafur Ó. Guðmundsson,Hreinn Stefánsson,Chun Chieh Fan,Nils Eiel Steen,Ted Reichborn‐Kjennerud,Anders M. Dale,Kāri Stefánsson,Srdjan Djurovic,Ole A. Andreassen	30
19	Cross-tissue eQTL enrichment of associations in schizophrenia 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Francesco Bettella,Andrew Brown,Olav B. Smeland,Yunpeng Wang,Aree Witoelar,Alfonso Buil,Wesley K. Thompson,Verena Zuber,Anders M. Dale,Srdjan Djurovic,Ole A. Andreassen	2
20	Leveraging genome characteristics to improve gene discovery for putamen subcortical brain structure 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Chi‐Hua Chen,Yunpeng Wang,Min‐Tzu Lo,Andrew J. Schork,Chun Chieh Fan,Dominic Holland,Karolina Kauppi,Olav B. Smeland,Srdjan Djurovic,Nilotpal Sanyal,Derrek P. Hibar,Paul M. Thompson,Wesley K. Thompson,Ole A. Andreassen,Anders M. Dale	10

About Olav B. Smeland

Olav B. Smeland is a scholar working on Genetics, Biological Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 100 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (61 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (19 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (269 citations), Genetics (1.2k citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (601 citations). Olav B. Smeland has collaborated with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ole A. Andreassen, Oleksandr Frei, Anders M. Dale, Alexey Shadrin, Srdjan Djurovic, Kevin S. O’Connell, Shahram Bahrami, Chun Chieh Fan, Guy Hindley and Dominic Holland. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and Bioinformatics.

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