Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson

19.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson's work include Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Rare Diseases (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson collaborates with scholars based in Iceland, Denmark and United States. Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson's co-authors include Kāri Stefánsson, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Augustine Kong, Gísli Másson, Michael L. Frigge, Jeffrey R. Gulcher, G.M. Jonsdottir, Stefan Palsson, Jesús Sainz and Sigrún Sigurðardóttir and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson

15 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

A high-resolution recombination map of the human genome 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. A high-resolution recombination map of the human genome
    2002 1.3k citations Augustine Kong, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson Iceland 11 1.5k 1.3k 433 215 108 15 2.4k
James Ireland United States 11 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 189 0.4× 83 0.4× 143 1.3× 13 2.8k
Lucy R. Osborne Canada 32 931 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 159 0.4× 76 0.4× 84 0.8× 69 3.1k
G.M. Jonsdottir United States 13 1.1k 0.7× 859 0.7× 352 0.8× 51 0.2× 60 0.6× 24 2.1k
Lluı́s Armengol Spain 24 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 433 1.0× 61 0.3× 173 1.6× 61 2.7k
Michael R. Altherr United States 32 1.3k 0.9× 2.5k 2.0× 438 1.0× 227 1.1× 152 1.4× 65 3.4k
Paul B. Samollow United States 24 766 0.5× 710 0.6× 274 0.6× 124 0.6× 97 0.9× 73 1.6k
Ilya Chumakov France 23 908 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 188 0.4× 78 0.4× 123 1.1× 42 2.4k
Mary Sara McPeek United States 24 1.7k 1.2× 800 0.6× 343 0.8× 51 0.2× 66 0.6× 52 2.5k
S.D.M. Brown United Kingdom 25 879 0.6× 1.9k 1.5× 348 0.8× 94 0.4× 113 1.0× 71 2.5k
Ramiro Ramírez‐Solis United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.7× 2.4k 1.9× 268 0.6× 74 0.3× 138 1.3× 39 3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Pálsson, Gunnar, Marteinn T. Hardarson, Hákon Jónsson, et al.. (2025). Complete human recombination maps. Nature. 639(8055). 700–707. 12 indexed citations
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Arnadottir, Gudny A., Brynjar Ö. Jensson, Aðalbjörg Jónasdóttir, et al.. (2023). A population-based survey of FBN1 variants in Iceland reveals underdiagnosis of Marfan syndrome. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(1). 44–51. 4 indexed citations
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Runolfsdottir, Hrafnhildur L., John A. Sayer, Ólafur S. Indridason, et al.. (2021). Allele frequency of variants reported to cause adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency. European Journal of Human Genetics. 29(7). 1061–1070. 7 indexed citations
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Arnadottir, Gudny A., Brynjar Ö. Jensson, Gerald Sulem, et al.. (2017). Compound heterozygous mutations in UBA5 causing early-onset epileptic encephalopathy in two sisters. BMC Medical Genetics. 18(1). 103–103. 29 indexed citations
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Sveinbjörnsson, Garðar, Anders Albrechtsen, Florian Zink, et al.. (2016). Weighting sequence variants based on their annotation increases power of whole-genome association studies. Nature Genetics. 48(3). 314–317. 52 indexed citations
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Guðbjartsson, Hákon, G. Georgsson, Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson, et al.. (2016). GORpipe: a query tool for working with sequence data based on a Genomic Ordered Relational (GOR) architecture. Bioinformatics. 32(20). 3081–3088. 10 indexed citations
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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
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Styrkársdóttir, Unnur, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Sigurjón A. Guðjónsson, et al.. (2015). Two Rare Mutations in theCOL1A2Gene Associate With Low Bone Mineral Density and Fractures in Iceland. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 31(1). 173–179. 24 indexed citations
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Sulem, Patrick, Hannes Helgason, Asmundur Oddson, et al.. (2015). Identification of a large set of rare complete human knockouts. Nature Genetics. 47(5). 448–452. 142 indexed citations
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Lund, Sigrún H., Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Þórunn Rafnar, et al.. (2014). A Method for Detecting Long Non-Coding RNAs with Tiled RNA Expression Microarrays. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99899–e99899. 10 indexed citations
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Kong, Augustine, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, et al.. (2010). Fine-scale recombination rate differences between sexes, populations and individuals. Nature. 467(7319). 1099–1103. 406 indexed citations
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Hólm, Hilma, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Davíð O. Arnar, et al.. (2010). Several common variants modulate heart rate, PR interval and QRS duration. Nature Genetics. 42(2). 117–122. 242 indexed citations
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Kong, Augustine, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Hreinn Stefánsson, et al.. (2008). Sequence Variants in the RNF212 Gene Associate with Genome-Wide Recombination Rate. Science. 319(5868). 1398–1401. 151 indexed citations
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Sainz, Jesús, et al.. (2005). Segmental duplication density decrease with distance to human-mouse breaks of synteny. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(2). 216–221. 4 indexed citations
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Kong, Augustine, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Jesús Sainz, et al.. (2002). A high-resolution recombination map of the human genome. Nature Genetics. 31(3). 241–247. 1297 indexed citations breakdown →

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