Best Genetics Scientists in Iceland

The range of our Genetics research
Research.com’s best researchers ranking is a reliable account of leading scholars from the area of Genetics, established by means of a detailed examination of 166,880 scholars identified from multiple bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Genetics, over 5724 researchers were investigated.

What is D-index approval threshold for Genetics
The D-index threshold for accepting a scholar to be considered is placed at 40 if the majority of of their publications are in the field of Genetics. The acceptance requirements for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index, ratio of the publications made within the specific area as well as the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for including best researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of scientists estimated for each discipline whilst guaranteeing that the top 1% of leading scientists are considered into the list. We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s general H-index and their D-index.

Additional verification rules
As our main aim is to ensure that only genuine researchers are listed in Research.com ranking we are aware that raw data are never meant to be an absolute tool to evaluate the work of scientists. This is why we manually verify each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of reliable sources. Even though it’s not a metric impacting a researcher’s position in Research.com ranking, the amount of papers published in major journals and conference proceedings should constitute a reliable secondary indication of their contribution to research in a given field of study. Position in the ranking is established using each scientist’s D-index using metrics gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-known bibliometric databases of this kind accessible to the scientific community. A comprehensive definition of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our agenda
Our aim is to motivate scholars, entrepreneurs and politicians around the world to explore where leading experts are heading and to offer a way for the entire scientific community to find out who the leading experts in specific disciplines, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Genetics
With 16 scholars Iceland ranks in spot 21 globally.

As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading scholars in Iceland is deCODE Genetics (Iceland) with 12 scientists affiliated with it being present in Research.com Genetics ranking. It is followed by deCODE Genetics (Iceland) with 3 researchers. Ranking thirds is University of Iceland with 1 scholars.

Prominent scientists ranking in Iceland are representing deCODE Genetics (Iceland), University of Iceland, Reykjavík University.

Professor Kari Stefansson from deCODE Genetics (Iceland) is listed as the best scholar in Iceland in our ranking with a D-index of 219. Ranking on spot no. 2 in Iceland is Unnur Thorsteinsdottir from deCODE Genetics (Iceland) with a D-index of 166. The third spot in Iceland is taken by Vilmundur Gudnason from University of Iceland with a D-index of 155.

The average D-index for the top 3% scientists is 91 in comparison to an average of 91 for all 16 researchers included in the ranking.

The average number of publications in the area of Genetics for the top 5% of scientists in the ranking is 768 against an average of 240 for all 16 scientists.

The average number of citations for the top 3% researchers is 57356 against an average of 57356 for all 16 researchers.