2026 Stacy Steinberg: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	70	2224	2112	12	12	114	57174

Overview

Stacy Steinberg is affiliated with deCODE Genetics in Iceland, focusing on research intersecting medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple fields of study with a particular emphasis on genetics and psychiatry and mental health, complemented by subfields including cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as migraine and headache studies, genetic associations and epidemiology, bipolar disorder and treatment, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, and genetics and physical performance.

Recent publications by Steinberg include:

Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology (2021, Nature Genetics)
Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
Cross-trait analyses with migraine reveal widespread pleiotropy and suggest a vascular component to migraine headache (2020, International Journal of Epidemiology)
A genome-wide cross-phenotype meta-analysis of the association of blood pressure with migraine (2020, Nature Communications)
Genome-wide association study of over 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology (2020, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Steinberg frequently publishes in venues including UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, Nature Human Behaviour, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Nature Communications.

Collaborations form an important part of Steinberg's research network. Frequent coauthors include:

Hreinn Stefánsson
Scott D. Gordon
Bendik S. Winsvold
Jouke-Jan Hottenga
Nicholas G. Martin

Best Publications

Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

7722
Citations
Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

3191
Citations
Variant of TREM2 associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease

Thorlakur Jonsson;Hreinn Stefansson;Stacy Steinberg;Ingileif Jonsdottir

2860
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

2714
Citations
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer's disease risk.

Iris E. Jansen;Jeanne E. Savage;Kyoko Watanabe;Julien Bryois

2416
Citations
Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father’s age to disease risk

Augustine Kong;Michael L. Frigge;Gisli Masson;Soren Besenbacher;Soren Besenbacher

2382
Citations
Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

2310
Citations
A mutation in APP protects against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline

Thorlakur Jonsson;Jasvinder K. Atwal;Stacy Steinberg;Jon Snaedal

2074
Citations
Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

2010
Citations
Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

1969
Citations
Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Colm T. O'Dushlaine;Kimberly D. Chambert;Jennifer L. Moran

1788
Citations
Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

1660
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

1637
Citations
Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

1524
Citations
Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

1481
Citations
Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans.

Patrick Sulem;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Simon N Stacey;Agnar Helgason

884
Citations
Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height

Daniel F Gudbjartsson;G Bragi Walters;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Hreinn Stefansson

766
Citations
CNVs conferring risk of autism or schizophrenia affect cognition in controls

Hreinn Stefansson;Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg;Stacy Steinberg;Brynja Magnusdottir

751
Citations
Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

725
Citations
A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

Hreinn Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen

Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital

Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University

Ole A. Andreassen Oslo University Hospital

Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles

Ole Mors Aarhus University

David M. Hougaard Statens Serum Institut

External Links

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