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Thor Aspelund publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thor Aspelund sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 519 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Thor Aspelund D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thor Aspelund sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 108 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thor Aspelund is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Hematology, and Genetics.

The scientist's recent publications include studies on global health trends and genetic factors associated with disease. Notable papers are:

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants, 2021, The Lancet
  • Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants, 2024, The Lancet
  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants, 2020, The Lancet
  • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol, 2020, Nature
  • A genome-wide association study of serum proteins reveals shared loci with common diseases, 2022, Nature Communications

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Unnur Valdimarsdóttir (58 joint publications)
  • Vilmundur Guðnason (54 joint publications)
  • Arna Hauksdóttir (43 joint publications)
  • Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir (42 joint publications)
  • Fang Fang (40 joint publications)

Aspeld's work is often published in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 19 publications
  • UNC Libraries with 17 publications
  • Blood with 14 publications
  • Nature Communications with 6 publications
  • BMC Medicine with 5 publications

The scientist's research covers multiple specific topics within medicine including:

  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension

    Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert

  • Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease.

    Sudha Seshadri;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;M Arfan Ikram;Anita L. DeStefano

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Arterial stiffness, pressure and flow pulsatility and brain structure and function: the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility – Reykjavik Study

    Gary F. Mitchell;Mark A. van Buchem;Sigurdur Sigurdsson;John D. Gotal

  • Genetic associations with valvular calcification and aortic stenosis.

    George Thanassoulis;George Thanassoulis;Catherine Y. Campbell;David S. Owens;J. Gustav Smith;J. Gustav Smith

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Cristian Pattaro;Carsten A. Böger;Christian Fuchsberger

  • Intra-individual change over time in DNA methylation with familial clustering.

    Hans T. Bjornsson;Martin I. Sigurdsson;M. Daniele Fallin;Rafael A. Irizarry

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Simple risk model predicts incidence of atrial fibrillation in a racially and geographically diverse population: the CHARGE-AF consortium

    Alvaro Alonso;Bouwe P. Krijthe;Thor Aspelund;Katherine A. Stepas

  • Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility–Reykjavik Study: Multidisciplinary Applied Phenomics

    Tamara B. Harris;Lenore J. Launer;Gudny Eiriksdottir;Olafur Kjartansson

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Lenore J. Launer
Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health
Gudny Eiriksdottir
Gudny Eiriksdottir Icelandic Heart Association
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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