Kāri Stefánsson

Active 1980–2025

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Kari Stefansson · Kári Stefánsson · Kári Stefansson
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Citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 16,616 citing papers, 23.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 7,082 citing papers, 10.1% of this breakdownChina: 4,552 citing papers, 6.5% of this breakdownGermany: 3,934 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 2,795 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownCanada: 2,657 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 2,602 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownSweden: 2,269 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownItaly: 2,257 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownFrance: 2,219 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownSpain: 1,718 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownDenmark: 1,624 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Medicine40.4%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.3%
  • Neuroscience10.2%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2.4%
  • Psychology1.7%
  • Computer Science0.8%
  • Other4.2%

Topics

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology6.7%
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments2.1%
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation1.8%
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders1.8%
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases1.8%
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities1.7%
  • Other84.1%

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  1. Large-scale integration of the plasma proteome with genetics and disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Hilma Hólm, Þórunn Rafnar, Páll Melsted, Jona Saemundsdottir, Gudmundur L. Norddahl, Sigrún H. Lund, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Kāri Stefánsson - Nature Genetics 2021 cited by 1,668

  2. Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Mads V. Hollegaard, Sigrun Hope, Daniel P. Howrigan, Hailiang Huang, Christina M. Hultman, Lambertus Klei, Julian Maller, Joanna Martin, Alicia R. Martin, Jennifer L. Moran, Mette Nyegaard, Terje Nærland, Duncan S. Palmer, Aarno Palotie, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, Timothy dPoterba, Jesper Buchhave Poulsen, Beaté St Pourcain, Per Qvist, Karola Rehnström, Abraham Reichenberg, Jennifer Reichert, Elise Robinson, Kathryn Roeder, Panos Roussos, Evald Sæmundsen, Sven Sandin, F. Kyle Satterstrom, George Davey Smith, Hreinn Stefánsson, Stacy Steinberg, Christine Stevens, Patrick F. Sullivan, Patrick Turley, G. Bragi Walters, Xinyi Xu, Kāri Stefánsson, Daniel H. Geschwind, Merete Nordentoft, David M. Hougaard, Thomas Werge, Ole Mors, Preben Bo Mortensen, Benjamin M. Neale, Mark J. Daly, Anders D. Børglum - Nature Genetics 2019 cited by 2,632

  3. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Arvid Rongve, Ingvild Saltvedt, Sigrid Botne Sando, Geir Selbæk, Maryam Shoai, Nathan Skene, Jón Snædal, Eystein Stordal, Ingun Ulstein, Yunpeng Wang, Linda R. White, John Hardy, Jens Hjerling‐Leffler, Patrick F. Sullivan, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Richard Dobson, Lea K. Davis, Hreinn Stefánsson, Kāri Stefánsson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Stephan Ripke, Ole A. Andreassen, Daniëlle Posthuma - Nature Genetics 2019 cited by 2,526

  4. Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - New England Journal of Medicine 2012 cited by 2,620

  5. Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Adnan Kastrati, Thorsten Kessler, Theodosios Kyriakou, Tomasz Konopka, Ling Li, Lijiang Ma, Thomas Meitinger, Sören Mucha, Matthias Munz, Federico Murgia, Jonas B. Nielsen, Markus M. Nöthen, Shichao Pang, Tobias Reinberger, Gavin R. Schnitzler, Damian Smedley, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Moritz von Scheidt, Jacob C. Ulirsch, Biobank Japan, EPIC-CVD, John Danesh, Davíð O. Arnar, Noël P. Burtt, Maria C. Costanzo, Jason Flannick, Kaoru Ito, Dongkeun Jang, Yoichiro Kamatani, Amit V. Khera, Issei Komuro, Iftikhar J. Kullo, Luca A. Lotta, Christopher P. Nelson, Robert Roberts, Guðmundur Þorgeirsson, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Tom R. Webb, Aris Baras, Johan Björkegren, Eric Boerwinkle, George Dedoussis, Hilma Hólm, Kristian Hveem, Olle Melander, Alanna C. Morrison, Marju Orho‐Melander, Lοukianos S. Rallidis, Arno Ruusalepp, Marc S. Sabatine, Kāri Stefánsson, Pierre Zalloua, Patrick T. Ellinor, Martin Farrall, John Danesh, Christian T. Ruff, Hilary K. Finucane, Jemma C. Hopewell, Robert Clarke, Rajat M. Gupta, Jeanette Erdmann, Nilesh J. Samani, Heribert Schunkert, Hugh Watkins, Cristen J. Willer, Panos Deloukas, Sekar Kathiresan, Adam S. Butterworth, Paul S. de Vries, Moritz von Scheidt - Nature Genetics 2022 cited by 706

  6. Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Duncan S. Palmer, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, Timothy Poterba, Jesper Buchhave Poulsen, Stephan Ripke, Elise Robinson, F. Kyle Satterstrom, Hreinn Stefánsson, Christine Stevens, Patrick Turley, G. Bragi Walters, Hyejung Won, Margaret J. Wright, Ole A. Andreassen, Philip Asherson, Christie L. Burton, Dorret I. Boomsma, Bru Cormand, Søren Dalsgaard, Barbara Franke, Joel Gelernter, Daniel H. Geschwind, Håkon Håkonarson, Jan Haavik, Henry R. Kranzler, Jonna Kuntsi, K. Langley, Klaus‐Peter Lesch, Christel M. Middeldorp, Andreas Reif, Luís Augusto Rohde, Panos Roussos, Russell Schachar, Pamela Sklar, Edmund Sonuga‐Barke, Patrick F. Sullivan, Anita Thapar, Joyce Y. Tung, Irwin D. Waldman, Sarah E. Medland, Kāri Stefánsson, Merete Nordentoft, David M. Hougaard, Thomas Werge, Ole Mors, Preben Bo Mortensen, Mark J. Daly, Stephen V. Faraone, Anders D. Børglum, Benjamin M. Neale - Nature Genetics 2018 cited by 2,320

  7. Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Daniel P. Howrigan, Sarah E. Medland, Tetyana Zayats, Veera M. Rajagopal, Alexandra Havdahl, Alysa E. Doyle, Andreas Reif, Anita Thapar, Bru Cormand, Calwing Liao, Christie L. Burton, Claiton H.D. Bau, Diego Luiz Rovaris, Edmund Sonuga‐Barke, Elizabeth C. Corfield, Eugênio H. Grevet, Henrik Larsson, Ian R. Gizer, Irwin D. Waldman, Isabell Brikell, Jan Haavik, Jennifer Crosbie, James J. McGough, Jonna Kuntsi, Joseph Glessner, K. Langley, Klaus‐Peter Lesch, Luís Augusto Rohde, Mara Helena Hutz, Marieke Klein, Mark A. Bellgrove, Martin Tesli, Michael O‘Donovan, Ole A. Andreassen, Patrick W. L. Leung, Pedro Mário Pan, Ridha Joober, Russell Schachar, Sandra K. Loo, Stephanie H. Witt, Ted Reichborn‐Kjennerud, Tobias Banaschewski, Ziarih Hawi, Mark J. Daly, Ole Mors, Merete Nordentoft, Ole Mors, David M. Hougaard, Preben Bo Mortensen, Mark J. Daly, Stephen V. Faraone, Hreinn Stefánsson, Panos Roussos, Barbara Franke, Thomas Werge, Benjamin M. Neale, Kāri Stefánsson, Anders D. Børglum - Nature Genetics 2023 cited by 760

  8. Large-scale plasma proteomics comparisons through genetics and disease associations

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Patrick Sulem, Kāri Stefánsson - Nature 2023 cited by 520

  9. The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kári Kristinsson, Emilia Sobech, Helgi Jónsson, Árni Jón Geirsson, Ísleifur Ólafsson, Pálmi V. Jónsson, Ole Birger Pedersen, Christian Erikstrup, Søren Brunak, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Steffen Andersen, Karina Banasik, Kristoffer Sølvsten Burgdorf, Maria Didriksen, Khoa Manh Dinh, Christian Erikstrup, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Henrik Hjalgrim, Gregor B. E. Jemec, Poul Jennum, Pär I. Johansson, Margit Anita Hørup Larsen, Susan Mikkelsen, Kasper Nielsen, Mette Nyegaard, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Susanne Gjørup Sækmose, Erik Sørensen, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Mie Topholm Brun, Henrik Ullum, Thomas Werge, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Frosti Jónsson, Páll Melsted, Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Þórunn Rafnar, Hilma Hólm, Hreinn Stefánsson, Jona Saemundsdottir, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Ólafur Þ. Magnússon, Gísli Másson, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Agnar Helgason, Hákon Jónsson, Patrick Sulem, Kāri Stefánsson - Nature 2022 cited by 490

  10. Biobank-driven genomic discovery yields new insight into atrial fibrillation biology

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Whitney Hornsby, Frederick E. Dewey, Michael Boehnke, Sachin Kheterpal, Bhramar Mukherjee, Seunggeun Lee, Hyun Min Kang, Hilma Hólm, Jacob O. Kitzman, Jordan A. Shavit, José Jalife, Chad M. Brummett, Tanya M. Teslovich, David J. Carey, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Kāri Stefánsson, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Kristian Hveem, Cristen J. Willer - Nature Genetics 2018 cited by 936

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

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Laura M. Huckins, Douglas M. Ruderfer, Enrique Santiago, Pamela Sklar, Eli A. Stahl, Hyejung Won, Esben Agerbo, Thomas D. Als, Ole A. Andreassen, Marie Bækvad‐Hansen, Preben Bo Mortensen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Anders D. Børglum, Jonas Bybjerg‐Grauholm, Srdjan Djurovic, Naser Durmishi, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, В. Е. Голимбет, Jakob Grove, David M. Hougaard, Manuel Mattheisen, Espen Molden, Ole Mors, Merete Nordentoft, Milica Pejović-Milovančević, Engilbert Sigurðsson, Teimuraz Silagadze, Christine Søholm Hansen, Kāri Stefánsson, Hreinn Stefánsson, Stacy Steinberg, Sarah Tosato, Thomas Werge, David Collier, Dan Rujescu, George Kirov, Michael J. Owen, Michael O‘Donovan, James Walters - Nature Genetics 2018 cited by 1,728

  12. Depression pathophysiology, risk prediction of recurrence and comorbid psychiatric disorders using genome-wide analyses

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kāri Stefánsson, Merete Nordentoft, Thomas Werge, David M. Hougaard, Preben Bo Mortensen, Murray B. Stein, Joel Gelernter, Iiris Hovatta, Panos Roussos, Mark J. Daly, Ole Mors, Aarno Palotie, Anders D. Børglum - Nature Medicine 2023 cited by 305

  13. Brain age prediction using deep learning uncovers associated sequence variants

    Authors: , , , , , , , , - Nature Communications 2019 cited by 413

  14. Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Alison Goate, Karen Marder, Brian Fiske, Margaret Sutherland, Georgia Xiromerisiou, Richard H. Myers, Lorraine N. Clark, Kāri Stefánsson, John Hardy, Peter Heutink, Honglei Chen, Nicholas Wood, Henry Houlden, Haydeh Payami, Alexis Brice, William K. Scott, Thomas Gasser, Lars Bertram, Nicholas Eriksson, Tatiana Foroud, Andrew Singleton - Nature Genetics 2014 cited by 1,964

  15. The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , James P. Cook, Immaculata De Vivo, Amy D. DiVasta, O Dorien, Jacqueline F. Donoghue, Todd L. Edwards, Pierre Fontanillas, Jenny N. Fung, Reynir Tómas Geirsson, Jane E. Girling, Paivi Harkki, Holly R. Harris, Martin Healey, Oskari Heikinheimo, Sarah J. Holdsworth‐Carson, Isabel C. Hostettler, Henry Houlden, Sahar Houshdaran, Juan C. Irwin, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, Yoichiro Kamatani, Stephen Kennedy, Ewa Kępka, Johannes Kettunen, Michiaki Kubo, Bartosz Kulig, Venla Kurra, Hannele Laivuori, Marc R. Laufer, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Stuart MacGregor, Massimo Mangino, Nicholas G. Martin, Charoula Matalliotaki, Michail Matalliotakis, Alison D. Murray, Anne Ndungu, Camran Nezhat, Catherine M. Olsen, Jessica Opoku‐Anane, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Manish Paranjpe, Maire Peters, Grzegorz Polak, David J. Porteous, Joseph T. Rabban, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Hanna Romanowicz, Merli Saare, Liisu Saavalainen, Andrew J. Schork, Sushmita Sen, Amy L. Shafrir, Anna Siewierska-Górska, Marcin Słomka, Blair H. Smith, Beata Smolarz, Tomasz Szaflik, Krzysztof Szyłło, Atsushi Takahashi, Kathryn L. Terry, Carla Tomassetti, Susan A. Treloar, Arne Vanhie, Katy Vincent, Kim Chi Vo, David J. Werring, Eleftheria Zeggini, Maria I. Zervou, Kāri Stefánsson and 48 more - Nature Genetics 2023 cited by 287

  16. Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father’s age to disease risk

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2012 cited by 2,273

  17. Multiomics study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir, Michael Schwinn, Guðmundur Þorgeirsson, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Henning Bundgaard, Lincoln Nadauld, Einar S. Björnsson, Ingrid C. Rulifson, Þórunn Rafnar, Gudmundur L. Norddahl, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Patrick Sulem, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Hilma Hólm, Kāri Stefánsson - Nature Genetics 2022 cited by 229

  18. Clonal hematopoiesis, with and without candidate driver mutations, is common in the elderly

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Blood 2017 cited by 789

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

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2012 cited by 1,745

  20. Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Mika Kähönen, Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Tobias Kurth, Terho Lehtimäki, Lannie Lighart, Sigurður H. Magnússon, Rainer Malik, Ole Birger Pedersen, Nadine Pelzer, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Caroline Ran, Paul M. Ridker, Frits R. Rosendaal, Gudrun R. Sigurdardottir, Anne Heidi Skogholt, Ólafur Sveinsson, Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, Henrik Ullum, Lisanne S. Vijfhuizen, Elisabeth Widén, Ko Willems van Dijk, Irene de Boer, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, HUNT All-in Headache, Danish Blood Donor Study Genomic Cohort, Arpo Aromaa, Andrea Carmine Belin, Tobias Freilinger, M. Arfan Ikram, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, Olli T. Raitakari, Gisela M. Terwindt, Mikko Kallela, Maija Wessman, Jes Olesen, Daniel I. Chasman, Dale R. Nyholt, Hreinn Stefánsson, Kāri Stefánsson, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Samuli Ripatti, John‐Anker Zwart, Aarno Palotie, Matti Pirinen - Nature Genetics 2022 cited by 395

  21. Parental influence on human germline de novo mutations in 1,548 trios from Iceland

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2017 cited by 670

  22. Characterizing mutagenic effects of recombination through a sequence-level genetic map

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2019 cited by 423

  23. Interrogating the Genetic Determinants of Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Through Genome-Wide Association Studies

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Christel Depienne, Yulia Worbe, Andreas Hartmann, Cathy L. Budman, Renata Rizzo, Gholson J. Lyon, William M. McMahon, James R. Batterson, Daniëlle C. Cath, Irene A. Malaty, Michael S. Okun, Cheston M. Berlin, Douglas W. Woods, Paul C. Lee, Joseph Jankovic, Mary M. Robertson, Donald L. Gilbert, Lawrence W. Brown, Barbara Coffey, Andrea Dietrich, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Samuel Kuperman, Samuel H. Zinner, Pétur Lúðvígsson, Evald Sæmundsen, Ólafur Thorarensen, Gil Atzmon, Nir Barzilai, Michael Wagner, Rainald Moessner, Roel A. Ophoff, Carlos N. Pato, Michele T. Pato, James A. Knowles, Joshua L. Roffman, Jordan W. Smoller, Randy L. Buckner, A. Jeremy Willsey, Jay A. Tischfield, Gary A. Heiman, Hreinn Stefánsson, Kāri Stefánsson, Daniëlle Posthuma, Nancy J. Cox, David L. Pauls, Nelson B. Freimer, Benjamin M. Neale, Lea K. Davis, Peristera Paschou, Giovanni Coppola, Carol A. Mathews, Jeremiah M. Scharf - American Journal of Psychiatry 2019 cited by 443

  24. Genetic predisposition to mosaic Y chromosome loss in blood

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Anna Murray, Paweł Olszewski, Edyta Rychlicka-Buniowska, Robert A. Scott, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Ian Tomlinson, Behrooz Torabi Moghadam, Clare Turnbull, Nicholas J. Wareham, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Yoichiro Kamatani, Eva R. Hoffmann, Steve P. Jackson, Kāri Stefánsson, Adam Auton, Ken K. Ong, Mitchell J. Machiela, Po‐Ru Loh, Jan P. Dumanski, Stephen J. Chanock, Lars A. Forsberg, John R. B. Perry - Nature 2019 cited by 342