Catharina Sarkkola

490 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 354 citations indexed

About

Catharina Sarkkola is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Catharina Sarkkola has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 354 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 2 papers in General Health Professions and 2 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Catharina Sarkkola's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (1 paper) and Ethics in Clinical Research (1 paper). Catharina Sarkkola is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (1 paper) and Ethics in Clinical Research (1 paper). Catharina Sarkkola collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Catharina Sarkkola's co-authors include Elisabete Weiderpass, Helga Zoëga, Gun Peggy Knudsen, Pierre Lafolie, Siri E. Håberg, Mette Nørgaard, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Heli Viljakainen, Elina Engberg and Kaija‐Leena Kolho and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, European Journal of Pediatrics and European Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Catharina Sarkkola

7 papers receiving 352 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ethical aspects of registry-based research in the Nordic countries

2015 273 citations Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Mette Nørgaard et al. Clinical Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catharina Sarkkola Finland	6	93	82	78	61	39	8	354
Heidi C. Waters United States	16	176 1.9×	93 1.1×	61 0.8×	217 3.6×	36 0.9×	62	572
Sundas Khan United States	12	57 0.6×	68 0.8×	58 0.7×	36 0.6×	20 0.5×	45	425
Göran Lönnberg Sweden	8	71 0.8×	88 1.1×	84 1.1×	97 1.6×	28 0.7×	10	386
Sabina Ali United States	9	94 1.0×	70 0.9×	36 0.5×	95 1.6×	45 1.2×	24	326
Lazarus K. Mramba United States	14	90 1.0×	105 1.3×	114 1.5×	13 0.2×	91 2.3×	30	515
Fangqian Ouyang United States	12	33 0.4×	140 1.7×	33 0.4×	100 1.6×	22 0.6×	31	469
Rosa L. Cabanela United States	7	53 0.6×	125 1.5×	60 0.8×	64 1.0×	49 1.3×	16	379
Pamela Ginex United States	15	68 0.7×	87 1.1×	102 1.3×	24 0.4×	37 0.9×	51	621
Wasef Na’amnih Israel	10	79 0.8×	69 0.8×	30 0.4×	23 0.4×	17 0.4×	34	282
Turki AlAmeel Saudi Arabia	11	63 0.7×	97 1.2×	19 0.2×	104 1.7×	12 0.3×	37	343

Countries citing papers authored by Catharina Sarkkola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catharina Sarkkola

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Sarkkola, Catharina, et al.. (2025). Tendency to overeat predicts an elevated body mass index trajectory across school-age years. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 6495–6495.

2.

Sarkkola, Catharina, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of Thinness, Overweight, Obesity, and Central Obesity in Finnish School-Aged Children: A Comparison of National and International Reference Values. Obesity Facts. 15(2). 240–247. 10 indexed citations

3.

Viljakainen, Heli, et al.. (2021). Perinatal risk factors for pediatric onset type 1 diabetes, autoimmune thyroiditis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and inflammatory bowel diseases. European Journal of Pediatrics. 180(7). 2115–2123. 22 indexed citations

4.

Manzoor, Muhammed, Jussi Furuholm, Catharina Sarkkola, et al.. (2021). High abundance of sugar metabolisers in saliva of children with caries. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4424–4424. 15 indexed citations

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Engberg, Elina, Marja H. Leppänen, Catharina Sarkkola, & Heli Viljakainen. (2021). Physical Activity Among Preadolescents Modifies the Long-Term Association Between Sedentary Time Spent Using Digital Media and the Increased Risk of Being Overweight. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 18(9). 1105–1112. 8 indexed citations

6.

Sarkkola, Catharina, et al.. (2016). Validity of home-measured height, weight and waist circumference among adolescents. European Journal of Public Health. 26(6). 975–977. 24 indexed citations

7.

Ludvigsson, Jonas F., Mette Nørgaard, Elisabete Weiderpass, et al.. (2015). Ethical aspects of registry-based research in the Nordic countries. Clinical Epidemiology. 7. 491–491. 273 indexed citations breakdown →

8.

Montonen, Jukka, Satu Männistö, Catharina Sarkkola, et al.. (2008). Ravinnonsaannin väestöryhmittäiset erot : Terveys 2000 -tutkimus. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 2 indexed citations

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