­Eero Pukkala

59.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
734 papers, 39.1k citations indexed

About

­Eero Pukkala is a scholar working on Oncology, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, ­Eero Pukkala has authored 734 papers receiving a total of 39.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Oncology, 159 papers in Epidemiology and 140 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in ­Eero Pukkala's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (91 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (90 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (88 papers) ­Eero Pukkala is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (91 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (90 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (88 papers) ­Eero Pukkala collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Norway ­Eero Pukkala's co-authors include L Teppo, Pia K. Verkasalo, Jaakko Kaprio, Risto Sankila, Markku Koskenvuo, Hans H. Storm, Kari Hemminki, Axel Skytthe, Niels V. Holm and Paul Lichtenstein and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

­Eero Pukkala

719 papers receiving 37.3k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental and Heritab... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2000 1999 2001 2001 1997 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer — Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland
    2000 2.9k citations Jaakko Kaprio, ­Eero Pukkala et al. profile →
  2. Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA-mismatch-repair genes
    1999 889 citations Markku Aarnio, Risto Sankila et al. International Journal of Cancer profile →
  3. Frequency of specific cancer types in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: a population-based study
    2001 749 citations ­Eero Pukkala et al. profile →
  4. Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Risk Factor for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
    2001 717 citations Egil Jellum, Pentti Koskela et al. profile →
  5. Dietary Flavonoids and the Risk of Lung Cancer and Other Malignant Neoplasms
    1997 603 citations ­Eero Pukkala et al. profile →
  6. Data Quality and Quality Control of a Population-Based Cancer Registry: Experience in Finland
    1994 571 citations ­Eero Pukkala et al. Acta Oncologica profile →
  7. Second Cancers Among 40 576 Testicular Cancer Patients: Focus on Long-term Survivors
    2005 560 citations Hans H. Storm, ­Eero Pukkala et al. profile →
  8. NORDCAN – a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research
    2010 432 citations Gerda Engholm, Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir et al. Acta Oncologica profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
­Eero Pukkala 10.9k 7.3k 7.1k 6.8k 5.9k 734 39.1k
Hans‐Olov Adami 16.8k 1.5× 7.3k 1.0× 8.8k 1.2× 9.6k 1.4× 5.5k 0.9× 663 48.1k
Peter Boyle 13.9k 1.3× 5.0k 0.7× 5.6k 0.8× 8.6k 1.3× 3.6k 0.6× 635 43.8k
Paolo Boffetta 12.6k 1.2× 7.3k 1.0× 8.3k 1.2× 10.0k 1.5× 5.7k 1.0× 1.1k 55.7k
John A. Baron 12.3k 1.1× 3.4k 0.5× 9.7k 1.4× 5.4k 0.8× 7.2k 1.2× 520 39.8k
Aaron R. Folsom 6.4k 0.6× 9.6k 1.3× 11.1k 1.6× 8.4k 1.2× 4.0k 0.7× 867 75.6k
Eva Negri 18.8k 1.7× 7.6k 1.0× 9.6k 1.3× 9.8k 1.4× 7.4k 1.3× 1.1k 58.0k
Joseph F. Fraumeni 14.6k 1.3× 5.1k 0.7× 13.0k 1.8× 10.3k 1.5× 5.6k 1.0× 474 46.4k
Alfred I. Neugut 12.4k 1.1× 3.5k 0.5× 6.7k 0.9× 6.4k 0.9× 3.4k 0.6× 674 31.2k
Richard Doll 11.1k 1.0× 5.8k 0.8× 5.5k 0.8× 7.3k 1.1× 4.5k 0.8× 400 50.0k
Kari Hemminki 10.1k 0.9× 4.0k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 4.3k 0.6× 4.9k 0.8× 1.0k 35.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of ­Eero Pukkala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of ­Eero Pukkala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of ­Eero Pukkala based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with ­Eero Pukkala. ­Eero Pukkala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Savukoski, Susanna, Paula Pesonen, ­Eero Pukkala, et al.. (2024). Excess of severe autoimmune diseases in women with premature ovarian insufficiency: a population-based study. Human Reproduction. 39(11). 2601–2607. 6 indexed citations
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Lehtinen, Matti, Tapio Luostarinen, Tiina Eriksson, et al.. (2024). Head-to-head comparison of two human papillomavirus vaccines for efficacy against cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 and adenocarcinoma in situ—population-based follow-up of two cluster-randomized trials. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1437704–1437704. 1 indexed citations
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Jokelainen, Pikka, Hans Houe, Eystein Skjerve, et al.. (2023). No Excess Cancer Risk among Veterinarians in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden after the 1980s. Cancers. 15(16). 4079–4079. 1 indexed citations
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Canu, Irina Guseva, Sandrine Charles, Danièle Luce, et al.. (2022). Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure–response relationship. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 79(9). 637–640. 9 indexed citations
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Khan, Muhammad Waseem, et al.. (2021). A cohort study on adult hematological malignancies and brain tumors in relation to magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 233. 113712–113712. 12 indexed citations
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Laukkala, Tanja, Jaana Suvisaari, Tom Rosenström, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic and Helsinki University Hospital Personnel Psychological Well-Being: Six-Month Follow-Up Results. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(5). 2524–2524. 20 indexed citations
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Vänskä, Simopekka, Tapio Luostarinen, Iacopo Baussano, et al.. (2020). Vaccination With Moderate Coverage Eradicates Oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses If a Gender-Neutral Strategy Is Applied. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(6). 948–956. 37 indexed citations
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Pukkala, ­Eero, et al.. (2020). Patients With APECED Have Increased Early Mortality Due to Endocrine Causes, Malignancies and infections. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(6). e2207–e2213. 25 indexed citations
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Talibov, Madar, Anssi Auvinen, Elisabete Weiderpass, et al.. (2017). Occupational solvent exposure and adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia: No risk in a population-based case-control study in four Nordic countries. International Journal of Cancer. 141(6). 1140–1147. 11 indexed citations
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Togawa, Kayo, Charlotte Le Cornet, Maria Feychting, et al.. (2016). Parental Occupational Exposure to Heavy Metals and Welding Fumes and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors in Offspring: A Registry-Based Case–Control Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(10). 1426–1434. 20 indexed citations
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Fortner, Renée T., Helena Schöck, Rudolf Kaaks, et al.. (2016). Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Does Not Correlate with Risk for Maternal Breast Cancer: Results from the Finnish Maternity Cohort. Cancer Research. 77(1). 134–141. 7 indexed citations
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Hjelmborg, Jacob, Tellervo Korhonen, Klaus K. Holst, et al.. (2016). Lung cancer, genetic predisposition and smoking: the Nordic Twin Study of Cancer. Thorax. 72(11). 1021–1027. 21 indexed citations
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Hjalgrim, Lisa Lyngsie, Klaus Rostgaard, Gerda Engholm, et al.. (2015). Aetiologic heterogeneity in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma? Evidence from the Nordic countries, 1978–2010. Acta Oncologica. 55(1). 85–90. 4 indexed citations
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Fortner, Renée T., Helena Schöck, Rudolf Kaaks, et al.. (2014). Early Pregnancy Sex Steroids and Maternal Breast Cancer: A Nested Case–Control Study. Cancer Research. 74(23). 6958–6967. 14 indexed citations
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Pukkala, ­Eero, et al.. (2014). Arsenic in well water and risk of bladder and kidney cancer in Finland. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations
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Koskela, Pentti, Tarja Anttila, Tone Bjørge, et al.. (2012). Chlamydia trachomatis infection is a risk factor for cervical cancer. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 2 indexed citations
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Kauppinen, Timo, Pirjo Heikkilä, Nils Plato, et al.. (2009). Construction of job-exposure matrices for the Nordic Occupational Cancer Study (NOCCA). Acta Oncologica. 48(5). 791–800. 116 indexed citations
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Aarnio, Markku, Risto Sankila, ­Eero Pukkala, et al.. (1999). Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA‐mismatch‐repair genes. International Journal of Cancer. 81(2). 214–218. 74 indexed citations
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Aarnio, Markku, Risto Sankila, ­Eero Pukkala, et al.. (1999). Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA-mismatch-repair genes. International Journal of Cancer. 81(2). 214–218. 889 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alexander, FE, Naomi R. Wray, Peter Boyle, et al.. (1996). Clustering of childhood leukaemia: a European study in progress.. IRIS. 8 indexed citations

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