Elina Virolainen

726 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 528 citations indexed

About

Elina Virolainen is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elina Virolainen has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 528 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cell Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Elina Virolainen's work include Skin and Cellular Biology Research (4 papers), Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders (3 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers). Elina Virolainen is often cited by papers focused on Skin and Cellular Biology Research (4 papers), Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders (3 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers). Elina Virolainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United States. Elina Virolainen's co-authors include Miika Mehine, Pia Vahteristo, Tom Böhling, Massimiliano Gentile, Netta Mäkinen, Jaana Tolvanen, Lauri A. Aaltonen, Mervi Aavikko, Virpi Launonen and Jari Sjöberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The American Journal of Human Genetics and British Journal of Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Elina Virolainen

4 papers receiving 520 citations

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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.

MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomas

2011 470 citations Netta Mäkinen, Miika Mehine et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elina Virolainen Finland	4	346	305	121	61	60	5	528
Jaana Tolvanen Finland	7	487 1.4×	421 1.4×	151 1.2×	22 0.4×	65 1.1×	7	685
Ayaka Orii Japan	9	240 0.7×	156 0.5×	99 0.8×	19 0.3×	42 0.7×	9	414
Alison D. Clark United States	5	114 0.3×	105 0.3×	196 1.6×	30 0.5×	38 0.6×	5	370
Heikki Ristolainen Finland	4	190 0.5×	166 0.5×	133 1.1×	8 0.1×	99 1.6×	6	396
Helena Lagarda Spain	7	240 0.7×	185 0.6×	162 1.3×	8 0.1×	117 1.9×	8	460
Ahmed El‐Balat Germany	10	81 0.2×	166 0.5×	118 1.0×	45 0.7×	28 0.5×	34	426
Ken-ichirou Morishige Japan	8	71 0.2×	87 0.3×	178 1.5×	30 0.5×	20 0.3×	13	375
P. Englefield United Kingdom	7	122 0.4×	216 0.7×	97 0.8×	9 0.1×	46 0.8×	7	329
Jolijn W. Groeneweg Netherlands	10	57 0.2×	123 0.4×	162 1.3×	6 0.1×	30 0.5×	22	311

Countries citing papers authored by Elina Virolainen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elina Virolainen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elina Virolainen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elina Virolainen 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 Elina Virolainen. Elina Virolainen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Mäkinen, Netta, Miika Mehine, Jaana Tolvanen, et al.. (2011). MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomas. Science. 334(6053). 252–255. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Virolainen, Elina, et al.. (2008). Ultrastructural features resembling those of harlequin ichthyosis in patients with severe congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma. British Journal of Dermatology. 145(3). 480–483.

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Virolainen, Elina, et al.. (2001). Ultrastructural features resembling those of harlequin ichthyosis in patients with severe congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma.. British Journal of Dermatology. 145(3). 480–483. 10 indexed citations

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Virolainen, Elina, Maija Wessman, Iiris Hovatta, et al.. (2000). Assignment of a Novel Locus for Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis to Chromosome 19p13.1-p13.2. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(3). 1132–1137. 45 indexed citations

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Virolainen, Elina. (2000). AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIS. 3 indexed citations

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