Harri Hemilä

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Harri Hemilä is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Biochemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Harri Hemilä has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 22 papers in Biochemistry and 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Harri Hemilä's work include Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research (62 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (22 papers) and Vitamin K Research Studies (18 papers). Harri Hemilä is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research (62 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (22 papers) and Vitamin K Research Studies (18 papers). Harri Hemilä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and United States. Harri Hemilä's co-authors include Elizabeth Chalker, Jaakko Kaprio, Pekka Louhiala, Ilkka Palva, Robert M. Douglas, Demetrius Albanes, Mårten Wikström, Jarmo Virtamo, Teija Koivula and Peter Roberts‎ and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Epidemiology, FEBS Letters and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Harri Hemilä

107 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold

2013 432 citations Harri Hemilä, Elizabeth Chalker profile →
Vitamin C and Infections

2017 327 citations Harri Hemilä Nutrients profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harri Hemilä Finland	32	2.1k	607	561	520	474	112	3.8k
Silvia Maggini Switzerland	21	2.4k 1.2×	716 1.2×	791 1.4×	492 0.9×	303 0.6×	29	4.9k
Sudhir Dutta United States	28	832 0.4×	439 0.7×	262 0.5×	740 1.4×	363 0.8×	108	3.6k
Margarida Castell Spain	36	1.4k 0.7×	376 0.6×	181 0.3×	1.1k 2.1×	583 1.2×	168	3.9k
D. Hornig Switzerland	20	1.6k 0.7×	179 0.3×	401 0.7×	351 0.7×	272 0.6×	56	2.9k
Jordi Camps Spain	46	637 0.3×	243 0.4×	269 0.5×	1.4k 2.7×	334 0.7×	252	7.1k
Smaragdi Antonopoulou Greece	35	948 0.5×	174 0.3×	283 0.5×	904 1.7×	601 1.3×	153	3.9k
Aiguo Ma China	26	653 0.3×	439 0.7×	285 0.5×	701 1.3×	299 0.6×	145	2.9k
Valerie Burke Australia	55	2.6k 1.2×	177 0.3×	819 1.5×	942 1.8×	890 1.9×	170	9.0k
Francisco J. Pérez‐Cano Spain	36	1.6k 0.8×	439 0.7×	103 0.2×	1.1k 2.1×	392 0.8×	154	3.8k
David S. Rampton United Kingdom	51	561 0.3×	625 1.0×	243 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	141 0.3×	128	7.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harri Hemilä

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All Works

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Hemilä, Harri, Elizabeth Chalker, & Janne Tukiainen. (2024). Response: Commentary: Quantile treatment effect of zinc lozenges on common cold duration: a novel approach to analyze the effect of treatment on illness duration. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1335784–1335784. 2 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & A. Man. (2024). Vitamin C deficiency can lead to pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review of case reports. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 24(1). 9 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2024). Evidence-based treatment of the common cold with zinc lozenges. Advances in Integrative Medicine. 11(2). 113–114. 1 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2023). Vitamin C reduces the severity of common colds: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2468–2468. 14 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri, et al.. (2023). Vitamin C may reduce troponin and CKMB levels after PCI and CABG: a meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 23(1). 475–475. 8 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2022). Abrupt termination of vitamin C from ICU patients may increase mortality: secondary analysis of the LOVIT trial. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 77(4). 490–494. 17 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2022). Bias against Vitamin C in Mainstream Medicine: Examples from Trials of Vitamin C for Infections. Life. 12(1). 62–62. 8 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2021). Carrageenan nasal spray may double the rate of recovery from coronavirus and influenza virus infections: Re‐analysis of randomized trial data. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives. 9(4). e00810–e00810. 23 indexed citations

Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2020). Vitamin C for Cardiac Surgery Patients: Several Errors in a Published Meta-Analysis. Comment on “Effects of Vitamin C on Organ Function in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2103”. Nutrients. 12(2). 586–586. 3 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri. (2020). The effect of β-carotene on the mortality of male smokers is modified by smoking and by vitamins C and E: evidence against a uniform effect of nutrient. Journal of Nutritional Science. 9. e11–e11. 8 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri, et al.. (2020). Zinc acetate lozenges for the treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(1). e031662–e031662. 16 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2020). Vitamin C may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a meta-regression analysis. Journal of Intensive Care. 8(1). 15–15. 94 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri & Elizabeth Chalker. (2019). Vitamin C Can Shorten the Length of Stay in the ICU: A Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 11(4). 708–708. 188 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri & Jan O. Friedrich. (2019). Many continuous variables should be analyzed using the relative scale: a case study of β2-agonists for preventing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 282–282. 4 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri. (2017). Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyzed on the relative scale: a case study of two zinc lozenge trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 17(1). 82–82. 12 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri. (2017). Vitamin C and Infections. Nutrients. 9(4). 339–339. 327 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hemilä, Harri. (2016). Vitamin E and the risk of pneumonia: using the I² statistic to quantify heterogeneity within a controlled trial. British Journal Of Nutrition. 116(9). 1530–1536. 9 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri. (2006). Do vitamins C and E affect respiratory infections?. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 23 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri & Robert M. Douglas. (1999). Vitamin C and acute respiratory infections.. PubMed. 3(9). 756–61. 55 indexed citations

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Hemilä, Harri. (1997). Vitamin C supplementation and the common cold: was Linus Pauling right or wrong?. PubMed. 67(5). 329–35. 34 indexed citations

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