Heidi Virtanen

847 total citations
25 papers, 427 citations indexed

About

Heidi Virtanen is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Virtanen has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 427 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Heidi Virtanen's work include Diabetes Management and Research (8 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (3 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers). Heidi Virtanen is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Management and Research (8 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (3 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers). Heidi Virtanen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Finland and United Kingdom. Heidi Virtanen's co-authors include Josephine Ho, Raylene A. Reimer, Carol Huang, Alissa C. Nicolucci, Alana Schick, Jon Meddings, Danièle Pacaud, Jean K. Mah, Märt Saarma and Pia Runeberg‐Roos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Virtanen

23 papers receiving 418 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heidi Virtanen Canada 11 151 104 92 88 79 25 427
Mitali Shah United States 9 136 0.9× 45 0.4× 55 0.6× 110 1.3× 27 0.3× 24 382
Yanan Hou China 12 79 0.5× 47 0.5× 30 0.3× 62 0.7× 41 0.5× 25 380
Mei Luo China 13 271 1.8× 65 0.6× 20 0.2× 136 1.5× 130 1.6× 37 552
Adam Buckley United Kingdom 10 133 0.9× 241 2.3× 61 0.7× 194 2.2× 67 0.8× 27 605
Rosa Ferreira dos Santos Brazil 12 80 0.5× 98 0.9× 26 0.3× 88 1.0× 33 0.4× 25 321
V. Del Gobbo Italy 11 78 0.5× 62 0.6× 104 1.1× 192 2.2× 23 0.3× 21 614
Irit Markus Australia 13 188 1.2× 92 0.9× 11 0.1× 115 1.3× 28 0.4× 29 565
Xiaoting Pei China 13 61 0.4× 37 0.4× 93 1.0× 97 1.1× 13 0.2× 35 404
Samreen K. Syed United States 12 137 0.9× 90 0.9× 11 0.1× 104 1.2× 53 0.7× 15 494
Fernando Riveros-Mckay United Kingdom 8 84 0.6× 13 0.1× 36 0.4× 52 0.6× 157 2.0× 14 364

Countries citing papers authored by Heidi Virtanen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heidi Virtanen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Virtanen

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

All Works

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Huang, Carol, Elizabeth Rosolowsky, Sonia Butalia, et al.. (2025). Prebiotic supplementation in patients with type 1 diabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Canada. BMJ Open. 15(5). e102486–e102486.
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Donovan, Lois, Rhonda C. Bell, Denice S. Feig, et al.. (2024). Glycaemic patterns during breastfeeding with postpartum use of closed-loop insulin delivery in women with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 67(10). 2154–2159. 5 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Jennifer M., Denice S. Feig, Helen Murphy, et al.. (2024). Women’s and Partners’ Experiences With a Closed-loop Insulin Delivery System to Manage Type 1 Diabetes in the Postpartum Period. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 48(8). 502–509.e2. 1 indexed citations
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Tuominen, Samuli, Liisa Ukkola‐Vuoti, Mariann I. Lassenius, et al.. (2023). Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome: Real‐World Evidence on Incidence and Hospital Resource Use From a Finnish Data Lake. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 77(4). 479–485. 3 indexed citations
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Donovan, Lois, Denice S. Feig, Helen R. Murphy, et al.. (2023). A Randomized Trial of Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery Postpartum in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 46(12). 2258–2266. 17 indexed citations
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Pacaud, Danièle, Kenneth Romanchuk, Heidi Virtanen, et al.. (2022). Corneal nerve and nerve conduction abnormalities in children with type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(8). 1665–1673. 1 indexed citations
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Mayengbam, Shyamchand, Heidi Virtanen, Dustin S. Hittel, et al.. (2019). Metabolic consequences of discretionary fortified beverage consumption containing excessive vitamin B levels in adolescents. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0209913–e0209913. 11 indexed citations
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Ferdousi, Maryam, Kenneth Romanchuk, Jean K. Mah, et al.. (2019). Early corneal nerve fibre damage and increased Langerhans cell density in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8758–8758. 49 indexed citations
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Potter, Kathryn J., Heidi Virtanen, Fiona A. Stewart, et al.. (2019). Exploring Knowledge and Safety Practices for Driving in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 44(2). 169–174.e2. 4 indexed citations
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Donovan, Lois, Amy Metcalfe, Alex Chin, et al.. (2018). A Practical Approach for the Verification and Determination of Site- and Trimester-Specific Reference Intervals for Thyroid Function Tests in Pregnancy. Thyroid. 29(3). 412–420. 10 indexed citations
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Potter, Kathryn J., Paola De Luca, Danièle Pacaud, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit substance use in a population of Canadian adolescents with type 1 diabetes compared to a general adolescent population. Paediatrics & Child Health. 23(3). 185–190. 15 indexed citations
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Ball, Geoff D.C., Nicholas D. Spence, Kathleen O’Connor, et al.. (2017). The readiness and motivation interview for families (RMI-Family) managing pediatric obesity: study protocol. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 261–261. 7 indexed citations
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Potter, Kathryn J., Heidi Virtanen, Paola De Luca, et al.. (2017). Exploring Knowledge and Safety Practices for Driving in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 41(5). S19–S19. 1 indexed citations
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Ho, Josephine, Sue D. Pedersen, Heidi Virtanen, Alberto Nettel‐Aguirre, & Carol Huang. (2016). Family Intervention for Obese/Overweight Children Using Portion Control Strategy (FOCUS) for Weight Control. Global Pediatric Health. 3. 2333794X16669014–2333794X16669014. 6 indexed citations
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Pacaud, Danièle, Kenneth Romanchuk, Mitra Tavakoli, et al.. (2015). The Reliability and Reproducibility of Corneal Confocal Microscopy in Children. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(9). 5636–5636. 29 indexed citations
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Toth, Cory, et al.. (2014). Motor unit number estimations are smaller in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A case–cohort study. Muscle & Nerve. 50(4). 593–598. 9 indexed citations
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Parkash, Vimal, Veli‐Matti Leppänen, Heidi Virtanen, et al.. (2008). The Structure of the Glial Cell Line-derived Neurotrophic Factor-Coreceptor Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(50). 35164–35172. 65 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Heidi, Jianmin Yang, Maxim M. Bespalov, et al.. (2005). The first cysteine-rich domain of the receptor GFRα1 stabilizes the binding of GDNF. Biochemical Journal. 387(3). 817–824. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Jianmin, Maria Lindahl, Päivi Lindholm, et al.. (2004). PSPN/GFRα4 has a significantly weaker capacity than GDNF/GFRα1 to recruit RET to rafts, but promotes neuronal survival and neurite outgrowth. FEBS Letters. 569(1-3). 267–271. 16 indexed citations

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