Johanna Virtanen

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Johanna Virtanen is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Johanna Virtanen has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Emergency Medicine and 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Johanna Virtanen's work include Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies (9 papers), Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (9 papers) and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (7 papers). Johanna Virtanen is often cited by papers focused on Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies (9 papers), Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (9 papers) and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (7 papers). Johanna Virtanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Germany. Johanna Virtanen's co-authors include Juha Grönroos, Paulina Salminen, Saija Hurme, Tuomo Rantanen, Tero Rautio, Pia Nordström, Hannu Paajanen, Markku Aarnio, Airi Jartti and Juhani Sand and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Annals of Surgery and Journal of Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Johanna Virtanen

31 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis

2015 483 citations Paulina Salminen, Hannu Paajanen et al. JAMA profile →
Five-Year Follow-up of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in the APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial

2018 271 citations Paulina Salminen, Risto Tuominen et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johanna Virtanen Finland	17	1.0k	894	252	156	153	33	1.5k
Angelo Di Giorgio Italy	22	900 0.9×	322 0.4×	383 1.5×	71 0.5×	57 0.4×	84	1.5k
Tasneem Lalani United States	17	478 0.5×	347 0.4×	24 0.1×	115 0.7×	234 1.5×	24	1.1k
Michael C. Hill United States	19	883 0.9×	149 0.2×	302 1.2×	276 1.8×	95 0.6×	47	1.5k
Liina Pōder United States	22	471 0.5×	96 0.1×	389 1.5×	647 4.1×	137 0.9×	83	1.5k
Peter Beddy Ireland	23	585 0.6×	63 0.1×	201 0.8×	229 1.5×	236 1.5×	45	1.4k
Kandiah Chandrakumaran United Kingdom	24	2.0k 2.0×	903 1.0×	636 2.5×	21 0.1×	64 0.4×	60	2.6k
Leslie Wise United States	16	793 0.8×	364 0.4×	183 0.7×	17 0.1×	18 0.1×	31	1.1k
Charles Levine United States	16	504 0.5×	204 0.2×	53 0.2×	67 0.4×	321 2.1×	46	1.1k
Marco Ceresoli Italy	22	1.2k 1.2×	569 0.6×	198 0.8×	23 0.1×	36 0.2×	68	1.6k
Roland Rymer France	19	520 0.5×	60 0.1×	428 1.7×	735 4.7×	53 0.3×	44	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johanna Virtanen

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Rinta‐Kiikka, Irina, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic efficiency of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/MRI, MRI alone, and SUV and ADC values in staging of primary uterine cervical cancer. Cancer Imaging. 21(1). 16–16. 23 indexed citations

Jokimaa, Varpu, et al.. (2020). A Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser patient with leiomyoma and dysplasia of neovagina: a case report. BMC Women s Health. 20(1). 157–157. 5 indexed citations

Kemppainen, Jukka, Johanna Hynninen, Johanna Virtanen, & Marko Seppänen. (2019). PET/CT for Evaluation of Ovarian Cancer. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 49(6). 484–492. 39 indexed citations

Hynninen, Johanna, Tuulia Vallius, Jukka Kemppainen, et al.. (2018). Clinical Value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Response Evaluation after Primary Treatment of Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Oncology. 30(8). 507–514. 6 indexed citations

Vallius, Tuulia, Johanna Hynninen, Jukka Kemppainen, et al.. (2018). 18F-FDG-PET/CT based total metabolic tumor volume change during neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts outcome in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 45(7). 1224–1232. 32 indexed citations

Haijanen, Jussi, Juha Grönroos, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2018). Optimising the antibiotic treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a protocol for a multicentre randomised clinical trial (APPAC II trial). BMC Surgery. 18(1). 117–117. 32 indexed citations

Salminen, Paulina, Juha Grönroos, Irina Rinta‐Kiikka, et al.. (2017). LOW-DOSE CT PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS: THE OPTICAP PHANTOM STUDY. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 178(1). 20–28. 6 indexed citations

Lietzén, Elina, Paulina Salminen, Irina Rinta‐Kiikka, et al.. (2017). The Accuracy of the Computed Tomography Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: Does the Experience of the Radiologist Matter?. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery. 107(1). 43–47. 12 indexed citations

Lietzén, Elina, Juha Grönroos, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2016). Is preoperative distinction between complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis feasible without imaging?. Surgery. 160(3). 789–795. 35 indexed citations

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Salminen, Paulina, Hannu Paajanen, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2015). Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 70(10). 619–620. 1 indexed citations

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Salminen, Paulina, Hannu Paajanen, Tero Rautio, et al.. (2015). Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis. JAMA. 313(23). 2340–2340. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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Armand, Philippe, Haesook T. Kim, Johanna Virtanen, et al.. (2014). Iron Overload in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcome: A Meta-Analysis. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 20(8). 1248–1251. 57 indexed citations

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Oikonen, Mervi, Johanna Virtanen, Riitta Parkkola, et al.. (2014). Prevalence and determinants of fatty liver in normal-weight and overweight young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Annals of Medicine. 47(1). 40–46. 41 indexed citations

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Armand, Philippe, Haesook T. Kim, Johanna Virtanen, et al.. (2014). Iron Overload in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Outcome: A Meta-Analysis. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 20(2). S27–S28. 1 indexed citations

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Vallius, Tuulia, Johanna Hynninen, Annika Auranen, et al.. (2014). Serum HE4 and CA125 as predictors of response and outcome during neoadjuvant chemotherapy of advanced high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Tumor Biology. 35(12). 12389–12395. 40 indexed citations

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Hynninen, Johanna, Jukka Kemppainen, Maija Lavonius, et al.. (2013). A prospective comparison of integrated FDG-PET/contrast-enhanced CT and contrast-enhanced CT for pretreatment imaging of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 131(2). 389–394. 75 indexed citations

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Roivainen, Anne, Rauli Leino, Heimo Nurmi, et al.. (2013). Characterization of hepatic tumors using [11C]metomidate through positron emission tomography: comparison with [11C]acetate. EJNMMI Research. 3(1). 13–13. 7 indexed citations

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Virtanen, Johanna, et al.. (2012). Iron overload: accuracy of in-phase and out-of-phase MRI as a quick method to evaluate liver iron load in haematological malignancies and chronic liver disease. British Journal of Radiology. 85(1014). e162–e167. 10 indexed citations

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Hynninen, Johanna, Annika Auranen, Olli Carpén, et al.. (2012). FDG PET/CT in staging of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: Frequency of supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastasis challenges the traditional pattern of disease spread. Gynecologic Oncology. 126(1). 64–68. 70 indexed citations

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Luostarinen, Markku, Johanna Virtanen, M Koskinen, M Matikainen, & J Isolauri. (2001). Dysphagia and Oesophageal Clearance After Laparoscopic versus Open Nissen Fundoplication. A Randomized, Prospective Trial. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 36(6). 565–571. 51 indexed citations

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