Kai Savonen

5.2k total citations
84 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Savonen is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Savonen has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Physiology, 37 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 30 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Kai Savonen's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (30 papers), Physical Activity and Health (24 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (19 papers). Kai Savonen is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (30 papers), Physical Activity and Health (24 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (19 papers). Kai Savonen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom. Kai Savonen's co-authors include Rainer Rauramaa, Timo A. Lakka, Jari A. Laukkanen, Pirjo Komulainen, Maija Hassinen, David E. Laaksonen, Sudhir Kurl, Hassan Khan, Tuomo Tompuri and Tuomas Rauramaa and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Diabetes Care and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kai Savonen

80 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Savonen Finland	24	690	607	572	394	183	84	1.7k
Duck-chul Lee United States	10	544 0.8×	638 1.1×	418 0.7×	247 0.6×	123 0.7×	13	1.4k
Siddhartha S. Angadi United States	21	487 0.7×	486 0.8×	432 0.8×	275 0.7×	154 0.8×	73	1.5k
Radim Jurča United States	9	459 0.7×	757 1.2×	615 1.1×	399 1.0×	138 0.8×	19	1.5k
Reed Humphrey United States	18	742 1.1×	470 0.8×	605 1.1×	186 0.5×	230 1.3×	40	1.9k
Todd A. Duhamel Canada	27	926 1.3×	892 1.5×	596 1.0×	142 0.4×	269 1.5×	130	2.7k
Yuko Gando Japan	22	443 0.6×	830 1.4×	279 0.5×	241 0.6×	181 1.0×	83	1.6k
Mathieu Gayda Canada	27	1.2k 1.7×	557 0.9×	986 1.7×	148 0.4×	179 1.0×	124	2.1k
Breno Quintella Farah Brazil	22	663 1.0×	310 0.5×	466 0.8×	184 0.5×	134 0.7×	121	1.5k
Mary T. Imboden United States	18	466 0.7×	538 0.9×	507 0.9×	228 0.6×	112 0.6×	42	1.3k
Javaid Nauman Norway	25	692 1.0×	715 1.2×	419 0.7×	301 0.8×	57 0.3×	68	1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Savonen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Savonen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Veglia, Fabrizio, Anna Maria Malagoni, Mauro Amato, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Cardiovascular Risk Prediction with a Simplified Carotid IMT Protocol: Evidence from the IMPROVE Study. Biomedicines. 13(3). 584–584. 1 indexed citations

Haapala, Eero A., Marja H. Leppänen, Kai Savonen, et al.. (2024). Accumulating Sedentary Time and Physical Activity From Childhood to Adolescence and Cardiac Function in Adolescence. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(6). e031837–e031837. 2 indexed citations

Frigerio, B., Alice Bonomi, Mauro Amato, et al.. (2024). Determinants of Carotid Wall Echolucency in a Cohort of European High Cardiovascular Risk Subjects: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of IMPROVE Baseline Data. Biomedicines. 12(4). 737–737. 3 indexed citations

Vasankari, Tommi, Olli J. Heinonen, Raija Korpelainen, et al.. (2023). Psychosocial and health behavioural characteristics of longitudinal physical activity patterns: a cohort study from adolescence to young adulthood. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2156–2156. 3 indexed citations

Männistö, Ville, et al.. (2023). Gut ecological networks reveal associations between bacteria, exercise, and clinical profile in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients. mSystems. 8(5). e0022423–e0022423. 7 indexed citations

Koski, Pasi, Olli J. Heinonen, Raija Korpelainen, et al.. (2023). Sports‐related factors predicting maintained participation and dropout in organized sports in emerging adulthood: A four‐year follow‐up study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34(1). e14523–e14523.

Bergman, Otto, Damiano Baldassarre, Fabrizio Veglia, et al.. (2023). A machine learning based approach to identify carotid subclinical atherosclerosis endotypes. Cardiovascular Research. 119(16). 2594–2606. 13 indexed citations

Vähä‐Ypyä, Henri, Harri Sievänen, Pauliina Husu, et al.. (2022). How adherence to the updated physical activity guidelines should be assessed with accelerometer?. European Journal of Public Health. 32(Supplement_1). i50–i55. 14 indexed citations

Koski, Pasi, Olli J. Heinonen, Raija Korpelainen, et al.. (2022). Educational and family-related determinants of organized sports participation patterns from adolescence to emerging adulthood: A four-year follow-up study. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. 61(6). 317–331. 3 indexed citations

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Haapala, Eero A., Tuomo Tompuri, Niina Lintu, et al.. (2022). Is low cardiorespiratory fitness a feature of metabolic syndrome in children and adults?. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 25(11). 923–929. 13 indexed citations

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Husu, Pauliina, Henri Vähä‐Ypyä, Kari Tokola, et al.. (2022). Measurement of Physical Fitness and 24/7 Physical Activity, Standing, Sedentary Behavior, and Time in Bed in Working-Age Finns: Study Protocol for FINFIT 2021. Methods and Protocols. 5(1). 7–7. 7 indexed citations

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Babu, Ambrin Farizah, Ville Männistö, Kai Savonen, et al.. (2022). Effects of exercise on NAFLD using non-targeted metabolomics in adipose tissue, plasma, urine, and stool. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 6485–6485. 47 indexed citations

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Komulainen, Pirjo, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Kai Savonen, et al.. (2021). Exercise, diet, and cognition in a 4-year randomized controlled trial: Dose-Responses to Exercise Training (DR’s EXTRA). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 113(6). 1428–1439. 30 indexed citations

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Jae, Sae Young, Kevin S. Heffernan, Sudhir Kurl, et al.. (2020). Chronotropic Response to Exercise Testing and the Risk of Stroke. The American Journal of Cardiology. 143. 46–50. 2 indexed citations

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Salin, Kasper, Tommi Vasankari, Raija Korpelainen, et al.. (2019). Training Volume and Intensity of Physical Activity among Young Athletes: The Health Promoting Sports Club (HPSC) Study. Advances in Physical Education. 9(4). 270–287. 9 indexed citations

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Ristolainen, Leena, Jari Parkkari, Sami Kokko, et al.. (2019). Acute and overuse injuries among sports club members and non-members: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 20(1). 15 indexed citations

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Savonen, Kai, Tiia Ngandu, Alina Solomon, et al.. (2019). Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cognition: Longitudinal Associations in the FINGER Study. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 68(3). 961–968. 35 indexed citations

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Kokko, Sami, Lasse Kannas, Jari Villberg, et al.. (2016). Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep among Youth Participating and Non-Participating in Organized Sports—The Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) Study. Advances in Physical Education. 6(4). 378–388. 21 indexed citations

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Savonen, Kai, Vesa Kiviniemi, Jari A. Laukkanen, et al.. (2008). Chronotropic incompetence and mortality in middle-aged men with known or suspected coronary heart disease. European Heart Journal. 29(15). 1896–1902. 40 indexed citations

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Savonen, Kai, Timo A. Lakka, Jari A. Laukkanen, et al.. (2006). Heart rate response during exercise test and cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged men. European Heart Journal. 27(5). 582–588. 88 indexed citations

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