Kari Auranen

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Kari Auranen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kari Auranen has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Epidemiology, 27 papers in Microbiology and 13 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kari Auranen's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (52 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (33 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (30 papers). Kari Auranen is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (52 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (33 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (30 papers). Kari Auranen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and United Kingdom. Kari Auranen's co-authors include Jacco Wallinga, Janneke C. M. Heijne, Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys, Magdalena Rosińska, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Joël Mossong, W. John Edmunds, Mark Jit, Philippe Beutels and Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kari Auranen

94 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kari Auranen Finland	28	2.4k	1.5k	720	702	447	99	3.8k
Janneke C. M. Heijne Netherlands	23	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	590 0.8×	427 1.0×	75	3.2k
Marco Massari Italy	21	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	823 1.1×	352 0.5×	348 0.8×	43	3.2k
Stefania Salmaso Italy	26	3.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	1.7k 2.5×	417 0.9×	67	5.3k
Alessia Melegaro Italy	34	2.0k 0.8×	879 0.6×	509 0.7×	446 0.6×	226 0.5×	68	3.2k
Jodie McVernon Australia	35	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	977 1.4×	921 1.3×	394 0.9×	177	3.9k
Nigel Gay United Kingdom	36	3.1k 1.3×	841 0.6×	786 1.1×	675 1.0×	386 0.9×	62	4.1k
Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys Poland	12	1.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	842 1.2×	220 0.3×	376 0.8×	108	2.7k
Joël Mossong Luxembourg	31	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 2.3×	149 0.2×	468 1.0×	84	4.8k
Ashleigh R. Tuite Canada	29	990 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	291 0.4×	498 1.1×	124	3.3k
Peter J White United Kingdom	35	1.6k 0.7×	649 0.4×	1.6k 2.2×	437 0.6×	352 0.8×	122	3.6k

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Leino, Tuija, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the direct and indirect components of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness during the Delta variant era. Epidemiology and Infection. 153. e59–e59.

Auranen, Kari, et al.. (2025). Methods for Generating and Evaluating Synthetic Longitudinal Patient Data: A Systematic Review. arXiv (Cornell University). 10(1). 1–39. 1 indexed citations

Pelto, Juho, Kari Auranen, Janne V. Kujala, & Leo Lahti. (2025). Elementary methods provide more replicable results in microbial differential abundance analysis. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 26(2). 2 indexed citations

Aronen, Eeva T., et al.. (2025). Duration of ADHD medication treatment among Finnish children and adolescents ‒ a nationwide register study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 34(10). 3151–3160.

Palmu, Arto A., Sangita Kulathinal, Kari Auranen, et al.. (2024). Development of Real-Time Surveillance for Serious Adverse Events in a Pragmatic Clinical Trial Using National Registers in Finland. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 16. 901–915.

Reinhold, V N, Roope A. Kallionpää, Kari Auranen, et al.. (2024). Hospital Visits Associated With Oral Infections in Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Register‐Based Analysis. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 197(2). e63887–e63887. 2 indexed citations

Poukka, Eero, Jori Perälä, Hanna Nohynek, et al.. (2024). Relative effectiveness of bivalent boosters against severe COVID-19 outcomes among people aged ≥ 65 years in Finland, September 2022 to August 2023. Eurosurveillance. 29(37). 6 indexed citations

Auranen, Kari, Sangita Kulathinal, Tommi Härkänen, et al.. (2023). Underreporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections during the first wave of the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic in Finland—Bayesian inference based on a series of serological surveys. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0282094–e0282094. 2 indexed citations

Gröndahl‐Yli‐Hannuksela, Kirsi, Kaisu Rantakokko‐Jalava, Esa Rintala, et al.. (2022). Whole genome sequencing reveals new links between spa t172/CC59 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases in low-endemicity region of Southwest Finland, 2007‒2016. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21326–21326. 2 indexed citations

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Karppinen, Sinikka, Johanna Teräsjärvi, Kari Auranen, et al.. (2017). Acquisition and Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae Are Facilitated during Rhinovirus Infection in Families with Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(9). 1172–1180. 29 indexed citations

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Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Kari Auranen, Sarah Baird, et al.. (2017). Simulations for designing and interpreting intervention trials in infectious diseases. BMC Medicine. 15(1). 223–223. 47 indexed citations

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Vänskä, Simopekka, Kari Auranen, Tuija Leino, et al.. (2013). Impact of Vaccination on 14 High-Risk HPV Type Infections: A Mathematical Modelling Approach. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72088–e72088. 29 indexed citations

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Cheng, Allen, et al.. (2013). Pneumococcal Transmission and Disease In Silico: A Microsimulation Model of the Indirect Effects of Vaccination. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56079–e56079. 39 indexed citations

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Auranen, Kari, Hanna Rinta‐Kokko, David Goldblatt, et al.. (2013). Colonisation endpoints in Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine trials. Vaccine. 32(1). 153–158. 41 indexed citations

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Varvio, Sirkka‐Liisa, Kari Auranen, Elja Arjas, & P. Helena Mäkelä. (2009). Evolution of the Capsular Regulatory Genes inStreptococcus pneumoniae. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 200(7). 1144–1151. 19 indexed citations

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Rinta‐Kokko, Hanna, Ron Dagan, Noga Givon‐Lavi, & Kari Auranen. (2009). Estimation of vaccine efficacy against acquisition of pneumococcal carriage. Vaccine. 27(29). 3831–3837. 61 indexed citations

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Ollgren, Jukka, et al.. (2009). Epidemiological Evidence for Serotype‐Independent Acquired Immunity to Pneumococcal Carriage. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 200(1). 99–106. 41 indexed citations

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Sillanpää, Mikko J. & Kari Auranen. (2004). Replication in genetic studies of complex traits. Annals of Human Genetics. 68(6). 646–657. 41 indexed citations

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Puumalainen, Taneli, Helena Käyhty, Marilla Lucero, et al.. (2002). Antibody response to an eleven valent diphtheria- and tetanus-conjugated pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Filipino infants. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 21(4). 309–314. 33 indexed citations

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Auranen, Kari, Jukka Ranta, Aino K. Takala, & Elja Arjas. (1996). A STATISTICAL MODEL OF TRANSMISSION OF Hib BACTERIA IN A FAMILY. Statistics in Medicine. 15(20). 2235–2252. 13 indexed citations

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