Katariina Pärnänen

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Katariina Pärnänen is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katariina Pärnänen has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pollution, 11 papers in Molecular Medicine and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Katariina Pärnänen's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (11 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (7 papers). Katariina Pärnänen is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (11 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (7 papers). Katariina Pärnänen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Katariina Pärnänen's co-authors include Antti Karkman, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Marko Virta, Christina Lyra, Jenni Hultman, Manu Tamminen, James M. Tiedje, Samuli Rautava, Robert D. Stedtfeld and Reetta Satokari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Katariina Pärnänen

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Fecal pollution can explain antibiotic resistance gene abundances in anthropogenically impacted environments

2019 469 citations Antti Karkman, Katariina Pärnänen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements

2018 454 citations Katariina Pärnänen, Antti Karkman et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katariina Pärnänen Finland	13	1.2k	697	523	409	164	20	1.8k
Alejandro Amézquita United Kingdom	21	1.2k 1.0×	613 0.9×	535 1.0×	264 0.6×	126 0.8×	36	2.5k
Nachiket P. Marathe Norway	23	1.0k 0.9×	838 1.2×	755 1.4×	342 0.8×	76 0.5×	58	2.1k
Meredith S. Wright United States	23	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	873 1.7×	477 1.2×	204 1.2×	42	3.0k
Sanket Patel United States	14	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	920 1.8×	395 1.0×	51 0.3×	28	2.1k
Andrew Scott Canada	23	1.1k 1.0×	549 0.8×	307 0.6×	278 0.7×	60 0.4×	41	1.8k
Christian J. H. von Wintersdorff Netherlands	10	634 0.5×	706 1.0×	471 0.9×	289 0.7×	65 0.4×	13	1.5k
Aude Teillant United States	6	1.6k 1.4×	991 1.4×	476 0.9×	251 0.6×	294 1.8×	6	3.1k
Ivone Vaz‐Moreira Portugal	27	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	925 1.8×	570 1.4×	160 1.0×	59	3.4k
Joseph Nesme Denmark	24	828 0.7×	531 0.8×	630 1.2×	513 1.3×	89 0.5×	60	2.0k
Madelaine Norström Norway	19	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	441 0.8×	294 0.7×	119 0.7×	47	2.5k

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Pärnänen, Katariina, Matti O. Ruuskanen, Guilhem Sommeria‐Klein, et al.. (2025). Variation and prognostic potential of the gut antibiotic resistome in the FINRISK 2002 cohort. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5963–5963. 2 indexed citations

Pärnänen, Katariina, et al.. (2025). Maternal pre- and postnatal stress and maternal and infant gut microbiota features. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 172. 107273–107273. 3 indexed citations

Diab, Hassan Mahmoud, Ville L. Langén, Veikko Salomaa, et al.. (2025). Associations between gut microbiome and circulating cytokines: a cross-sectional analysis in the FINRISK 2002 population cohort. Gut Pathogens. 17(1). 66–66.

Salehi, Maryam, Johan Bengtsson‐Palme, Peter Collignon, et al.. (2025). Gender differences in global antimicrobial resistance. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11(1). 79–79. 1 indexed citations

Hellman, Tapio, Joonatan Palmu, Aki S. Havulinna, et al.. (2025). Gut Microbiome as a Risk Factor for Future CKD. Kidney International Reports. 10(6). 1673–1682. 2 indexed citations

Jokela, R., Katariina Pärnänen, Alise J. Ponsero, et al.. (2024). A cohort study in family triads: impact of gut microbiota composition and early life exposures on intestinal resistome during the first two years of life. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2383746–2383746. 4 indexed citations

Haukka, Kaisa, Katariina Pärnänen, Victorien Dougnon, et al.. (2023). Metagenomic Analysis of the Abundance and Composition of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Hospital Wastewater in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Finland. mSphere. 8(1). e0053822–e0053822. 24 indexed citations

Muurinen, Johanna, Windi Muziasari, Jenni Hultman, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic Resistomes and Microbiomes in the Surface Water along the Code River in Indonesia Reflect Drainage Basin Anthropogenic Activities. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(21). 14994–15006. 25 indexed citations

Pärnänen, Katariina, Jenni Hultman, Reetta Satokari, et al.. (2021). Early-life formula feeding is associated with infant gut microbiota alterations and an increased antibiotic resistance load. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(2). 407–421. 55 indexed citations

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Pärnänen, Katariina. (2021). Interconnected resistomes and the accumulative antibiotic resistance crisis. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja.

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Hall, James P. J., Ellie Harrison, Katariina Pärnänen, Marko Virta, & Michael A. Brockhurst. (2020). The Impact of Mercury Selection and Conjugative Genetic Elements on Community Structure and Resistance Gene Transfer. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1846–1846. 18 indexed citations

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Karkman, Antti, Katariina Pärnänen, & D. G. Joakim Larsson. (2019). Fecal pollution can explain antibiotic resistance gene abundances in anthropogenically impacted environments. Nature Communications. 10(1). 80–80. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pärnänen, Katariina, Antti Karkman, Jenni Hultman, et al.. (2018). Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3891–3891. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hultman, Jenni, Manu Tamminen, Katariina Pärnänen, et al.. (2018). Host range of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plant influent and effluent. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 94(4). 184 indexed citations

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Muurinen, Johanna, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Antti Karkman, et al.. (2017). Influence of Manure Application on the Environmental Resistome under Finnish Agricultural Practice with Restricted Antibiotic Use. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(11). 5989–5999. 149 indexed citations

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Pärnänen, Katariina, Antti Karkman, Manu Tamminen, et al.. (2016). Evaluating the mobility potential of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental resistomes without metagenomics. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35790–35790. 45 indexed citations

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Muziasari, Windi, Katariina Pärnänen, Timothy A. Johnson, et al.. (2016). Aquaculture changes the profile of antibiotic resistance and mobile genetic element associated genes in Baltic Sea sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(4). fiw052–fiw052. 160 indexed citations

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Ruuskanen, Matti O., Johanna Muurinen, Katariina Pärnänen, et al.. (2015). Fertilizing with Animal Manure Disseminates Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Farm Environment. Journal of Environmental Quality. 45(2). 488–493. 62 indexed citations

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Muziasari, Windi, Satoshi Managaki, Katariina Pärnänen, et al.. (2014). Sulphonamide and Trimethoprim Resistance Genes Persist in Sediments at Baltic Sea Aquaculture Farms but Are Not Detected in the Surrounding Environment. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92702–e92702. 99 indexed citations

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Pärnänen, Katariina, Antti Karkman, Marko Virta, Eeva Eronen‐Rasimus, & Hermanni Kaartokallio. (2014). Discovery of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PhaC)-encoding genes from seasonal Baltic Sea ice and cold estuarine waters. Extremophiles. 19(1). 197–206. 21 indexed citations

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