Katri Aro

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Katri Aro is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Otorhinolaryngology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katri Aro has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Surgery, 24 papers in Oncology and 21 papers in Otorhinolaryngology. Recurrent topics in Katri Aro's work include Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (26 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (21 papers) and Ear and Head Tumors (14 papers). Katri Aro is often cited by papers focused on Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (26 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (21 papers) and Ear and Head Tumors (14 papers). Katri Aro collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United States. Katri Aro's co-authors include Antti Mäkitie, David T. Wong, Michael Tu, Karolina Elżbieta Kaczor‐Urbanowicz, Carmen Martín Carreras‐Presas, Franklin García‐Godoy, Ilmo Leivo, Leif Bäck, Timo Atula and Wei Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Katri Aro

53 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Saliva diagnostics – Current views and directions 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Saliva diagnostics – Current views and directions
    2016 336 citations Karolina Elżbieta Kaczor‐Urbanowicz, Carmen Martín Carreras‐Presas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katri Aro Finland 17 621 469 237 218 203 58 1.3k
Kwang‐Yoon Jung South Korea 22 862 1.4× 335 0.7× 200 0.8× 264 1.2× 165 0.8× 129 1.6k
Donald T. Weed United States 26 792 1.3× 719 1.5× 153 0.6× 408 1.9× 426 2.1× 82 2.0k
Ana Carolina Prado Ribeiro Brazil 23 342 0.6× 492 1.0× 154 0.6× 222 1.0× 465 2.3× 114 1.7k
Irene Wessel Denmark 22 380 0.6× 593 1.3× 108 0.5× 390 1.8× 389 1.9× 91 1.5k
Marco Mascitti Italy 24 238 0.4× 308 0.7× 81 0.3× 384 1.8× 266 1.3× 77 1.3k
Thaís Bianca Brandão Brazil 22 225 0.4× 414 0.9× 164 0.7× 183 0.8× 440 2.2× 112 1.6k
Naoyuki Kohno Japan 21 561 0.9× 417 0.9× 183 0.8× 180 0.8× 602 3.0× 143 1.3k
J. Hun Hah South Korea 26 796 1.3× 441 0.9× 176 0.7× 236 1.1× 321 1.6× 87 1.7k
Mohssen Ansarin Italy 26 876 1.4× 624 1.3× 242 1.0× 172 0.8× 1.1k 5.3× 105 1.9k
Jonathan Irish Canada 20 670 1.1× 329 0.7× 96 0.4× 604 2.8× 273 1.3× 30 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katri Aro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katri Aro

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aro, Katri, et al.. (2025). A pilot study comparing three-dimensional models of tumor histopathology and magnetic resonance imaging. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1888–1888.
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Aro, Katri, et al.. (2024). Clinical decision making when cytology indicates a Warthin tumor. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 8832–8832. 2 indexed citations
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Rautava, Jaana, Gösta Ehnholm, Nick Hayward, et al.. (2024). Ultrasound-Enhanced Fine-Needle Biopsy Improves Yield in Human Epithelial and Lymphoid Tissue. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 50(8). 1247–1254. 2 indexed citations
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Laine, Jukka, Katri Aro, Leif Bäck, et al.. (2023). Circulating Tumor DNA in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Association with Metabolic Tumor Burden Determined with FDG-PET/CT. Cancers. 15(15). 3970–3970. 15 indexed citations
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Ho, Allen S., Michael Luu, Bonnie Balzer, et al.. (2023). Comparative impact of grade on mortality across salivary cancers: A novel, unifying staging system. Head & Neck. 45(8). 2028–2039. 8 indexed citations
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Ilmarinen, Taru, et al.. (2023). PET-CT detection of local residual laryngeal carcinoma after definitive (chemo)radiotherapy. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 358–358. 2 indexed citations
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Atula, Timo, et al.. (2022). Complications in lymph node excision in the head and neck area. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 142(9-12). 738–742. 5 indexed citations
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Bäck, Leif, Katri Aro, Patrik Lassus, et al.. (2022). Carotid interposition in patients with head and neck tumors: clinical experience of 13 cases reconstructed with a great saphenous vein autograft. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 142(5). 419–424. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Man, Timo Atula, Katri Aro, et al.. (2021). The presence of herpesviruses in malignant but not in benign or recurrent pleomorphic adenomas. Tumor Biology. 43(1). 249–259. 4 indexed citations
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Aro, Katri, Anna‐Maria Koivusalo, Tommy Wilkman, et al.. (2020). Perioperative Dexamethasone Is Associated With Higher Short-Term Mortality in Reconstructive Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 78(10). 1835–1845. 2 indexed citations
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Aro, Katri, et al.. (2019). Comparison of intubation and tracheotomy in adult patients with acute epiglottitis or supraglottitis. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 276(11). 3173–3177. 7 indexed citations
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Aro, Katri, Leif Bäck, Timo Atula, et al.. (2019). Total laryngopharyngectomy with circumferential reconstruction: Helsinki institutional study. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 276(9). 2577–2584. 4 indexed citations
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Aro, Katri, Allen S. Ho, Michael Luu, et al.. (2018). Development of a novel salivary gland cancer lymph node staging system. Cancer. 124(15). 3171–3180. 32 indexed citations
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Mohamed, Hesham, Katri Aro, Lauri Jouhi, et al.. (2018). Expression of hormone receptors in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 275(5). 1289–1300. 11 indexed citations
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Keski–Säntti, Harri, Leif Bäck, Patrik Lassus, et al.. (2017). Total or subtotal glossectomy with laryngeal preservation: a national study of 29 patients. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 275(1). 191–197. 12 indexed citations
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Bäck, Leif, et al.. (2017). Comparison of intubation and tracheotomy in patients with deep neck infection. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 274(10). 3767–3772. 35 indexed citations
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Aro, Katri, Ilmo Leivo, & Antti Mäkitie. (2014). Management of salivary gland malignancies in the pediatric population. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery. 22(2). 116–120. 15 indexed citations
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Jee, Kowan Ja, Marta Persson, Kristiina Heikinheimo, et al.. (2012). Genomic profiles and CRTC1–MAML2 fusion distinguish different subtypes of mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Modern Pathology. 26(2). 213–222. 109 indexed citations
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Kaczor‐Urbanowicz, Karolina Elżbieta, Harsh M. Trivedi, Patrícia Oliveira de Lima, et al.. (2010). Oral Biology. Methods in molecular biology. 8 indexed citations

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