Katri Backman

773 total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 487 citations indexed

About

Katri Backman is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Katri Backman has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 487 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Katri Backman's work include Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (7 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers). Katri Backman is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (7 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers). Katri Backman collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and Norway. Katri Backman's co-authors include Marjo Renko, Ilari Kuitunen, Miia Artama, Tarja Heiskanen‐Kosma, Matti Korppi, Eija Piippo‐Savolainen, Heikki Koskela, Kirsi Nuolivirta, Leea Keski‐Nisula and Paula Heikkilä and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Development and Psychopathology and Psychoneuroendocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Katri Backman

27 papers receiving 480 citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Effect of Social Distancing Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence of Viral Respiratory Tract Infections in Children in Finland During Early 2020

2020 228 citations Ilari Kuitunen, Katri Backman et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katri Backman Finland	9	288	225	84	81	55	28	487
Seon Cheol Park South Korea	12	184 0.6×	235 1.0×	94 1.1×	194 2.4×	47 0.9×	25	565
Vasiliki Papaevangelou Greece	11	122 0.4×	73 0.3×	38 0.5×	91 1.1×	48 0.9×	20	405
Matteo Fontana Italy	14	211 0.7×	288 1.3×	58 0.7×	76 0.9×	67 1.2×	31	677
Frances L. Vaughn United States	6	363 1.3×	103 0.5×	37 0.4×	185 2.3×	15 0.3×	6	608
Jesper Kjærgaard Denmark	15	58 0.2×	91 0.4×	32 0.4×	72 0.9×	115 2.1×	54	574
Dhiren Gupta India	13	83 0.3×	134 0.6×	24 0.3×	58 0.7×	81 1.5×	50	350
Ashley L. Miller United States	10	158 0.5×	51 0.2×	56 0.7×	28 0.3×	65 1.2×	28	454
Marta Bellasio Italy	6	177 0.6×	97 0.4×	75 0.9×	41 0.5×	38 0.7×	9	302
G. Thomas Ray United States	11	168 0.6×	107 0.5×	26 0.3×	64 0.8×	56 1.0×	14	634
Sudhir Venkatesan United Kingdom	10	179 0.6×	55 0.2×	57 0.7×	142 1.8×	65 1.2×	28	443

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katri Backman

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Cheng, Feon W., E Bauer, Nikki A. Ford, et al.. (2025). Avocado consumption during pregnancy linked to lower child food allergy risk: prospective KuBiCo study. Pediatric Research. 99(1). 119–125. 1 indexed citations

Jalanka, Jonna, Anne M. Karvonen, Martin Täubel, et al.. (2024). Maternal exercise during pregnancy is associated with reduced risk of asthma in the child: A prospective birth cohort study. Med. 6(2). 100514–100514. 1 indexed citations

Hantunen, Sari, et al.. (2024). Maternal dietary indexes are not linked to early childhood wheezing or atopic eczema. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 35(3). e14099–e14099. 6 indexed citations

Hantunen, Sari, Ari Voutilainen, Anu Ruusunen, et al.. (2024). Maternal caffeine, coffee and cola drink intake and the risk of gestational diabetes – Kuopio Birth Cohort. Primary care diabetes. 18(3). 362–367. 3 indexed citations

Voutilainen, Ari, Anu Ruusunen, Katri Backman, et al.. (2024). Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and the risk of delivering a small for gestational age baby: Kuopio Birth Cohort. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 310(1). 359–368. 5 indexed citations

Pesonen, Maiju, Owen C. Thomas, Elena Toffol, et al.. (2024). Microbial exposure at birth and the development of behavioral temperament during the first three years of childhood. Development and Psychopathology. 37(4). 2087–2098. 1 indexed citations

Backman, Katri, Merja Helminen, Eliisa Kekäläinen, et al.. (2024). Working group summary of the 2023 full update of the Finnish national guidelines for paediatric lower respiratory tract infections. Acta Paediatrica. 114(2). 248–257. 1 indexed citations

Backman, Katri, et al.. (2024). Fear of Childbirth Impairs Breastfeeding Success Independent of Mode of Birth. Breastfeeding Medicine. 19(12). 932–940.

Lehtonen, Marko, Seppo Auriola, Raimo Voutilainen, et al.. (2024). Associations of gestational anxiety and depression with neonatal hair steroid levels. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 172. 107260–107260. 1 indexed citations

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Kuitunen, Ilari, et al.. (2024). Monoclonal antibody therapies in respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis—An umbrella review. Pediatric Pulmonology. 59(10). 2374–2380. 4 indexed citations

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Voutilainen, Raimo, Markus Storvik, Merja R. Häkkinen, et al.. (2023). Comparative steroid profiling of newborn hair and umbilical cord serum highlights the role of fetal adrenals, placenta, and pregnancy outcomes in fetal steroid metabolism. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 232. 106357–106357. 7 indexed citations

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Backman, Katri, et al.. (2023). Vulvovaginal yeast infections, gestational diabetes and pregnancy outcome. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 70–70. 7 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, Paula, et al.. (2022). Viral wheezing in early childhood as a risk factor for asthma in young adulthood: A prospective long‐term cohort study. Health Science Reports. 5(2). e538–e538. 6 indexed citations

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Toffol, Elena, Katri Backman, Raimo Voutilainen, et al.. (2021). The impact of postpartum depressive symptoms on self-reported infant health and analgesic consumption at the age of 12 months: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 136. 388–397. 1 indexed citations

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Heikkilä, Paula, et al.. (2021). An increased asthma risk continued until young adulthood after early‐childhood hospitalisation for wheezing. Acta Paediatrica. 111(1). 157–162. 6 indexed citations

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Huuskonen, Pasi, Leea Keski‐Nisula, Seppo Heinonen, et al.. (2018). Kuopio birth cohort – design of a Finnish joint research effort for identification of environmental and lifestyle risk factors for the wellbeing of the mother and the newborn child. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 18(1). 381–381. 23 indexed citations

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Palmu, Sauli, Paula Heikkilä, Katri Backman, et al.. (2018). National treatment guidelines decreased the use of racemic adrenaline for bronchiolitis in four Finnish university hospitals. Acta Paediatrica. 107(11). 1966–1970. 8 indexed citations

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Lauhkonen, Eero, Sari Törmänen, Katri Backman, et al.. (2018). Prospective study confirms that bronchiolitis in early infancy increases the risk of reduced lung function at 10–13 years of age. Acta Paediatrica. 108(1). 124–130. 18 indexed citations

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Backman, Katri, et al.. (2017). Asthma and lung function in adulthood after a viral wheezing episode in early childhood. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 48(2). 138–146. 30 indexed citations

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Backman, Katri, et al.. (2013). Irreversible airway obstruction in adulthood after bronchiolitis in infancy: Evidence from a 30-year follow-up study. Respiratory Medicine. 108(1). 218–223. 17 indexed citations

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