Leena Ala‐Mursula

2.3k total citations
68 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Leena Ala‐Mursula is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Leena Ala‐Mursula has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Leena Ala‐Mursula's work include Workplace Health and Well-being (28 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (20 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (8 papers). Leena Ala‐Mursula is often cited by papers focused on Workplace Health and Well-being (28 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (20 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (8 papers). Leena Ala‐Mursula collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and Sweden. Leena Ala‐Mursula's co-authors include Jussi Vahtera, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Anne Linna, Ari Väänänen, Marko Elovainio, Jouko Miettunen, Anne Kouvonen, Juha Auvinen and Sirkka Keinänen‐Kiukaanniemi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Leena Ala‐Mursula

62 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leena Ala‐Mursula Finland	18	974	297	249	245	199	68	1.6k
Karen Albertsen Denmark	22	1.2k 1.2×	317 1.1×	249 1.0×	286 1.2×	338 1.7×	69	1.9k
Kaori Fujishiro United States	24	829 0.9×	200 0.7×	393 1.6×	104 0.4×	136 0.7×	61	1.6k
Sadhbh Joyce Australia	14	1.2k 1.2×	538 1.8×	200 0.8×	129 0.5×	148 0.7×	16	2.2k
Oliver Hämmig Switzerland	23	1.2k 1.2×	475 1.6×	432 1.7×	89 0.4×	303 1.5×	51	1.9k
E. M. de Croon Netherlands	10	741 0.8×	328 1.1×	137 0.6×	184 0.8×	234 1.2×	18	1.4k
Jac J. L. van der Klink Netherlands	27	1.6k 1.6×	500 1.7×	152 0.6×	133 0.5×	163 0.8×	93	2.5k
Sharon Toker Israel	24	1.4k 1.4×	750 2.5×	253 1.0×	202 0.8×	425 2.1×	49	2.6k
Ida E H Madsen Denmark	27	1.4k 1.5×	516 1.7×	538 2.2×	94 0.4×	207 1.0×	90	2.2k
Fotios Anagnostopoulos Greece	27	631 0.6×	461 1.6×	360 1.4×	252 1.0×	71 0.4×	77	2.1k
Talma Kushnir Israel	24	1000 1.0×	468 1.6×	188 0.8×	141 0.6×	244 1.2×	101	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Leena Ala‐Mursula

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Hintsanen, Mirka, et al.. (2025). Temperament and risk of disability pensions in early middle age: A 22-year follow-up study of the northern Finland birth cohort 1966. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 195. 112172–112172. 1 indexed citations

Miettunen, Jouko, et al.. (2025). Assessing the work relatedness of diagnoses in occupational health primary care appointments: a 3-year review of electronic medical records. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 82(4). 176–182. 1 indexed citations

Savukoski, Susanna, et al.. (2024). Climacteric status at age 46 is associated with poorer work ability, lower 2-year participation in working life, and a higher 7-year disability retirement rate: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 31(4). 275–281. 1 indexed citations

Ala‐Mursula, Leena, et al.. (2024). Temperament traits and economic preferences predict occupational choice beyond human capital variables. Labour Economics. 90. 102576–102576. 1 indexed citations

Saarinen, Aino, Raija Korpelainen, Leena Ala‐Mursula, et al.. (2024). The association between leisure‐time physical activity and cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness and job strain—Study with a Northern Finland birth cohort of 1966. Stress and Health. 40(5). e3477–e3477.

Oura, Petteri, et al.. (2023). The Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire-Short Form and 2-year follow-up of registered work disability. European Journal of Public Health. 33(3). 442–447. 3 indexed citations

Piltonen, Terhi, et al.. (2023). Urinary incontinence associates with poor work ability in middle‐aged women: A Northern Finland Birth cohort 1966 study. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 103(3). 572–579. 3 indexed citations

Auvinen, Juha, Juha Veijola, Jouko Miettunen, et al.. (2023). Depression mediates the relationship between alexithymia and obesity in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966). Journal of Affective Disorders. 331. 1–7. 2 indexed citations

Saarinen, Aino, Raija Korpelainen, Maarit Kangas, et al.. (2022). More Physical Activity, More Work Engagement? A Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 64(7). 541–549. 3 indexed citations

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Ala‐Mursula, Leena, Timo Jämsä, Raija Korpelainen, et al.. (2021). Leisure-time physical activity is associated with socio-economic status beyond income – Cross-sectional survey of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study. Economics & Human Biology. 41. 100969–100969. 15 indexed citations

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Uimari, Outi, et al.. (2021). The association of endometriosis with work ability and work life participation in late forties and lifelong disability retirement up till age 52: A Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 100(10). 1822–1829. 9 indexed citations

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Haapea, Marianne, Tanja Nordström, Leena Ala‐Mursula, et al.. (2021). Return to the labour market in schizophrenia and other psychoses: a register-based Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 56(9). 1645–1655. 3 indexed citations

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Ala‐Mursula, Leena, et al.. (2020). Accumulated unhealthy behaviors and psychosocial problems in adolescence are associated with labor market exclusion in early adulthood – a northern Finland birth cohort 1986 study. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 869–869. 6 indexed citations

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Tolvanen, Mimmi, et al.. (2020). Glucose metabolism in midlife predicts participation in working life: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 77(5). 324–332. 2 indexed citations

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Mikkola, Tuija M., Mikaela B. von Bonsdorff, Minna K. Salonen, et al.. (2019). Physical heaviness of work and sitting at work as predictors of mortality: a 26-year follow-up of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. BMJ Open. 9(5). e026280–e026280. 15 indexed citations

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Lowry, Estelle, Nina Rautio, Ville Karhunen, et al.. (2018). Understanding the complexity of glycaemic health: systematic bio-psychosocial modelling of fasting glucose in middle-age adults; a DynaHEALTH study. International Journal of Obesity. 43(6). 1181–1192. 8 indexed citations

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Rautio, Nina, Saranya Palaniswamy, Jouko Miettunen, et al.. (2017). Accumulated exposure to unemployment is related to impaired glucose metabolism in middle-aged men: A follow-up of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. Primary care diabetes. 11(4). 365–372. 27 indexed citations

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Ala‐Mursula, Leena, Jorma Seitsamo, Jouko Remes, et al.. (2015). Long-Lasting Obesity Predicts Poor Work Ability at Midlife. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 57(12). 1262–1268. 12 indexed citations

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Ala‐Mursula, Leena, Jessica L. Buxton, Ellen Ek, et al.. (2013). Long-Term Unemployment Is Associated with Short Telomeres in 31-Year-Old Men: An Observational Study in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80094–e80094. 12 indexed citations

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Ala‐Mursula, Leena, Jussi Vahtera, Jaana Pentti, & Mika Kivimäki. (2004). Effect of employee worktime control on health: a prospective cohort study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 61(3). 254–261. 101 indexed citations

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