Markus Jokela

28.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
308 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Markus Jokela is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Jokela has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Clinical Psychology, 71 papers in General Health Professions and 65 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Markus Jokela's work include Health disparities and outcomes (52 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (38 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (36 papers). Markus Jokela is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (52 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (38 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (36 papers). Markus Jokela collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and France. Markus Jokela's co-authors include Mika Kivimäki, Marko Elovainio, G. David Batty, Liisa Keltikangas‐Järvinen, Marianna Virtanen, Laura Pulkki-Råbäck, Christian Hakulinen, Archana Singh‐Manoux, Jussi Vahtera and Mirka Hintsanen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Markus Jokela

300 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Trajectories of glycaemia, insulin sensitivity, and insulin secretion before diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: an analysis from the Whitehall II study

2009 636 citations Ádám G. Tabák, Markus Jokela et al. profile →
Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2011 396 citations Markus Jokela et al. profile →
Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multimorbidity:an observational multicohort study

2022 300 citations Mika Kivimäki, Timo Strandberg et al. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu) profile →
Contribution of risk factors to excess mortality in isolated and lonely individuals: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank cohort study

2017 279 citations Marko Elovainio, Christian Hakulinen et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Markus Jokela	3.5k	2.5k	2.4k	2.0k	1.8k	308	13.0k
Arnstein Mykletun	3.5k 1.0×	4.9k 2.0×	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	223	15.9k
Michael Dewey	3.5k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	265	16.7k
Felicia A. Huppert	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	3.2k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	163	15.7k
Margaret Gatz	4.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	373	21.7k
Margie E. Lachman	2.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	4.5k 2.3×	3.9k 2.2×	224	16.0k
Bert N. Uchino	3.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	4.2k 2.1×	3.4k 1.9×	168	12.7k
Andrew Mackinnon	6.5k 1.9×	2.7k 1.1×	3.4k 1.4×	4.0k 2.0×	1.9k 1.1×	350	20.6k
Manfred E. Beutel	6.1k 1.8×	2.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	660	16.7k
Linda C. Gallo	2.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	435	13.3k
Ilene C. Siegler	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	237	11.4k

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Jokela, Markus, Jaakko Meriläinen, Janne Tukiainen, & Åsa von Schoultz. (2025). Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability in Political Selection. Journal of the European Economic Association. 23(5). 1908–1949. 1 indexed citations

Drosinou, Marianna, Jussi Palomäki, Markus Jokela, & Michael Laakasuo. (2025). Everything is connected: Reminders of environmental and social connectedness strengthen environmental attitudes. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 102. 102549–102549. 1 indexed citations

Salmela, Viljami, et al.. (2024). Cognitive abilities predict performance in everyday computer tasks. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 192. 103354–103354. 3 indexed citations

Jokela, Markus, et al.. (2023). Associations between early family environment and ideal number of children. International Journal of Psychology. 58(6). 574–583. 5 indexed citations

Nitsche, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals: evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland. European Sociological Review. 40(2). 326–341. 6 indexed citations

Kivimäki, Mika, Timo Strandberg, Jaana Pentti, et al.. (2022). Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multimorbidity:an observational multicohort study. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu). 300 indexed citations breakdown →

Bleidorn, Wiebke, Christopher J. Hopwood, Mitja D. Back, et al.. (2021). Personality Trait Stability and Change. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 2(1). 87 indexed citations

Määttänen, Ilmari, Pentti Henttonen, Jussi Palomäki, et al.. (2021). Positive affect state is a good predictor of movement and stress: combining data from ESM/EMA, mobile HRV measurements and trait questionnaires. Heliyon. 7(2). e06243–e06243. 17 indexed citations

Komulainen, Kaisla, et al.. (2020). Association of depressive symptoms with health care utilization in older adults: Longitudinal evidence from the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 36(4). 521–529. 9 indexed citations

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Ervasti, Mari, Johanna Kallio, Ilmari Määttänen, Jani Mäntyjärvi, & Markus Jokela. (2019). Influence of Personality and Differences in Stress Processing Among Finnish Students on Interest to Use a Mobile Stress Management App: Survey Study. JMIR Mental Health. 6(5). e10039–e10039. 36 indexed citations

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Torniainen‐Holm, Minna, et al.. (2019). Immigrants’ mental health service use compared to that of native Finns: a register study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 55(4). 487–496. 26 indexed citations

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Hakulinen, Christian, Laura Pulkki-Råbäck, Marianna Virtanen, et al.. (2018). Social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for myocardial infarction, stroke and mortality: UK Biobank cohort study of 479 054 men and women. Heart. 104(18). 1536–1542. 224 indexed citations

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Elovainio, Marko, Taina Hintsa, Markus Jokela, et al.. (2018). Is the association between depressive symptoms and glucose bidirectional? A population-based study.. Health Psychology. 37(7). 603–612. 3 indexed citations

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Mullola, Sari, Christian Hakulinen, Justin Presseau, et al.. (2018). Personality traits and career choices among physicians in Finland: employment sector, clinical patient contact, specialty and change of specialty. BMC Medical Education. 18(1). 52–52. 64 indexed citations

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Mullola, Sari, Christian Hakulinen, David Gimeno, et al.. (2018). Medical specialty choice and well-being at work: Physician's personality as a moderator. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 74(3). 115–129. 13 indexed citations

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Savelieva, Kateryna, Laura Pulkki-Råbäck, Markus Jokela, et al.. (2016). Intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic position and ideal cardiovascular health: 32-year follow-up study.. Health Psychology. 36(3). 270–279. 17 indexed citations

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Rentfrow, Peter J., Samuel D. Gosling, Markus Jokela, et al.. (2013). Divided we stand: Three psychological regions of the United States and their political, economic, social, and health correlates.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 105(6). 996–1012. 194 indexed citations

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Kivimäki, Mika, Markus Jokela, Mark Hamer, et al.. (2011). Examining Overweight and Obesity as Risk Factors for Common Mental Disorders Using Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Genotype-Instrumented Analysis. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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Josefsson, Kim, Päivi Merjonen, Markus Jokela, Laura Pulkki-Råbäck, & Liisa Keltikangas‐Järvinen. (2011). Personality Profiles Identify Depressive Symptoms over Ten Years? A Population-Based Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2011. 1–11. 27 indexed citations

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Carstensen, Maren, Mika Kivimäki, Markus Jokela, et al.. (2009). Acceleration of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) trajectory precedes the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes by 6 years: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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