Merja Nikkonen

976 total citations
47 papers, 730 citations indexed

About

Merja Nikkonen is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Merja Nikkonen has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 730 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Clinical Psychology and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Merja Nikkonen's work include Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (5 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 papers) and Research in Social Sciences (4 papers). Merja Nikkonen is often cited by papers focused on Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (5 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 papers) and Research in Social Sciences (4 papers). Merja Nikkonen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Japan and United States. Merja Nikkonen's co-authors include Riitta‐Liisa Kortesluoma, Maija Hentinen, Jari Kylmä, Willy Serlo, Helvi Kyngäs, Raija‐Leena Punamäki, Sirpa Janhonen, Fekadu Aga, Hanna Putkonen and Olavi Louheranta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Advanced Nursing and International Journal of Nursing Practice.

In The Last Decade

Merja Nikkonen

46 papers receiving 668 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merja Nikkonen Finland 14 238 232 196 136 109 47 730
Donna Koller Canada 15 402 1.7× 213 0.9× 129 0.7× 195 1.4× 155 1.4× 40 910
Kylie Burke Australia 16 341 1.4× 441 1.9× 80 0.4× 126 0.9× 171 1.6× 48 811
Leeni Berntsson Sweden 16 144 0.6× 194 0.8× 394 2.0× 146 1.1× 20 0.2× 29 918
Angela L. Lamson United States 18 141 0.6× 592 2.6× 404 2.1× 179 1.3× 131 1.2× 76 1.1k
Rachel Rossiter Australia 17 59 0.2× 281 1.2× 317 1.6× 100 0.7× 50 0.5× 58 856
Hatice Yıldırım Sarı Türkiye 12 146 0.6× 159 0.7× 97 0.5× 91 0.7× 32 0.3× 78 592
Barbara Muskat Canada 19 224 0.9× 512 2.2× 342 1.7× 90 0.7× 55 0.5× 53 989
Sally Gadow United States 13 50 0.2× 139 0.6× 306 1.6× 155 1.1× 73 0.7× 20 647
Elizabeth C. Poster United States 14 50 0.2× 321 1.4× 206 1.1× 272 2.0× 87 0.8× 44 761
Lauren P. Hunter United States 15 182 0.8× 214 0.9× 174 0.9× 62 0.5× 25 0.2× 32 834

Countries citing papers authored by Merja Nikkonen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merja Nikkonen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merja Nikkonen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merja Nikkonen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merja Nikkonen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Merja Nikkonen. Merja Nikkonen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nikkonen, Merja, et al.. (2016). Forensic Psychiatric Patients’ Perspectives on Their Care: A Narrative View. Perspectives In Psychiatric Care. 54(1). 64–73. 35 indexed citations
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Louheranta, Olavi, et al.. (2015). Forensic Psychiatric Patients' Narratives of Their Offense. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 36(3). 162–170. 6 indexed citations
3.
Suominen, Tarja, et al.. (2011). Representations of hysterectomy as a transition process in Finnish women’s and health magazines. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 25(3). 608–616. 1 indexed citations
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Hintikka, Jukka, Jari Kylmä, Heli Koivumaa‐Honkanen, et al.. (2010). Population-Based Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life Between Healthy Subjects and Those With Specific Psychiatric or Somatic Diseases. Perspectives In Psychiatric Care. 47(2). 66–73. 8 indexed citations
5.
Pietilä, Anna‐Maija, et al.. (2009). Cultural Factors Influencing Children's Pain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Aga, Fekadu, Jari Kylmä, & Merja Nikkonen. (2009). Sociocultural factors influencing HIV/AIDS caregiving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nursing and Health Sciences. 11(3). 244–251. 12 indexed citations
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Kortesluoma, Riitta‐Liisa, Merja Nikkonen, & Willy Serlo. (2008). “You Just Have to Make the Pain Go Away”—Children's Experiences of Pain Management. Pain Management Nursing. 9(4). 143–149.e5. 54 indexed citations
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Hintikka, Jukka, Leo Niskanen, Jari Kylmä, et al.. (2008). Health-related quality of life in a population-based sample of men with long-term mental symptoms. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 62(2). 106–112. 6 indexed citations
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Kylmä, Jari, et al.. (2006). Hope and schizophrenia: an integrative review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 13(6). 651–664. 44 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja, et al.. (2005). Continuity of care in psychiatric post‐ward outpatient services – conceptions of patients and personnel concerning factors contributing to the continuity of care. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 12(1). 38–50. 11 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja, et al.. (2003). Health culture within the context of the northern environment. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 62(2). 167–181. 8 indexed citations
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Kortesluoma, Riitta‐Liisa, Maija Hentinen, & Merja Nikkonen. (2003). Conducting a qualitative child interview: methodological considerations. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 42(5). 434–441. 145 indexed citations
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Kyngäs, Helvi, et al.. (2002). The resources of parents with a child in psychiatric inpatient care. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 9(1). 15–22. 13 indexed citations
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Janhonen, Sirpa, et al.. (2002). Patient initiatives in psychiatric care concerning shame in the discussion in co‐operative team meetings. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 9(1). 23–32. 29 indexed citations
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Kyngäs, Helvi, et al.. (2001). Factors associated with the coping of parents with a child in psychiatric inpatient care. International Journal of Nursing Practice. 7(5). 298–305. 5 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja, et al.. (1998). ‘A good person does not feel envy’: envy in a nursing community. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 27(5). 1069–1075. 8 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja. (1996). Life after the mental hospital: the way of life of deinstitutionalized psychiatric patients. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 3(6). 373–383. 11 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja. (1995). The life situation of a long‐term psychiatric patient: some restrictions in, and possibilities of, open care. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 22(1). 101–109. 10 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja. (1994). Caring from the point of view of a Finnish mental health nurse: a life history approach. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 19(6). 1185–1195. 16 indexed citations
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Nikkonen, Merja. (1992). Caring in the preparation of long‐term psychiatric patients for non‐institutional care: ethnonursing study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 17(9). 1088–1094. 7 indexed citations

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