Mervi Aavikko

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mervi Aavikko is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mervi Aavikko has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 10 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mervi Aavikko's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (8 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (7 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (4 papers). Mervi Aavikko is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (8 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (7 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (4 papers). Mervi Aavikko collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. Mervi Aavikko's co-authors include Lauri A. Aaltonen, Pia Vahteristo, Netta Mäkinen, Eevi Kaasinen, Jussi Taipale, Riku Katainen, Miika Mehine, Jari Sjöberg, Minna Taipale and Heli Lehtonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Mervi Aavikko

27 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomas

2011 470 citations Netta Mäkinen, Miika Mehine et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mervi Aavikko Finland	15	585	501	352	230	209	27	1.3k
Kari L. Ring United States	20	467 0.8×	406 0.8×	269 0.8×	500 2.2×	154 0.7×	74	1.3k
M.L. Carcangiu Italy	15	326 0.6×	334 0.7×	248 0.7×	390 1.7×	117 0.6×	31	1.1k
Netta Mäkinen Finland	18	1.4k 2.3×	1.1k 2.3×	328 0.9×	175 0.8×	302 1.4×	26	1.9k
Peter Lim Canada	16	1.1k 1.8×	806 1.6×	172 0.5×	316 1.4×	145 0.7×	32	1.5k
Bojana Djordjevic Canada	25	808 1.4×	672 1.3×	679 1.9×	314 1.4×	358 1.7×	57	1.9k
Pilar Fernández Machín Spain	9	262 0.4×	198 0.4×	280 0.8×	161 0.7×	66 0.3×	19	710
Barbara M. Buttin United States	16	250 0.4×	272 0.5×	212 0.6×	234 1.0×	46 0.2×	28	858
Martin E. Bur United States	11	246 0.4×	237 0.5×	172 0.5×	214 0.9×	100 0.5×	17	825
Arisa Ueki Japan	19	140 0.2×	160 0.3×	386 1.1×	213 0.9×	108 0.5×	66	870
Gary C. Reid United States	16	980 1.7×	683 1.4×	185 0.5×	263 1.1×	162 0.8×	23	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mervi Aavikko

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20 of 20 papers shown

Taira, Aurora, Mervi Aavikko, Riku Katainen, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive metabolomic and epigenomic characterization of microsatellite stable BRAF-mutated colorectal cancer. Oncogene. 44(22). 1718–1730. 2 indexed citations

Aavikko, Mervi, Janne Ravantti, Samantha L. Martin, et al.. (2024). Detection of a major Lynch Syndrome-causing MLH1 founder variant in a large-scale genotyped cohort. Familial Cancer. 23(4). 647–652. 3 indexed citations

Tanskanen, Tomas, Sanna Heikkinen, Karri Seppä, et al.. (2024). Cancer incidence following non-neoplastic medical conditions: a prospective population-based cohort study. Acta Oncologica. 63. 841–849. 1 indexed citations

Sulo, Päivi, Emmanuelle Jouanguy, Vivien Béziat, et al.. (2019). Candidate Predisposition Variants in Kaposi Sarcoma as Detected by Whole-Genome Sequencing. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6(10). ofz337–ofz337. 3 indexed citations

Donner, Iikki, et al.. (2018). Germline mutations in young non-smoking women with lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 122. 76–82. 33 indexed citations

Donner, Iikki, Riku Katainen, Eevi Kaasinen, et al.. (2018). Candidate susceptibility variants in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Familial Cancer. 18(1). 113–119. 11 indexed citations

Kondelin, Johanna, Alexandra E. Gylfe, Tomas Tanskanen, et al.. (2017). Comprehensive Evaluation of Protein Coding Mononucleotide Microsatellites in Microsatellite-Unstable Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(15). 4078–4088. 14 indexed citations

Mehine, Miika, Eevi Kaasinen, Hanna-Riikka Heinonen, et al.. (2016). Integrated data analysis reveals uterine leiomyoma subtypes with distinct driver pathways and biomarkers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(5). 1315–1320. 157 indexed citations

Mäkinen, Netta, Mervi Aavikko, Tuomas Heikkinen, et al.. (2016). Exome Sequencing of Uterine Leiomyosarcomas Identifies Frequent Mutations in TP53, ATRX, and MED12. PLoS Genetics. 12(2). e1005850–e1005850. 81 indexed citations

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Kondelin, Johanna, Sari Tuupanen, Alexandra E. Gylfe, et al.. (2015). 3′-UTR poly(T/U) repeat of EWSR1 is altered in microsatellite unstable colorectal cancer with nearly perfect sensitivity. Familial Cancer. 14(3). 449–453. 2 indexed citations

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Kaasinen, Eevi, Elisa Rahikkala, Peppi Koivunen, et al.. (2014). Clinical characterization, genetic mapping and whole-genome sequence analysis of a novel autosomal recessive intellectual disability syndrome. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 57(10). 543–551. 14 indexed citations

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Turunen, Mikko, Jason M. Spaeth, Salla Keskitalo, et al.. (2014). Uterine Leiomyoma-Linked MED12 Mutations Disrupt Mediator-Associated CDK Activity. Cell Reports. 7(3). 654–660. 123 indexed citations

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Kaasinen, Eevi, Mervi Aavikko, Pia Vahteristo, et al.. (2013). Nationwide Registry-Based Analysis of Cancer Clustering Detects Strong Familial Occurrence of Kaposi Sarcoma. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e55209–e55209. 14 indexed citations

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Nymark, Penny, Mervi Aavikko, Salla Ruosaari, et al.. (2012). Accumulation of genomic alterations in 2p16, 9q33.1 and 19p13 in lung tumours of asbestos‐exposed patients. Molecular Oncology. 7(1). 29–40. 15 indexed citations

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Aavikko, Mervi, Silva Saarinen, Pia Alhopuro, et al.. (2012). Loss of SUFU Function in Familial Multiple Meningioma. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 91(3). 520–526. 105 indexed citations

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Mäkinen, Netta, Miika Mehine, Jaana Tolvanen, et al.. (2011). MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomas. Science. 334(6053). 252–255. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Fang, Pirita Pekkonen, Simonas Laurinavičius, et al.. (2011). KSHV-Initiated Notch Activation Leads to Membrane-Type-1 Matrix Metalloproteinase-Dependent Lymphatic Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. Cell Host & Microbe. 10(6). 577–590. 110 indexed citations

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Kettunen, Eeva, Mervi Aavikko, Penny Nymark, et al.. (2009). DNA copy number loss and allelic imbalance at 2p16 in lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure. British Journal of Cancer. 100(8). 1336–1342. 22 indexed citations

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Nymark, Penny, Eeva Kettunen, Mervi Aavikko, et al.. (2009). Molecular Alterations at 9q33.1 and Polyploidy in Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(2). 468–475. 12 indexed citations

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Ruosaari, Salla, Penny Nymark, Mervi Aavikko, et al.. (2008). Aberrations of chromosome 19 in asbestos-associated lung cancer and in asbestos-induced micronuclei of bronchial epithelial cells in vitro. Carcinogenesis. 29(5). 913–917. 19 indexed citations

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