Olli Raitakari

19.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Olli Raitakari is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olli Raitakari has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Olli Raitakari's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (9 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers). Olli Raitakari is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (9 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers). Olli Raitakari collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and United Kingdom. Olli Raitakari's co-authors include Jorma Viikari, Markus Juonala, Terho Lehtimäki, Mika Kähönen, Costan G. Magnussen, Elaine M. Urbina, Stephen R. Daniels, Jessica G. Woo, David R. Jacobs and Lydia Bazzano and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Olli Raitakari

50 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events

2022 313 citations David R. Jacobs, Jessica G. Woo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olli Raitakari Finland	16	356	257	173	167	160	60	1.1k
Camilo Fernandez United States	20	532 1.5×	436 1.7×	259 1.5×	206 1.2×	94 0.6×	62	1.2k
Satoyo Ikehara Japan	19	244 0.7×	302 1.2×	128 0.7×	163 1.0×	86 0.5×	70	1.5k
Hong Cheng China	17	221 0.6×	430 1.7×	222 1.3×	197 1.2×	80 0.5×	71	1.0k
Päivi Tossavainen Finland	22	294 0.8×	288 1.1×	320 1.8×	285 1.7×	100 0.6×	70	1.2k
Gabriella Tikellis Australia	26	175 0.5×	185 0.7×	150 0.9×	124 0.7×	240 1.5×	65	1.9k
Kirsten Mehlig Sweden	20	161 0.5×	408 1.6×	167 1.0×	108 0.6×	134 0.8×	81	1.2k
Elke Lehmkuhl Germany	19	531 1.5×	225 0.9×	63 0.4×	276 1.7×	100 0.6×	27	1.3k
Neil Wright United Kingdom	17	194 0.5×	248 1.0×	135 0.8×	392 2.3×	94 0.6×	59	994
Taisto Sarkola Finland	25	513 1.4×	205 0.8×	358 2.1×	240 1.4×	204 1.3×	89	1.7k
Crystal C. Tyson United States	17	402 1.1×	284 1.1×	62 0.4×	150 0.9×	137 0.9×	43	1.3k

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Mäkinen, Ville‐Petteri, Terho Lehtimäki, Tapani Rönnemaa, et al.. (2025). Metabolic transition from childhood to adulthood based on two decades of biochemical time series in three longitudinal cohorts.. PubMed. 54(2). 1 indexed citations

Marttila, Saara, Pashupati P. Mishra, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, et al.. (2024). Identification and functional characterisation of DNA methylation differences between East- and West-originating Finns. Epigenetics. 19(1). 2397297–2397297. 1 indexed citations

Raitakari, Olli, Terho Lehtimäki, Mika Kähönen, et al.. (2024). Does the effect of adolescent health behaviours on adult cardiometabolic health differ by socioeconomic background? Protocol for a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 14(5). e078428–e078428.

Zhao, Siyu, Pauli Ohukainen, Johannes Kettunen, et al.. (2024). Understanding lipidomics associations and the lipoprotein-related caveats in population epidemiology. American Journal of Epidemiology. 194(10). 2800–2812.

Woo, Jessica G., David R. Jacobs, Lydia Bazzano, et al.. (2024). A Clinical Tool to Relate Youth Risk Factors to Adult Cardiovascular Events and Type 2 Diabetes: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium. The Journal of Pediatrics. 276. 114277–114277. 2 indexed citations

Nevalainen, Jaakko, Katja Pahkala, Markus Juonala, et al.. (2024). Change in cognitive performance during seven-year follow-up in midlife is associated with sex, age, and education – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Journal of Neurology. 271(8). 5165–5176. 3 indexed citations

Aanes, Håvard, Øyvind Bleka, Terho Lehtimäki, et al.. (2023). A new blood based epigenetic age predictor for adolescents and young adults. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2303–2303. 11 indexed citations

Dobewall, Henrik, Liisa Keltikangas‐Järvinen, Saara Marttila, et al.. (2023). The relationship of trait-like compassion with epigenetic aging: The population-based prospective Young Finns Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1018797–1018797. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jing, Feitong Wu, Costan G. Magnussen, et al.. (2023). Dietary patterns from youth to adulthood and cognitive function in midlife: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study. Nutrition. 112. 112063–112063. 1 indexed citations

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Pulkki-Råbäck, Laura, Pia Salo, Katja Pahkala, et al.. (2022). The associations of childhood psychosocial factors with cognitive function in midlife—The young finns study.. Neuropsychology. 37(1). 64–76. 1 indexed citations

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Mäkelä, Kari A., Karl‐Heinz Herzig, Shivaprakash Jagalur Mutt, et al.. (2022). Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor (SPINK1) Gene Mutation in Patients with Acute Alcohol Pancreatitis (AAP) Compared to Healthy Controls and Heavy Alcohol Users without Pancreatitis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(24). 15726–15726. 2 indexed citations

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Salo, Pia, Katja Pahkala, Olli Raitakari, et al.. (2022). Weight gain in infancy and markers of cardiometabolic health in young adulthood. Acta Paediatrica. 111(8). 1603–1611. 2 indexed citations

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Sievänen, Harri, Emma Raitoharju, Nina Mononen, et al.. (2022). Gene set analysis of transcriptomics data identifies new biological processes associated with early markers of atherosclerosis but not with those of osteoporosis: Atherosclerosis-osteoporosis co/multimorbidity study in the Young Finns Study. Atherosclerosis. 361. 1–9.

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Viinikainen, Jutta, Alex Bryson, Petri Böckerman, et al.. (2022). Does better education mitigate risky health behavior? A mendelian randomization study. Economics & Human Biology. 46. 101134–101134. 36 indexed citations

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Salin, Kasper, Anna Kankaanpää, Mirja Hirvensalo, et al.. (2019). Smoking and Physical Activity Trajectories from Childhood to Midlife. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(6). 974–974. 33 indexed citations

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Elovainio, Marko, Taina Hintsa, Markus Jokela, et al.. (2015). Type-2 diabetes and depressive symptoms: results of applying a Mendelian randomization in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 2 indexed citations

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Laitinen, Tomi T., Katja Pahkala, Alison Venn, et al.. (2013). CHILDHOOD DETERMINANTS OF ADULT IDEAL CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. 126. 40–40. 1 indexed citations

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Würtz, Peter, Juho Raiko, Costan G. Magnussen, et al.. (2012). High-throughput quantification of circulating metabolites improves prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal. 33(18). 2307–2316. 113 indexed citations

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Keltikangas‐Järvinen, Liisa, Laura Pulkki-Råbäck, Marko Elovainio, et al.. (2008). DRD2 C32806T modifies the effect of child‐rearing environment on adulthood novelty seeking. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 150B(3). 389–394. 23 indexed citations

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Peltomäki, Timo, et al.. (2002). Osteoblastic activity of the rabbit temporomandibular joint during distraction osteogenesis assessed by [¹⁸F]fluoride positron emission tomography. European Journal Of Oral Sciences. 110(2). 144–148. 15 indexed citations

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