Olli Ruuskanen

20.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
317 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Olli Ruuskanen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Olli Ruuskanen has authored 317 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 194 papers in Epidemiology, 81 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 54 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Olli Ruuskanen's work include Respiratory viral infections research (142 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (80 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (37 papers). Olli Ruuskanen is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (142 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (80 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (37 papers). Olli Ruuskanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Brazil. Olli Ruuskanen's co-authors include Tuomas Jartti, Matti Waris, Jussi Mertsola, Ville Peltola, Tytti Vuorinen, Elina Lahti, Terho Heikkinen, Olli Meurman, Pasi Lehtinen and Thedi Ziegler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Olli Ruuskanen

311 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Viral pneumonia

2011 829 citations Olli Ruuskanen, Elina Lahti et al. The Lancet profile →
Viruses and Bacteria in the Etiology of the Common Cold

1998 540 citations Mika J. Mäkelä, Tuomo Puhakka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olli Ruuskanen Finland	70	10.1k	4.0k	3.8k	1.5k	1.4k	317	15.2k
Nicola Principi Italy	63	8.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	591	16.5k
Pearay L. Ogra United States	59	7.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	2.8k 2.0×	298	13.0k
Jack M. Gwaltney United States	58	4.9k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	685 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	180	10.5k
Michael E. Pichichero United States	63	8.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	5.0k 3.3×	1.0k 0.7×	396	14.4k
Ellen R. Wald United States	65	7.7k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	284 0.2×	302	14.9k
Maija Leinonen Finland	52	7.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	3.8k 2.5×	1.4k 1.0×	169	11.2k
Merle A. Sande United States	61	7.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	4.6k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	733 0.5×	234	13.9k
Ronald de Groot Netherlands	52	7.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 1.8×	1.9k 1.3×	251	12.7k
George H. McCracken United States	69	10.8k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	6.4k 4.3×	1.3k 0.9×	406	18.9k
Matti Waris Finland	44	4.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	443 0.3×	710 0.5×	178	7.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Helenius, Päivi, et al.. (2024). An Outbreak of Respiratory Viral Infections in a Professional Ice Hockey Team. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 18(11). e70041–e70041.

Borges, Igor C., Maria Regina Alves Cardoso, Andreas Meinke, et al.. (2016). Seasonal patterns and association of meteorological factors with infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in childhood community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 2 indexed citations

Heinonen, Santtu, Tuomas Jartti, Carla García, et al.. (2015). Rhinovirus Detection in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children: Value of Host Transcriptome Analysis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(7). 772–782. 74 indexed citations

Tähtinen, Paula A., et al.. (2015). Role of Nasopharyngeal Bacteria and Respiratory Viruses in Acute Symptoms of Young Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(10). 1056–1062. 16 indexed citations

Lukkarinen, Minna, Tytti Vuorinen, Pasi Lehtinen, Olli Ruuskanen, & Tuomas Jartti. (2014). Rhinovirus aetiology at the first wheeze predict atopic but not non-atopic asthma at 7 years. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). 430–430.

Laine, Miia K., et al.. (2013). Symptoms and Otoscopic Signs in Bilateral and Unilateral Acute Otitis Media. PEDIATRICS. 131(2). e398–e405. 20 indexed citations

Peltola, Ville, Matti Waris, Leena Kainulainen, Jukka Kero, & Olli Ruuskanen. (2013). Virus shedding after human rhinovirus infection in children, adults and patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 19(7). E322–E327. 78 indexed citations

Jartti, Tuomas, Klaus Hedman, Laura Jartti, et al.. (2011). Human bocavirus—the first 5 years. Reviews in Medical Virology. 22(1). 46–64. 214 indexed citations

Pedroza, Luis Alberto, Vipul Kumar, Keri B. Sanborn, et al.. (2011). Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) contributes to Dectin-1–induced TNF-α production and complexes with caspase recruitment domain–containing protein 9 (CARD9), spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), and Dectin-1. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 129(2). 464–472.e3. 20 indexed citations

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Ruuskanen, Olli, Elina Lahti, Lance Jennings, & David R. Murdoch. (2011). Viral pneumonia. The Lancet. 377(9773). 1264–1275. 829 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kantola, Kalle, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Benedikt Weißbrich, et al.. (2010). Expression and Serological Characterization of Polyomavirus WUPyV and KIPyV Structural Proteins. Viral Immunology. 23(4). 385–393. 11 indexed citations

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Peltola, Ville, Terho Heikkinen, Olli Ruuskanen, et al.. (2010). Temporal Association Between Rhinovirus Circulation in the Community and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 30(6). 456–461. 42 indexed citations

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Juvén, Taina, Jussi Mertsola, Matti Waris, Maija Leinonen, & Olli Ruuskanen. (2004). Clinical response to antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia. European Journal of Pediatrics. 163(3). 140–144. 42 indexed citations

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Pitkäranta, Anne, Tuomo Puhakka, Mika J. Mäkelä, et al.. (2003). Detection of rhinovirus RNA in middle turbinate of patients with common colds by in situ hybridization. Journal of Medical Virology. 70(2). 319–323. 16 indexed citations

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Kainulainen, Leena, et al.. (1999). Viruses and Bacteria in Bronchial Samples from Patients with Primary Hypogammaglobulinemia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(4). 1199–1204. 66 indexed citations

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Ruuskanen, Olli, Olli Meurman, & Hannu Sarkkinen. (1985). Adenoviral Diseases in Children: A Study of 105 Hospital Cases. PEDIATRICS. 76(1). 79–83. 46 indexed citations

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Ruuskanen, Olli, et al.. (1984). Rapid diagnosis of adenoviral tonsillitis: A prospective clinical study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 104(5). 725–728. 18 indexed citations

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Ruuskanen, Olli, et al.. (1983). B-lymphocyte function in cystic fibrosis.. PubMed. 64(7). 524–33. 10 indexed citations

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Ruuskanen, Olli, Toivo T. Salmi, & Pekka Halonen. (1978). Measles vaccination after exposure to natural measles. The Journal of Pediatrics. 93(1). 43–46. 28 indexed citations

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Eskola, J., Olli Ruuskanen, Esa Soppi, et al.. (1978). Effect of sport stress on lymphocyte transformation and antibody formation.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 32(2). 339–45. 148 indexed citations

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