Olli T. Raitakari

100.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
803 papers, 34.5k citations indexed

About

Olli T. Raitakari is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olli T. Raitakari has authored 803 papers receiving a total of 34.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 341 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 206 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 147 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Olli T. Raitakari's work include Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (159 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (140 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (128 papers). Olli T. Raitakari is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (159 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (140 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (128 papers). Olli T. Raitakari collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and United Kingdom. Olli T. Raitakari's co-authors include Jorma Viikari, Markus Juonala, Mika Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Tapani Rönnemaa, Nina Hutri‐Kähönen, Costan G. Magnussen, R. Telama, Leena Taittonen and Tomi Laitinen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Olli T. Raitakari

784 papers receiving 33.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cardiovascular Risk Facto... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2005 2011 2005 2013 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood
    2003 1.3k citations Olli T. Raitakari, Markus Juonala et al. profile →
  2. Physical activity from childhood to adulthood
    2005 1.2k citations Xiaolin Yang, Jorma Viikari et al. profile →
  3. Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
    2011 1.1k citations Markus Juonala, Costan G. Magnussen et al. profile →
  4. Consistent dietary patterns identified from childhood to adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
    2005 771 citations Vera Mikkilä, Olli T. Raitakari et al. profile →
  5. Tracking of Physical Activity from Early Childhood through Youth into Adulthood
    2013 643 citations Xiaolin Yang, Mirja Hirvensalo et al. profile →
  6. Cohort Profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
    2008 538 citations Olli T. Raitakari, Markus Juonala et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  7. Tracking of Serum Lipid Levels, Blood Pressure, and Body Mass Index from Childhood to Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
    2011 386 citations Costan G. Magnussen, Jorma Viikari et al. profile →
  8. Prevention of atherosclerosis from childhood
    2022 92 citations Olli T. Raitakari, Katja Pahkala et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olli T. Raitakari Finland 89 11.1k 10.9k 6.8k 5.4k 5.0k 803 34.5k
Jorma Viikari Finland 90 10.4k 0.9× 12.4k 1.1× 7.1k 1.0× 6.0k 1.1× 7.4k 1.5× 826 37.2k
Lawrence J. Beilin Australia 92 8.5k 0.8× 7.3k 0.7× 6.6k 1.0× 3.4k 0.6× 5.6k 1.1× 721 34.0k
Linda Van Horn United States 83 6.7k 0.6× 16.8k 1.5× 9.4k 1.4× 2.1k 0.4× 7.7k 1.5× 463 39.8k
Peter H. Whincup United Kingdom 87 5.8k 0.5× 8.1k 0.7× 7.9k 1.2× 4.3k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 495 29.2k
Sathanur R. Srinivasan United States 74 6.8k 0.6× 13.8k 1.3× 4.8k 0.7× 6.5k 1.2× 6.3k 1.3× 273 26.9k
Kristi Reynolds United States 63 12.4k 1.1× 5.9k 0.5× 4.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.3× 7.2k 1.4× 282 30.6k
Kathryn M. Rexrode United States 87 6.2k 0.6× 8.3k 0.8× 6.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.3× 4.1k 0.8× 337 26.5k
Jacob C. Seidell Netherlands 99 5.2k 0.5× 14.9k 1.4× 12.7k 1.9× 2.3k 0.4× 6.5k 1.3× 501 37.2k
Kay‐Tee Khaw United Kingdom 110 6.6k 0.6× 8.9k 0.8× 7.8k 1.2× 1.5k 0.3× 9.4k 1.9× 617 41.4k
Gerald S. Berenson United States 103 10.1k 0.9× 21.2k 1.9× 8.1k 1.2× 9.2k 1.7× 8.8k 1.8× 654 43.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Viinikainen, Jutta, Petri Böckerman, Christian Hakulinen, et al.. (2025). Tobacco Smoking in Early Adulthood and Labor Market Performance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(7). 1289–1293.
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Yang, Xiaolin, Katja Pahkala, Suvi Rovio, et al.. (2024). Correlates of active commuting to school across two generations: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 53(8). 863–871.
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Stanesby, Oliver, Petr Otáhal, Brooklyn J. Fraser, et al.. (2024). Tracking of serum lipid levels from childhood to adulthood: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Atherosclerosis. 391. 117482–117482. 9 indexed citations
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Pälve, Kristiina, Janne Hulkkonen, Mika Kähönen, et al.. (2024). Association of childhood socioeconomic status with adulthood maximal exercise blood pressure: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Blood Pressure. 33(1). 2323987–2323987.
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Rovio, Suvi, Markus Juonala, Nina Hutri‐Kähönen, et al.. (2023). Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Incidence and Remission and Their Predictors During 7 Years of Follow-up Among Finns. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(1). e291–e305. 3 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Aino, Jarmo Hietala, Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen, et al.. (2023). Polygenic risk for schizophrenia predicting social trajectories in a general population sample. Psychological Medicine. 54(8). 1589–1597. 3 indexed citations
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Ollikainen, Miina, Juha Mykkänen, Olli T. Raitakari, et al.. (2022). Multi-Omics Integration in a Twin Cohort and Predictive Modeling of Blood Pressure Values. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 26(3). 130–141. 14 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Sara, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Mikko Hurme, et al.. (2022). BMI is positively associated with accelerated epigenetic aging in twin pairs discordant for body mass index. Journal of Internal Medicine. 292(4). 627–640. 36 indexed citations
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Richardson, Tom G., Juha Mykkänen, Katja Pahkala, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the direct effects of childhood adiposity on adult systemic metabolism: a multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology. 50(5). 1580–1592. 34 indexed citations
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Mishra, Pashupati P., Ismo Hänninen, Emma Raitoharju, et al.. (2020). Epigenome-450K-wide methylation signatures of active cigarette smoking: The Young Finns Study. Bioscience Reports. 40(7). 10 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Aino, Liisa Keltikangas‐Järvinen, Laura Pulkki-Råbäck, et al.. (2019). The relationship of dispositional compassion with well-being: a study with a 15-year prospective follow-up. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 1 indexed citations
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Erhart, Gertraud, Claudia Lamina, Terho Lehtimäki, et al.. (2018). Genetic Factors Explain a Major Fraction of the 50% Lower Lipoprotein(a) Concentrations in Finns. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 38(5). 1230–1241. 32 indexed citations
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Wu, Feitong, Markus Juonala, Niina Pitkänen, et al.. (2017). Both youth and long-term vitamin D status is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adulthood: a cohort study. Annals of Medicine. 50(1). 74–82. 19 indexed citations
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Cichońska, Anna, Juho Rousu, Pekka Marttinen, et al.. (2016). metaCCA: summary statistics-based multivariate meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies using canonical correlation analysis. Bioinformatics. 32(13). 1981–1989. 78 indexed citations
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Pahkala, Katja, Olli J. Heinonen, Markus Juonala, et al.. (2015). Television viewing and fatty liver in early midlife. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Annals of Medicine. 47(6). 519–526. 20 indexed citations
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Heinonen, Ilkka, Katja Pahkala, Olli J. Heinonen, et al.. (2013). Sedentary behaviours and obesity in adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. BMJ Open. 3(6). e002901–e002901. 90 indexed citations
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Pahkala, Katja, Tomi T. Laitinen, Jorma Viikari, et al.. (2013). Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Adolescence. Circulation. 127(21). 2088–2096. 131 indexed citations
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Hakulinen, Christian, Markus Jokela, Mirka Hintsanen, et al.. (2013). Childhood family factors predict developmental trajectories of hostility and anger: a prospective study from childhood into middle adulthood. Psychological Medicine. 43(11). 2417–2426. 25 indexed citations
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Würtz, Peter, Ville‐Petteri Mäkinen, Pasi Soininen, et al.. (2012). Metabolic Signatures of Insulin Resistance in 7,098 Young Adults. Diabetes. 61(6). 1372–1380. 235 indexed citations
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Magnussen, Costan G., Jorma Viikari, Mika Kähönen, et al.. (2012). Socioeconomic Status, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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