Päivi Saavalainen

4.6k total citations
75 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Päivi Saavalainen is a scholar working on Gastroenterology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Päivi Saavalainen has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Gastroenterology, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 33 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Päivi Saavalainen's work include Celiac Disease Research and Management (50 papers), Microscopic Colitis (38 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (18 papers). Päivi Saavalainen is often cited by papers focused on Celiac Disease Research and Management (50 papers), Microscopic Colitis (38 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (18 papers). Päivi Saavalainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Hungary. Päivi Saavalainen's co-authors include Katri Kaukinen, Kalle Kurppa, Markku Mäki, Pekka Collin, Kaija Laurila, Heini Huhtala, Katri Lindfors, Jukka Partanen, Katri Haimila and Teea Salmi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Päivi Saavalainen

72 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Päivi Saavalainen Finland 23 1.2k 958 776 393 352 75 2.1k
Fuminao Takeshima Japan 29 563 0.5× 462 0.5× 1.3k 1.6× 310 0.8× 379 1.1× 149 3.1k
Shuo‐Wang Qiao Norway 35 2.2k 1.8× 1.2k 1.3× 673 0.9× 322 0.8× 1.5k 4.3× 67 4.1k
Deanna D. Nguyen United States 27 261 0.2× 765 0.8× 616 0.8× 1.2k 3.0× 621 1.8× 72 2.5k
Ernst–Otto Riecken Germany 30 471 0.4× 758 0.8× 660 0.9× 414 1.1× 509 1.4× 68 3.1k
Céline Candalh France 17 405 0.3× 239 0.2× 326 0.4× 177 0.5× 470 1.3× 28 1.9k
L. Fry United Kingdom 36 924 0.8× 708 0.7× 530 0.7× 289 0.7× 1.8k 5.1× 100 3.9k
Shrinivas Bishu United States 26 152 0.1× 545 0.6× 317 0.4× 628 1.6× 574 1.6× 74 2.2k
Suryasarathi Dasgupta France 23 160 0.1× 229 0.2× 120 0.2× 197 0.5× 636 1.8× 50 2.4k
William Ruff United States 16 136 0.1× 307 0.3× 149 0.2× 313 0.8× 869 2.5× 22 2.3k
Troy D. Jaskowski United States 24 137 0.1× 297 0.3× 139 0.2× 116 0.3× 264 0.8× 54 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Päivi Saavalainen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Päivi Saavalainen

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All Works

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Nissilä, Eija, Pinja Jalkanen, Katarzyna Leskinen, et al.. (2025). The COVID‐19 vaccine ChAdOx1 is opsonized by anti‐vector antibodies that activate complement and promote viral vector phagocytosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 101(2). e70000–e70000.
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Kemppainen, Esko, N. J. Nilsson, Kaisa Hervonen, et al.. (2025). Dermal IgA Is Rare in Celiac Disease and Relatives and Lacks Dermatitis Herpetiformis-Type Colocalization with Transglutaminase 3. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 146(4). 1133–1136.e4.
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Kumar, Darshan, et al.. (2024). Manually pressurized droplet digital PCR chip for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. Biomicrofluidics. 18(1). 14106–14106. 1 indexed citations
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Jonkergouw, Christopher, Ngong Kodiah Beyeh, Katarzyna Leskinen, et al.. (2023). Repurposing host-guest chemistry to sequester virulence and eradicate biofilms in multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2141–2141. 18 indexed citations
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Hussien, Mohammed, et al.. (2022). Role of HLA-DQ typing and antitissue transglutaminase antibody titres in diagnosing coeliac disease among Sudanese children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. BMJ Open Gastroenterology. 9(1). e000735–e000735. 4 indexed citations
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Kurppa, Kalle, et al.. (2022). Coeliac disease re‐screening among once seronegative at‐risk relatives: A long‐term follow‐up study. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 10(6). 585–593. 11 indexed citations
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Hannula, Markus, Katri Lindfors, Juha Taavela, et al.. (2022). Validation of the X-ray microtomography in the assessment of duodenal morphometry and surface area in celiac disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 945197–945197. 2 indexed citations
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Iltanen, Sari, Heini Huhtala, Päivi Saavalainen, et al.. (2020). First-degree Relatives of Celiac Disease Patients Have Increased Seroreactivity to Serum Microbial Markers. Nutrients. 12(4). 1073–1073. 2 indexed citations
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Freitag, Tobias, Joseph R. Podojil, Ryan M. Pearson, et al.. (2020). Gliadin Nanoparticles Induce Immune Tolerance to Gliadin in Mouse Models of Celiac Disease. Gastroenterology. 158(6). 1667–1681.e12. 100 indexed citations
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Lindfors, Katri, Heini Huhtala, Päivi Saavalainen, et al.. (2020). Non-Biopsy Serology-Based Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Adults Is Accurate with Different Commercial Kits and Pre-Test Probabilities. Nutrients. 12(9). 2736–2736. 21 indexed citations
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Laurikka, Pilvi, Heini Huhtala, Kalle Kurppa, et al.. (2020). Influence of HLA-DQ2.5 Dose on Clinical Picture of Unrelated Celiac Disease Patients. Nutrients. 12(12). 3775–3775. 3 indexed citations
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Kaukinen, Katri, Heini Huhtala, Laura Kivelä, et al.. (2019). The Phenotype of Celiac Disease Has Low Concordance between Siblings, Despite a Similar Distribution of HLA Haplotypes. Nutrients. 11(2). 479–479. 15 indexed citations
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Hervonen, Kaisa, Katri Kaukinen, Tuire Ilus, et al.. (2019). Gluten Challenge Induces Skin and Small Bowel Relapse in Long-Term Gluten-Free Diet–Treated Dermatitis Herpetiformis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(10). 2108–2114. 18 indexed citations
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Haapasalo, Karita, Lotta L. E. Koskinen, Pekka Jousilahti, et al.. (2018). The Psoriasis Risk Allele HLA-C*06:02 Shows Evidence of Association with Chronic or Recurrent Streptococcal Tonsillitis. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 2 indexed citations
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Saavalainen, Päivi, et al.. (2018). Development and evaluation of a rapid nucleic acid amplification method to detect influenza A and B viruses in human respiratory specimens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 92(1). 37–42. 6 indexed citations
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Haapasalo, Karita, Lars‐Owe Koskinen, Juliet N. Barker, et al.. (2016). The psoriasis risk allele HLA-Cw0602 shows increased susceptibility to chronic/recurrent tonsillitis and points to shared T cell epitopes in these diseases. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations
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Salmi, Teea, Kalle Kurppa, Kaisa Hervonen, et al.. (2016). Serum transglutaminase 3 antibodies correlate with age at celiac disease diagnosis. Digestive and Liver Disease. 48(6). 632–637. 12 indexed citations
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Kaukinen, Katri, Pekka Collin, Anna‐Maija Haapala, et al.. (2011). Gluten-Sensitive Hypertransaminasemia in Celiac Disease: An Infrequent and Often Subclinical Finding. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 106(9). 1689–1696. 37 indexed citations
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Zhernakova, Alexandra, Clara C. Elbers, Bart Ferwerda, et al.. (2010). Evolutionary and Functional Analysis of Celiac Risk Loci Reveals SH2B3 as a Protective Factor against Bacterial Infection. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 86(6). 970–977. 127 indexed citations

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