Riikka Ahola

824 total citations
28 papers, 583 citations indexed

About

Riikka Ahola is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Riikka Ahola has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 583 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Riikka Ahola's work include Physical Activity and Health (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers) and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (4 papers). Riikka Ahola is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers) and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (4 papers). Riikka Ahola collaborates with scholars based in Finland, France and Australia. Riikka Ahola's co-authors include Timo Jämsä, Raija Korpelainen, Riitta Pyky, Maarit Kangas, Aki Vainionpää, Matti Mäntysaari, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Juha Auvinen, Sirkka Keinänen‐Kiukaanniemi and Ari Heinonen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Riikka Ahola

26 papers receiving 561 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Riikka Ahola Finland 14 230 160 108 107 96 28 583
Sandra Bassett New Zealand 16 71 0.3× 51 0.3× 154 1.4× 84 0.8× 72 0.8× 28 673
Einar Ylvisåker Norway 8 202 0.9× 141 0.9× 76 0.7× 56 0.5× 22 0.2× 12 420
Ignacio Refoyo Spain 18 108 0.5× 372 2.3× 282 2.6× 55 0.5× 55 0.6× 60 1.0k
Zbigniew Borysiuk Poland 13 157 0.7× 51 0.3× 271 2.5× 61 0.6× 131 1.4× 56 647
Ashokan Arumugam United Arab Emirates 12 117 0.5× 158 1.0× 120 1.1× 67 0.6× 72 0.8× 82 608
B Marti Switzerland 16 215 0.9× 231 1.4× 215 2.0× 56 0.5× 134 1.4× 43 1.0k
Ümmühan Baş Aslan Türkiye 14 70 0.3× 60 0.4× 72 0.7× 48 0.4× 27 0.3× 60 622
Robert H. Wood United States 12 205 0.9× 94 0.6× 77 0.7× 72 0.7× 28 0.3× 28 723
Rita Santos‐Rocha Portugal 15 101 0.4× 272 1.7× 101 0.9× 47 0.4× 115 1.2× 66 561
Benedict Tan Singapore 13 137 0.6× 117 0.7× 209 1.9× 67 0.6× 17 0.2× 28 650

Countries citing papers authored by Riikka Ahola

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Fields of papers citing papers by Riikka Ahola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Riikka Ahola

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Riikka Ahola. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Riikka Ahola based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Riikka Ahola. Riikka Ahola is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Niemelä, Maisa, Antti M. Kiviniemi, Maarit Kangas, et al.. (2019). Prolonged bouts of sedentary time and cardiac autonomic function in midlife. Translational Sports Medicine. 2(6). 341–350. 11 indexed citations
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Niemelä, Maisa, Maarit Kangas, Riikka Ahola, et al.. (2019). Dose-response relation of self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity to perceived health in middle age—the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 21–21. 31 indexed citations
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Niemelä, Maisa, Maarit Kangas, Vahid Farrahi, et al.. (2019). Intensity and temporal patterns of physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk in midlife. Preventive Medicine. 124. 33–41. 27 indexed citations
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Herzig, Karl‐Heinz, Juhani Leppäluoto, Jari Jokelainen, et al.. (2017). Low level activity thresholds for changes in NMR biomarkers and genes in high risk subjects for Type 2 Diabetes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11267–11267. 2 indexed citations
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Gilgen-Ammann, Rahel, et al.. (2017). Energy expenditure estimation from respiration variables. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15995–15995. 12 indexed citations
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Ahola, Riikka, Janne Kulmala, Harto Hakonen, et al.. (2017). Measuring Physical Activity in Free-Living Conditions—Comparison of Three Accelerometry-Based Methods. Frontiers in Physiology. 7. 681–681. 54 indexed citations
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Pyky, Riitta, Riikka Ahola, Maarit Kangas, et al.. (2017). Feasibility of Gamified Mobile Service Aimed at Physical Activation in Young Men: Population-Based Randomized Controlled Study (MOPO). JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 5(10). e146–e146. 36 indexed citations
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Multanen, Juhani, Timo Rantalainen, Hannu Kautiainen, et al.. (2016). Effect of progressive high-impact exercise on femoral neck structural strength in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis: a 12-month RCT. Osteoporosis International. 28(4). 1323–1333. 21 indexed citations
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Hirvonen, Noora, Stefan Ek, Raimo Niemelä, et al.. (2016). Everyday health information literacy in relation to health behavior and physical fitness: A population-based study among young men. Library & Information Science Research. 38(4). 308–318. 12 indexed citations
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Keränen, Anna-Maria, Heli Koivumaa‐Honkanen, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, et al.. (2016). Disordered eating behavior, health and motives to exercise in young men: cross-sectional population-based MOPO study. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 483–483. 12 indexed citations
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Multanen, Juhani, Urho M. Kujala, Arja Häkkinen, et al.. (2015). Effects of Exercise on Patellar Cartilage in Women with Mild Knee Osteoarthritis. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 47(9). 1767–1774. 37 indexed citations
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Pyky, Riitta, Riikka Ahola, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, et al.. (2015). Profiles of sedentary and non-sedentary young men – a population-based MOPO study. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 1164–1164. 13 indexed citations
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Pyky, Riitta, Riikka Ahola, Maarit Kangas, et al.. (2015). Effect of wrist-worn activity monitor feedback on physical activity behavior: A randomized controlled trial in Finnish young men. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 628–634. 58 indexed citations
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Siirtola, Pekka, Riitta Pyky, Riikka Ahola, et al.. (2014). Detecting and profiling sedentary young men using machine learning algorithms. 11. 296–303. 4 indexed citations
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Korpelainen, Raija, Juha Röning, Riikka Ahola, et al.. (2014). Gamified Persuasion. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development. 6(4). 1–17. 3 indexed citations
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Ahola, Riikka, Riitta Pyky, Timo Jämsä, et al.. (2013). Gamified physical activation of young men – a Multidisciplinary Population-Based Randomized Controlled Trial (MOPO study). BMC Public Health. 13(1). 32–32. 46 indexed citations
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Leppäluoto, Juhani, Riikka Ahola, Karl‐Heinz Herzig, et al.. (2012). [Objective measurement of physical activity in adults].. PubMed. 128(1). 72–9.
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Ahola, Riikka, Raija Korpelainen, Aki Vainionpää, & Timo Jämsä. (2010). Daily impact score in long-term acceleration measurements of exercise. Journal of Biomechanics. 43(10). 1960–1964. 35 indexed citations
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Ahola, Riikka, Raija Korpelainen, Aki Vainionpää, Juhani Leppäluoto, & Timo Jämsä. (2009). Time-course of exercise and its association with 12-month bone changes. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 10(1). 138–138. 16 indexed citations

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