Sanni Ruotsalainen

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 765 citations indexed

About

Sanni Ruotsalainen is a scholar working on Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanni Ruotsalainen has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 765 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Genetics, 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Sanni Ruotsalainen's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (12 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (2 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (2 papers). Sanni Ruotsalainen is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (12 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (2 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (2 papers). Sanni Ruotsalainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Sanni Ruotsalainen's co-authors include Samuli Ripatti, Jielei Wang, Mauri Laakso, P Lepistö, Leena Moilanen, Johanna Kuusisto, Matti Pirinen, Aarno Palotie, Elisabeth Widén and Christian Klose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sanni Ruotsalainen

24 papers receiving 745 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.

Genome-wide association analysis of plasma lipidome identifies 495 genetic associations

2023 103 citations Rubina Tabassum, Sanni Ruotsalainen et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sanni Ruotsalainen Finland	12	200	185	149	132	126	26	765
Xingyu Wang China	14	115 0.6×	188 1.0×	172 1.2×	193 1.5×	81 0.6×	46	740
Ville Karhunen United Kingdom	17	101 0.5×	265 1.4×	243 1.6×	113 0.9×	104 0.8×	45	935
Laura M. Raffield United States	20	119 0.6×	208 1.1×	277 1.9×	163 1.2×	150 1.2×	79	1.1k
Huiwen Tan China	17	288 1.4×	130 0.7×	83 0.6×	68 0.5×	127 1.0×	73	747
Primož Kotnik Slovenia	17	291 1.5×	149 0.8×	323 2.2×	82 0.6×	151 1.2×	56	869
Omar Ali United States	14	259 1.3×	178 1.0×	281 1.9×	68 0.5×	166 1.3×	19	801
Stelios Tigas Greece	19	509 2.5×	124 0.7×	224 1.5×	154 1.2×	158 1.3×	69	1.1k
Nina Mars Finland	16	103 0.5×	420 2.3×	166 1.1×	187 1.4×	113 0.9×	38	973
Christine M. Cunningham United States	9	145 0.7×	115 0.6×	136 0.9×	259 2.0×	71 0.6×	13	809
Alev Eroğlu Altınova Türkiye	22	385 1.9×	98 0.5×	208 1.4×	130 1.0×	218 1.7×	74	1.1k

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Tabassum, Rubina, Sanni Ruotsalainen, Mathias J. Gerl, et al.. (2025). Examining the link between 179 lipid species and 7 diseases using genetic predictors. EBioMedicine. 114. 105671–105671.

Strausz, Satu, Tuomo Kiiskinen, Martin Broberg, et al.. (2024). Genetic Analysis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Relationship with Severe COVID-19. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 21(6). 961–970. 5 indexed citations

Ruotsalainen, Sanni, Juha Karjalainen, Mitja Kurki, et al.. (2024). Inherited infertility: Mapping loci associated with impaired female reproduction. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(12). 2789–2798. 1 indexed citations

Hassan, Shabbeer, Elmo Saarentaus, Sanni Ruotsalainen, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide association study of varicose veins identifies a protective missense variant in GJD3 enriched in the Finnish population. Communications Biology. 6(1). 71–71. 12 indexed citations

Saarentaus, Elmo, Juha Karjalainen, Joel Rämö, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory and infectious upper respiratory diseases associate with 41 genomic loci and type 2 inflammation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 83–83. 8 indexed citations

Leinonen, Jaakko T., Nina Mars, Ari Ahola‐Olli, et al.. (2023). Genetic analyses implicate complex links between adult testosterone levels and health and disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 4–4. 15 indexed citations

Tabassum, Rubina, Sanni Ruotsalainen, Mathias J. Gerl, et al.. (2022). Lipidome‐ and Genome‐Wide Study to Understand Sex Differences in Circulatory Lipids. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(19). e027103–e027103. 38 indexed citations

Widén, Elisabeth, Nella Junna, Sanni Ruotsalainen, et al.. (2022). How Communicating Polygenic and Clinical Risk for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Impacts Health Behavior: an Observational Follow-up Study. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 15(2). e003459–e003459. 69 indexed citations

Fontana, Vanessa, Richard M. Turner, Ben Francis, et al.. (2022). Chromosomal Region 11p14.1 is Associated with Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Bisoprolol. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine. Volume 15. 249–260. 6 indexed citations

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Tyrmi, Jaakko, Sanni Ruotsalainen, Samuli Ripatti, et al.. (2022). Increased Risk of Preeclampsia in Women With a Genetic Predisposition to Elevated Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 79(9). 2008–2015. 25 indexed citations

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Strausz, Satu, Tuomo Kiiskinen, Martin Broberg, et al.. (2021). Sleep apnoea is a risk factor for severe COVID-19. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8(1). e000845–e000845. 74 indexed citations

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Said, M. Abdullah, Ming Wai Yeung, Yordi J. van de Vegte, et al.. (2021). Genome-Wide Association Study and Identification of a Protective Missense Variant on Lipoprotein(a) Concentration. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 41(5). 1792–1800. 27 indexed citations

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Saarentaus, Elmo, Aki S. Havulinna, Nina Mars, et al.. (2021). Polygenic burden has broader impact on health, cognition, and socioeconomic outcomes than most rare and high-risk copy number variants. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(9). 4884–4895. 7 indexed citations

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Kiiskinen, Tuomo, Nina Mars, Teemu Palviainen, et al.. (2020). Genomic prediction of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 23–23. 11 indexed citations

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Ruotsalainen, Sanni, Nina Mars, Kimmo Porthan, et al.. (2020). Human essential hypertension: no significant association of polygenic risk scores with antihypertensive drug responses. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13 indexed citations

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Sallinen, Riitta, Sanni Ruotsalainen, Robert Mills, et al.. (2020). Genetic Risk Score for Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Helps to Guide Personalized Vitamin D Supplementation in Healthy Finnish Adults. Journal of Nutrition. 151(2). 281–292. 7 indexed citations

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Kerminen, Sini, Alicia R. Martin, Jukka Koskela, et al.. (2019). Geographic Variation and Bias in the Polygenic Scores of Complex Diseases and Traits in Finland. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations

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Mustanoja, Satu, Johanna Pekkola, Tiina Tyni, et al.. (2018). Moyamoya angiopathy: long-term follow-up study in a Finnish population. Journal of Neurology. 266(3). 574–581. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Jielei, Sanni Ruotsalainen, Leena Moilanen, et al.. (2007). The metabolic syndrome predicts cardiovascular mortality: a 13-year follow-up study in elderly non-diabetic Finns. European Heart Journal. 28(7). 857–864. 239 indexed citations

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Ruotsalainen, Sanni, Ewen MacDonald, Riitta Miettinen, et al.. (1997). Additive deficits in the choice accuracy of rats in the delayed non-matching to position task after cholinolytics and serotonergic lesions are non-mnemonic in nature. Psychopharmacology. 130(4). 303–312. 7 indexed citations

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