Santtu Heinonen

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Santtu Heinonen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Santtu Heinonen has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Santtu Heinonen's work include Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (10 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers). Santtu Heinonen is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (16 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (10 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers). Santtu Heinonen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Santtu Heinonen's co-authors include Terho Heikkinen, Asunción Mejías, Octavio Ramilo, Heli Silvennoinen, Raija Vainionpää, Pasi Lehtinen, Wouter A. A. de Steenhuijsen Piters, Eleonora Bunsow, Thedi Ziegler and B. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Santtu Heinonen

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Nasopharyngeal Microbiota, Host Transcriptome, and Disease Severity in Children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

2016 274 citations Wouter A. A. de Steenhuijsen Piters, Santtu Heinonen et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Santtu Heinonen Finland	15	652	348	220	183	162	32	1.1k
Benjamin Galen United States	15	313 0.5×	423 1.2×	122 0.6×	142 0.8×	250 1.5×	44	1.2k
Christian Pou Spain	14	217 0.3×	430 1.2×	130 0.6×	239 1.3×	273 1.7×	25	1.0k
Daisuke Kurai Japan	19	471 0.7×	187 0.5×	364 1.7×	120 0.7×	148 0.9×	62	1.1k
Leonardo Terranova Italy	20	423 0.6×	189 0.5×	319 1.4×	113 0.6×	125 0.8×	51	980
Garth Dixon United Kingdom	19	576 0.9×	422 1.2×	116 0.5×	121 0.7×	329 2.0×	40	1.2k
Hidetoshi Igari Japan	16	232 0.4×	455 1.3×	227 1.0×	92 0.5×	69 0.4×	64	899
Marta García‐Clemente Spain	20	225 0.3×	415 1.2×	629 2.9×	144 0.8×	98 0.6×	100	1.3k
Philipp Agyeman Switzerland	16	537 0.8×	135 0.4×	141 0.6×	80 0.4×	54 0.3×	62	992
Haluk Çokuğraş Türkiye	15	203 0.3×	191 0.5×	166 0.8×	74 0.4×	175 1.1×	103	811
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi Japan	18	298 0.5×	207 0.6×	299 1.4×	103 0.6×	242 1.5×	87	1.2k

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Lundholm, Cecilia, Emma Caffrey Osvald, Santtu Heinonen, et al.. (2025). Risk factors for severe outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 58. 101447–101447. 1 indexed citations

Helminen, Merja, et al.. (2024). Effects of antibiotics, hospitalisation and surgical complications on self-reported immunological vulnerability following paediatric open-heart surgery and thymectomy: a single-centre retrospective cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 8(1). e002651–e002651. 1 indexed citations

Pokka, Tytti, Jaana Pihkala, Otto Rahkonen, et al.. (2024). Pneumonia, wheezing and asthma were more common in children after thymectomy due to open‐heart surgery. Acta Paediatrica. 113(7). 1685–1693. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Xiaobo, Jonas Kantonen, Kirsten Nowlan, et al.. (2024). Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells are not susceptible in vitro to SARS-CoV-2 infection but accumulate into the lungs of COVID-19 patients. Virus Research. 341. 199315–199315. 3 indexed citations

Kareinen, Lauri, Ruut Uusitalo, Essi M. Korhonen, et al.. (2024). Stable Levels of Antibodies Against Unrelated Toxoid Vaccines After COVID-19: COVID-19 Infection Does Not Affect Toxoid Vaccine Antibody Levels. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 74–87.

Jukarainen, Sakari, Samuel Rhedin, Alexandra Prinz, et al.. (2023). Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus infection during the first year of life: development and validation of a clinical prediction model. The Lancet Digital Health. 5(11). e821–e830. 15 indexed citations

Huang, Xiaobo, Pirkka T. Pekkarinen, Kirsten Nowlan, et al.. (2022). A comprehensive assessment of four whole blood stabilizers for flow‐cytometric analysis of leukocyte populations. Cytometry Part A. 103(4). 313–324. 2 indexed citations

Pekkarinen, Pirkka T., Kirsten Nowlan, Suvi Kuivanen, et al.. (2021). Characterization of low-density granulocytes in COVID-19. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7). e1009721–e1009721. 59 indexed citations

Heinonen, Santtu, Victoria M. Velazquez, Fang Ye, et al.. (2020). Immune profiles provide insights into respiratory syncytial virus disease severity in young children. Science Translational Medicine. 12(540). 46 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Lucie, Pirkka T. Pekkarinen, Tadepally Lakshmikanth, et al.. (2020). Systems-Level Immunomonitoring from Acute to Recovery Phase of Severe COVID-19. Cell Reports Medicine. 1(5). 100078–100078. 127 indexed citations

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Lempainen, Johanna, Katri Kantojärvi, Santtu Heinonen, et al.. (2020). Associations Between IFI44L Gene Variants and Rates of Respiratory Tract Infections During Early Childhood. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 223(1). 157–165. 5 indexed citations

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Heinonen, Santtu, et al.. (2019). Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Hospitalization Due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations

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Smith, B. G., Eleonora Bunsow, Santtu Heinonen, et al.. (2017). Interferon gene expression as marker of immune maturation and response to vaccination. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4(suppl_1). S61–S61. 1 indexed citations

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Piters, Wouter A. A. de Steenhuijsen, Santtu Heinonen, Raïza Hasrat, et al.. (2016). Nasopharyngeal Microbiota, Host Transcriptome, and Disease Severity in Children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 194(9). 1104–1115. 274 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heikkinen, Terho, Heli Silvennoinen, Santtu Heinonen, & Tytti Vuorinen. (2016). Clinical and socioeconomic impact of moderate-to-severe versus mild influenza in children. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 35(7). 1107–1113. 14 indexed citations

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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

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Heikkinen, Terho & Santtu Heinonen. (2011). Effectiveness and safety of influenza vaccination in children: European perspective. Vaccine. 29(43). 7529–7534. 30 indexed citations

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Heinonen, Santtu. (2010). Oseltamivir Effective for Reducing Influenza Duration in Children. American family physician. 82(9). 1140. 1 indexed citations

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Heinonen, Santtu, Heli Silvennoinen, Pasi Lehtinen, Raija Vainionpää, & Terho Heikkinen. (2010). Feasibility of diagnosing influenza within 24 hours of symptom onset in children 1–3 years of age. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 30(3). 387–392. 14 indexed citations

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Heinonen, Santtu, Heli Silvennoinen, Pasi Lehtinen, et al.. (2010). Early Oseltamivir Treatment of Influenza in Children 1–3 Years of Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 51(8). 887–894. 132 indexed citations

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