Teppo Särkämö

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Teppo Särkämö is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Teppo Särkämö has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 50 papers in Social Psychology and 13 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Teppo Särkämö's work include Neuroscience and Music Perception (53 papers), Music Therapy and Health (49 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (18 papers). Teppo Särkämö is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Music Perception (53 papers), Music Therapy and Health (49 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (18 papers). Teppo Särkämö collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Spain and United States. Teppo Särkämö's co-authors include Mari Tervaniemi, Seppo Soinila, Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Matti Laine, Sari Laitinen, Vera Leo, Anita Forsblom, Taina Autti, Heli Silvennoinen and Marja Hietanen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Teppo Särkämö

73 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke

2008 590 citations Teppo Särkämö, Mari Tervaniemi et al. Brain profile →
Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation

2017 315 citations Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Teppo Särkämö et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Teppo Särkämö Finland	27	2.0k	1.6k	437	420	338	80	2.8k
Marja Hietanen Finland	25	1.4k 0.7×	544 0.3×	605 1.4×	140 0.3×	909 2.7×	69	3.1k
Séverine Samson France	34	2.7k 1.4×	723 0.5×	22 0.1×	201 0.5×	1.1k 3.1×	108	3.5k
Estela Càmara Spain	29	1.4k 0.7×	246 0.2×	86 0.2×	45 0.1×	261 0.8×	55	2.0k
Luciano Fasotti Netherlands	28	984 0.5×	214 0.1×	779 1.8×	21 0.1×	941 2.8×	87	2.6k
Frini Karayanidis Australia	36	3.1k 1.6×	257 0.2×	77 0.2×	32 0.1×	548 1.6×	106	3.9k
Hervé Platel France	21	1.3k 0.7×	541 0.3×	16 0.0×	195 0.5×	219 0.6×	55	1.6k
Antonino Vallesi Italy	36	2.9k 1.5×	413 0.3×	54 0.1×	23 0.1×	326 1.0×	138	3.7k
Joël Macoir Canada	28	1.4k 0.7×	251 0.2×	194 0.4×	14 0.0×	814 2.4×	153	2.2k
Francisco Barceló Spain	29	2.9k 1.5×	217 0.1×	99 0.2×	13 0.0×	790 2.3×	58	4.2k
Mitchel Benovoy Canada	10	1.3k 0.7×	806 0.5×	16 0.0×	310 0.7×	81 0.2×	33	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Teppo Särkämö

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Teppo Särkämö

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Haavisto, Anu, et al.. (2025). Neurocognitive and emotional benefits of choir singing and their mediating factors across adulthood. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 37(1). 272–272.

Jokinen, Hanna, Teemu Paajanen, Jussi Virkkala, et al.. (2024). Executive functions and processing speed in covert cerebral small vessel disease. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e16533–e16533. 2 indexed citations

Särkämö, Teppo, et al.. (2023). Hodological organization of spoken language production and singing in the human brain. Communications Biology. 6(1). 779–779. 5 indexed citations

Särkämö, Teppo, et al.. (2023). Differential effects of ageing on the neural processing of speech and singing production. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15. 1236971–1236971.

Särkämö, Teppo, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal effects of choir singing on aging cognition and wellbeing: a two-year follow-up study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17. 1174574–1174574. 11 indexed citations

Grau‐Sánchez, Jennifer, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Simone Dalla Bella, et al.. (2022). Putting music to trial: Consensus on key methodological challenges investigating music‐based rehabilitation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1518(1). 12–24. 25 indexed citations

Martínez‐Molina, Noelia, Sini‐Tuuli Siponkoski, & Teppo Särkämö. (2022). Cognitive efficacy and neural mechanisms of music‐based neurological rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1515(1). 20–32. 18 indexed citations

Makkonen, Tommi, et al.. (2022). Benefits of choir singing on complex auditory encoding in the aging brain: An ERP study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1514(1). 82–92. 9 indexed citations

Sihvonen, Aleksi J., et al.. (2022). Isn't There Room for Music in Chronic Pain Management?. Journal of Pain. 23(7). 1143–1150. 18 indexed citations

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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., et al.. (2021). Resting‐state language network neuroplasticity in post‐stroke music listening: A randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(11). 7886–7898. 11 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Molina, Noelia, Sini‐Tuuli Siponkoski, Linda Kuusela, et al.. (2021). Resting-State Network Plasticity Induced by Music Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury. Neural Plasticity. 2021. 1–18. 34 indexed citations

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Toiviainen, Petri, et al.. (2021). What makes music memorable? Relationships between acoustic musical features and music-evoked emotions and memories in older adults. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0251692–e0251692. 25 indexed citations

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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Pablo Ripollés, Vera Leo, et al.. (2021). Vocal Music Listening Enhances Poststroke Language Network Reorganization. eNeuro. 8(4). ENEURO.0158–21.2021. 20 indexed citations

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Siponkoski, Sini‐Tuuli, Noelia Martínez‐Molina, Linda Kuusela, et al.. (2019). Music Therapy Enhances Executive Functions and Prefrontal Structural Neuroplasticity after Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Neurotrauma. 37(4). 618–634. 64 indexed citations

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Grau‐Sánchez, Jennifer, et al.. (2018). Music-supported therapy in the rehabilitation of subacute stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 61. e191–e191. 2 indexed citations

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Särkämö, Teppo & Aleksi J. Sihvonen. (2018). Golden oldies and silver brains: Deficits, preservation, learning, and rehabilitation effects of music in ageing-related neurological disorders. Cortex. 109. 104–123. 35 indexed citations

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Särkämö, Teppo & Mari Tervaniemi. (2015). Cognitive, emotional, and neural benefits of musical leisure activities in stroke and dementia. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 58. e69–e69. 1 indexed citations

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Särkämö, Teppo & David Soto. (2012). Music listening after stroke: beneficial effects and potential neural mechanisms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1252(1). 266–281. 88 indexed citations

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Särkämö, Teppo, Mari Tervaniemi, Seppo Soinila, et al.. (2010). Auditory and Cognitive Deficits Associated with Acquired Amusia after Stroke: A Magnetoencephalography and Neuropsychological Follow-Up Study. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e15157–e15157. 44 indexed citations

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Särkämö, Teppo, Mari Tervaniemi, S. Laitinen, et al.. (2008). Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke. Brain. 131(3). 866–876. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

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