Terho Heikkinen

17.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
130 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Terho Heikkinen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Otorhinolaryngology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terho Heikkinen has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Epidemiology, 33 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 29 papers in Otorhinolaryngology. Recurrent topics in Terho Heikkinen's work include Respiratory viral infections research (83 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (41 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (39 papers). Terho Heikkinen is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (83 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (41 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (39 papers). Terho Heikkinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and United Kingdom. Terho Heikkinen's co-authors include Asko Järvinen, Tasnee Chonmaitree, Olli Ruuskanen, Kari Laine, Ulla Ekblad, Thedi Ziegler, Ville Peltola, Heli Silvennoinen, Raija Vainionpää and Matti Waris and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Terho Heikkinen

127 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The common cold

2003 733 citations Terho Heikkinen, Asko Järvinen The Lancet profile →
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality: A Global Overview

2018 273 citations Pablo Obando-Pacheco, Antonio José Justicia-Grande et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe: a prospective birth cohort study

2022 115 citations Joanne Wildenbeest, Marie‐Noëlle Billard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Terho Heikkinen Finland	44	4.6k	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	130	7.2k
Paola Marchisio Italy	40	2.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	663 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	310	6.0k
Matti Uhari Finland	50	2.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	681 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	238	8.9k
S. Michael Marcy United States	38	2.6k 0.6×	789 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	436 0.4×	421 0.4×	90	5.1k
Charles R. Woods United States	37	1.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	910 0.7×	702 0.6×	438 0.4×	127	5.7k
Tasnee Chonmaitree United States	43	3.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	960 0.7×	641 0.6×	2.8k 2.7×	113	6.3k
Peter Richmond Australia	51	5.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	767 0.7×	429 0.4×	328	8.4k
Debby Bogaert Netherlands	48	6.4k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	425 0.4×	169	11.4k
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders Netherlands	59	7.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	887 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	284	12.5k
Frederick W. Henderson United States	37	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	869 0.7×	359 0.3×	747 0.7×	68	4.7k
Jerome O. Klein United States	52	4.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.8×	3.1k 3.0×	260	10.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terho Heikkinen

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Waris, Matti, et al.. (2024). Respiratory Syncytial Virus‐Associated Hospitalizations in Children: A 10‐Year Population‐Based Analysis in Finland, 2008–2018. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 18(3). e13268–e13268.

Mao, Zhuxin, Xiao Li, Ana Dacosta-Urbieta, et al.. (2023). Economic burden and health-related quality-of-life among infants with respiratory syncytial virus infection: A multi-country prospective cohort study in Europe. Vaccine. 41(16). 2707–2715. 29 indexed citations

Mattila, J., et al.. (2021). Oseltamivir treatment of influenza A and B infections in infants. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(5). 618–624. 16 indexed citations

Mattila, J., et al.. (2020). Burden of influenza during the first year of life. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(4). 506–512. 6 indexed citations

Waris, Matti, et al.. (2020). Association of Viral Load With Disease Severity in Outpatient Children With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(2). 298–304. 23 indexed citations

Mattila, J., et al.. (2020). Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection During the First Year of Life. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 223(5). 811–817. 35 indexed citations

Obando-Pacheco, Pablo, Antonio José Justicia-Grande, Irene Rivero‐Calle, et al.. (2018). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality: A Global Overview. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 217(9). 1356–1364. 273 indexed citations breakdown →

Silvennoinen, Heli, et al.. (2015). Comparative Burden of Influenza A/H1N1, A/H3N2 and B Infections in Children Treated as Outpatients. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(10). 1081–1085. 19 indexed citations

Heikkinen, Terho, Stan L. Block, Seth Toback, Xionghua Wu, & Christopher S. Ambrose. (2012). Effectiveness of Intranasal Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine Against All-cause Acute Otitis Media in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32(6). 669–674. 30 indexed citations

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Peltola, Ville, Terho Heikkinen, Olli Ruuskanen, et al.. (2010). Temporal Association Between Rhinovirus Circulation in the Community and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 30(6). 456–461. 42 indexed citations

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Block, Stan L., Terho Heikkinen, Seth Toback, Wei Zheng, & Christopher S. Ambrose. (2010). The Efficacy of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine Against Influenza-associated Acute Otitis Media in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 30(3). 203–207. 56 indexed citations

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Silvennoinen, Heli, Ville Peltola, Pasi Lehtinen, Raija Vainionpää, & Terho Heikkinen. (2009). Clinical Presentation of Influenza in Unselected Children Treated as Outpatients. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(5). 372–375. 68 indexed citations

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Ruohola, Aino, et al.. (2007). The Dynamics of Bacteria in the Middle Ear During the Course of Acute Otitis Media With Tympanostomy Tube Otorrhea. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 26(10). 892–896. 11 indexed citations

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Heikkinen, Terho, Jukka Hakkola, Kati Hakala, et al.. (2005). Functional role of P-glycoprotein in the human blood-placental barrier. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 78(2). 123–131. 99 indexed citations

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Heikkinen, Terho, Robert Booy, Magda Campins, et al.. (2005). Should healthy children be vaccinated against influenza?. European Journal of Pediatrics. 165(4). 223–228. 47 indexed citations

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Peltola, Ville, et al.. (2005). Accuracy of Clinical Diagnosis of Influenza in Outpatient Children. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 41(8). 1198–1200. 84 indexed citations

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Heikkinen, Terho, Thedi Ziegler, Ville Peltola, et al.. (2003). Incidence of influenza in Finnish children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 22(10 Suppl). S204–S206. 35 indexed citations

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Heikkinen, Terho & Asko Järvinen. (2003). The common cold. The Lancet. 361(9351). 51–59. 733 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ruohola, Aino, Terho Heikkinen, Matti Waris, Tuomo Puhakka, & Olli Ruuskanen. (2000). Intranasal fluticasone propionate does not prevent acute otitis media during viral upper respiratory infection in children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 106(3). 467–471. 33 indexed citations

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Chonmaitree, Tasnee & Terho Heikkinen. (1997). Role of Viruses in Middle‐ear Disease^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 830(1). 143–157. 53 indexed citations

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