Velma T. E. Aho

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Velma T. E. Aho is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Speech and Hearing and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Velma T. E. Aho has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Speech and Hearing and 7 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Velma T. E. Aho's work include Gut microbiota and health (17 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers) and Dysphagia Assessment and Management (7 papers). Velma T. E. Aho is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (17 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers) and Dysphagia Assessment and Management (7 papers). Velma T. E. Aho collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Norway and Germany. Velma T. E. Aho's co-authors include Pedro A. B. Pereira, Petri Auvinen, Filip Scheperjans, Lars Paulín, Eero Pekkonen, Kaisa Koskinen, Johanna Eerola‐Rautio, Seppo Kaakkola, Elena Haapaniemi and Esko Kinnunen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Velma T. E. Aho

29 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Gut microbiota are related to Parkinson's disease and clinical phenotype

2014 1.4k citations Filip Scheperjans, Velma T. E. Aho et al. Movement Disorders profile →
Relationships of gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, inflammation, and the gut barrier in Parkinson’s disease

2021 312 citations Velma T. E. Aho, Madelyn C. Houser et al. Molecular Neurodegeneration profile →
Gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease: Temporal stability and relations to disease progression

2019 259 citations Velma T. E. Aho, Pedro A. B. Pereira et al. EBioMedicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Velma T. E. Aho Finland	17	1.6k	1.2k	731	493	456	30	3.0k
Pedro A. B. Pereira Finland	16	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	685 0.9×	487 1.0×	430 0.9×	26	2.8k
Taren Thron United States	4	1.7k 1.0×	933 0.8×	867 1.2×	557 1.1×	219 0.5×	6	3.0k
Johanna Eerola‐Rautio Finland	7	864 0.5×	661 0.6×	390 0.5×	298 0.6×	219 0.5×	12	1.5k
Tetsuya Maeda Japan	30	927 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	418 0.6×	182 0.4×	168 0.4×	148	3.2k
Esko Kinnunen Finland	14	910 0.6×	752 0.6×	435 0.6×	297 0.6×	208 0.5×	19	2.0k
Agata Mulak Poland	18	905 0.6×	292 0.3×	867 1.2×	356 0.7×	111 0.2×	56	2.4k
Janis R. Bedarf Germany	8	690 0.4×	473 0.4×	287 0.4×	178 0.4×	200 0.4×	19	1.1k
Carola Severi Italy	26	1.8k 1.1×	203 0.2×	872 1.2×	473 1.0×	71 0.2×	101	4.3k
Vera Schwierzeck Germany	11	1.9k 1.1×	170 0.1×	868 1.2×	850 1.7×	63 0.1×	30	3.8k
Feng Jin China	16	897 0.5×	193 0.2×	448 0.6×	368 0.7×	95 0.2×	39	1.6k

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Leu, Andy O, Ove Øyås, Ianina Altshuler, et al.. (2025). Protozoal populations drive system-wide variation in the rumen microbiome. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6238–6238. 1 indexed citations

Øyås, Ove, et al.. (2024). Integrating host and microbiome biology using holo-omics. Molecular Omics. 20(7). 438–452. 3 indexed citations

Heinzel, Sebastian, Veera Kainulainen, Anni I. Nieminen, et al.. (2024). Elevated fecal calprotectin is associated with gut microbial dysbiosis, altered serum markers and clinical outcomes in older individuals. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 13513–13513. 10 indexed citations

Aho, Velma T. E., Patrick May, Anna Heintz‐Buschart, et al.. (2024). Education as Risk Factor of Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Link to the Gut Microbiome. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 11(3). 759–768. 7 indexed citations

Cereda, Emanuele, Marco Severgnini, Michela Barichella, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiota dysbiosis in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and pooled analysis. European Journal of Neurology. 30(11). 3581–3594. 42 indexed citations

Garcia, Pierre, Velma T. E. Aho, Jean‐Jacques Gérardy, et al.. (2023). Fiber deprivation and microbiome-borne curli shift gut bacterial populations and accelerate disease in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Cell Reports. 42(9). 113071–113071. 14 indexed citations

Laczny, Cédric C., Velma T. E. Aho, Janine Habier, et al.. (2023). Protocol for a multicentre cross-sectional, longitudinal ambulatory clinical trial in rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinson’s disease patients analysing the relation between the gut microbiome, fasting and immune status in Germany (ExpoBiome). BMJ Open. 13(8). e071380–e071380. 6 indexed citations

Aho, Velma T. E., Randolph R. Singh, Tiejun Cheng, et al.. (2022). Studying the Parkinson’s disease metabolome and exposome in biological samples through different analytical and cheminformatics approaches: a pilot study. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 414(25). 7399–7419. 18 indexed citations

Holmer, Jacob, Velma T. E. Aho, Maria Eriksdotter, et al.. (2021). Subgingival microbiota in a population with and without cognitive dysfunction. Journal of Oral Microbiology. 13(1). 1854552–1854552. 34 indexed citations

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Aho, Velma T. E., Madelyn C. Houser, Pedro A. B. Pereira, et al.. (2021). Relationships of gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, inflammation, and the gut barrier in Parkinson’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 16(1). 6–6. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aho, Velma T. E., Tiina Tolonen, Mari Jaakkola, et al.. (2020). Survey of microbes in industrial-scale second-generation bioethanol production for better process knowledge and operation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(18). 8049–8064.

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Boertien, Jeffrey M., Pedro A. B. Pereira, Velma T. E. Aho, & Filip Scheperjans. (2019). Increasing Comparability and Utility of Gut Microbiome Studies in Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 9(s2). S297–S312. 127 indexed citations

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Aho, Velma T. E., Pedro A. B. Pereira, Sari Voutilainen, et al.. (2019). Gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease: Temporal stability and relations to disease progression. EBioMedicine. 44. 691–707. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pereira, Pedro A. B., Velma T. E. Aho, Lars Paulín, et al.. (2017). Oral and nasal microbiota in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 38. 61–67. 152 indexed citations

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Aho, Velma T. E., Pedro A. B. Pereira, Lars Paulín, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiome in gestational diabetes: a cross‐sectional study of mothers and offspring 5 years postpartum. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 97(1). 38–46. 60 indexed citations

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Pereira, Pedro A. B., Velma T. E. Aho, Johanna Arola, et al.. (2017). Bile microbiota in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Impact on disease progression and development of biliary dysplasia. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182924–e0182924. 72 indexed citations

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Aho, Velma T. E., Nanna Fyhrquist, Pedro A. B. Pereira, et al.. (2016). 423 Isotretinoin and lymecycline treatments modify the skin microbiota in acne. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 136(9). S232–S232. 9 indexed citations

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Salava, Alexander, Velma T. E. Aho, Pedro A. B. Pereira, et al.. (2016). Skin microbiome in melanomas and melanocytic nevi. European Journal of Dermatology. 26(1). 49–55. 26 indexed citations

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Aho, Velma T. E., Pedro A. B. Pereira, Tari Haahtela, et al.. (2015). The microbiome of the human lower airways: a next generation sequencing perspective. World Allergy Organization Journal. 8(1). 23–23. 34 indexed citations

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Scheperjans, Filip, Velma T. E. Aho, Pedro A. B. Pereira, et al.. (2014). Gut microbiota are related to Parkinson's disease and clinical phenotype. Movement Disorders. 30(3). 350–358. 1422 indexed citations breakdown →

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