Vesa Saikko

2.8k total citations
74 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Vesa Saikko is a scholar working on Surgery, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vesa Saikko has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vesa Saikko's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (69 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (65 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (43 papers). Vesa Saikko is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (69 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (65 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (43 papers). Vesa Saikko collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and United States. Vesa Saikko's co-authors include Olof Calonius, Tiina Ahlroos, Jaakko Keränen, P Slätis, Ming Shen, Hannu Revitzer, Jari Kostamo, Raine Viitala, Petri Kuosmanen and Pekka Paavolainen and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Vesa Saikko

73 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vesa Saikko Finland 29 1.8k 651 508 161 85 74 2.1k
Martin Vrbka Czechia 24 636 0.3× 691 1.1× 523 1.0× 146 0.9× 139 1.6× 79 1.2k
Aaron Essner United States 20 1.4k 0.7× 462 0.7× 396 0.8× 89 0.6× 74 0.9× 34 1.5k
Philippa Cann United Kingdom 19 578 0.3× 486 0.7× 312 0.6× 80 0.5× 159 1.9× 40 1.1k
C Stark United States 10 857 0.5× 361 0.6× 382 0.8× 62 0.4× 69 0.8× 12 1.0k
David Nečas Czechia 18 354 0.2× 320 0.5× 237 0.5× 87 0.5× 94 1.1× 45 679
Barbara H. Currier United States 25 1.7k 0.9× 270 0.4× 157 0.3× 67 0.4× 41 0.5× 42 1.8k
Francisco J. Medel Spain 18 535 0.3× 190 0.3× 178 0.4× 112 0.7× 63 0.7× 29 797
Fu‐Wen Shen United States 16 1.3k 0.7× 335 0.5× 127 0.3× 72 0.4× 63 0.7× 17 1.4k
Robert Streicher Switzerland 17 1.1k 0.6× 404 0.6× 137 0.3× 255 1.6× 223 2.6× 39 1.4k
D.M. Gordin France 23 560 0.3× 685 1.1× 323 0.6× 1.2k 7.7× 411 4.8× 51 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vesa Saikko

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All Works

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Viitala, Raine, et al.. (2024). Behavior of marine thruster lip seals under typical operating conditions. Tribology International. 201. 110195–110195. 2 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, et al.. (2022). Performance of thin Vivacit-E hip liners: no relevant wear during ex vivo testing at high acetabular inclination angle. Acta Orthopaedica. 93. 901–905. 1 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa. (2020). Effect of inward-outward rotation on hip wear simulation. Journal of Biomechanics. 101. 109638–109638. 4 indexed citations
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Viitala, Raine & Vesa Saikko. (2020). Effect of random variation of input and various daily activities on wear in a hip joint simulator. Journal of Biomechanics. 106. 109831–109831. 10 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, Vesa Vuorinen, & Hannu Revitzer. (2016). Effect of CoCr Counterface Roughness on the Wear of UHMWPE in the Noncyclic RandomPOD Simulation. Journal of Tribology. 139(2). 7 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa & Jari Kostamo. (2011). RandomPOD—A new method and device for advanced wear simulation of orthopaedic biomaterials. Journal of Biomechanics. 44(5). 810–814. 24 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, Olof Calonius, & Jaakko Keränen. (2004). Effect of slide track shape on the wear of ultra‐high molecular weight polyethylene in a pin‐on‐disk wear simulation of total hip prosthesis. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 69B(2). 141–148. 42 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, Olof Calonius, & Jaakko Keränen. (2003). Effect of extent of motion and type of load on the wear of polyethylene in a biaxial hip simulator. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 65B(1). 186–192. 14 indexed citations
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Puolakka, T., Jaakko Keränen, K J Pajamäki, et al.. (2003). Increased volumetric wear of polyethylene liners with more than 3 years of shelf-life time. International Orthopaedics. 27(3). 153–159. 14 indexed citations
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Calonius, Olof & Vesa Saikko. (2002). Slide track analysis of eight contemporary hip simulator designs. Journal of Biomechanics. 35(11). 1439–1450. 52 indexed citations
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Calonius, Olof & Vesa Saikko. (2002). Analysis of Polyethylene Particles Produced in Different Wear Conditions In Vitro. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 399(399). 219–230. 24 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, Olof Calonius, & Jaakko Keränen. (2002). Wear of conventional and cross‐linked ultra‐high‐molecular‐weight polyethylene acetabular cups against polished and roughened CoCr femoral heads in a biaxial hip simulator. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 63(6). 848–853. 63 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa & Olof Calonius. (2002). Slide track analysis of the relative motion between femoral head and acetabular cup in walking and in hip simulators. Journal of Biomechanics. 35(4). 455–464. 83 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, Tiina Ahlroos, Olof Calonius, & Jaakko Keränen. (2001). Wear simulation of total hip prostheses with polyethylene against CoCr, alumina and diamond-like carbon. Biomaterials. 22(12). 1507–1514. 128 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa & Tiina Ahlroos. (2000). Wear simulation of UHMWPE for total hip replacement with a multidirectional motion pin-on-disk device: Effects of counterface material, contact area, and lubricant. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 49(2). 147–154. 50 indexed citations
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Saikko, Vesa, Juha Nevalainen, Hannu Revitzer, & Pekka Ylinen. (1998). Metal release from total hip articulations in vitro: Substantial from CoCr/CoCr, negligible from CoCr/PE and alumina/PE. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 69(5). 449–454. 27 indexed citations

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