Vieno Piironen

17.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
229 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Vieno Piironen is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Vieno Piironen has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 51 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Vieno Piironen's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (50 papers), Food composition and properties (46 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (29 papers). Vieno Piironen is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (50 papers), Food composition and properties (46 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (29 papers). Vieno Piironen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom. Vieno Piironen's co-authors include Anna‐Maija Lampi, Jari Toivo, Pirjo Mattila, Susanna Kariluoto, Helinä Hartikainen, Minnamari Edelmann, Velimatti Ollilainen, Laura Nyström, Tatu A. Miettinen and Bhawani Chamlagain and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Vieno Piironen

223 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

Plant sterols: biosynthesis, biological function and their importance to human nutrition

2000 753 citations Vieno Piironen, Jari Toivo et al. profile →
Contents of Vitamins, Mineral Elements, and Some Phenolic Compounds in Cultivated Mushrooms

2001 607 citations Pirjo Mattila, Juha‐Matti Pihlava et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry profile →
Microbial Metabolic Networks at the Mucus Layer Lead to Diet-Independent Butyrate and Vitamin B ₁₂ Production by Intestinal Symbionts

2017 310 citations Clara Belzer, Loo Wee Chia et al. mBio profile →
Flavor challenges in extruded plant‐based meat alternatives: A review

2022 175 citations Yaqin Wang, Fabio Tuccillo et al. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vieno Piironen Finland	65	5.2k	3.6k	3.3k	3.1k	2.3k	229	13.4k
Anna‐Maija Lampi Finland	54	3.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	163	8.9k
Laura Bravo Spain	62	2.6k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	5.4k 2.3×	192	14.2k
Christian Rémésy France	63	5.1k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	5.0k 1.6×	7.6k 3.3×	171	20.0k
Nora M. O’Brien Ireland	55	2.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	3.9k 1.3×	2.7k 1.2×	218	10.3k
Hui Zhang China	57	4.2k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	4.7k 1.4×	2.7k 0.9×	954 0.4×	448	12.1k
Ian Rowland United Kingdom	71	4.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	5.0k 1.5×	7.7k 2.5×	1.6k 0.7×	236	17.6k
Steven J. Schwartz United States	73	2.8k 0.5×	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	5.7k 1.9×	8.2k 3.5×	283	17.0k
José L. Quiles Spain	60	1.9k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	4.1k 1.3×	3.5k 1.5×	278	13.6k
Baojun Xu China	69	3.6k 0.7×	5.2k 1.5×	5.0k 1.5×	4.5k 1.5×	3.3k 1.4×	409	16.9k
Kalidas Shetty United States	65	2.5k 0.5×	5.3k 1.5×	4.6k 1.4×	3.7k 1.2×	5.0k 2.2×	322	14.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vieno Piironen

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Estivi, Lorenzo, Bhawani Chamlagain, Minnamari Edelmann, et al.. (2025). By-product of green pea canning as a substrate for Propionibacterium freudenreichii fermentation to fortify bread with vitamin B12. Future Foods. 12. 100755–100755. 1 indexed citations

Lille, Martina, Minnamari Edelmann, Heikki Aisala, et al.. (2025). Characterising the composition and physicochemical properties of legume and oilseed protein concentrates to evaluate their potential for high-moisture extrusion processing. Future Foods. 12. 100769–100769.

Damerau, Annelie, et al.. (2024). Lipid and volatile profiles of Finnish oat batches of pure cultivars: Effect of storage on the volatile formation. Food Chemistry. 451. 139448–139448. 2 indexed citations

Siitonen, A., V. Kallio, Fabio Tuccillo, et al.. (2024). B Vitamins in Legume Ingredients and Their Retention in High Moisture Extrusion. Foods. 13(5). 637–637. 7 indexed citations

Pihlava, Juha‐Matti, et al.. (2024). Variations in tocopherol, tocotrienol, avenanthramide and saponin content in oats and the influence of milling and baking processes. Journal of Cereal Science. 117. 103902–103902. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Fengyuan, Minnamari Edelmann, Vieno Piironen, et al.. (2024). How food matrices modulate folate bioaccessibility: A comprehensive overview of recent advances and challenges. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 23(3). e13328–e13328. 10 indexed citations

Deptula, Paulina, Bhawani Chamlagain, Minnamari Edelmann, et al.. (2024). Aerobic adaptation and metabolic dynamics of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 20271: insights from comparative transcriptomics and surfaceome analysis. mSystems. 9(10). e0061524–e0061524. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yaqin, Fabio Tuccillo, A. Siitonen, et al.. (2023). Masking off-flavors of faba bean protein concentrate and extrudate: The role of in situ and in vitro produced dextran. Food Hydrocolloids. 150. 109692–109692. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Fengyuan, Minnamari Edelmann, Vieno Piironen, & Susanna Kariluoto. (2022). 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Is a Crucial Factor in Determining the Bioaccessibility of Folate in Bread. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 70(41). 13379–13390. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Fengyuan, Minnamari Edelmann, Vieno Piironen, & Susanna Kariluoto. (2022). The bioaccessibility of folate in breads and the stability of folate vitamers duringin vitrodigestion. Food & Function. 13(6). 3220–3233. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Zhongqing Jiang, Marjo Pulkkinen, et al.. (2018). Protein–lipid co‐oxidation in emulsions stabilized by microwave‐treated and conventional thermal‐treated faba bean proteins. Food Science & Nutrition. 6(4). 1032–1039. 27 indexed citations

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Belzer, Clara, Loo Wee Chia, Steven Aalvink, et al.. (2017). Microbial Metabolic Networks at the Mucus Layer Lead to Diet-Independent Butyrate and Vitamin B ₁₂ Production by Intestinal Symbionts. mBio. 8(5). 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pulkkinen, Marjo, Anna‐Maija Lampi, Velimatti Ollilainen, et al.. (2015). Determination of vicine and convicine from faba bean with an optimized high-performance liquid chromatographic method. Food Research International. 76. 168–177. 39 indexed citations

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Chamlagain, Bhawani, Minnamari Edelmann, Susanna Kariluoto, Velimatti Ollilainen, & Vieno Piironen. (2014). Ultra-high performance liquid chromatographic and mass spectrometric analysis of active vitamin B12 in cells of Propionibacterium and fermented cereal matrices. Food Chemistry. 166. 630–638. 78 indexed citations

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Päivärinta, Essi, Markus Storvik, Laura Huikko, et al.. (2012). Plant stanols induce intestinal tumor formation by up-regulating Wnt and EGFR signaling in ApcMin mice. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 24(1). 343–352. 8 indexed citations

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Huttunen, Minna, Merja Kärkkäinen, Hannu Salovaara, et al.. (2006). Bread Fortified with Cholecalciferol Increases the Serum 25-HydroxyvitaminD Concentration in Women as Effectively as a Cholecalciferol Supplement. Journal of Nutrition. 136(1). 123–127. 105 indexed citations

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Mattila, Pirjo, et al.. (2002). Sterol and vitamin D-2 contents in some wild and cultivated mushrooms. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 76. 293–298. 10 indexed citations

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Lampi, Anna‐Maija, et al.. (2000). Stability of plant sterols and formation of oxidation products in oils during heating. Czech Journal of Food Sciences. 18. 4 indexed citations

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Lampi, Anna‐Maija, Anu Hopia, Petri Ekholm, & Vieno Piironen. (1992). METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF TRIACYLGLYCEROL FRACTIONS FROM RAPESEED AND OTHER OILS FOR AUTOXIDATION STUDIES. LWT. 25(4). 386–388. 18 indexed citations

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Piironen, Vieno, et al.. (1984). High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of tocopherols and tocotrienols and its application to diets and plasma of Finnish men. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. 22 indexed citations

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