Virpi Ahola

2.7k total citations
37 papers, 828 citations indexed

About

Virpi Ahola is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Virpi Ahola has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 828 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Virpi Ahola's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). Virpi Ahola is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). Virpi Ahola collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and China. Virpi Ahola's co-authors include Tero Taiminen, Heikki Lehto, Simo Saarijãrvi, Erkka Syvälahti, Raimo K. R. Salokangas, Asko Hannukkala, Jaana Laurila, Minna Pirhonen, Esa Uusipaikka and Tero Aittokallio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Virpi Ahola

35 papers receiving 791 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Virpi Ahola Finland 16 203 178 155 149 84 37 828
Shiguang Li China 21 399 2.0× 382 2.1× 46 0.3× 101 0.7× 29 0.3× 60 1.1k
Pierre Fontanillas United States 20 353 1.7× 322 1.8× 53 0.3× 567 3.8× 123 1.5× 35 1.4k
Hui-Bao Gao China 10 135 0.7× 28 0.2× 49 0.3× 116 0.8× 30 0.4× 12 869
Michael R. Cummings United States 15 317 1.6× 94 0.5× 112 0.7× 195 1.3× 8 0.1× 35 796
Julie A. Sommer United States 16 262 1.3× 35 0.2× 88 0.6× 183 1.2× 15 0.2× 27 1.1k
Sebastian Alvarado Canada 11 232 1.1× 22 0.1× 58 0.4× 102 0.7× 89 1.1× 16 697
Beate Hartmann Germany 16 593 2.9× 129 0.7× 48 0.3× 105 0.7× 26 0.3× 30 1.2k
Frank Wiens Germany 13 202 1.0× 62 0.3× 37 0.2× 139 0.9× 7 0.1× 18 1.0k
L. C. Ellis United States 19 166 0.8× 26 0.1× 26 0.2× 147 1.0× 65 0.8× 73 1.0k
W. Raymond Duncan United States 21 182 0.9× 30 0.2× 86 0.6× 102 0.7× 66 0.8× 60 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Virpi Ahola

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Fields of papers citing papers by Virpi Ahola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virpi Ahola

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virpi Ahola. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virpi Ahola based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Virpi Ahola. Virpi Ahola is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Spulber, Stefan, et al.. (2023). Sex Differences in Long-term Outcome of Prenatal Exposure to Excess Glucocorticoids—Implications for Development of Psychiatric Disorders. Molecular Neurobiology. 60(12). 7346–7361. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shangli, Virpi Ahola, Zongli Zheng, et al.. (2023). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals maturation trajectory in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in engineered tissues. iScience. 26(4). 106302–106302. 11 indexed citations
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Traut, Walther, Virpi Ahola, David A. S. Smith, I. Gordon, & Richard H. ffrench‐Constant. (2017). Karyotypes versus Genomes: The Nymphalid Butterflies <b><i>Melitaea cinxia, Danaus plexippus</i></b>, and <b><i>D. chrysippus</i></b>. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 153(1). 46–53. 13 indexed citations
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Somervuo, Panu, Jouni Kvist, Petri Auvinen, et al.. (2014). Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Signature of Adaptation to Landscape Fragmentation. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101467–e101467. 19 indexed citations
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Luo, Shiqi, Virpi Ahola, Chang Shu, Chongren Xu, & Rongjiang Wang. (2014). Heat shock protein 70 gene family in the Glanville fritillary butterfly and their response to thermal stress. Gene. 556(2). 132–141. 33 indexed citations
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Honkatukia, Mervi, Maria Tuiskula-Haavisto, Virpi Ahola, et al.. (2011). Mapping of QTL affecting incidence of blood and meat inclusions in egg layers. BMC Genetics. 12(1). 55–55. 9 indexed citations
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Laurila, Jaana, et al.. (2008). Characterization of Dickeya strains isolated from potato and river water samples in Finland. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 122(2). 213–225. 99 indexed citations
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Laurila, Jaana, et al.. (2007). Characterisation of Dickeya (Erwinia chrysanthemi) strains causing potato blackleg and soft rot in Finland. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 3 indexed citations
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Laurila, Jaana, et al.. (2006). Characterisation of erwinias causing blackleg and soft rot in Finland. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 1 indexed citations
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Ahola, Virpi, Tero Aittokallio, Mauno Vihinen, & Esa Uusipaikka. (2006). A statistical score for assessing the quality of multiple sequence alignments. BMC Bioinformatics. 7(1). 484–484. 41 indexed citations
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Sironen, Anu, Bo Thomsen, Magnus Andersson, Virpi Ahola, & Johanna Vilkki. (2006). An intronic insertion in KPL2 results in aberrant splicing and causes the immotile short-tail sperm defect in the pig. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(13). 5006–5011. 76 indexed citations
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Saari, K. Matti, et al.. (2005). Comparison of topical 0.7% dexamethasone–cyclodextrin with 0.1% dexamethasone sodium phosphate for postcataract inflammation. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 244(5). 620–626. 40 indexed citations
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Ahola, Virpi, Tero Aittokallio, Esa Uusipaikka, & Mauno Vihinen. (2004). Statistical Methods for Identifying Conserved Residues in Multiple Sequence Alignment. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. 3(1). 1–28. 8 indexed citations
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Ahola, Virpi, Tero Aittokallio, Esa Uusipaikka, & Mauno Vihinen. (2003). Efficient estimation of emission probabilities in profile hidden Markov models. Bioinformatics. 19(18). 2359–2368. 8 indexed citations
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Taiminen, Tero, Erkka Syvälahti, Simo Saarijãrvi, et al.. (1997). Is Positive Placebo Response in Chronic Schizophrenia Investigator-Dependent?. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 185(10). 644–644. 1 indexed citations
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Salokangas, Raimo K. R., Simo Saarijãrvi, Tero Taiminen, et al.. (1997). Effect of smoking on neuroleptics in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 23(1). 55–60. 51 indexed citations
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Salokangas, Raimo K. R., Simo Saarijãrvi, Tero Taiminen, et al.. (1996). Citalopram as an adjuvant in chronic schizophrenia: a double‐blind placebo‐controlled study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 94(3). 175–180. 64 indexed citations
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Taiminen, Tero, Erkka Syvälahti, Simo Saarijãrvi, et al.. (1996). Prediction of Positive Placebo Response Among Chronic Schizophrenic Outpatients. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 184(2). 109–113. 12 indexed citations

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