Virpi Leppä

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Virpi Leppä is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Virpi Leppä has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Clinical Psychology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Virpi Leppä's work include Eating Disorders and Behaviors (4 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (3 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers). Virpi Leppä is often cited by papers focused on Eating Disorders and Behaviors (4 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (3 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3 papers). Virpi Leppä collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Virpi Leppä's co-authors include Daniel H. Geschwind, Michael J. Gandal, Neelroop Parikshak, Jennifer K. Lowe, Christopher Hartl, Gokul Ramaswami, T. Grant Belgard, Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, Benjamin J. Blencowe and Steve Horvath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Virpi Leppä

11 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Genome-wide changes in lncRNA, splicing, and regional gene expression patterns in autism

2016 445 citations Neelroop Parikshak, Vivek Swarup et al. Nature profile →
Inherited and De Novo Genetic Risk for Autism Impacts Shared Networks

2019 257 citations Elizabeth K. Ruzzo, Laura Pérez‐Cano et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virpi Leppä United States	9	645	542	421	91	88	11	1.1k
Simone Gupta United States	14	422 0.7×	328 0.6×	264 0.6×	76 0.8×	66 0.8×	19	876
Ismail Thanseem Japan	15	462 0.7×	317 0.6×	262 0.6×	165 1.8×	98 1.1×	28	877
Vijayendran Chandran United States	11	709 1.1×	542 1.0×	379 0.9×	58 0.6×	169 1.9×	16	1.1k
Tianlan Lu China	21	513 0.8×	438 0.8×	325 0.8×	47 0.5×	160 1.8×	72	1.1k
Guillaume Huguet Canada	14	399 0.6×	495 0.9×	469 1.1×	36 0.4×	123 1.4×	37	1.0k
Ciara Fahey Ireland	19	572 0.9×	286 0.5×	254 0.6×	105 1.2×	136 1.5×	25	1.2k
Gokul Ramaswami United States	15	1.4k 2.2×	1.2k 2.2×	426 1.0×	126 1.4×	109 1.2×	16	2.0k
Holly N. Cukier United States	16	525 0.8×	518 1.0×	403 1.0×	29 0.3×	147 1.7×	26	1.0k
Tianzhang Ye United States	10	885 1.4×	455 0.8×	154 0.4×	70 0.8×	207 2.4×	13	1.3k
Claudio Toma Spain	21	359 0.6×	527 1.0×	359 0.9×	54 0.6×	153 1.7×	41	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Virpi Leppä

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virpi Leppä

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virpi Leppä. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virpi Leppä 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 Leppä. Virpi Leppä is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Zhang, Ruyue, Ralf Kuja‐Halkola, Stina Borg, et al.. (2023). The impact of genetic risk for schizophrenia on eating disorder clinical presentations. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 366–366. 3 indexed citations

2.

Yılmaz, Zeynep, Christopher Hübel, Julien Bryois, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa. Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology. 3 indexed citations

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Ruzzo, Elizabeth K., Laura Pérez‐Cano, Jae-Yoon Jung, et al.. (2019). Inherited and De Novo Genetic Risk for Autism Impacts Shared Networks. Cell. 178(4). 850–866.e26. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Wiklund, Camilla A., Ralf Kuja‐Halkola, Laura M. Thornton, et al.. (2019). Prolonged constipation and diarrhea in childhood and disordered eating in adolescence. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 126. 109797–109797. 13 indexed citations

5.

Gandal, Michael J., Jillian R. Haney, Neelroop Parikshak, et al.. (2019). Shared Molecular Neuropathology Across Major Psychiatric Disorders Parallels Polygenic Overlap. FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry. 17(1). 66–72. 113 indexed citations

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Hübel, Christopher, Virpi Leppä, Gerome Breen, & Cynthia M. Bulik. (2018). Rigor and reproducibility in genetic research on eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 51(7). 593–607. 9 indexed citations

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Leppä, Virpi, Stephanie N. Kravitz, Alastair J. Martin, et al.. (2016). Rare Inherited and De Novo CNVs Reveal Complex Contributions to ASD Risk in Multiplex Families. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 99(3). 540–554. 121 indexed citations

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Gandal, Michael J., Virpi Leppä, Hyejung Won, Neelroop Parikshak, & Daniel H. Geschwind. (2016). The road to precision psychiatry: translating genetics into disease mechanisms. Nature Neuroscience. 19(11). 1397–1407. 135 indexed citations

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Parikshak, Neelroop, Vivek Swarup, T. Grant Belgard, et al.. (2016). Genome-wide changes in lncRNA, splicing, and regional gene expression patterns in autism. Nature. 540(7633). 423–427. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nyman, Emma, Sonja Sulkava, Pia Soronen, et al.. (2011). Interaction of early environment, gender and genes of monoamine neurotransmission in the aetiology of depression in a large population-based Finnish birth cohort. BMJ Open. 1(1). e000087–e000087. 29 indexed citations

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Öckinger, Johan, Pernilla Stridh, Amennai Daniel Beyeen, et al.. (2009). Genetic variants of CC chemokine genes in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Genes and Immunity. 11(2). 142–154. 22 indexed citations

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