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Ari Väänänen publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ari Väänänen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 144 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Ari Väänänen D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ari Väänänen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ari Väänänen is affiliated with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions, Medicine, and Psychology, with notable contributions in several subfields including General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research focuses on diverse topics related to workplace and health, including Workplace Health and Well-being, Employment and Welfare Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, and Emotional Labor in Professions.

They have published several recent papers, notable among these are:

  • Hospital-treated infectious diseases and the risk of dementia: a large, multicohort, observational study with a replication cohort (2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Cognitive stimulation in the workplace, plasma proteins, and risk of dementia: three analyses of population cohort studies (2021, BMJ)
  • Severe Infection and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Multicohort Study (2023, Circulation)
  • The Effect of Employee-Oriented Flexible Work on Mental Health: A Systematic Review (2022, Healthcare)
  • Association of Alcohol-Induced Loss of Consciousness and Overall Alcohol Consumption With Risk for Dementia (2020, JAMA Network Open)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Aki Koskinen
  • Johanna Kausto
  • Kia Gluschkoff
  • Sanna Selinheimo
  • Jarno Turunen

Publication venues where Ari Väänänen's work is often featured include:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • BMJ

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, particularly with multiple works published by Policy Press. Four titles under the name The Rise of Mental Vulnerability at Work were released in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson

  • Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease - a meta-analysis

    Mika Kivimäki;Marianna Virtanen;Marko Elovainio;Anne Kouvonen

  • Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data

    Ida E. H. Madsen;S. T. Nyberg;L. L. Magnusson Hanson;J. E. Ferrie

  • Burnout as a predictor of medically certified sick-leave absences and their diagnosed causes.

    Salla Toppinen-Tanner;Anneli Ojajärvi;Ari Väänänen;Raija Kalimo

  • Job characteristics, physical and psychological symptoms, and social support as antecedents of sickness absence among men and women in the private industrial sector.

    Ari Väänänen;Ari Väänänen;Salla Toppinen-Tanner;Raija Kalimo;Pertti Mutanen

  • Burnout as a predictor of all-cause mortality among industrial employees: a 10-year prospective register-linkage study.

    Kirsi Ahola;Ari Väänänen;Aki Koskinen;Anne Kouvonen

  • Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity: An Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of Up to 170,000 Men and Women: The IPD-Work Consortium

    Eleonor I Fransson;Katriina Heikkila;Solja T Nyberg;Marie Zins

  • Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marianna Virtanen;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;G David Batty;Markus Jokela

  • Physical inactivity, cardiometabolic disease, and risk of dementia: an individual-participant meta-analysis

    Mika Kivimaki;Mika Kivimaki;Archana Singh-Manoux;Archana Singh-Manoux;Jaana Pentti;Jaana Pentti;Severine Sabia;Severine Sabia

  • Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis of 124,808 Men and Women

    Solja T Nyberg;Eleonor I Fransson;Katriina Heikkilä;Kirsi Ahola

  • Low Workplace Social Capital as a Predictor of Depression The Finnish Public Sector Study

    Anne Kouvonen;Tuula Oksanen;Jussi Vahtera;Mai Stafford

  • When it is better to give than to receive: long-term health effects of perceived reciprocity in support exchange.

    Ari Väänänen;Bram P Buunk;Mika Kivimäki;Jaana Pentti

  • Work stress and risk of cancer: meta-analysis of 5700 incident cancer events in 116 000 European men and women

    Katriina Heikkilä;Solja T Nyberg;Töres Theorell;Eleonor I Fransson;Eleonor I Fransson;Eleonor I Fransson

  • Job Strain and Tobacco Smoking: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis of 166 130 Adults in 15 European Studies

    Katriina Heikkilä;Solja T. Nyberg;Eleonor I. Fransson;Lars Alfredsson

  • Burnout predicts hospitalization for mental and cardiovascular disorders: 10-year prospective results from industrial sector

    Salla Toppinen-Tanner;Kirsi Ahola;Aki Koskinen;Ari Väänänen

  • The double burden of and negative spillover between paid and domestic work: associations with health among men and women.

    Ari Väänänen;May V Kevin;Leena Ala-Mursula;Jaana Pentti

  • Job strain and the risk of stroke : an individual-participant data meta-analysis

    Eleonor I. Fransson;Solja T. Nyberg;Katriina Heikkila;Lars Alfredsson

  • Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study

    Anne Kouvonen;Roberto De Vogli;Mai Stafford;Martin J. Shipley

  • Long hours in paid and domestic work and subsequent sickness absence: does control over daily working hours matter?

    L. Ala-Mursula;J. Vahtera;Anne Kouvonen;A. Vaananen

  • Hospital-treated infectious diseases and the risk of dementia: a large, multicohort, observational study with a replication cohort.

    Pyry N Sipilä;Pyry N Sipilä;Nelli Heikkilä;Joni V Lindbohm;Christian Hakulinen

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease

    Mika Kivimäki;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;Eleonor I Fransson

  • Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marianna Virtanen;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;Markus Jokela

Frequent Co-Authors

Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Jussi Vahtera
Jussi Vahtera Turku University Hospital
Jaana Pentti
Jaana Pentti University of Turku
Marianna Virtanen
Marianna Virtanen University of Eastern Finland
Jane E. Ferrie
Jane E. Ferrie University College London
Sakari Suominen
Sakari Suominen University of Turku
Lars Alfredsson
Lars Alfredsson Karolinska Institute
G. David Batty
G. David Batty University College London
Markku Koskenvuo
Markku Koskenvuo University of Helsinki

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