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Arja R. Aro 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 Arja R. Aro sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 215 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Arja R. Aro 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 Arja R. Aro sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Arja R. Aro is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans across medicine and social sciences, with significant contributions to various subfields including sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, information systems and management, and epidemiology.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics such as HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, digital radiography and breast imaging, breast lesions and carcinomas, cancer risks and factors, menstrual health and disorders, global health care issues, and health disparities and outcomes.

Arja R. Aro has a record of publications in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SAGE Open Medicine
  • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • BMC Women s Health
  • Research Ideas and Outcomes
  • BMJ Open

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Arja R. Aro cover a range of health and social topics:

  • 'Menstruation means impurity': multilevel interventions are needed to break the menstrual taboo in Nepal, 2021, BMC Women s Health
  • Hormone replacement therapy and mammographic density: a systematic literature review, 2020, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Elderly care in Nepal: Are existing health and community support systems enough, 2021, SAGE Open Medicine
  • Rotatory role-playing and role-models to enhance the research integrity culture, 2020, Research Ideas and Outcomes
  • Sex trafficking, prostitution, and increased HIV risk among women during and after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, 2020, SAGE Open Medicine

Arja R. Aro has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Subash Thapa
  • Ranjila Joshi
  • Shadi Azam
  • Katja Kemp Jacobsen
  • Elsebeth Lynge

Best Publications

  • SARS risk perception, knowledge, precautions, and information sources, the Netherlands

    Johannes Brug;Arja R. Aro;Anke Oenema;Onno de Zwart

  • Risk perceptions related to SARS and avian influenza: theoretical foundations of current empirical research.

    Anja Leppin;Arja R. Aro

  • Trends in self-reported sleep duration and insomnia-related symptoms in Finland from 1972 to 2005: a comparative review and re-analysis of Finnish population samples

    Erkki Kronholm;Timo Partonen;Tiina Laatikainen;Markku Peltonen

  • Perceived Threat, Risk Perception, and Efficacy Beliefs Related to SARS and Other (Emerging) Infectious Diseases: Results of an International Survey

    Onno de Zwart;Irene K. Veldhuijzen;Gillian Elam;Arja R. Aro

  • Health Related Quality of Life among Insulin-Dependent Diabetics: Disease-Related and Psychosocial Correlates.

    Anna-Mari Aalto;Antti Uutela;Arja R. Aro

  • Risk perceptions and behaviour: towards pandemic control of emerging infectious diseases : international research on risk perception in the control of emerging infectious diseases.

    Johannes Brug;Arja R. Aro;Jan Hendrik Richardus

  • Prevalence of menopause symptoms and their association with lifestyle among Finnish middle-aged women.

    J. Moilanen;A.-M. Aalto;E. Hemminki;A.R. Aro

  • Avian influenza risk perception, Europe and Asia.

    Onno de Zwart;Irene K. Veldhuijzen;Gillian Elam;Arja R. Aro

  • Self-reported sleep duration in Finnish general population.

    Erkki Kronholm;Mikko Härmä;Christer Hublin;Arja R Aro

  • Does knowledge make a difference? The association between knowledge about genes and attitudes toward gene tests.

    Jallinoja P;Aro Ar

  • False-positive findings in mammography screening induces short-term distress - breast cancer-specific concern prevails longer.

    A.R Aro;S Pilvikki Absetz;T.M van Elderen;E van der Ploeg

  • Psychosocial predictors of first attendance for organised mammography screening

    A R Aro;H J de Koning;P Absetz;M Schreck

  • Illness perceptions in coronary heart disease: Sociodemographic, illness-related, and psychosocial correlates

    Anna-Mari Aalto;Monique Heijmans;John Weinman;Arja R. Aro

  • Two distinct groups of non-attenders in an organized mammography screening program.

    Arja R Aro;Harry J de Koning;Pilvikki Absetz;Marjut Schreck

  • Attitudes toward genetic testing among the general population and relatives of patients with a severe genetic disease: a survey from Finland.

    M Hietala;A Hakonen;A R Aro;P Niemelä

  • Determinants of evidence use in public health policy making: Results from a study across six EU countries

    Ien van de Goor;Riitta-Maija Hämäläinen;Ahmed Syed;Cathrine Juel Lau

  • Physical activity and change in quality of life during menopause -an 8-year follow-up study

    Jaana M Moilanen;Anna-Mari Aalto;Jani Raitanen;Elina Hemminki

  • On what grounds do women participate in prenatal screening

    Päivi Santalahti;Arja R. Aro;Elina Hemminki;Hans Helenius

  • Knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare ethics among resident doctors and ward nurses from a resource poor setting, Nepal

    Samaj Adhikari;Kumar Paudel;Arja R. Aro;Tara Ballav Adhikari

  • SARS Knowledge, Perceptions, and Behaviors: a Comparison between Finns and the Dutch during the SARS Outbreak in 2003

    A.-M. Vartti;A.-M. Vartti;A. Oenema;M. Schreck;A. Uutela

Frequent Co-Authors

Antti Uutela
Antti Uutela Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jouko Lönnqvist
Jouko Lönnqvist Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Johannes Brug
Johannes Brug Utrecht University
Nancy Edwards
Nancy Edwards University of Ottawa
Leena Peltonen
Leena Peltonen University of Helsinki
Anke Oenema
Anke Oenema Maastricht University
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen University of Copenhagen
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Stephen Sutton
Stephen Sutton University of Cambridge
Elsebeth Lynge
Elsebeth Lynge University of Copenhagen

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