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95
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34831
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10027
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Eija Kalso publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eija Kalso sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 396 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Eija Kalso D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eija Kalso sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Eija Kalso is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has a research focus primarily in Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Pharmacology, Physiology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Surgery.

Kalso's research addresses several main topics related to pain and its management. These include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect

Some of the frequently appearing publication venues in their work are:

  • Pain
  • Scandinavian Journal of Pain
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Kalso has coauthored works with several researchers, including:

  • Tuomas O. Lilius (15 publications)
  • Hanna Harno (14 publications)
  • Reetta Sipilä (9 publications)
  • Mari Kaunisto (9 publications)
  • Pekka Rauhala (8 publications)

Among recent publications are:

  • International Association for the Study of Pain Presidential Task Force on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Analgesia: research agenda on the use of cannabinoids, cannabis, and cannabis-based medicines for pain management, 2021, Pain
  • Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Electrodes for the Detection of Fentanyl Citrate, 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Sleep Well and Recover Faster with Less Pain-A Narrative Review on Sleep in the Perioperative Period, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Spared Nerve Injury Causes Sexually Dimorphic Mechanical Allodynia and Differential Gene Expression in Spinal Cords and Dorsal Root Ganglia in Rats, 2021, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Chronic postsurgical pain, 2024, European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Kalso was awarded the Nordic Medical Prize from SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations.

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Miroslav Backonja;John T. Farrar

  • Placebo and opioid analgesia - Imaging a shared neuronal network

    Predrag Petrovic;Eija Kalso;Karl Magnus Petersson;Martin Ingvar

  • A new definition of neuropathic pain

    Troels S. Jensen;Ralf Baron;Maija Haanpää;Eija Kalso

  • Opioids in chronic non-cancer pain: systematic review of efficacy and safety

    Eija Kalso;Jayne E. Edwards;R. Andrew Moore;Henry J. McQuay

  • Morphine and alternative opioids in cancer pain : the EAPC recommendations

    G W Hanks;F de Conno;N Cherny;M Hanna

  • Do surgical patients benefit from perioperative gabapentin/pregabalin? A systematic review of efficacy and safety.

    Elina M. Tiippana;Katri Hamunen;Vesa K. Kontinen;Eija Kalso

  • The Compassionate Brain: Humans Detect Intensity of Pain from Another's Face

    Miiamaaria V Saarela;Yevhen Hlushchuk;Amanda C de C Williams;Martin Schürmann

  • Chronic pain after thoracic surgery: a follow-up study.

    K Perttunen;T Tasmuth;E Kalso

  • Pain and other symptoms after different treatment modalities of breast cancer

    T. Tasmuth;K.von Smitten;P. Hietanen;M. Kataja

  • Randomised crossover trial of transdermal fentanyl and sustained release oral morphine for treating chronic non-cancer pain

    L Allan;H Hays;NH Jensen;BL de Waroux

  • Antiepileptic drugs for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia ‐ an overview of Cochrane reviews

    Philip J Wiffen;Sheena Derry;R Andrew Moore;Dominic Aldington

  • Pain and other symptoms during the first year after radical and conservative surgery for breast cancer

    T Tasmuth;K von Smitten;E Kalso

  • Peri‐operative ketamine for acute post‐operative pain: a quantitative and qualitative systematic review (Cochrane review)

    R. F. Bell;J. B. Dahl;R. A. Moore;E. Kalso

  • Morphine and Oxycodone Hydrochloride in the Management of Cancer Pain

    E. Kalso;A. Vainio

  • Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non-cancer pain.

    Eija Kalso;Laurie Allan;Paul L.I Dellemijn;Clara C Faura

  • Controlled-release oxycodone and morphine in cancer related pain

    Tarja Heiskanen;Eija Kalso

  • Venlafaxine in neuropathic pain following treatment of breast cancer

    Tiina Tasmuth;Brita Härtel;Eija Kalso

  • The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of oxycodone after intramuscular and oral administration to healthy subjects.

    R Poyhia;T Seppala;KT Olkkola;E Kalso

  • Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success

    Andrew Moore;Sheena Derry;Christopher Eccleston;Eija Kalso

  • Pain relief from intra-articular morphine after knee surgery: a qualitative systematic review.

    Eija Kalso;Martin R Tramèr;Dawn Carroll;Henry J McQuay

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörn Lötsch
Jörn Lötsch Goethe University Frankfurt
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Mikko Niemi
Mikko Niemi University of Helsinki
Nina Forss
Nina Forss University of Helsinki
Antti Pertovaara
Antti Pertovaara University of Helsinki
R Andrew Moore
R Andrew Moore University of Oxford
Troels S. Jensen
Troels S. Jensen Aarhus University
Pertti Panula
Pertti Panula University of Helsinki
Henry J McQuay
Henry J McQuay University of Oxford
Riitta Hari
Riitta Hari Aalto University

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