2026 Elina Toskala: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	52	16398	15055	6779	6058	148	41073

Overview

Elina Toskala is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a strong focus on surgery and otorhinolaryngology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including immunology and allergy, physiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics covered by Toskala's work include:

Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Sinusitis and nasal conditions
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Toskala has published in a range of scientific venues, with notable frequency in:

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
The Laryngoscope
American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy
Otolaryngology

Frequent collaborators include Mindy Rabinowitz, Marc Rosen, Gurston Nyquist, James J. Evans, and Chandala Chitguppi, reflecting a broad network of research partnerships.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Toskala are:

International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: Allergic rhinitis - 2023, published in 2023 in International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
Clinical Research Needs for the Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps in the New Era of Biologics: A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Workshop, published in 2020 in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
EUFOREA/EPOS2020 statement on the clinical considerations for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps care, published in 2023 in Allergy
Guidance for contemporary use of biologics in management of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: discussion from a National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshop, published in 2020 in International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
Clinical and Quality of Life Outcomes Following Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Neurolysis of the Posterior Nasal Nerve (RhinAer) for Treatment of Chronic Rhinitis, published in 2022 in American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Best Publications

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs

J. Bousquet;H. J. Schünemann;B. Samolinski;P. Demoly

7892
Citations
Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen)

J. Bousquet;N. Khaltaev;A. A. Cruz;J. Denburg

7223
Citations
Chronic rhinosinusitis in Europe : an underestimated disease. A GA²LEN study

D Hastan;WJ Fokkens;Claus Bachert;RB Newson

1285
Citations
Inflammatory endotypes of chronic rhinosinusitis based on cluster analysis of biomarkers.

Peter Tomassen;Griet Vandeplas;Thibaut Van Zele;Lars-Olaf Cardell

1144
Citations
International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis.

Richard R. Orlandi;Todd T. Kingdom;Peter H. Hwang;Timothy L. Smith

1014
Citations
Sub-Lingual Immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009

G Walter Canonica;Jean Bousquet;Thomas Casale;Richard F Lockey

718
Citations
Sub-lingual immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009.

Canonica Gw;Bousquet J;Casale T;Lockey Rf

675
Citations
Asthma in adults and its association with chronic rhinosinusitis: The GA2LEN survey in Europe

Deborah Jarvis;Roger Newson;Jan Lotvall;Deniz Hastan

668
Citations
International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis.

Sarah K. Wise;Sandra Y. Lin;Elina Toskala;Richard R. Orlandi

613
Citations
Viruses and bacteria in acute asthma exacerbations--a GA² LEN-DARE systematic review.

N G Papadopoulos;I Christodoulou;G Rohde;I Agache

372
Citations
Large-Scale Gene-Centric Meta-analysis across 32 Studies Identifies Multiple Lipid Loci

Folkert W. Asselbergs;Yiran Guo;Yiran Guo;Erik P A Van Iperen;Suthesh Sivapalaratnam

322
Citations
Uncontrolled allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis: where do we stand today?

Peter W Hellings;Wytske Johanna Fokkens;Cezmi Akdis;Claus Bachert

294
Citations
Diagnostic tools in Rhinology EAACI position paper.

Glenis Scadding;Peter Hellings;Isam Alobid;Claus Bachert

289
Citations
Research needs in allergy: an EAACI position paper, in collaboration with EFA

Nikolaos G Papadopoulos;Ioana Agache;Sevim Bavbek;Beatrice M Bilo

265
Citations
MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy): an integrated approach from phenotypes to systems medicine

J. Bousquet;J. Anto;C. Auffray;M. Akdis

248
Citations
Important research questions in allergy and related diseases: nonallergic rhinitis: a GA2LEN paper

J. Bousquet;W. Fokkens;P. Burney;S. R. Durham

244
Citations
The Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GALEN rhinosinusitis cohort: a large European cross-sectional study of chronic rhinosinusitis patients with and without nasal polyps.

A Khan;G Vandeplas;T M T Huynh;V N Joish

189
Citations
Meta-analysis identifies seven susceptibility loci involved in the atopic march

Ingo Marenholz;Ingo Marenholz;Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Jorge Esparza-Gordillo;Franz Rüschendorf;Anja Bauerfeind

189
Citations
Multi-morbidities of allergic rhinitis in adults: European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Task Force Report

C. Cingi;P. Gevaert;R. Mösges;C. Rondon

188
Citations
Asthma risk factors.

Elina Toskala;David W. Kennedy

188
Citations