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Esko A. Nikkilä

Esko A. Nikkilä

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
71
Citations
20707
World Ranking
19968
National Ranking
233

Esko A. Nikkilä 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 Esko A. Nikkilä sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 213 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Esko A. Nikkilä 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 Esko A. Nikkilä sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Esko A. Nikkilä was affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their academic work contributed to the field of research during their active years.

Available data does not list specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues associated with Esko A. Nikkilä.

There are no records of book publications or detailed information on main fields, subfields, or main research topics related to their work.

No awards or recognitions have been documented for Esko A. Nikkilä in the available data.

The scientist is deceased, and their contributions are documented within this context.

Best Publications

  • Lipid Alterations and Decline in the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease in the Helsinki Heart Study

    Vesa Manninen;M. Olli Elo;M. Heikki Frick;Kauko Haapa

  • Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in the Finnish population: gene frequencies and relation to lipoprotein concentrations.

    C Ehnholm;M Lukka;T Kuusi;E Nikkilä

  • Evidence for the role of hepatic endothelial lipase in the metabolism of plasma high density lipoprotein2 in man

    Timo Kuusi;Pekka Saarinen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • Lipoprotein lipase activity in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of runners: relation to serum lipoproteins.

    Esko A. Nikkilä;Marja-Riitta Taskinen;Seppo Rehunen;Matti Härkönen

  • An immunochemical method for the selective measurement of two triglyceride lipases in human postheparin plasma.

    Jussi K. Huttunen;Christian Ehnholm;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • Changes in serum lipoprotein pattern induced by acute infections.

    Kari Sammalkorpi;Ville Valtonen;Yrjö Kerttula;Esko Nikkilä

  • High density lipoprotein-2 and hepatic lipase: reciprocal changes produced by estrogen and norgestrel.

    Matti J. Tikkanen;Esko A. Nikkilä;Timo Kuusi;Seppo Sipinen

  • Plasma triglyceride transport kinetics in diabetes mellitus.

    Esko A. Nikkilä;Matti Kekki

  • Serum lipids and lipoproteins in insulin-treated diabetes. Demonstration of increased high density lipoprotein concentrations.

    Esko A Nikkilä;Pirkko Hormila

  • Hepatic endothelial lipase antiserum influences rat plasma low and high density lipoproteins in vivo.

    Timo Kuusi;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • Plasma triglyceride metabolism in thyroid disease

    Esko A. Nikkilä;Matti Kekki

  • Post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase in normal subjects and in patients with hypertriglyceridaemia: correlations to sex, age and various parameters of triglyceride metabolism.

    J. K. Huttunen;C. Ehnholm;M. Kekki;E. A. Nikkilä

  • Relation of plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to lipoprotein-lipase activity in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of man

    Esko A. Nikkilä;Marja-Riitta Taskinen;Matti Kekki

  • Postheparin plasma lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase in diabetes mellitus. Relationship to plasma triglyceride metabolism.

    Esko A Nikkilä;Jussi K Huttunen;Christian Ehnholm

  • Regulation of hepatic lipase and serum lipoproteins by sex steroids.

    Matti J Tikkanen;Esko A Nikkilä

  • High density lipoprotein subfractions and postheparin plasma lipases in alcoholic men before and after ethanol withdrawal.

    Marja-Riitta Taskinen;Matti Välimäki;Esko A. Nikkilä;Timo Kuusi

  • High density lipoprotein subfractions in relation to lipoprotein lipase activity of tissues in man--evidence for reciprocal regulation of HDL2 and HDL3 levels by lipoprotein lipase.

    Marja-Riitta Taskinen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • Lipoprotein lipase activity of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in insulin-deficient human diabetes. Relation to high-density and very-low-density lipoproteins and response to treatment.

    Marja Riitta Taskinen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • POLYMORPHISM OF PLASMA TRIGLYCERIDE KINETICS IN NORMAL HUMAN ADULT SUBJECTS

    Esko A. Nikkilä;Matti Kekki

  • Effect of oxandrolone treatment on the activity of lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase and phospholipase A1 of human postheparin plasma

    Christian Ehnholm;Jussi K. Huttunen;Paavo J. Kinnunen;Tatu A. Miettinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marja-Riitta Taskinen
Marja-Riitta Taskinen University of Helsinki
Christian Ehnholm
Christian Ehnholm Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Tatu A. Miettinen
Tatu A. Miettinen University of Helsinki
Matti Välimäki
Matti Välimäki Helsinki University Hospital
Markku Kaste
Markku Kaste University of Helsinki
Paavo K.J. Kinnunen
Paavo K.J. Kinnunen Aalto University
Petri T. Kovanen
Petri T. Kovanen Wihuri Research Institute
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Hannele Yki-Järvinen
Hannele Yki-Järvinen University of Helsinki
Bengt Persson
Bengt Persson Science for Life Laboratory

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