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Hannu Kautiainen

Hannu Kautiainen

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
40200
World Ranking
7632
National Ranking
84

Hannu Kautiainen 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 Hannu Kautiainen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 975 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hannu Kautiainen 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 Hannu Kautiainen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hannu Kautiainen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research portfolio encompasses a broad range of topics within medicine, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, nutrition and health in aging, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, frailty in older adults, health disparities and outcomes, and chronic disease management strategies.

The scientist has contributed extensively to medicine, authoring over 600 publications. Subfields of their research include surgery, general health professions, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and rheumatology. This interdisciplinary approach reflects a diverse engagement across multiple domains of health sciences.

Frequent publication venues for Hannu Kautiainen include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Spine
  • Primary Care Diabetes
  • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
  • Age and Ageing

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Kaisu Pitkälä
  • Johan G. Eriksson
  • Merja K. Laine
  • Hannu Koponen
  • Päivi Korhonen

Recent publications by Hannu Kautiainen cover topics related to aging, health quality in older populations, frailty, and disease outcomes. Selected papers include:

  • COVID-19 pandemic and mortality in nursing homes across USA and Europe up to October 2021, 2022, European Geriatric Medicine
  • Oral hygiene and health-related quality of life in institutionalized older people, 2021, European Geriatric Medicine
  • Relationship between Fried's frailty phenotype and oral frailty in long-term care residents, 2021, Age and Ageing
  • Both lean and fat body mass associate with blood pressure, 2021, European Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Relationship between patient activation measurement and self-rated health in patients with chronic diseases, 2020, BMC Family Practice

Best Publications

  • Comparison of combination therapy with single-drug therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised trial

    Timo Möttönen;Pekka Hannonen;Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo;Martti Nissilä

  • Active neck muscle training in the treatment of chronic neck pain in women: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jari Ylinen;Esa-Pekka Takala;Matti Nykänen;Arja Häkkinen

  • Delay to institution of therapy and induction of remission using single-drug or combination-disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis.

    Timo Möttönen;Pekka Hannonen;Markku Korpela;Martti Nissilä

  • Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics and treatments in the QUEST-RA study

    Tuulikki Sokka;Sergio Toloza;Maurizio Cutolo;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Can Be Prevented by Lifestyle Intervention: The Finnish Gestational Diabetes Prevention Study (RADIEL): A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Saila B. Koivusalo;Kristiina Rönö;Miira M. Klemetti;Risto P. Roine

  • Physical inactivity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Data from twenty-one countries in a cross-sectional, international study

    Tuulikki Sokka;Arja Häkkinen;Hannu Kautiainen;Jean Francis Maillefert

  • Non-specific musculoskeletal pain in preadolescents. Prevalence and 1-year persistence

    Marja Mikkelsson;Jouko J Salminen;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Randomised, clinically controlled trial of intensive geriatric rehabilitation in patients with hip fracture: subgroup analysis of patients with dementia

    Tiina M Huusko;Pertti Karppi;Veikko Avikainen;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Retardation of joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis by initial aggressive treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs : five-year experience from the FIN-RACo study

    Markku Korpela;Leena Laasonen;Pekka Hannonen;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Work disability remains a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis in the 2000s: data from 32 countries in the QUEST-RA Study

    Tuulikki Sokka;Hannu Kautiainen;Theodore Pincus;Suzanne M.M. Verstappen

  • Effects of the Finnish Alzheimer disease exercise trial (FINALEX): a randomized controlled trial.

    Kaisu H. Pitkälä;Minna M. Pöysti;Marja-Liisa Laakkonen;Reijo S. Tilvis

  • Early suppression of disease activity is essential for maintenance of work capacity in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis: five-year experience from the FIN-RACo trial.

    Kari Puolakka;Hannu Kautiainen;Timo Möttönen;Pekka Hannonen

  • Decreased Isometric Neck Strength in Women With Chronic Neck Pain and the Repeatability of Neck Strength Measurements

    Jari Ylinen;Petri Salo;Matti Nykänen;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Evaluation of repeatability of pressure algometry on the neck muscles for clinical use

    Jari Ylinen;Matti Nykänen;Hannu Kautiainen;Arja Häkkinen

  • Is DAS28 an appropriate tool to assess remission in rheumatoid arthritis

    Heidi Mäkinen;Hannu Kautiainen;Pekka Hannonen;Tuulikki Sokka

  • Probiotic intervention has strain-specific anti-inflammatory effects in healthy adults

    Riina A Kekkonen;Netta Lummela;Heli Karjalainen;Sinikka Latvala

  • Work disability in rheumatoid arthritis 10 years after the diagnosis.

    T Sokka;H Kautiainen;T Möttönen;P Hannonen

  • Occurrence of uveitis in recently diagnosed juvenile chronic arthritis: A prospective study

    Kaisu Kotaniemi;Hannu Kautiainen;Anni Karma;Kimmo Aho

  • Patients seen for standard rheumatoid arthritis care have significantly better articular, radiographic, laboratory, and functional status in 2000 than in 1985

    Theodore Pincus;Tuulikki Sokka;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Active Neck Muscle Training in the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain in Women

    Jari Ylinen;Esa-Pekka Takala;Timo Pohjolainen;Sirkka-Liisa Karppi

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
Arja Häkkinen
Arja Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo
Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo University of Helsinki
Kaisu H. Pitkälä
Kaisu H. Pitkälä University of Helsinki
Timo E. Strandberg
Timo E. Strandberg University of Helsinki
Mika Gissler
Mika Gissler Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Tuulikki Sokka
Tuulikki Sokka University of Eastern Finland
Eero Kajantie
Eero Kajantie Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Reijo S. Tilvis
Reijo S. Tilvis University of Helsinki
Timo Reunala
Timo Reunala Tampere University

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