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D-Index
81
Citations
21330
World Ranking
16767
National Ranking
190

Helena Gylling 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 Helena Gylling sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 382 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Helena Gylling 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 Helena Gylling sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Helena Gylling is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine, with a significant focus on surgery and oncology as subfields.

Their work centers on topics related to cholesterol and lipid metabolism, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, natural products and biological research, and drug transport and resistance mechanisms.

Recent publications by Helena Gylling include:

  • The profile of cholesterol metabolism does not interfere with the cholesterol-lowering efficacy of phytostanol esters, 2024, Clinical Nutrition
  • High cholesterol absorption efficiency interferes with bile acid metabolism and cholesterol elimination from the body, 2025, Journal of Internal Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Ingmar Wester
  • Piia Simonen
  • Katariina Öörni
  • Lotta Nylund
  • Jyri Lommi

Helena Gylling has published predominantly in the following journals:

  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Internal Medicine

Best Publications

  • Reduction of serum cholesterol with sitostanol-ester margarine in a mildly hypercholesterolemic population

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Pekka Puska;Helena Gylling;Hannu Vanhanen

  • Plant sterols and plant stanols in the management of dyslipidaemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease

    Helena Gylling;Jogchum Plat;Stephen Turley;Henry N. Ginsberg

  • Lifestyle intervention with weight reduction: first-line treatment in mild obstructive sleep apnea.

    Henri P. I. Tuomilehto;Juha M. Seppä;Markku M. Partinen;Markku Peltonen

  • Saturated Fat Is More Metabolically Harmful for the Human Liver Than Unsaturated Fat or Simple Sugars

    Panu K Luukkonen;Sanja Sädevirta;You Zhou;Brandon Kayser

  • Baseline serum cholestanol as predictor of recurrent coronary events in subgroup of Scandinavian simvastatin survival study

    Tatu A Miettinen;Helena Gylling;Timo Strandberg;Seppo Sarna

  • Comparison of the effects of plant sterol ester and plant stanol ester-enriched margarines in lowering serum cholesterol concentrations in hypercholesterolaemic subjects on a low-fat diet.

    M. A. Hallikainen;E. S. Sarkkinen;H. Gylling;A. T. Erkkilä

  • Reduction of Serum Cholesterol in Postmenopausal Women With Previous Myocardial Infarction and Cholesterol Malabsorption Induced by Dietary Sitostanol Ester Margarine Women and Dietary Sitostanol

    Helena Gylling;Rajaratnam Radhakrishnan;Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Serum cholesterol and cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in hypercholesterolaemic NIDDM patients before and during sitostanol ester-margarine treatment.

    H. Gylling;T. A. Miettinen

  • Noncholesterol Sterols and Cholesterol Lowering by Long-Term Simvastatin Treatment in Coronary Patients Relation to Basal Serum Cholestanol

    T. A. Miettinen;T. E. Strandberg;H. Gylling

  • Sitostanol ester margarine in dietary treatment of children with familial hypercholesterolemia

    H Gylling;M.A. Siimes;T.A. Miettinen

  • Cholesterol reduction by different plant stanol mixtures and with variable fat intake

    Helena Gylling;Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Cholesterol absorption, elimination, and synthesis related to LDL kinetics during varying fat intake in men with different apoprotein E phenotypes.

    T A Miettinen;H Gylling;H Vanhanen;A Ollus

  • Effect of short-term carbohydrate overfeeding and long-term weight loss on liver fat in overweight humans

    Ksenia Sevastianova;Alexandre Pereira Delgado e Santos;Anna Kotronen;Antti Hakkarainen

  • Effects of inhibiting cholesterol absorption and synthesis on cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism in hypercholesterolemic non-insulin-dependent diabetic men.

    Helena Gylling;Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Insulin resistance is associated with increased cholesterol synthesis and decreased cholesterol absorption in normoglycemic men

    Jussi Pihlajamäki;Helena Gylling;Tatu A. Miettinen;Markku Laakso

  • Independent association of serum squalene and noncholesterol sterols with coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women

    Radhakrishnan A Rajaratnam;Helena Gylling;Tatu A Miettinen

  • Diabetes Contributes to Cholesterol Metabolism Regardless of Obesity

    Piia P. Simonen;Helena K. Gylling;Tatu A. Miettinen

  • Serum sterols during stanol ester feeding in a mildly hypercholesterolemic population.

    H. Gylling;P. Puska;E. Vartiainen;T.A. Miettinen

  • Bilberries reduce low-grade inflammation in individuals with features of metabolic syndrome

    Marjukka Kolehmainen;Otto Mykkänen;Pirkka V Kirjavainen;Tiina Leppänen

  • Cholesterol absorption efficiency and sterol metabolism in obesity.

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Helena Gylling

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatu A. Miettinen
Tatu A. Miettinen University of Helsinki
Kaisa Poutanen
Kaisa Poutanen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Matti Uusitupa
Matti Uusitupa University of Eastern Finland
Rainer Rauramaa
Rainer Rauramaa University of Eastern Finland
Markku Laakso
Markku Laakso University of Eastern Finland
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Kimmo Kontula
Kimmo Kontula University of Helsinki
Timo E. Strandberg
Timo E. Strandberg University of Helsinki
Petri T. Kovanen
Petri T. Kovanen Wihuri Research Institute
Hannu Mykkänen
Hannu Mykkänen University of Eastern Finland

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