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Helena Leino-Kilpi

Helena Leino-Kilpi

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
24014
World Ranking
14249
National Ranking
160

Helena Leino-Kilpi 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 Leino-Kilpi sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 573 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Helena Leino-Kilpi 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 Leino-Kilpi sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Helena Leino-Kilpi is affiliated with Turku University Hospital in Finland and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in health professions and medicine. Their work spans multiple aspects of nursing education, ethics, and healthcare communication.

Their major fields of study include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

Within these, the subfields frequently addressed are:

  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Research and Theory
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology

The main research topics covered by Helena Leino-Kilpi focus on:

  • Nursing education and management
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Their research has been published frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • Nursing Ethics
  • Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
  • Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
  • Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Journal of Clinical Nursing

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Moral courage in nursing - An integrative literature review," 2021, Nursing and Health Sciences
  • "Missed Care from the Patient's Perspective - A Scoping Review," 2020, Patient Preference and Adherence
  • "Care situations demanding moral courage: Content analysis of nurses' experiences," 2020, Nursing Ethics
  • "The competence of nurse educators and graduating nurse students," 2021, Nurse Education Today
  • "The level of competence of graduating nursing students in 10 European countries-Comparison between countries," 2020, Nursing Open

Helena Leino-Kilpi collaborates frequently with various researchers, including:

  • Riitta Suhonen
  • Leena Salminen
  • Minna Stolt
  • Sanna Koskinen
  • Jouko Katajisto

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Helena Leino-Kilpi was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Nurse competence scale: development and psychometric testing.

    Riitta Meretoja;Hannu Isoaho;Helena Leino-Kilpi

  • Power and empowerment in nursing: three theoretical approaches.

    Liisa Kuokkanen;Helena Leino-Kilpi

  • Nurses' intention to leave the profession: integrative review.

    Mervi Flinkman;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Sanna Salanterä

  • Explaining young registered Finnish nurses' intention to leave the profession: a questionnaire survey.

    M. Flinkman;M. Laine;H. Leino-Kilpi;H.-M. Hasselhorn

  • Student nurses experience of learning in the clinical environment.

    Evridiki Papastavrou;Ekaterini Lambrinou;Haritini Tsangari;Mikko Saarikoski

  • The nurse teacher in clinical practice: Developing the new sub-dimension to the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale

    Mikko Saarikoski;Hannu Isoaho;Tony Warne;Helena Leino-Kilpi

  • The clinical learning environment and supervision by staff nurses: developing the instrument

    Mikko Saarikoski;Helena Leino-Kilpi

  • Privacy: a review of the literature.

    Helena Leino-Kilpi;M Valimaki;T Dassen;M Gasull

  • Comparison of nurse competence in different hospital work environments.

    Riitta Meretoja;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Anna-Maija Kaira

  • Future challenges for nursing education--a European perspective.

    Leena Salminen;Minna Stolt;Mikko Saarikoski;Arja Suikkala

  • Patient satisfaction as an outcome of individualised nursing care.

    Riitta Suhonen;Evridiki Papastavrou;Georgios Efstathiou;Haritini Tsangari

  • Nurse empowerment, job-related satisfaction, and organizational commitment.

    Liisa Kuokkanen;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Jouko Katajisto

  • Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

    Mervi Flinkman;Mervi Flinkman;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Olivia Numminen;Olivia Numminen;Yunsuk Jeon;Yunsuk Jeon

  • Surgical patient satisfaction as an outcome of nurses' caring behaviors: A descriptive and correlational study in six European countries

    Alvisa Palese;Marco Tomietto;Riitta Suhonen;Georgios Efstathiou

  • Nursing education in the European higher education area - variations in implementation.

    Pia Lahtinen;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Leena Salminen

  • Individualized care, quality of life and satisfaction with nursing care.

    Riitta Suhonen;Maritta Valimaki;Helena Leino-Kilpi

  • A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: the protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study.

    Hilde Verbeek;Gabriele Meyer;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Adelaida Zabalegui

  • The cultural competence of graduating nursing students

    Hanna Repo;Tero Vahlberg;Leena Salminen;Irena Papadopoulos

  • Development and psychometric properties of the Individualized Care Scale

    Riitta Suhonen;Helena Leino‐Kilpi;Maritta Välimäki

  • Nursing advocacy: how is it defined by patients and nurses, what does it involve and how is it experienced?

    Heli Vaartio;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Sanna Salanterä;Tarja Suominen;Tarja Suominen

Frequent Co-Authors

Matti Viitanen
Matti Viitanen University of Turku
Ingalill Rahm Hallberg
Ingalill Rahm Hallberg Lund University
David Challis
David Challis University of Nottingham
Andre Sourander
Andre Sourander University of Turku
Reidar Grénman
Reidar Grénman Turku University Hospital
Bruno Vellas
Bruno Vellas Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Gerd Ahlström
Gerd Ahlström Lund University
Marit Kirkevold
Marit Kirkevold University of Oslo
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Tarja Heponiemi
Tarja Heponiemi Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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