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2023

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Immunology

D-Index
103
Citations
44917
World Ranking
634
National Ranking
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Medicine

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45135
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Jorma Ilonen publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jorma Ilonen sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 684 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Jorma Ilonen D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jorma Ilonen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Jorma Ilonen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their research primarily covers the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus areas in Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Immunology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work largely addresses topics related to diabetes and its associated disorders, including pancreatic function, diabetes management and research, as well as digestive system health, celiac disease, immune cell function, and diet, metabolism, and disease.

Key publication venues for their research include Diabetes Care, Diabetologia, Pediatric Diabetes, Frontiers in Immunology, and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jorma Ilonen are Mikael Knip, Jorma Toppari, Riitta Veijola, Suvi Μ. Virtanen, and Heikki Hyöty.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Jorma Ilonen include:

  • Mobile genetic elements from the maternal microbiome shape infant gut microbial assembly and metabolism, 2022, Cell
  • A combined risk score enhances prediction of type 1 diabetes among susceptible children, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Hierarchical Order of Distinct Autoantibody Spreading and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the TEDDY Study, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Islet Autoimmunity and HLA Markers of Presymptomatic and Clinical Type 1 Diabetes: Joint Analyses of Prospective Cohort Studies in Finland, Germany, Sweden, and the U.S., 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Predictors of the Initiation of Islet Autoimmunity and Progression to Multiple Autoantibodies and Clinical Diabetes: The TEDDY Study, 2022, Diabetes Care

Best Publications

  • Variation in Microbiome LPS Immunogenicity Contributes to Autoimmunity in Humans

    Tommi Vatanen;Tommi Vatanen;Aleksandar D. Kostic;Aleksandar D. Kostic;Eva D'Hennezel;Heli Siljander

  • Seroconversion to Multiple Islet Autoantibodies and Risk of Progression to Diabetes in Children

    Anette G. Ziegler;Marian Rewers;Olli Simell;Tuula Simell

  • Prevalence of Celiac disease among children in Finland.

    Markku Mäki;Kirsi Mustalahti;Jorma Kokkonen;Petri Kulmala

  • The Dynamics of the Human Infant Gut Microbiome in Development and in Progression toward Type 1 Diabetes

    Aleksandar D. Kostic;Aleksandar D. Kostic;Dirk Gevers;Heli Siljander;Tommi Vatanen;Tommi Vatanen

  • Toward defining the autoimmune microbiome for type 1 diabetes

    Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano;David B. Crabb;Nabanita Mukherjee

  • Gut Microbiome Metagenomics Analysis Suggests a Functional Model for the Development of Autoimmunity for Type 1 Diabetes

    Christopher T. Brown;Austin G. Davis-Richardson;Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano

  • A bovine albumin peptide as a possible trigger of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Jukka Karjalainen;Julio M. Martin;Mikael Knip;Jorma Ilonen

  • Fecal Microbiota Composition Differs Between Children With β-Cell Autoimmunity and Those Without

    Marcus C. de Goffau;Kristiina Luopajärvi;Mikael Knip;Jorma Ilonen;Jorma Ilonen

  • 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

  • Maternal vitamin D intake during pregnancy is inversely associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis in 5-year-old children

    M Erkkola;M Kaila;B I Nwaru;C Kronberg-Kippilä

  • Dysregulation of lipid and amino acid metabolism precedes islet autoimmunity in children who later progress to type 1 diabetes.

    Matej Orešič;Satu Simell;Marko Sysi-Aho;Kirsti Näntö-Salonen

  • Environmental factors in the etiology of type 1 diabetes

    Hans K. Åkerblom;Outi Vaarala;Heikki Hyöty;Jorma Ilonen

  • The heterogeneous pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus

    Jorma Ilonen;Johanna Lempainen;Riitta Veijola

  • The 6 year incidence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in genetically at-risk children: the TEDDY study.

    Jeffrey P. Krischer;Kristian F. Lynch;Desmond A. Schatz;Jorma Ilonen;Jorma Ilonen

  • Feasibility of genetic and immunological prediction of Type I diabetes in a population-based birth cohort

    A Kupila;P Muona;T Simell;P Arvilommi

  • Strain-Level Analysis of Mother-to-Child Bacterial Transmission during the First Few Months of Life

    Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Eeva Jason;Larson J. Hogstrom;Timothy D. Arthur

  • Nasal insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes in children with HLA genotypes and autoantibodies conferring increased risk of disease: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

    Kirsti Näntö-Salonen;Antti Kupila;Satu Simell;Heli Siljander

  • A Comparison of Childhood and Adult Type I Diabetes Mellitus

    Jukka Karjalainen;Pasi Salmela;Jorma Ilonen;Heljä-Marja Surcel

  • IL-17 Immunity in Human Type 1 Diabetes

    Jarno Honkanen;Janne K. Nieminen;Ru Gao;Kristiina Luopajarvi

  • Dietary intervention in infancy and later signs of beta-cell autoimmunity.

    Mikael Knip;Suvi M. Virtanen;Karri Seppä;Jorma Ilonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikael Knip
Mikael Knip University of Helsinki
Riitta Veijola
Riitta Veijola Oulu University Hospital
Olli Simell
Olli Simell Turku University Hospital
Suvi M. Virtanen
Suvi M. Virtanen Tampere University
Heikki Hyöty
Heikki Hyöty Tampere University
Jorma Toppari
Jorma Toppari University of Turku
Outi Vaarala
Outi Vaarala University of Helsinki
Hans K. Åkerblom
Hans K. Åkerblom University of Helsinki
Bright I. Nwaru
Bright I. Nwaru University of Gothenburg
Helena Reijonen
Helena Reijonen City Of Hope National Medical Center

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