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Kati Heinonen publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kati Heinonen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 226 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Kati Heinonen D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kati Heinonen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kati Heinonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to research within medicine and psychology. Their research primarily focuses on pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and clinical psychology, with significant work also in public health, environmental and occupational health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and education.

The main topics of Heinonen's work include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, infant development and preterm care, birth, development and health, neonatal respiratory health research, vitamin D research studies, and early childhood education and development.

Heinonen has published numerous papers in a variety of scholarly venues. Frequent publication venues include European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Pediatric Research, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and JAMA Network Open.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Heinonen include:

  • Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood, 2021, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Maternal Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders and Mental Disorders in Children, 2020, Hypertension
  • Maternal antenatal stress and mental and behavioral disorders in their children, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Mental health outcomes of adults born very preterm or with very low birth weight: A systematic review, 2020, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  • ADHD symptoms and diagnosis in adult preterms: systematic review, IPD meta-analysis, and register-linkage study, 2022, Pediatric Research

Heinonen's frequent co-authors reflect their collaborative research approach. These co-authors include Katri Räikkönen, Eero Kajantie, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Dieter Wolke, and Polina Girchenko.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

    Marleen H.M. De Moor;Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Karin J.H. Verweij;Karin J.H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Short sleep duration and behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in healthy 7- to 8-year-old children.

    E Juulia Paavonen;Katri Räikkönen;Jari Lahti;Niina Komsi

  • Socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood: associations with dispositional optimism and pessimism over a 21-year follow-up.

    Kati Heinonen;Katri Räikkönen;Karen A. Matthews;Michael F. Scheier

  • Very Low Birth Weight and Behavioral Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adulthood : The Helsinki Study of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Adults

    Sonja Strang-Karlsson;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Maintenance of genetic variation in human personality: testing evolutionary models by estimating heritability due to common causal variants and investigating the effect of distant inbreeding.

    Karin J.H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

    Stephanie M. van den Berg;Marleen H. M. de Moor;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Depression in young adults with very low birth weight: the Helsinki study of very low-birth-weight adults.

    Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Kati Heinonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Behavioural symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preterm and term children born small and appropriate for gestational age: A longitudinal study

    Kati Heinonen;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Sture Andersson

  • Continuity of temperament from infancy to middle childhood.

    Niina Komsi;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Kati Heinonen

  • Maternal Depressive Symptoms During and After Pregnancy and Psychiatric Problems in Children.

    Marius Lahti;Marius Lahti;Katri Savolainen;Soile Tuovinen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen

  • Childhood separation experience predicts HPA axis hormonal responses in late adulthood: A natural experiment of World War II

    Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Katri Räikkönen;Kimmo Feldt;Kati Heinonen

  • Poor Sleep and Altered Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical and Sympatho-Adrenal-Medullary System Activity in Children

    Katri Räikkönen;Karen A. Matthews;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Riikka Pyhälä

  • Prenatal and postnatal growth and cognitive abilities at 56 months of age: a longitudinal study of infants born at term.

    Kati Heinonen;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Depressive Symptoms in Adults Separated from Their Parents as Children: A Natural Experiment during World War II

    Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Katri Räikkönen;Kati Heinonen;Eero Kajantie

  • Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.

    Robert Eves;Marina Mendonça;Nicole Baumann;Yanyan Ni

  • Sleep Duration and Regularity are Associated with Behavioral Problems in 8-year-old Children

    Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Katri Räikkönen;E. Juulia Paavonen;Kati Heinonen

  • Adults Born at Very Low Birth Weight Exercise Less than Their Peers Born at Term

    Eero Kajantie;Eero Kajantie;Sonja Strang-Karlsson;Sonja Strang-Karlsson;Petteri Hovi;Petteri Hovi;Katri Räikkönen

  • Cardiovascular health of Finnish war evacuees 60 years later

    Hanna Alastalo;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Clive Osmond

  • Maternal Licorice Consumption and Detrimental Cognitive and Psychiatric Outcomes in Children

    Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Kati Heinonen;Jari Lahti

  • Small body size at birth and behavioural symptoms of ADHD in children aged five to six years.

    Jari Lahti;Katri Räikkönen;Eero Kajantie;Kati Heinonen

  • MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING

    Karin J. H. Verweij;Jian Yang;Jari Lahti;Juha Veijola

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Kajantie
Eero Kajantie Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Anu-Katriina Pesonen
Anu-Katriina Pesonen University of Helsinki
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
Jari Lahti
Jari Lahti University of Helsinki
David J. P. Barker
David J. P. Barker University of Southampton
Timo E. Strandberg
Timo E. Strandberg University of Helsinki
Clive Osmond
Clive Osmond University of Southampton
Dieter Wolke
Dieter Wolke University of Warwick
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London

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