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Psychology

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92
Citations
33443
World Ranking
877
National Ranking
4

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Citations
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Kimmo Alho publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 238 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Kimmo Alho D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2006 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Kimmo Alho is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and works primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their research focuses on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, with additional interests in Education, Psychiatry and Mental health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Kimmo Alho are:

  • Patrik Wikman (13 co-authored works)
  • Viljami Salmela (9 co-authored works)
  • Katariina Salmela-Aro (7 co-authored works)
  • Matti Laine (6 co-authored works)
  • Artturi Ylinen (6 co-authored works)

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 5 publications
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience with 2 publications
  • Cerebral Cortex with 2 publications
  • European Journal of Neuroscience with 2 publications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 2 publications

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Kimmo Alho include:

  • Effects of Media Multitasking and Video Gaming on Cognitive Functions and Their Neural Bases in Adolescents and Young Adults, 2022, published in European Psychologist
  • Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms-A Longitudinal Study from Early to Late Adolescence, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Are Schools Alienating Digitally Engaged Students? Longitudinal Relations between Digital Engagement and School Engagement, 2020, Frontline Learning Research
  • Modulation of Brain Activity by Selective Attention to Audiovisual Dialogues, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Working memory training restores aberrant brain activity in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, 2020, Human Brain Mapping

Kimmo Alho was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2006.

Best Publications

  • The mismatch negativity (MMN) in basic research of central auditory processing: a review.

    R. Näätänen;R. Näätänen;P. Paavilainen;T. Rinne;K. Alho

  • Language-specific phoneme representations revealed by electric and magnetic brain responses

    Risto Näätänen;Anne Lehtokoski;Mietta Lennes;Marie Cheour

  • Neural Mechanisms of Involuntary Attention to Acoustic Novelty and Change

    Carles Escera;Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;Risto Näätänen

  • Auditory frequency discrimination and event-related potentials

    M Sams;P Paavilainen;Kimmo Alho;R Naatanen

  • Cerebral generators of mismatch negativity (MMN) and its magnetic counterpart (MMNm) elicited by sound changes.

    Kimmo Alho

  • Selective attention enhances the auditory 40-Hz transient response in humans

    H. T. Tiitinen;J. Sinkkonen;K. Reinikainen;K. Alho

  • Involuntary attention and distractibility as evaluated with event-related brain potentials.

    Carles Escera;Kimmo Alho;Erich Schröger;István Winkler Winkler

  • Development of language-specific phoneme representations in the infant brain.

    Marie Cheour;Rita Ceponiene;Anne Lehtokoski;Aavo Luuk

  • Separate time behaviors of the temporal and frontal mismatch negativity sources.

    T. Rinne;K. Alho;R.J. Ilmoniemi;J. Virtanen;J. Virtanen

  • Attention and mismatch negativity

    R Näätänen;P Paavilainen;H Tiitinen;D Jiang

  • Responses of the primary auditory cortex to pitch changes in a sequence of tone pips: neuromagnetic recordings in man.

    Riitta Hari;Matti Hämäläinen;R. Ilmoniemi;E. Kaukoranta

  • Intermodal selective attention. II. Effects of attentional load on processing of auditory and visual stimuli in central space.

    Kimmo Alho;David L. Woods;Alain Algazi;Risto Näätänen

  • Do event-related potentials reveal the mechanism of the auditory sensory memory in the human brain?

    Risto Näätänen;Petri Paavilainen;Kimmo Alho;Kalevi Reinikainen

  • Mismatch negativity--a unique measure of sensory processing in audition.

    Risto Näätänen;Kimmo Alho

  • Right hemisphere dominance of different mismatch negativities

    Petri Paavilainen;Kimmo Alho;Kalevi Reinikainen;Mikko Sams

  • Lesions of frontal cortex diminish the auditory mismatch negativity.

    K. Alho;David L Woods;A. Algazi;R. T. Knight

  • Attentional modulation of human auditory cortex.

    Christopher I Petkov;Xiaojian Kang;Kimmo Alho;Olivier Bertrand

  • Processing of novel sounds and frequency changes in the human auditory cortex: Magnetoencephalographic recordings

    Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;István Winkler;Carles Escera;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen

  • Event-related brain potential of human newborns to pitch change of an acoustic stimulus☆

    Kimmo Alho;K Sainio;Nina Kristiina Sajaniemi;K Reinikainen

  • Memory traces for words as revealed by the mismatch negativity.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Teija Kujala;Yury Shtyrov;Jaana Simola

Frequent Co-Authors

Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
K. Reinikainen
K. Reinikainen University of Helsinki
Mikko Sams
Mikko Sams Aalto University
Teemu Rinne
Teemu Rinne University of Helsinki
Risto J. Ilmoniemi
Risto J. Ilmoniemi Aalto University
Petri Paavilainen
Petri Paavilainen University of Helsinki
Teija Kujala
Teija Kujala University of Helsinki
Mari Tervaniemi
Mari Tervaniemi University of Helsinki
Carles Escera
Carles Escera University of Barcelona
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki

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