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Laura Pulkki-Råback

Laura Pulkki-Råback

University of Helsinki
Finland

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
10809
World Ranking
5209
National Ranking
40

Laura Pulkki-Råback 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 Laura Pulkki-Råback sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 213 publications — 73rd percentile

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

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

Laura Pulkki-Råback 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 Laura Pulkki-Råback sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Laura Pulkki-Råback is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and social sciences. Their work primarily focuses on clinical psychology, general health professions, and applied psychology, with subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Digital mental health interventions
  • Mental health research topics
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Laura Pulkki-Råback include:

  • "Digital interventions for the treatment of depression: A meta-analytic review." (2021, Psychological Bulletin)
  • "Predicting Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using Smartphone and Wearable Data" (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • "General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-6), and Mental Health Index (MHI-5): psychometric and predictive properties in a Finnish population-based sample" (2020, Psychiatry Research)
  • "Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age" (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Association of social isolation, loneliness and genetic risk with incidence of dementia: UK Biobank Cohort Study" (2022, BMJ Open)

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Marko Elovainio
  • Christian Hakulinen
  • Olli T. Raitakari
  • Kaisla Komulainen
  • Suvi Rovio

Laura Pulkki-Råback has published multiple articles in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychiatry Research

The scientific contributions of Laura Pulkki-Råback are situated at the intersection of health and psychology, addressing the nuanced interactions between genetic, psychological, and social factors in mental health and well-being. Their research includes analyzing digital tools and wearable data for mental health monitoring and incorporates extensive epidemiological approaches to understand the psychosocial determinants of health outcomes across populations.

Best Publications

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • Digital interventions for the treatment of depression: A meta-analytic review.

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  • Contribution of risk factors to excess mortality in isolated and lonely individuals: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank cohort study

    Marko Elovainio;Marko Elovainio;Christian Hakulinen;Christian Hakulinen;Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marianna Virtanen

  • PERSONALITY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT META-ANALYSIS OF 10 COHORT STUDIES.

    Christian Hakulinen;Marko Elovainio;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marianna Virtanen

  • Social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for myocardial infarction, stroke and mortality: UK Biobank cohort study of 479 054 men and women

    Christian Hakulinen;Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marianna Virtanen;Markus Jokela

  • 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

  • Personality traits as risk factors for stroke and coronary heart disease mortality: pooled analysis of three cohort studies

    Markus Jokela;Markus Jokela;Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki

  • Maturity and change in personality: developmental trends of temperament and character in adulthood.

    Kim Josefsson;Markus Jokela;C. Robert Cloninger;Mirka Hintsanen

  • Predicting Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using Smartphone and Wearable Data.

    Isaac Moshe;Yannik Terhorst;Kennedy Opoku Asare;Lasse Bosse Sander

  • 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

  • Associations of personality profiles with various aspects of well-being: A population-based study

    Kim Josefsson;Kim Josefsson;C. Robert Cloninger;Mirka Hintsanen;Markus Jokela

  • Harmonization of neuroticism and extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: An application of item response theory

    Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Marleen H.M. De Moor;Matt McGue;Matt McGue;Erik Pettersson

  • Depressive symptoms and the metabolic syndrome in childhood and adulthood: a prospective cohort study.

    Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Noora Mattsson

  • Job Strain and Early Atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Mirka Hintsanen;Mika Kivimäki;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki-råback

  • Shift work in young adults and carotid artery intima–media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

    Sampsa Puttonen;Mika Kivimäki;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki-Råback

  • Structural and functional aspects of social support as predictors of mental and physical health trajectories: Whitehall II cohort study

    Christian Hakulinen;Laura Pulkki-Råback;Markus Jokela;Jane E Ferrie

  • Five-factor personality traits and sleep: Evidence from two population-based cohort studies

    Mirka Hintsanen;Sampsa Puttonen;Kylie Smith;Maria Törnroos

  • Uncovering the complex genetics of human character

    Igor Zwir;Igor Zwir;Javier Arnedo;Coral Del-Val;Laura Pulkki-Råback

  • Early Socioeconomic Position and Blood Pressure in Childhood and Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Mika Kivimäki;Debbie A. Lawlor;George Davey Smith;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • PERSONALITY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT META-ANALYSIS OF 10 COHORT STUDIES

    Christian Hakulinen;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki-Raback;Marianna Virtanen

  • 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

  • Personality traits as risk factors for stroke and coronary heart disease mortality: pooled analysis of three cohort studies

    Markus Jokela;Laura Pulkki-Raback;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimaeki

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen University of Helsinki
Mirka Hintsanen
Mirka Hintsanen University of Oulu
Markus Jokela
Markus Jokela University of Helsinki
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Christian Hakulinen
Christian Hakulinen University of Helsinki
Markus Juonala
Markus Juonala Turku University Hospital
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London

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