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Marja Jylhä 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 Marja Jylhä sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 223 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marja Jylhä 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 Marja Jylhä sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marja Jylhä is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in health sciences, social sciences, and health professions. Their work spans a variety of topics related to aging, health outcomes, and disease management.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Jylhä's primary fields of study involve Social Sciences, Medicine, and Health Professions, with subfields focused on General Health Professions, Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent significant publications include:

  • "Self-rated health in individuals with and without disease is associated with multiple biomarkers representing multiple biological domains," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease - the relationship to health behaviours, ageing phenotypes and metabolomics," 2022, GeroScience
  • "Structure of self-rated health among the oldest old: Analyses in the total population and those living with dementia," 2020, SSM - Population Health
  • "Trends of Physical Functioning, Morbidity, and Disability-Free Life Expectancy Among the Oldest Old: Six Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys Between 2001 and 2018 in the Vitality 90+ Study," 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • "Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality," 2022, European Journal of Ageing

These publications have been featured in venues such as Scientific Reports, GeroScience, SSM - Population Health, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, and the European Journal of Ageing.

Authors frequently collaborating with Jylhä include:

  • Jani Raitanen
  • Linda Enroth
  • Pauliina Halonen
  • Mikko Hurme
  • Mari Aaltonen

Jylhä's work has been published often in journals such as Innovation in Aging, European Journal of Ageing, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Gerontologia, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • What is self-rated health and why does it predict mortality? Towards a unified conceptual model

    Marja Jylhä

  • Is Self-Rated Health Comparable across Cultures and Genders?

    Marja Jylhä;Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Jukka Jokela

  • Onset of loneliness in older adults: results of a 28 year prospective study

    Marja Aartsen;Marja Aartsen;Marja Jylhä

  • Old Age and Loneliness: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analyses in the Tampere Longitudinal Study on Aging

    Marja Jylhä

  • A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

    Joris Deelen;Joris Deelen;Daniel S. Evans;Dan E. Arking;Niccolò Tesi;Niccolò Tesi

  • Self-rated health showed a graded association with frequently used biomarkers in a large population sample

    Marja Jylhä;Stefano Volpato;Jack M. Guralnik

  • Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms associated with longevity in a Finnish population.

    Anna-Kaisa Niemi;Antti Hervonen;Mikko Hurme;Pekka J. Karhunen

  • Walking Difficulty, Walking Speed, and Age as Predictors of Self-Rated Health The Women's Health and Aging Study

    Marja Jylhä;Jack M. Guralnik;Jennifer Balfour;Linda P. Fried

  • Predictors of decline in self-assessments of health among older people--a 5-year longitudinal study.

    Raija Leinonen;Eino Heikkinen;Marja Jylhä

  • Individual Experiences as Cultural – a Cross-cultural Study on Loneliness Among the Elderly

    Marja Jylhä;Jukka Jokela

  • Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging in middle-aged but not in elderly individuals

    Tapio Nevalainen;Laura Kananen;Saara Marttila;Juulia Jylhävä

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity

    Peter K. Joshi;Nicola Pirastu;Katherine A Kentistou;Krista Fischer

  • Self-rated health among older adults: a cross-national comparison

    Carola Bardage;Saskia M. F. Pluijm;Nancy L. Pedersen;Dorly J. H. Deeg

  • Ageing-associated changes in the human DNA methylome: genomic locations and effects on gene expression

    Saara Marttila;Laura Kananen;Sergei Häyrynen;Juulia Jylhävä

  • Changes in health, functional performance and activity predict changes in self-rated health: a 10-year follow-up study in older people

    Raija Leinonen;Eino Heikkinen;Marja Jylhä

  • Self-Rated Health and Associated Factors Among Men of Different Ages

    Marja Jylhä;Esko Leskinen;Erkki Alanen;Anna-Liisa Leskinen

  • Characterization of the role of distinct plasma cell-free DNA species in age-associated inflammation and frailty.

    Juulia Jylhävä;Tapio Nevalainen;Saara Marttila;Marja Jylhä;Marja Jylhä

  • Self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in elderly men and women--a five-year longitudinal study

    Raija Leinonen;Eino Heikkinen;Marja Jylhä

  • Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity in nonagenarians is markedly increased and predicts mortality.

    M. Pertovaara;A. Raitala;T. Lehtimäki;P.J. Karhunen

  • Perceptions by the oldest old of successful aging, Vitality 90 + Study

    Lily Nosraty;Marja Jylhä;Taina Raittila;Kirsi Lumme-Sandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikko Hurme
Mikko Hurme Tampere University
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Martijn Huisman
Martijn Huisman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Teuvo L.J. Tammela
Teuvo L.J. Tammela Tampere University
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Dorly J. H. Deeg University of Amsterdam
Mika Kähönen
Mika Kähönen Tampere University
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Lene Christiansen
Lene Christiansen University of Southern Denmark
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna

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