2026 Marja-Riitta Taskinen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	138	253	239	4	3	761	109731
Medicine	141	1585	1467	19	18	758	115376

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2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Marja-Riitta Taskinen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on the subfields of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Cancer Research, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The main research topics addressed by Taskinen include:

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Lipid metabolism and disorders
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Diabetes Treatment and Management
Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Taskinen has published extensively in the following venues:

European Heart Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
Journal of Internal Medicine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Noteworthy recent papers by Taskinen include:

Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel, 2020, European Heart Journal
Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and their remnants: metabolic insights, role in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and emerging therapeutic strategies-a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society, 2021, European Heart Journal
2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk, 2020, Russian Journal of Cardiology
Niacin Cures Systemic NAD+ Deficiency and Improves Muscle Performance in Adult-Onset Mitochondrial Myopathy, 2020, Cell Metabolism
Metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in health and dyslipidaemia, 2022, Nature Reviews Cardiology

Taskinen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Jan Borén
Chris J. Packard
Elias Björnson
Martin Adiels
Antti Hakkarainen

Best Publications

Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome

Bo Isomaa;Peter Almgren;Tiinamaija Tuomi;Björn Forsén

7243
Citations
2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular riskThe Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)

François Mach;Colin Baigent;Alberico L Catapano;Konstantinos C Koskinas

7143
Citations
2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

A Halliday;C Baigent;F Mach;B Mihaylova;B Mihaylova

4104
Citations
2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias

Alberico L. Catapano;Ian Graham;Guy De Backer;Olov Wiklund

4084
Citations
Effects of long-term fenofibrate therapy on cardiovascular events in 9795 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the FIELD study): randomised controlled trial.

A Keech;R J Simes;P Barter;J Best

4021
Citations
Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 1. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

Brian A Ference;Henry N Ginsberg;Ian T. Graham;Kausik K Ray

3371
Citations
ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: The Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)☆☆☆

Alberico L. Catapano;Zeljko Reiner;Guy De Backer;Ian Graham

3245
Citations
Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: consensus statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society

Borge G. Nordestgaard;M. John Chapman;Steve E. Humphries;Henry N. Ginsberg

3072
Citations
Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for Type 2 Diabetes and Triglyceride Levels

Richa Saxena;Benjamin F. Voight;Valeriya Lyssenko;Noël P. Burtt

3019
Citations
Lipoprotein(a) as a cardiovascular risk factor: current status

Børge G. Nordestgaard;M. John Chapman;Kausik Ray;Jan Borén

2094
Citations
Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.

Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Olle Melander;Candace Guiducci;Aarti Surti

1607
Citations
Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence and guidance for management

M John Chapman;Henry N Ginsberg;Pierre Amarenco;Felicita Andreotti

1560
Citations
Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

Jan Borén;M. John Chapman;M. John Chapman;Ronald M. Krauss;Chris J. Packard

1470
Citations
Effect of fenofibrate on the need for laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy (FIELD study): a randomised controlled trial

AC Keech;AC Keech;P Mitchell;PA Summanen;J O'Day

1333
Citations
2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias: The Task Force for the Management of Dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) Developed with the special contribution of the European Assocciation for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR).

Alberico L. Catapano;Ian Graham;Guy De Backer;Olov Wiklund

1283
Citations
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: new insights and guidance for clinicians to improve detection and clinical management. A position paper from the Consensus Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia of the European Atherosclerosis Society

Marina Cuchel;Eric Bruckert;Henry N. Ginsberg;Frederick J. Raal

1188
Citations
Diabetic dyslipidaemia: from basic research to clinical practice*

Taskinen Mr

1106
Citations
Overproduction of Very Low–Density Lipoproteins Is the Hallmark of the Dyslipidemia in the Metabolic Syndrome

Martin Adiels;Sven-Olof Olofsson;Marja-Riitta Taskinen;Jan Borén

978
Citations
ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias

Alberico L. Catapano;Željko Reiner;Guy De Backer;Ian Graham

914
Citations
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Children and Adolescents: Gaining Decades of Life by Optimizing Detection and Treatment

Albert Wiegman;Samuel S. Gidding;Gerald F Watts;M John Chapman

902
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Borén University of Gothenburg

Samuli Ripatti University of Helsinki

Hannele Yki-Järvinen University of Helsinki

Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

Christian Ehnholm Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Leif Groop Lund University

Esko A. Nikkilä University of Helsinki

Päivi Pajukanta University of California, Los Angeles

Markku S. Nieminen University of Helsinki

Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

External Links

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