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Mirka Hintsanen

Mirka Hintsanen

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
38
Citations
6083
World Ranking
8879
National Ranking
68

Mirka Hintsanen 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 Mirka Hintsanen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 195 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mirka Hintsanen 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 Mirka Hintsanen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mirka Hintsanen is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general health professions, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including mindfulness and compassion interventions, COVID-19 and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, workplace health and well-being, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, sleep and related disorders, and optimism, hope, and well-being.

Mirka Hintsanen has contributed papers in various respected publication venues. Frequent venues for their research include the European Journal of Public Health, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, and Developmental Psychobiology.

Recent papers by Mirka Hintsanen cover a range of topics and are published in diverse journals:

  • Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • The effects of mindfulness-based interventions in medical students: a systematic review, 2023, Advances in Health Sciences Education
  • Structural and functional alterations in the brain gray matter among first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients: A multimodal meta-analysis of fMRI and VBM studies, 2020, Schizophrenia Research
  • Dimensions of social support in the experience of work engagement in middle age: A Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • The Use of Digital Technologies at School and Cognitive Learning Outcomes: A Population-Based Study in Finland, 2021, International Journal of Educational Psychology

Collaboration has played a part in Mirka Hintsanen's research, with frequent co-authors including Aino Saarinen, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Terho Lehtimäki, Tero Vahlberg, and Olli T. Raitakari.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Association of personality with the development and persistence of obesity: a meta-analysis based on individual-participant data.

    M. Jokela;M. Jokela;M. Hintsanen;C. Hakulinen;G. D. Batty;G. D. Batty

  • Personality and smoking: individual-participant meta-analysis of nine cohort studies

    Christian Hakulinen;Mirka Hintsanen;Mirka Hintsanen;Marcus R Munafò;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

  • 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

  • Work stress, poor recovery and burnout in teachers.

    Kia Gluschkoff;Marko Elovainio;Ulla Kinnunen;Sari Mullola

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

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

  • Gender differences in teachers' perceptions of students' temperament, educational competence, and teachability.

    Sari Mullola;Niklas Ravaja;Niklas Ravaja;Jari Lipsanen;Saija Alatupa

  • 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

  • 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

  • Socioeconomic status and the development of depressive symptoms from childhood to adulthood: A longitudinal analysis across 27 years of follow-up in the Young Finns study

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

  • Effort-reward imbalance, heart rate, and heart rate variability: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

    Mirka Hintsanen;Marko Elovainio;Sampsa Puttonen;Mika Kivimäki

  • Cumulative Effect of Psychosocial Factors in Youth on Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Adulthood The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Laura Pulkki-Råback;Marko Elovainio;Christian Hakulinen;Jari Lipsanen

  • Childhood Environmental and Genetic Predictors of Adulthood Obesity: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Markus Juonala;Jonna Juhola;Costan G. Magnussen;Costan G. Magnussen;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz

  • Pairwise Measures of Causal Direction in the Epidemiology of Sleep Problems and Depression

    Tom Rosenström;Markus Jokela;Sampsa Puttonen;Sampsa Puttonen;Mirka Hintsanen

  • Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity.

    I. Zwir;I. Zwir;C. Del-Val;M. Hintsanen;K. M. Cloninger

  • Uncovering the complex genetics of human temperament.

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

  • A genome-wide meta-analysis of association studies of Cloninger's Temperament Scales

    K. J. H. Verweij;K. J. H. Verweij;J. Lahti;E. Congdon

  • Three genetic–environmental networks for human personality

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

  • Adult temperament and childbearing over the life course

    Markus Jokela;Taina Hintsa;Mirka Hintsanen;Liisa Keltikangas‐Järvinen

  • Does neuregulin-1 play a role in Type A behavior? The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

    Mirka Hintsanen;Taina Hintsa;Terho Lehtimäki

  • 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

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

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