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Paavo H.T. Leppänen

Paavo H.T. Leppänen

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
50
Citations
9751
World Ranking
5447
National Ranking
42

Paavo H.T. Leppänen 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 Paavo H.T. Leppänen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 136 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paavo H.T. Leppänen 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 Paavo H.T. Leppänen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paavo H.T. Leppänen is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with significant focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work includes investigations in key topics such as Reading and Literacy Development, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Mathematical Skills, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies. Additional research interests encompass EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, as well as themes relating to Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes.

Leppänen has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Neurolinguistics
  • Brain Sciences
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Genome-wide association study reveals new insights into the heritability and genetic correlates of developmental dyslexia" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Unveiling the Mysteries of Dyslexia-Lessons Learned from the Prospective Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia" (2021, Brain Sciences)
  • "Detection of developmental dyslexia with machine learning using eye movement data" (2021, Array)
  • "Promoting sixth graders' credibility evaluation of Web pages: An intervention study" (2020, Computers in Human Behavior)
  • "Oxytocin reduces romantic rejection-induced pain in online speed-dating as revealed by decreased frontal-midline theta oscillations" (2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology)

Leppänen often collaborates with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Suzanne Otieno
  • Jarmo A. Hämäläinen
  • Otto Loberg
  • Jarkko Hautala
  • Carita Kiili

Best Publications

  • Predictors of developmental dyslexia in European orthographies with varying complexity

    Karin Landerl;Karin Landerl;Franck Ramus;Kristina Moll;Kristina Moll;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Cognitive mechanisms underlying reading and spelling development in five European orthographies

    Kristina Moll;Franck Ramus;Juergen Bartling;Jennifer Bruder

  • Very early phonological and language skills: estimating individual risk of reading disability

    Anne Puolakanaho;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund

  • Mismatch negativity (MMN) as a tool for investigating auditory discrimination and sensory memory in infants and children.

    Marie Cheour;Marie Cheour;Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Nina Kraus

  • Basic Auditory Processing Deficits in Dyslexia: Systematic Review of the Behavioral and Event-Related Potential/ Field Evidence

    Jarmo A. Hämäläinen;Hanne K. Salminen;Paavo H. T. Leppänen

  • The development of children at familial risk for dyslexia: birth to early school age.

    Heikki Lyytinen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund;Jane Erskine

  • Brain event-related potentials (ERPs) measured at birth predict later language development in children with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Tomi K. Guttorm;Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Anna-Maija Poikkeus;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • heterogeneity in adult dyslexic readers: Relating processing skills to the speed and accuracy of oral text reading.

    Seija Leinonen;Kurt Müller;Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Mikko Aro

  • Developmental pathways of children with and without familial risk for dyslexia during the first years of life.

    Heikki Lyytinen;Timo Ahonen;Kenneth Eklund;Tomi K. Guttorm

  • Brain responses to changes in speech sound durations differ between infants with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Ulla Richardson;Elina Pihko;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • Cortical responses of infants with and without a genetic risk for dyslexia: I. Age effects.

    Elina Pihko;Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Kenneth M. Eklund;Marie Cheour

  • Newborn brain event-related potentials revealing atypical processing of sound frequency and the subsequent association with later literacy skills in children with familial dyslexia

    Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Jarmo A. Hämäläinen;Hanne K. Salminen;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • The importance of rapid auditory processing abilities to early language development: evidence from converging methodologies.

    April A. Benasich;Jennifer J. Thomas;Naseem Choudhury;Paavo H. T. Leppänen

  • Early development of children at familial risk for dyslexia--follow-up from birth to school age.

    H. Lyytinen;T. Ahonen;K. Eklund;T. Guttorm

  • Developmental Links of Very Early Phonological and Language Skills to Second Grade Reading Outcomes: Strong to Accuracy but Only Minor to Fluency

    Anne Puolakanaho;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund

  • Auditory Event-Related Potentials in the Study of Developmental Language-Related Disorders

    Paavo Herman Tapio Leppänen;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Newborn Event-Related Potentials Predict Poorer Pre-Reading Skills in Children at Risk for Dyslexia

    Tomi K. Guttorm;Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Jarmo A. Hämäläinen;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • Psychophysiology of developmental dyslexia: a review of findings including studies of children at risk for dyslexia

    Heikki Lyytinen;Tomi K. Guttorm;Tiina Huttunen;Jarmo Hämäläinen

  • Event-Related Potentials and Consonant Differentiation in Newborns with Familial Risk for Dyslexia

    Tomi K. Guttorm;Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Ulla Richardson;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Speech perception of infants with high familial risk for dyslexia differ at the age of 6 months.

    Ulla Richardson;Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Matti Leiwo;Heikki Lyytinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Lyytinen
Heikki Lyytinen University of Jyväskylä
Jarmo A. Hämäläinen
Jarmo A. Hämäläinen University of Jyväskylä
Kenneth Eklund
Kenneth Eklund University of Jyväskylä
Jean-François Démonet
Jean-François Démonet University Hospital of Lausanne
Valéria Csépe
Valéria Csépe Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Anna-Maija Poikkeus
Anna-Maija Poikkeus University of Jyväskylä
Gerd Schulte-Körne
Gerd Schulte-Körne Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Mikko Aro
Mikko Aro University of Jyväskylä
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society

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