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Pekka Martikainen

Pekka Martikainen

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Finland
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
101
Citations
33585
World Ranking
87
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Pekka Martikainen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research contributions span multiple fields primarily within the social sciences, medicine, and health professions, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to population health and social epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers key subfields such as health, general health professions, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and demography. The research topics they focus on include health disparities and outcomes, global health care issues, employment and welfare studies, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, birth, development, and health, family dynamics and relationships, as well as homelessness and social issues.

Martikainen has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • SSM - Population Health

Among their recent academic papers are:

  • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality between and within countries in Europe: a population-based study, 2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Long-term Health and Social Outcomes in Children and Adolescents Placed in Out-of-Home Care, 2021, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Within-sibship GWAS improve estimates of direct genetic effects, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-national Regions in Europe, 2020, European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Hanna Remes, Lasse Tarkiainen, Joonas Pitkänen, Kaarina Korhonen, and Mikko Aaltonen. These collaborations suggest active engagement in interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research projects.

Best Publications

  • Pathways between socioeconomic determinants of health

    E Lahelma;P Martikainen;M Laaksonen;A Aittomäki

  • What does self rated health measure? Results from the British Whitehall II and French Gazel cohort studies

    Archana Singh-Manoux;Pekka Martikainen;Jane Ferrie;Marie Zins

  • Excess mortality of unemployed men and women during a period of rapidly increasing unemployment

    Pekka T Martikainen;Tapani Valkonen

  • Psychosocial determinants of health in social epidemiology

    Pekka Martikainen;Mel Bartley;Eero Lahelma

  • Mortality after the death of a spouse: rates and causes of death in a large Finnish cohort.

    Pekka Martikainen;Tapani Valkonen

  • Do risk factors and health behaviours contribute to self-ratings of health?

    Kristiina Manderbacka;Olle Lundberg;Pekka Martikainen

  • Is retirement good or bad for mental and physical health functioning? Whitehall II longitudinal study of civil servants

    Gill Mein;P. Martikainen;H. Hemingway;S. Stansfeld

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among women and among men: an international study.

    Johan P. Mackenbach;Anton E. Kunst;Feikje Groenhof;Jens-Kristian Borgan

  • Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades: register based study of European countries.

    Johan P Mackenbach;Ivana Kulhánová;Barbara Artnik;Matthias Bopp

  • Dietary patterns and 15-y risks of major coronary events, diabetes, and mortality

    Eric J Brunner;Annhild Mosdøl;Daniel R Witte;Pekka Martikainen

  • Trends in health inequalities in 27 European countries.

    Johan P Mackenbach;José Rubio Valverde;Barbara Artnik;Matthias Bopp

  • Incidence and Prognostic Implications of Stable Angina Pectoris Among Women and Men

    Harry Hemingway;Alison McCallum;Martin Shipley;Kristiina Manderbacka

  • Predictors of early retirement in British civil servants

    Gill Mein;Pekka Martikainen;Stephen A. Stansfeld;Eric J. Brunner

  • Trends in inequalities in premature mortality: a study of 3.2 million deaths in 13 European countries

    Johan P Mackenbach;Ivana Kulhánová;Gwenn Menvielle;Matthias Bopp

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes mellitus across Europe at the beginning of the 21st century

    Albert Espelt;Carme Borrell;Albert-Jan Roskam;Maica Rodriguez-Sanz

  • Does conflict between home and work explain the effect of multiple roles on mental health? A comparative study of Finland, Japan, and the UK

    Tarani Chandola;Pekka Martikainen;Mel Bartley;Eero Lahelma

  • Socioeconomic Position and Self-Rated Health: The Contribution of Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances, Adult Socioeconomic Status, and Material Resources

    Mikko Laaksonen;Ossi Rahkonen;Pekka Martikainen;Eero Lahelma

  • Examining the continuity of self-rated health

    Kristiina Manderbacka;Eero Lahelma;Pekka Martikainen

  • Reliability of perceived health by sex and age.

    Pekka Martikainen;Arpo Aromaa;Markku Heliövaara;Timo Klaukka

  • Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations: a test of the "fundamental causes" theory of social inequalities in health.

    Johan P. Mackenbach;Ivana Kulhánová;Matthias Bopp;Patrick Deboosere

  • Changes in Alcohol-Related Mortality and its Socioeconomic Differences After a Large Reduction in Alcohol Prices: A Natural Experiment Based on Register Data

    Kimmo Herttua;Pia Mäkelä;Pekka Martikainen

  • Determinants of inequalities in life expectancy : an international comparative study of eight risk factors

    Johan P Mackenbach;José Rubio Valverde;Matthias Bopp;Henrik Brønnum-Hansen

  • Educational differences in disability-free life expectancy: a comparative study of long-standing activity limitation in eight European countries.

    Netta Mäki;Pekka Martikainen;Terje Eikemo;Gwenn Menvielle

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Lahelma
Eero Lahelma University of Helsinki
Mikko Myrskylä
Mikko Myrskylä Max Planck Society
Mall Leinsalu
Mall Leinsalu National Institutes of Health
Ossi Rahkonen
Ossi Rahkonen University of Helsinki
Mikko Laaksonen
Mikko Laaksonen University of Helsinki
Matthias Bopp
Matthias Bopp University of Zurich
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Tapani Valkonen
Tapani Valkonen University of Helsinki
Olle Lundberg
Olle Lundberg Stockholm University
Enrique Regidor
Enrique Regidor Complutense University of Madrid

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