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Sakari Suominen

Sakari Suominen

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 60 1448 1292 14 14 226 16277

Sakari Suominen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sakari Suominen between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sakari Suominen published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2012. 12 of the 257 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2012. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 7 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 5 publications
1996 2025

257 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sakari Suominen: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 2
2001 2
2002 1
2003 1
2004 7
2005 3
2006 6
2007 12
2008 4
2009 4
2010 12
2011 10
2012 21
2013 11
2014 13
2015 14
2016 11
2017 13
2018 17
2019 16
2020 18
2021 19
2022 15
2023 11
2024 7
2025 5
Total 257
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Sakari Suominen 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 Sakari Suominen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 224–233 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 226 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213 226
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Sakari Suominen 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 Sakari Suominen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 60 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106 60
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Sakari Suominen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, health professions, and psychology, with numerous publications contributing to these fields.

The subfields in which they have extensively published include general health professions, clinical psychology, health, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

Suominen's main topics of work encompass a range of areas related to health and well-being, including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Optimism, hope, and well-being
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Global health care issues

Their publication record includes several recent papers notable for their subject matter and publication venues:

  • Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Association of Healthy Lifestyle With Years Lived Without Major Chronic Diseases, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Hospital-treated infectious diseases and the risk of dementia: a large, multicohort, observational study with a replication cohort, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Older people's perceived autonomy in residential care: An integrative review, 2020, Nursing Ethics
  • Vitamin D supplementation and prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer in the Finnish Vitamin D Trial: a randomized controlled trial, 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Suominen frequently publishes in these venues:

  • The Lancet Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Jussi Vahtera
  • Jaana Pentti
  • Mika Kivimäki
  • Solja T. Nyberg
  • Lauri Sillanmäki

Best Publications

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson;Eleonor I. Fransson

  • Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke : a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 individuals

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Markus Jokela;Solja T. Nyberg;Archana Singh-Manoux;Archana Singh-Manoux

  • Non-response and related factors in a nation-wide health survey

    K. Korkeila;S. Suominen;J. Ahvenainen;A. Ojanlatva

  • Overweight, obesity, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 120 813 adults from 16 cohort studies from the USA and Europe

    Mika Kivimaki;Mika Kivimaki;Mika Kivimaki;Eeva Kuosma;Jane E. Ferrie;Jane E. Ferrie;Ritva Luukkonen

  • Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data

    Ida E. H. Madsen;S. T. Nyberg;L. L. Magnusson Hanson;J. E. Ferrie

  • Body mass index and risk of dementia: Analysis of individual-level data from 1.3 million individuals

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Ritva Luukkonen;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Jane E. Ferrie

  • Obesity and loss of disease-free years owing to major non-communicable diseases: a multicohort study.

    Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;Jaana Pentti;Jaana Pentti;Marianna Virtanen

  • Sense of coherence as a predictor of subjective state of health: Results of 4 years of follow-up of adults

    Sakari Suominen;Hans Helenius;Helena Blomberg;Antti Uutela

  • Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity: An Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of Up to 170,000 Men and Women: The IPD-Work Consortium

    Eleonor I Fransson;Katriina Heikkila;Solja T Nyberg;Marie Zins

  • Long working hours, socioeconomic status, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data from 222 120 individuals

    Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Marianna Virtanen;Ichiro Kawachi;Solja T Nyberg

  • Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marianna Virtanen;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;G David Batty;Markus Jokela

  • Physical inactivity, cardiometabolic disease, and risk of dementia: an individual-participant meta-analysis

    Mika Kivimaki;Mika Kivimaki;Archana Singh-Manoux;Archana Singh-Manoux;Jaana Pentti;Jaana Pentti;Severine Sabia;Severine Sabia

  • Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis of 124,808 Men and Women

    Solja T Nyberg;Eleonor I Fransson;Katriina Heikkilä;Kirsi Ahola

  • Long Working Hours and Alcohol Use: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Published Studies and Unpublished Individual Participant Data

    Marianna Virtanen;Markus Jokela;Solja T Nyberg;Ida E H Madsen

  • Incidence and mortality of neurofibromatosis: a total population study in Finland.

    Elina Uusitalo;Jussi Leppävirta;Anna Koffert;Sakari Suominen

  • Structural validity and temporal stability of the 13-item sense of coherence scale: Prospective evidence from the population-based HeSSup study

    Taru Feldt;Hanna Lintula;Sakari Suominen;Markku Koskenvuo

  • Association of Healthy Lifestyle With Years Lived Without Major Chronic Diseases

    Solja T. Nyberg;Archana Singh-Manoux;Archana Singh-Manoux;Jaana Pentti;Jaana Pentti;Ida E. H. Madsen

  • Factors contributing to sense of coherence among men and women

    Salla-Maarit Volanen;Eero Lahelma;Karri Silventoinen;Sakari Suominen

  • Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

    Marianna Virtanen;Marianna Virtanen;Markus Jokela;Ida Eh Madsen;Linda L Magnusson Hanson

  • Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease

    Mika Kivimäki;Solja T Nyberg;G David Batty;Eleonor I Fransson

  • Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marianna Virtanen;Solja T. Nyberg;G. David Batty;Markus Jokela

Frequent Co-Authors

Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Jussi Vahtera
Jussi Vahtera Turku University Hospital
Markku Koskenvuo
Markku Koskenvuo University of Helsinki
Marianna Virtanen
Marianna Virtanen University of Eastern Finland
G. David Batty
G. David Batty University College London
Lars Alfredsson
Lars Alfredsson Karolinska Institute
Jaana Pentti
Jaana Pentti University of Turku
Jane E. Ferrie
Jane E. Ferrie University College London
Hugo Westerlund
Hugo Westerlund Stockholm University

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