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Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
66745
World Ranking
11942
National Ranking
131

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 406 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi is affiliated with Oulu University Hospital in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. Other notable subfields in their work include Genetics, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins; Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer; Diabetes Treatment and Management; Genetic Associations and Epidemiology; Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet; Adipose Tissue and Metabolism; and Skin Protection and Aging.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Primary Care Diabetes
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • Diabetes Care

Among their recent academic papers are:

  • Cohort Profile: 46 years of follow-up of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966), 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Circulating inflammatory cytokines and risk of five cancers: a Mendelian randomization analysis, 2022, BMC Medicine
  • Skin cancers and their risk factors in older persons: a population-based study, 2022, BMC Geriatrics
  • The High Prevalence of Skin Diseases in Adults Aged 70 and Older, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Accuracy of 1-Hour Plasma Glucose During the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: A Meta-analysis, 2021, Diabetes Care

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Juha Auvinen, Jari Jokelainen, Markku Timonen, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, and Jaakko Tuomilehto. These collaborations suggest an interdisciplinary and extensive network in research related to diabetes and metabolic diseases.

Best Publications

  • Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

    Tuomilehto J;Lindström J;Eriksson Jg;Valle Tt

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Sustained reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

    Jaana Lindström;Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka;Markku Peltonen;Sirkka Aunola

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Physical Activity in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

    David E. Laaksonen;Jaana Lindström;Timo A. Lakka;Johan G. Eriksson

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Improved lifestyle and decreased diabetes risk over 13 years: long-term follow-up of the randomised Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS)

    J. Lindström;M. Peltonen;J. G. Eriksson;P. Ilanne-Parikka

  • Prevention of Type II diabetes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance: the Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) in Finland. Study design and 1-year interim report on the feasibility of the lifestyle intervention programme.

    J. Eriksson;J. Lindström;T. Valle;S. Aunola

  • Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

    Joshua C. Randall;Joshua C. Randall;Thomas W. Winkler;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Markku Peltonen
Markku Peltonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Karl-Heinz Herzig
Karl-Heinz Herzig Oulu University Hospital
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Matti Uusitupa
Matti Uusitupa University of Eastern Finland

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