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Tarja Heponiemi 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 Tarja Heponiemi sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 172 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tarja Heponiemi 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 Tarja Heponiemi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tarja Heponiemi is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on health professions, with a strong concentration in general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, health information management, applied psychology, and demography.

Their work extensively covers topics related to telemedicine and telehealth implementation, electronic health records systems, digital mental health interventions, mobile health and mHealth applications, health literacy and information accessibility, technology use by older adults, and healthcare professionals' stress and burnout.

Heponiemi has authored several papers, including:

  • Towards digital health equity - a qualitative study of the challenges experienced by vulnerable groups in using digital health services in the COVID-19 era, 2022, BMC Health Services Research
  • Digital Divide in Perceived Benefits of Online Health Care and Social Welfare Services: National Cross-Sectional Survey Study, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • The role of age and digital competence on the use of online health and social care services: A cross-sectional population-based survey, 2022, Digital Health

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Lotta Virtanen, Emma Kainiemi, Kia Gluschkoff, and Elina Laukka. Collaborative work with these coauthors spans multiple publications and reflects interdisciplinary approaches in health and digital health research.

Heponiemi's research has been published in numerous academic venues. Notable frequent publication sites include the European Journal of Public Health, Journal of Medical Internet Research, BMC Health Services Research, JMIR Medical Informatics, and Digital Health. These platforms indicate a consistent engagement with digital health research communities and public health scholarship.

Best Publications

  • Workplace Violence Against Nursing Students and Nurses: An Italian Experience

    Nicola Magnavita;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Violence towards health care workers in a Public Health Care Facility in Italy: a repeated cross-sectional study

    Nicola Magnavita;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Towards digital health equity - a qualitative study of the challenges experienced by vulnerable groups in using digital health services in the COVID-19 era

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  • Increasing cultural awareness: qualitative study of nurses’ perceptions about cultural competence training

    Anu Marja Kaihlanen;Laura Hietapakka;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Social support and the likelihood of maintaining and improving levels of physical activity: the Whitehall II Study

    Anne Kouvonen;Roberto De Vogli;Mai Stafford;Martin J. Shipley

  • BIS/BAS sensitivity and self-rated affects during experimentally induced stress

    Tarja Heponiemi;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Sampsa Puttonen;Niklas Ravaja

  • Job strain and adverse health behaviors: the Finnish Public Sector Study.

    Anne Kouvonen;Mika Kivimäki;Ari Väänänen;Tarja Heponiemi

  • The role of age and digital competence on the use of online health and social care services: A cross-sectional population-based survey

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  • The prospective effects of workplace violence on physicians' job satisfaction and turnover intentions: the buffering effect of job control.

    Tarja Heponiemi;Anne Kouvonen;Marianna Virtanen;Jukka Vänskä

  • Reflective and Automatic Processes in Health Care Professional Behaviour: a Dual Process Model Tested Across Multiple Behaviours

    Justin Presseau;Marie Johnston;Tarja Heponiemi;Marko Elovainio;Marko Elovainio

  • Temperament and depressive symptoms: a population-based longitudinal study on Cloninger's psychobiological temperament model.

    Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Sampsa Puttonen;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Cardiac autonomic reactivity and recovery in predicting carotid atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

    Tarja Heponiemi;Marko Elovainio;Laura Pulkki;Sampsa Puttonen

  • Job attitudes and well-being among public vs. private physicians: organizational justice and job control as mediators

    Tarja Heponiemi;Hannamaria Kuusio;Timo Sinervo;Marko Elovainio

  • Digital Divide in Perceived Benefits of Online Health Care and Social Welfare Services: National Cross-Sectional Survey Study

    Tarja Heponiemi;Vesa Jormanainen;Lars Leemann;Kristiina Manderbacka

  • Organizational justice and health; review of evidence.

    Marko Elovainio;Tarja Heponiemi;Timo Sinervo;Nicola Magnavita

  • The longitudinal effects of social support and hostility on depressive tendencies.

    Tarja Heponiemi;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Laura Pulkki

  • Health, psychosocial factors and retirement intentions among Finnish physicians

    Tarja Heponiemi;Anne Kouvonen;Jukka Vänskä;Hannu Halila

  • Effort-reward imbalance at work and the co-occurrence of lifestyle risk factors: cross-sectional survey in a sample of 36,127 public sector employees

    Anne Kouvonen;Mika Kivimäki;Mika Kivimäki;Marianna Virtanen;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Chronic workplace stress and insufficient physical activity: a cohort study

    Anne Kouvonen;Jussi Vahtera;Jussi Vahtera;Jussi Vahtera;Tuula Oksanen;Jaana Pentti

  • Depressive symptoms and carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

    Marko Elovainio;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen;Mika Kivimäki;Laura Pulkki

  • Sense of coherence and diabetes: A prospective occupational cohort study

    Anne M Kouvonen;Ari Väänänen;Stephen A Woods;Tarja Heponiemi

  • Association of Contractual and Subjective Job Insecurity With Sickness Presenteeism Among Public Sector Employees

    Tarja Heponiemi;Marko Elovainio;Jaana Pentti;Marianna Virtanen

  • Experienced time pressure and stress: electronic health records usability and information technology competence play a role.

    Tuulikki Vehko;Hannele Hyppönen;Sampsa Puttonen;Sari Kujala

  • Sense of coherence and psychiatric morbidity: a 19-year register-based prospective study

    Anne M Kouvonen;Ari Väänänen;Jussi Vahtera;Tarja Heponiemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Jussi Vahtera
Jussi Vahtera Turku University Hospital
Sampsa Puttonen
Sampsa Puttonen Tampere University
Ari Väänänen
Ari Väänänen Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Nicola Magnavita
Nicola Magnavita Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Marianna Virtanen
Marianna Virtanen University of Eastern Finland
Jaana Pentti
Jaana Pentti University of Turku
Justin Presseau
Justin Presseau Ottawa Hospital
Martin P Eccles
Martin P Eccles Newcastle University

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