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Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
11849
World Ranking
4024
National Ranking
25

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 189 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and specializes in neuroscience. Their research primarily addresses circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and related disorders, as well as sleep and wakefulness research. Additional topics of focus include birth, development, and health, telomeres, telomerase, and senescence, infant nutrition and health, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

The main fields of study covered by their work include neuroscience with a concentration in subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and physiology.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist's work comprise:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Pain
  • Current Opinion in Physiology

Several coauthors have collaborated repeatedly with Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen, among them:

  • Tiina Paunio
  • Antti-Jussi Ämmälä
  • Emma Vitikainen
  • Iiris Hovatta
  • E. Juulia Paavonen

Recent publications illustrate the range of topics pursued:

  • "Maternal stress or sleep during pregnancy are not reflected on telomere length of newborns" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Differential DNA methylation in recovery from shift work disorder" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Effects of commonly used analgesics on sleep architecture: a topical review" (2024) in Pain
  • "Molecular mechanisms of (recovery) sleep: lessons from Drosophila melanogaster" (2020) in Current Opinion in Physiology

Best Publications

  • Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness.

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Robert E. Strecker;Mahesh Thakkar;Alvhild A. Bjørkum

  • Brain site-specificity of extracellular adenosine concentration changes during sleep deprivation and spontaneous sleep: an in vivo microdialysis study.

    T Porkka-Heiskanen;R.E Strecker;R.W McCarley

  • Sleep Restriction Increases the Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Diseases by Augmenting Proinflammatory Responses through IL-17 and CRP

    Wessel M. A. van Leeuwen;Maili Lehto;Piia Karisola;Harri Lindholm

  • Adenosinergic modulation of basal forebrain and preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neuronal activity in the control of behavioral state

    Robert E Strecker;Stephen Morairty;Mahesh M Thakkar;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Adenosine, energy metabolism and sleep homeostasis

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Anna V. Kalinchuk

  • Adenosine and sleep.

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Lauri Alanko;Anna Kalinchuk;Dag Stenberg

  • Women's sleep in health and disease

    Andrea Dzaja;Sara Arber;Jenny Hislop;Myriam Kerkhofs

  • Short sleep duration and behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in healthy 7- to 8-year-old children.

    E Juulia Paavonen;Katri Räikkönen;Jari Lahti;Niina Komsi

  • Adenosine in sleep and wakefulness

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Sleep quality, duration and behavioral symptoms among 5–6-year-old children

    E. Juulia Paavonen;E. Juulia Paavonen;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Anja Riitta Lahikainen

  • Enhanced Memory Consolidation Via Automatic Sound Stimulation During Non-REM Sleep.

    Miika M. Leminen;Jussi Virkkala;Emma Saure;Teemu Paajanen

  • Sleep, its regulation and possible mechanisms of sleep disturbances

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Kirsi-Marja Zitting;Henna-Kaisa Wigren

  • Sleep homeostasis

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  • Noradrenergic activity in rat brain during rapid eye movement sleep deprivation and rebound sleep.

    T. Porkka-Heiskanen;S. E. Smith;T. Taira;J. H. Urban

  • Sleep and its homeostatic regulation in mice lacking the adenosine A1 receptor.

    Dag Stenberg;Erik Litonius;Linda Halldner;Björn Johansson

  • Correlation between salivary and serum melatonin: dependence on serum melatonin levels.

    Maija-Liisa Laakso;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Aino Alila;Dag Stenberg

  • Sleep quality and cognitive performance in 8-year-old children

    E. Juulia Paavonen;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Jari Lahti

  • Insomnia is a frequent finding in adults with Asperger syndrome

    Pekka Tani;Nina Lindberg;Taina Nieminen-von Wendt;Lennart von Wendt

  • Prolonged sleep restriction induces changes in pathways involved in cholesterol metabolism and inflammatory responses

    Vilma Aho;Hanna M. Ollila;Erkki Kronholm;Isabel Bondia-Pons;Isabel Bondia-Pons

  • Prolonged Sleep Restriction Affects Glucose Metabolism in Healthy Young Men

    Wessel M. A. van Leeuwen;Christer Hublin;Mikael Sallinen;Mikko Härmä

  • Local energy depletion in the basal forebrain increases sleep

    Anna V. Kalinchuk;Anna-Sofia Urrila;Lauri Alanko;Silja Heiskanen

  • Orexin A and B levels in the hypothalamus of female rats: the effects of the estrous cycle and age

    T Porkka-Heiskanen;A Kalinchuk;L Alanko;I Huhtaniemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiina Paunio
Tiina Paunio University of Helsinki
Nina Lindberg
Nina Lindberg University of Helsinki
Timo Partonen
Timo Partonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Erkki Kronholm
Erkki Kronholm Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Matti Virkkunen
Matti Virkkunen University of Helsinki
Kaisa Silander
Kaisa Silander Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Robert E. Strecker
Robert E. Strecker VA Boston Healthcare System
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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