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 Terho Lehtimäki sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 1,359 publications — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Terho Lehtimäki sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 177 D-Index — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Terho Lehtimäki is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans a range of subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, genetics, physiology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.
Lehtimäki's work covers several main topics, focusing prominently on genetic associations and epidemiology, birth, development, and health, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation. Additional areas of study include obesity, physical activity, and diet, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, and diet and metabolism studies.
They have published numerous studies in various scientific venues with a notable number of publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Atherosclerosis, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports.
Some recent papers include:
Terho Lehtimäki collaborates frequently with a set of co-authors, including:
Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh
Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou
Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham
Jonathan Sebat;B. Lakshmi;Dheeraj Malhotra;Jennifer Troge
Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley
Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso
Silvia De Rubeis;Xin-Xin He;Arthur P Goldberg;Christopher S. Poultney
Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby
M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall
Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt
F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen
Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud
Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam
Alexander Gusev;Alexander Gusev;Arthur Ko;Huwenbo Shi;Gaurav Bhatia;Gaurav Bhatia
Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters
Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall
Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice
Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee
Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall
H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt
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