2026 Tiina Paunio: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	82	15858	14915	181	168	363	41534

Overview

Tiina Paunio is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with considerable contributions to subfields such as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

Sleep and related disorders
Schizophrenia research and treatment
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Tiina Paunio has published in multiple professional venues, frequently contributing to:

Journal of Sleep Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Sleep Medicine
Scientific Reports

Their recent scientific papers include:

Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia, 2022, Nature
The European Insomnia Guideline: An update on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 2023, 2023, Journal of Sleep Research
Normal sleep development in infants: findings from two large birth cohorts, 2020, Sleep Medicine
The impact of rare protein coding genetic variation on adult cognitive function, 2023, Nature Genetics
Brain predictive coding processes are associated to COMT gene Val158Met polymorphism, 2021, NeuroImage

Tiina Paunio collaborates regularly with a core group of co-authors, including:

Jaana Suvisaari
Katri Kantojärvi
Jouko Lönnqvist
Aarno Palotie
Tuula Kieseppä

Best Publications

Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

7722
Citations
European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia

Dieter Riemann;Chiara Baglioni;Claudio Bassetti;Bjørn Bjorvatn

2078
Citations
Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

2010
Citations
Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

1969
Citations
Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

1506
Citations
Genome Scan Meta-Analysis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Part II: Schizophrenia

Cathryn M. Lewis;Douglas F. Levinson;Lesley H. Wise;Lynn E. DeLisi

1478
Citations
Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

1041
Citations
Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

771
Citations
Partitioning heritability of regulatory and cell-type-specific variants across 11 common diseases

Alexander Gusev;S. Hong Lee;Gosia Trynka;Hilary Finucane

725
Citations
Rare loss-of-function variants in SETD1A are associated with schizophrenia and developmental disorders

Tarjinder Singh;Mitja I Kurki;David Curtis;Shaun M Purcell

468
Citations
The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

453
Citations
Circadian clock-related polymorphisms in seasonal affective disorder and their relevance to diurnal preference.

Carolina Johansson;Matthäeus Willeit;Christina Smedh;Jenny Ekholm

431
Citations
Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

Jie Huang;Bryan Howie;Shane McCarthy;Yasin Memari

403
Citations
Correction: Corrigendum: TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport

Miriam Schmidts;Yuqing Hou;Claudio R. Cortes;Dorus A. Mans

396
Citations
Haplotype transmission analysis provides evidence of association for DISC1 to schizophrenia and suggests sex-dependent effects

William Hennah;Teppo Varilo;Marjo Kestilä;Tiina Paunio

395
Citations
Chromosome 1 loci in Finnish schizophrenia families

Jesper Ekelund;Iiris Hovatta;Alex Parker;Tiina Paunio

384
Citations
Three circadian clock genes Per2, Arnt1, and Npas2 contribute to winter depression

Timo Partonen;Jens Treutlein;Asude Alpman;Josef Frank

354
Citations
Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

M Y M Ng;D F Levinson;S Faraone;B K Suarez

354
Citations
A POPULATION-SPECIFIC HTR2B STOP CODON PREDISPOSES TO SEVERE IMPULSIVITY

Laura Bevilacqua;Stephane Doly;Jaakko Kaprio;Jaakko Kaprio;Qiaoping Yuan

336
Citations
Genetic background of extreme violent behavior.

J. Tiihonen;M-R Rautiainen;H. M. Ollila;E. Repo-Tiihonen

255
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaana Suvisaari Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Jouko Lönnqvist Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Timo Partonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

Leena Peltonen University of Helsinki

Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson University of Helsinki

Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

Nelson B. Freimer University of California, Los Angeles

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen University of Helsinki

David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)

External Links

Personal website of Tiina Paunio

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