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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 52 2437 2220 31 30 384 10949

Toomas Timpka publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Toomas Timpka between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Toomas Timpka published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 11 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2020. 14 of the 438 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2020. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 14 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 17 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 3 publications
1986 2025

438 publications in total across all disciplines

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Toomas Timpka: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 1
1988 1
1989 5
1990 10
1991 5
1992 3
1993 2
1994 4
1995 6
1996 14
1997 5
1998 13
1999 14
2000 6
2001 18
2002 17
2003 7
2004 12
2005 10
2006 9
2007 16
2008 12
2009 20
2010 6
2011 18
2012 21
2013 16
2014 16
2015 11
2016 12
2017 22
2018 11
2019 11
2020 27
2021 23
2022 12
2023 7
2024 11
2025 3
Total 438
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Toomas Timpka 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 Toomas Timpka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 384–393 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 384 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44 384
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Toomas Timpka 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 Toomas Timpka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138 52
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Toomas Timpka is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on orthopedics, sports medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Injury epidemiology and prevention
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Cardiovascular effects of exercise
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Data-driven disease surveillance

Toomas Timpka has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • Journal of science and medicine in sport
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on epidemiological data related to sports injuries and illness as well as COVID-19 related behavioral and mental health studies. Notable works include:

  • International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)), 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement: Methods for Recording and Reporting of Epidemiological Data on Injury and Illness in Sports 2020 (Including the STROBE Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)), 2020, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Associations Between Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health, and Preventive Behaviours Across Pregnant Women and Husbands: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling, 2020, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • The effect of interventions on COVID-19, 2020, Nature
  • Athlete health protection: Why qualitative research matters, 2020, Journal of science and medicine in sport

Frequent co-authors in Toomas Timpka's publications include:

  • Armin Sprečo
  • Örjan Dahlström
  • Jenny Jacobsson
  • Anna Jöud
  • Kristina Fagher

Their body of work integrates aspects of injury prevention, epidemiological surveillance, mental health, and infectious disease modeling, with a considerable contribution to the international standards for recording and reporting sports-related health data.

Best Publications

  • International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))

    Roald Bahr;Benjamin Clarsen;Wayne Derman;Jiri Dvorak

  • A Systematic Review of the Technology Acceptance Model in Health Informatics.

    Bahlol Rahimi;Hamed Nadri;Hadi Lotfnezhad Afshar;Toomas Timpka

  • Risk of injury in elite football played on artificial turf versus natural grass: a prospective two-cohort study

    Jan Ekstrand;Toomas Timpka;Martin Hägglund

  • Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): Consensus statement

    Toomas Timpka;Juan-Manuel Alonso;Jenny Jacobsson;Astrid Junge

  • Injury patterns in Swedish elite athletics: annual incidence, injury types and risk factors

    Jenny Jacobsson;Toomas Timpka;Jan Kowalski;Sverker Nilsson

  • Associations Between Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health, and Preventive Behaviours Across Pregnant Women and Husbands: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling.

    Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu;Vida Imani;Chung Ying Lin;Toomas Timpka

  • Third generation participatory design in health informatics-Making user participation applicable to large-scale information system projects

    Sofie Pilemalm;Toomas Timpka

  • Rock climbing injury rates and associated risk factors in a general climbing population

    S. Backe;L. Ericson;Staffan Janson;Toomas Timpka

  • Are female students in general and nursing students more ready for teamwork and interprofessional collaboration in healthcare

    Margaretha Wilhelmsson;Sari Ponzer;Lars-Ove Dahlgren;Toomas Timpka

  • Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Swedish Elite Track and Field Athletes

    Jenny Jacobsson;Toomas Timpka;Jan Kowalski;Sverker Nilsson

  • The Mental Health of War-wounded Refugees : An 8-year Follow-up

    Ann-Charlotte Hermansson;Toomas Timpka;Mikael Thyberg

  • Mobile-based intervention intended to stop obesity in preschool-aged children: the MINISTOP randomized controlled trial.

    Christine Delisle Nyström;Sven Sandin;Pontus Henriksson;Hanna Henriksson

  • The effect of interventions on COVID-19.

    Kristian Soltesz;Fredrik Gustafsson;Toomas Timpka;Joakim Jaldén

  • Risk and Protective Factors for Middle- and Long-Distance Running-Related Injury

    Adam Hulme;Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen;Toomas Timpka;Evert Verhagen;Evert Verhagen

  • What is a Sports Injury

    Toomas Timpka;Jenny Jacobsson;Jerome Bickenbach;Caroline F. Finch

  • Participatory design of information systems in health care.

    Cecilia Sjöberg;Toomas Timpka

  • Health Information System Implementation: A Qualitative Meta-analysis

    Bahlol Rahimi;Vivian Vimarlund;Toomas Timpka

  • Dilemmas in sickness certification among Swedish physicians

    Toomas Timpka;Gunnel Hensing;Kristina Alexanderson

  • Health Professionals' Attitudes Towards Using a Web 2.0 Portal for Child and Adolescent Diabetes Care: Qualitative Study

    Cecilia Nordqvist;Lena Hanberger;Toomas Timpka;Sam Nordfeldt

  • From Sports Injury Prevention to Safety Promotion in Sports

    Toomas Timpka;Jan Ekstrand;Leif Svanström

  • Making sense of safety

    Per Nilsen;D S Hudson;Agneta Kullberg;Toomas Timpka

Frequent Co-Authors

Olle Eriksson
Olle Eriksson Uppsala University
Astrid Junge
Astrid Junge Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Jorma Hinkula
Jorma Hinkula Linköping University
Fredrik Gustafsson
Fredrik Gustafsson Linköping University
Caroline F. Finch
Caroline F. Finch Edith Cowan University
Thomas B. Schön
Thomas B. Schön Uppsala University
Carl Göran Svedin
Carl Göran Svedin Linköping University
Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong
Joakim Jalden
Joakim Jalden Royal Institute of Technology
Per Nilsen
Per Nilsen Linköping University

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