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D-Index
82
Citations
25950
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16062
National Ranking
183

Tuulikki Sokka publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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 Tuulikki Sokka sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 275 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Tuulikki Sokka D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Tuulikki Sokka is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant concentration in rheumatology. Additional subfields of study include hematology, immunology, hepatology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work addresses research topics such as rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, systemic lupus erythematosus research, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, hepatitis C virus research, vasculitis and related conditions, and psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • RMD Open
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Co-authorship patterns reveal collaborations with the following researchers:

  • Merete Lund Hetland
  • Björn Guðbjörnsson
  • Ronald van Vollenhoven
  • Anna Rudin
  • Kristina Lend

Among the published papers are:

  • "Is seronegative rheumatoid arthritis true rheumatoid arthritis? A nationwide cohort study" (2020, Lara D. Veeken)
  • "Certolizumab pegol, abatacept, tocilizumab or active conventional treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis: 48-week clinical and radiographic results of the investigator-initiated randomised controlled NORD-STAR trial" (2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)
  • "Uptake and effectiveness of newer biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in psoriatic arthritis: results from five Nordic biologics registries" (2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)
  • "Obesity is a risk factor for poor response to treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis: a NORD-STAR study" (2024, RMD Open)
  • "Immunogenicity of subcutaneous TNF inhibitors and its clinical significance in real-life setting in patients with spondyloarthritis" (2021, Rheumatology International)

Best Publications

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

    Josef S. Smolen;Robert Landewé;Ferdinand C Breedveld;Maxime Dougados

  • American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Provisional Definition of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Clinical Trials

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Josef S. Smolen;George Wells;Bi Zhang

  • Cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the QUEST-RA study

    Antonio Naranjo;Tuulikki Sokka;Miguel A. Descalzo;Jaime Calvo-Alén

  • Reporting disease activity in clinical trials of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: EULAR/ACR collaborative recommendations.

    D. Aletaha;R.B. Landewe;T. Karonitsch;J. Bathon

  • Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: 2008 update.

    T Sokka;B Abelson;T Pincus

  • Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics and treatments in the QUEST-RA study

    Tuulikki Sokka;Sergio Toloza;Maurizio Cutolo;Hannu Kautiainen

  • Increased coronary-artery atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to disease duration and cardiovascular risk factors.

    Cecilia P. Chung;Annette Oeser;Paolo Raggi;Tebeb Gebretsadik

  • Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increased in rheumatoid arthritis and is associated with coronary atherosclerosis.

    Cecilia P. Chung;Annette Oeser;Joseph F. Solus;Ingrid Avalos

  • Physical inactivity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Data from twenty-one countries in a cross-sectional, international study

    Tuulikki Sokka;Arja Häkkinen;Hannu Kautiainen;Jean Francis Maillefert

  • REL, encoding a member of the NF-kappaB family of transcription factors, is a newly defined risk locus for rheumatoid arthritis.

    Peter K Gregersen;Chistopher I Amos;Annette T Lee;Yue Lu

  • Inequities in access to biologic and synthetic DMARDs across 46 European countries

    Polina Putrik;Sofia Ramiro;Tore K Kvien;Tuulikki Sokka

  • Work disability remains a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis in the 2000s: data from 32 countries in the QUEST-RA Study

    Tuulikki Sokka;Hannu Kautiainen;Theodore Pincus;Suzanne M.M. Verstappen

  • A randomized two-year study of the effects of dynamic strength training on muscle strength, disease activity, functional capacity, and bone mineral density in early rheumatoid arthritis

    Arja Häkkinen;Tuulikki Sokka;Antero Kotaniemi;Pekka Hannonen

  • Finalisation and validation of the rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease score, a patient-derived composite measure of impact of rheumatoid arthritis: a EULAR initiative

    L Gossec;S Paternotte;G J Aanerud;A Balanescu

  • A randomized, double-blind, crossover clinical trial of diclofenac plus misoprostol versus acetaminophen in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.

    T. Pincus;Gary G Koch;T. Sokka;J. Lefkowith

  • Inflammatory mediators and premature coronary atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Young Hee Rho;Cecilia P. Chung;Annette Oeser;Joseph Solus

  • Methotrexate as the "anchor drug" for the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis.

    Theodore Pincus;Yusuf Yazici;Tuulikki Sokka;Daniel Aletaha

  • Is DAS28 an appropriate tool to assess remission in rheumatoid arthritis

    Heidi Mäkinen;Hannu Kautiainen;Pekka Hannonen;Tuulikki Sokka

  • Work disability in rheumatoid arthritis 10 years after the diagnosis.

    T Sokka;H Kautiainen;T Möttönen;P Hannonen

  • Inflammation-associated insulin resistance: differential effects in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus define potential mechanisms.

    Cecilia P. Chung;Annette Oeser;Joseph F. Solus;Tebeb Gebretsadik

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore Pincus
Theodore Pincus Rush University Medical Center
Hannu Kautiainen
Hannu Kautiainen University of Helsinki
Arja Häkkinen
Arja Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
C. Michael Stein
C. Michael Stein Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Laure Gossec
Laure Gossec Sorbonne University
Paolo Raggi
Paolo Raggi University of Alberta
Annelies Boonen
Annelies Boonen Maastricht University Medical Centre
Maurizio Cutolo
Maurizio Cutolo University of Genoa
Gianfranco Ferraccioli
Gianfranco Ferraccioli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Anthony D. Woolf
Anthony D. Woolf Royal Cornwall Hospital

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