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Researcher · Social Insurance Institution · Finland

Erkki Alanen

Erkki Alanen publishes mostly in Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, on topics such as Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Health disparities and outcomes and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research.

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World rank
#1,719,348
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#10,436
of 37,370
Works
48
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
49.0
h-index
22
i10-index 30Top 24% in Psychiatry and Mental health
Erkki Alanen

What does Erkki Alanen research?

Erkki Alanen's work is mostly in Medicine (28%), Health Professions (6%), Psychology (5%).

Everything else: 30 works · 62.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 16 works · 33.1% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 27.6% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 works · 7.1% of their workPhysiology: 3 works · 7.1% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 works · 7.1% of their workPharmacology: 3 works · 6.3% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 5.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 5.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 4.7% of their workPsychology: 2 works · 4.7% of their workSocial Psychology: 2 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKErkki Alanen48works
Health Sciences33%Social Sciences5%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else3062.2%
    1. Medicine1327.6%
    2. Health Professions35.5%
    1. Psychology24.7%
  1. 1Psychiatry and Mental health7% of their works
  2. 2Physiology7% of their works
  3. 3Orthopedics and Sports Medicine7% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology6% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions6% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Erkki Alanen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Psychological Factors, Chronic Pain, Central Sensitization, High-Intensity Interval Training, Disability, Global Burden and Social Relationships.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology153 topics
  2. Psychological Factors112 topics
  3. Chronic Pain102 topics
  4. Central Sensitization92 topics
  5. High-Intensity Interval Training82 topics
  6. Disability61 topic
  7. Global Burden61 topic
  8. Social Relationships61 topic
  9. Socioeconomic Inequalities61 topic
  10. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome51 topic
  11. Fibromyalgia51 topic
  12. Cardiorespiratory Fitness41 topic
  13. Exercise Capacity41 topic
  14. Muscle Injuries41 topic
  15. Neuropathic Pain41 topic
  16. Nociception41 topic
  17. Performance Analysis41 topic
  18. Social Capital41 topic
  19. Sports Injury41 topic
  20. Training Load41 topic
  21. Trust41 topic

Where does Erkki Alanen work?

Erkki Alanen's main affiliation in the publication record is Social Insurance Institution, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Erkki Alanen have?

OpenAlex counts 48 works and 2,354 citations for Erkki Alanen, an h-index of 22, ranking #1,719,348 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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