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Researcher · University of Oulu · Finland

Kalervo Metsikkö

Kalervo Metsikkö publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, on topics such as Cellular transport and secretion, Virus-based gene therapy research and Ion channel regulation and function.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,601,369
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#31,154
of 37,370
Works
46
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
33.5
h-index
20
i10-index 32Top 33% in Molecular Biology
Kalervo Metsikkö

What does Kalervo Metsikkö research?

Kalervo Metsikkö's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (49%), Medicine (12%), Neuroscience (5%).

Life Sciences: 25 works · 53.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 works · 49.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 25.0% of their workCell Biology: 7 works · 15.6% of their workGenetics: 4 works · 8.6% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 4.7% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 33.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 12.5% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 12.5% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 7.0% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKKalervo Metsikkö46works
Life Sciences54%Health Sciences12%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2349.2%
    2. Neuroscience24.7%
  2. Everything else1533.6%
    1. Medicine612.5%
  1. 1Molecular Biology25% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology16% of their works
  3. 3Genetics9% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology7% of their works
  5. 5Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kalervo Metsikkö's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Endocytosis, Membrane Fusion, Epidemiology, Gene Therapy, Viral Vectors, Ion Channels, Nipah Virus and Paramyxovirus.

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.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Endocytosis121 topic
  2. Membrane Fusion121 topic
  3. Epidemiology102 topics
  4. Gene Therapy81 topic
  5. Viral Vectors81 topic
  6. Ion Channels61 topic
  7. Nipah Virus61 topic
  8. Paramyxovirus61 topic
  9. Voltage-Gated Channels61 topic
  10. Huntington's Disease41 topic
  11. Muscle Regeneration41 topic
  12. Myocarditis41 topic
  13. Nuclear Pore Complex41 topic
  14. Nucleocytoplasmic Transport41 topic
  15. Protein Aggregation41 topic
  16. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy41 topic
  17. Viral Infection41 topic

Where does Kalervo Metsikkö work?

Kalervo Metsikkö's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oulu, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Kalervo Metsikkö have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 1,542 citations for Kalervo Metsikkö, an h-index of 20, ranking #5,601,369 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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