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Researcher · University of Helsinki · Finland

Kari K. Alitalo

Kari K. Alitalo publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery, on topics such as Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer, Lymphatic System and Diseases and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-7331-0902 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,782
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#15
of 37,370
Works
1,079
Citations
127k
Citations per work
117.8
h-index
188
i10-index 657Top 0.1% in Molecular Biology
Kari K. Alitalo

What does Kari K. Alitalo research?

Kari K. Alitalo's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (37%), Medicine (29%), Neuroscience (3%).

Life Sciences: 433 works · 40.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 396 works · 36.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 313 works · 29.0% of their workCancer Research: 44 works · 4.1% of their workCell Biology: 39 works · 3.6% of their workNeuroscience: 37 works · 3.4% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 37 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 338 works · 31.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 309 works · 28.6% of their workMedicine: 309 works · 28.6% of their workOncology: 231 works · 21.4% of their workSurgery: 78 works · 7.2% of their workTHEIR WORKKari K. Alitalo1,079works
Life Sciences40%Health Sciences29%

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 Biology39636.7%
    2. Neuroscience373.4%
  2. Everything else33831.3%
    1. Medicine30928.6%
  1. 1Molecular Biology29% of their works
  2. 2Oncology21% of their works
  3. 3Surgery7% of their works
  4. 4Cancer Research4% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology4% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kari K. Alitalo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, endothelial progenitor cells, VEGF, Lymphangiogenesis, VEGF-C, Treatment, Cell Adhesion and Integrins.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation4102 topics
  2. VEGF3871 topic
  3. endothelial progenitor cells3871 topic
  4. Lymphangiogenesis3491 topic
  5. VEGF-C3491 topic
  6. Treatment1092 topics
  7. Cell Adhesion611 topic
  8. Integrins611 topic
  9. Hemangiomas601 topic
  10. Vascular Malformations601 topic
  11. Eph receptors581 topic
  12. Semaphorins581 topic
  13. Chylothorax571 topic
  14. Chylous Ascites571 topic
  15. Axillary Hyperhidrosis521 topic
  16. Hyperhidrosis521 topic
  17. HIF-1501 topic
  18. Warburg Effect501 topic

Where does Kari K. Alitalo work?

Kari K. Alitalo's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Helsinki, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Kari K. Alitalo have?

OpenAlex counts 1,079 works and 127,059 citations for Kari K. Alitalo, an h-index of 188, ranking #5,782 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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