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Researcher · Helsinki University Hospital · Finland

Matti Virkkunen

Matti Virkkunen publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism and Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes.

OpenAlex
World rank
#295,797
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#1,818
of 8,199
Works
17
Citations
133
Citations per work
7.8

What does Matti Virkkunen research?

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 30.8%Genetics: 15.4%Molecular Biology: 15.4%Behavioral Neuroscience: 7.7%other fields: 30.7%31%top field
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience30.8%Genetics15.4%Molecular Biology15.4%Behavioral Neuroscience7.7%other fields30.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience31% of their works
  2. 2Genetics15% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology15% of their works
  4. 4Behavioral Neuroscience8% of their works
  5. 5Biological Psychiatry8% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Matti Virkkunen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Stress, Dopamine, Serotonin, Cancer, Depression, Schizophrenia, Aldosterone and Amino Acid Transporters.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Stress42 topics
  2. Dopamine31 topic
  3. Serotonin31 topic
  4. Cancer22 topics
  5. Depression22 topics
  6. Schizophrenia22 topics
  7. Aldosterone11 topic
  8. Amino Acid Transporters11 topic
  9. Biogenic Amines11 topic
  10. Brain11 topic
  11. Cardiac Amyloidosis11 topic
  12. Cortisol11 topic
  13. Cytokines11 topic
  14. D-Serine11 topic
  15. Neuroinflammation11 topic
  16. Neurotransmission11 topic
  17. Polyamines11 topic
  18. Primary Aldosteronism11 topic
  19. Synaptic Plasticity11 topic
  20. Transthyretin11 topic

Where does Matti Virkkunen work?

Matti Virkkunen's main affiliation in the publication record is Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Matti Virkkunen have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 133 citations for Matti Virkkunen, ranking #295,797 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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