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Researcher · Social Insurance Institution · Finland

Merja Rastas

Merja Rastas publishes mostly in Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Diet and metabolism studies and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases.

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World rank
#1,501,166
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#9,124
of 37,370
Works
22
Citations
15k
Citations per work
663.0
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 56% in Physiology (Medicine)
Merja Rastas

What does Merja Rastas research?

Merja Rastas's work is mostly in Medicine (47%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Health Professions (9%).

Health Sciences: 12 works · 56.5% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 47.1% of their workPhysiology: 4 works · 17.0% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 works · 15.1% of their workEpidemiology: 2 works · 7.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 works · 7.5% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 9.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 9.4% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 32.2% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 11.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 11.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 11.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMerja Rastas22works
Life Sciences11%Health Sciences56%

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. Medicine1047.1%
    2. Health Professions29.4%
  2. Everything else732.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology211.3%
  1. 1Physiology17% of their works
  2. 2Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism15% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology11% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions9% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Merja Rastas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Inflammation, Diabetes, Glucose Metabolism, Healthcare and Ketogenic Diet.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Metabolic Syndrome173 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease122 topics
  3. Obesity122 topics
  4. Inflammation113 topics
  5. Diabetes81 topic
  6. Glucose Metabolism81 topic
  7. Healthcare52 topics
  8. Ketogenic Diet51 topic
  9. Low-Carbohydrate Diet51 topic
  10. Adipokines41 topic
  11. Adipose Tissue41 topic
  12. Aging42 topics
  13. AMP-Activated Protein Kinase31 topic
  14. Metformin31 topic
  15. Qualitative Research31 topic
  16. Social Sciences31 topic
  17. Cancer Cachexia21 topic
  18. Caregiving21 topic
  19. Elderly21 topic
  20. Healthcare Legislation21 topic
  21. Patient Rights21 topic
  22. Sarcopenia21 topic

Where does Merja Rastas work?

Merja Rastas's main affiliation in the publication record is Social Insurance Institution, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Merja Rastas have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 14,585 citations for Merja Rastas, an h-index of 11, ranking #1,501,166 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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