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Researcher · University of Oulu · Finland

Pia Vähäkangas

Pia Vähäkangas publishes mostly in Education, General Health Professions and Geriatrics and Gerontology, on topics such as Research in Social Sciences, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Frailty in Older Adults.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,370,175
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#30,197
of 37,370
Works
27
Citations
76
Citations per work
2.8
h-index
6
i10-index 3Top 43% in Education
Pia Vähäkangas

What does Pia Vähäkangas research?

Pia Vähäkangas's work is mostly in Social Sciences (40%), Health Professions (26%), Medicine (12%).

Health Sciences: 12 works · 42.9% of their workHealth Professions: 7 works · 26.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 7 works · 26.2% of their workMedicine: 3 works · 11.9% of their workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 4.8% of their workNursing: 1 works · 4.8% of their workResearch and Theory: 1 works · 4.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 40.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 40.5% of their workEducation: 10 works · 35.7% of their workHealth: 1 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 16.6% of their workTHEIR WORKPia Vähäkangas27works
Health Sciences43%Social Sciences40%

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. Health Professions726.2%
    2. Medicine311.9%
    3. Nursing14.8%
    1. Social Sciences1140.5%
  3. Everything else416.6%
  1. 1Education36% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions26% of their works
  3. 3Geriatrics and Gerontology7% of their works
  4. 4Health5% of their works
  5. 5Research and Theory5% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pia Vähäkangas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Education, Social Sciences, Aging, Mortality Risk, Nursing Home and Quality of Care.

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. Phenomenology172 topics
  2. Qualitative Research172 topics
  3. Education151 topic
  4. Social Sciences151 topic
  5. Aging52 topics
  6. Mortality Risk52 topics
  7. Nursing Home41 topic
  8. Quality of Care41 topic
  9. Frailty31 topic
  10. Geriatric Assessment31 topic
  11. Ageing Population21 topic
  12. Alzheimer's Disease21 topic
  13. Health Care Expenditure21 topic
  14. Mild Cognitive Impairment21 topic
  15. Nursing Staffing21 topic
  16. Patient Outcomes21 topic
  17. Social Relationships21 topic
  18. Socioeconomic Inequalities21 topic
  19. Healthcare Legislation11 topic
  20. Patient Rights11 topic

Where does Pia Vähäkangas work?

Pia Vähäkangas's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oulu, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Pia Vähäkangas have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 76 citations for Pia Vähäkangas, an h-index of 6, ranking #5,370,175 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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