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Researcher · University of Helsinki · Finland

Pirkko J. Pussinen

Pirkko J. Pussinen publishes mostly in Periodontics, Molecular Biology and Immunology, on topics such as Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions and Dental Radiography and Imaging.

ORCID 0000-0003-3563-1876 OpenAlex
World rank
#199,062
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#1,074
of 37,370
Works
324
Citations
19k
Citations per work
59.7
h-index
64
i10-index 195Top 0.7% in Periodontics
Pirkko J. Pussinen

What does Pirkko J. Pussinen research?

Pirkko J. Pussinen's work is mostly in Dentistry (28%), Medicine (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Health Sciences: 136 works · 41.9% of their workDentistry: 92 works · 28.5% of their workPeriodontics: 75 works · 23.0% of their workOral Surgery: 18 works · 5.5% of their workMedicine: 43 works · 13.4% of their workPhysiology: 23 works · 7.0% of their workEpidemiology: 21 works · 6.4% of their workEverything else: 134 works · 41.4% of their workLife Sciences: 54 works · 16.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 works · 9.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 29 works · 9.0% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 works · 7.7% of their workImmunology: 25 works · 7.7% of their workTHEIR WORKPirkko J.Pussinen324works
Life Sciences17%Health Sciences42%

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. Dentistry9228.5%
    2. Medicine4313.4%
  2. Everything else13441.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology299.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology257.7%
  1. 1Periodontics23% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology9% of their works
  3. 3Immunology8% of their works
  4. 4Physiology7% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology6% of their works
  6. 6Oral Surgery6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pirkko J. Pussinen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dental Caries, Oral Microbiome, Periodontal Diseases, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnostic Criteria, Saliva and Epidemiology.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Dental Caries1972 topics
  2. Oral Microbiome1731 topic
  3. Periodontal Diseases1731 topic
  4. Inflammation882 topics
  5. Treatment812 topics
  6. Diagnostic Criteria551 topic
  7. Saliva551 topic
  8. Epidemiology502 topics
  9. Cone-Beam CT361 topic
  10. Dental Imaging361 topic
  11. Matrix Metalloproteinases331 topic
  12. Pattern Recognition Receptors331 topic
  13. Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases331 topic
  14. Toll-like Receptors331 topic
  15. Gut Microbiota291 topic
  16. Microbial Communities291 topic
  17. Diagnosis261 topic
  18. Infective Endocarditis261 topic
  19. Global Burden241 topic
  20. Oral Health241 topic

Where does Pirkko J. Pussinen work?

Pirkko J. Pussinen's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Helsinki, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Pirkko J. Pussinen have?

OpenAlex counts 324 works and 19,355 citations for Pirkko J. Pussinen, an h-index of 64, ranking #199,062 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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