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Researcher · University of Helsinki · Finland

Riitta Korpela

Riitta Korpela publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gut microbiota and health and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides.

ORCID 0000-0003-0337-9186 OpenAlex
World rank
#321,142
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#1,850
of 37,370
Works
416
Citations
24k
Citations per work
57.0
h-index
80
i10-index 264Top 0.7% in Molecular Biology
Riitta Korpela

What does Riitta Korpela research?

Riitta Korpela's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Medicine (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%).

Everything else: 218 works · 52.3% of their workLife Sciences: 112 works · 26.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 works · 17.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 47 works · 11.3% of their workGenetics: 26 works · 6.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 works · 9.4% of their workFood Science: 39 works · 9.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 87 works · 20.8% of their workMedicine: 50 works · 12.1% of their workPhysiology: 28 works · 6.7% of their workGastroenterology: 22 works · 5.4% of their workNursing: 36 works · 8.7% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 36 works · 8.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRiitta Korpela416works
Life Sciences27%Health Sciences21%

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. Everything else21852.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7317.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences399.4%
    1. Medicine5012.1%
    2. Nursing368.7%
  1. 1Molecular Biology11% of their works
  2. 2Food Science9% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics9% of their works
  4. 4Physiology7% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Gastroenterology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Riitta Korpela's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Probiotics, Microbiota, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Prebiotics, Nutritional Significance, Inflammation, Gut Microbiota and Microbial Communities.

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. Probiotics1823 topics
  2. Microbiota1402 topics
  3. Lactic Acid Bacteria961 topic
  4. Prebiotics961 topic
  5. Nutritional Significance942 topics
  6. Inflammation742 topics
  7. Gut Microbiota611 topic
  8. Microbial Communities611 topic
  9. Antioxidant Activity521 topic
  10. Bioactive Peptides521 topic
  11. Genetic Adaptation451 topic
  12. Lactase Persistence451 topic
  13. Gastrointestinal Disorders441 topic
  14. Irritable Bowel Syndrome441 topic
  15. Human Milk Composition421 topic
  16. Preterm Infants421 topic
  17. Ketogenic Diet301 topic
  18. Low-Carbohydrate Diet301 topic
  19. Child Care201 topic
  20. Infection Control Measures201 topic

Where does Riitta Korpela work?

Riitta Korpela's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Helsinki, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Riitta Korpela have?

OpenAlex counts 416 works and 23,732 citations for Riitta Korpela, an h-index of 80, ranking #321,142 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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