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Researcher · University of Oulu · Finland

Simo S. Saarakkala

Simo S. Saarakkala publishes mostly in Rheumatology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

ORCID 0000-0003-2850-5484 OpenAlex
World rank
#906,713
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#5,453
of 37,370
Works
441
Citations
8.6k
Citations per work
19.6
h-index
49
i10-index 189Top 3.3% in Rheumatology
Simo S. Saarakkala

What does Simo S. Saarakkala research?

Simo S. Saarakkala's work is mostly in Medicine (62%), Engineering (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%).

Health Sciences: 273 works · 62.0% of their workMedicine: 273 works · 62.0% of their workRheumatology: 127 works · 28.8% of their workSurgery: 83 works · 18.8% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 33 works · 7.4% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 31 works · 7.0% of their workEverything else: 102 works · 23.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 53 works · 12.0% of their workEngineering: 53 works · 12.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 53 works · 12.0% of their workLife Sciences: 13 works · 2.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 2.9% of their workBiophysics: 13 works · 2.9% of their workTHEIR WORKSimo S.Saarakkala441works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences62%

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. Medicine27362.0%
  2. Everything else10223.1%
    1. Engineering5312.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology132.9%
  1. 1Rheumatology29% of their works
  2. 2Surgery19% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Orthopedics and Sports Medicine7% of their works
  5. 5Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging7% of their works
  6. 6Biophysics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Simo S. Saarakkala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, Cartilage, Osteoarthritis, Arthroplasty, Total Knee Replacement, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Injury Risk and Biomechanics.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation3142 topics
  2. Cartilage2831 topic
  3. Osteoarthritis2831 topic
  4. Arthroplasty871 topic
  5. Total Knee Replacement871 topic
  6. Anterior Cruciate Ligament711 topic
  7. Injury Risk711 topic
  8. Biomechanics611 topic
  9. Running Injuries611 topic
  10. Femoral Head351 topic
  11. Osteonecrosis351 topic
  12. Infrared Spectroscopy341 topic
  13. Raman Spectroscopy341 topic
  14. Biological Therapy311 topic
  15. Rheumatoid Arthritis311 topic
  16. Infrared Thermography291 topic
  17. Medical Imaging291 topic

Where does Simo S. Saarakkala work?

Simo S. Saarakkala's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Oulu, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Simo S. Saarakkala have?

OpenAlex counts 441 works and 8,636 citations for Simo S. Saarakkala, an h-index of 49, ranking #906,713 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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