Olli Raitakari - Publications#

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Between 1994 and 2022, Raitakari has authored over 1,100 publications that have been cited over 70,000 times.

His H-index is 116 according to the Web of Science and 145 according to the Microsoft Academic. In 2018, he was named on the Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate Analytics that identifies scientists with substantial influence through publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.

In 2022, Raitakari was ranked #6 in Finland and #514 in the world in the Research.com Edition of Top 1000 Scientists in the area of Medicine based on the H-index data.

Raitakari's most cited first author paper has received over 1,200 citations: Raitakari et al. Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood. JAMA 2003;290:2277-83.

Other highly cited senior author papers include: Juonala et al. Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors. NEJM 2011;365:1876-1885, with over 900 citations, and Telama et al.: Physical activity from childhood to adulthood - A 21-year tracking study. Am J Prev Med 2004; 28: 267-273, with over 900 citations.

List of 10 publications:

1. Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events. Jacobs DR Jr et al. | NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2022 Apr 4. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2109191. Online ahead of print.

2. Prevention of atherosclerosis from childhood. Raitakari, O; Pahkala, K and Magnussen, CG. Jan 2022 (Early Access) | NATURE REVIEWS CARDIOLOGY

3. Effects of 20-year infancy-onset dietary counselling on cardiometabolic risk factors in the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP): 6-year post-intervention follow-up. Pahkala K…Raitakari OT et al. LANCET CHILD ADOLESC HEALTH. 2020 May;4(5):359-369. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30059-6.

4. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology. Locke, AE; Kahali, B; (...); Speliotes, EK. Feb 12 2015 | NATURE 518 (7538) , pp.197-U401

5. Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Juonala, M; Magnussen, CG; (...); Raitakari, OT. Nov 17 2011 | NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 365 (20) , pp.1876-1885

6. Tracking of Serum Lipid Levels, Blood Pressure, and Body Mass Index from Childhood to Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Juhola, J; Magnussen, CG; (...); Juonala, M. Oct 2011 | JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 159 (4) , pp.584-590

7. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128.9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Ezzati, M; Bentham, J; (...); Cisneros, JZ. Dec 16 2017 | LANCET 390 (10113) , pp.2627-2642

8. Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants. Di Cesare, M; Bentham, J; (...); Cisneros, JZ. Apr 2 2016 | LANCET 387 (10026) , pp.1377-1396

9. Physical activity from childhood to adulthood - A 21-year tracking study. Telama, R; Yang, XL; (...); Raitakari, O Apr 2005 | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 28 (3) , pp.267-273

10. Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood - The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Raitakari, OT; Juonala, M; (...); Viikari, JSA Nov 5 2003 | JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 290 (17) , pp.2277-2283