Laura-Maria Peltonen

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Associate Professor, University of Eastern Finland, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2025

Genetics
Cancer Research
Education
Emergency Medicine
Epidemiology
General Health Professions

Publications: 52008–2025
Citations: 419to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 19.521.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%2 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 80%4 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Department Department of Health and Social ManagementUniversity of Eastern Finlandsince 2024
University Research Fellow, Department of Nursing ScienceUniversity of Turku2022–2024
Clinical lecturer, Department of Nursing ScienceUniversity of Turku2018–2022

Education

Adjunct ProfessorUniversity of Turkusince 2021
PhD, Department of Nursing ScienceUniversity of Turku2014–2018

Publications

5 in all

Digital health readiness – insights from healthcare leaders in operational management: a cross-sectional survey
2025BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access24 citations10.1186/s12913-024-12129-y
User Needs and Factors Associated With the Acceptability of Audiovisual Feedback Devices for Chest Compression Monitoring in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics240%
Cancer Research120%
Education120%
Emergency Medicine120%
Epidemiology120%
General Health Professions120%
Molecular Biology120%
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine120%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine120%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health120%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Bone health and osteoporosis research1
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research1
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation1
Educational Leadership and Innovation1
Emergency and Acute Care Studies1
Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units1
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology1
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities1
Genomics and Rare Diseases1
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications1
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease1
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

80% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa4
Finland3
United Kingdom2
Australia2
Ireland2
Canada1
United States1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

The University of Western AustraliaAU2 papers
University College LondonGB2 papers
Wellcome Sanger InstituteGB2 papers
Queen Mary University of LondonGB2 papers
University of TurkuFI2 papers
King's College LondonGB2 papers
Charles George VA Medical CenterUS1 paper
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
Cardiff UniversityGB1 paper
Endeavor HealthUS1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Health Services Research1
CIN Computers Informatics Nursing1
Molecular Psychiatry1
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey1
The American Journal of Human Genetics1

How it can be read

80% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia
Molecular Psychiatry
2008282 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Common Genetic Determinants of Vitamin D Insufficiency: A Genome-Wide Association Study
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey2
201165 citations
Polymorphism in a lincRNA Associates with a Doubled Risk of Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Kenyan Children
The American Journal of Human Genetics14

MNSc, Department of Nursing ScienceUniversity of Turku

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

CIN Computers Informatics Nursing

Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

2008Molecular PsychiatryJournalOpen access282 citations10.1038/mp.2008.135

Gold 1 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 40%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 20%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 20%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 5 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council2
Wellcome Trust2
Academy of Finland1
Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
European Science Foundation1
Háskóli Íslands1

201647 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Digital health readiness – insights from healthcare leaders in operational management: a cross-sectional survey

BMC Health Services Research

202524 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold