Vesa Kontinen

77 papers and 3.2k indexed citations
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About

Vesa Kontinen is a scholar working on Physiology, Surgery and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Vesa Kontinen has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Physiology, 30 papers in Surgery and 24 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Vesa Kontinen’s work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers), Anesthesia and Pain Management (30 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (19 papers). Vesa Kontinen is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers), Anesthesia and Pain Management (30 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (19 papers). Vesa Kontinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Canada. Vesa Kontinen's co-authors include Eija Kalso, Katri Hamunen, Elina Tiippana, Antti Pertovaara, Pertti Panula, Timo Kauppila, Anthony H. Dickenson, Mei Xu, Elina Brinck and M. Heesen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vesa Kontinen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vesa Kontinen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vesa Kontinen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vesa Kontinen. Vesa Kontinen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Vesa Kontinen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Vesa Kontinen

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