Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage (BBC)

The BBC group in University of Eastern Finland is globally one of the leading research groups in cartilage and bone biophysics and -engineering. The group has extensively contributed to basic, applied and clinical research of the musculoskeletal disorders during the past 20 years.

Published items in each year	Citations in each year

Total times cited:	14660
Citing articles:	7906
Average citations per item:	23.23	Source: Web of Science
h-index:	62	Updated: Jan 9th 2019

Most recent BBC publications:

1. Saisanen L, Maatta S, Julkunen P, Niskanen E, Kallioniemi E, Grohn H, Kemppainen S, Lakka TA, Lintu N, Eloranta AM, Vanninen R, Makkonen I and Kononen M. Functional and structural asymmetry in primary motor cortex in Asperger syndrome: a navigated TMS and imaging study. Brain Topogr. 2019 May;32(3):504-518. doi: 10.1007/s10548-019-00704-0. Epub 2019 Apr 4.
   
   
2. Venalainen MS, Mononen ME, Salo J, Rasanen LP, Jurvelin JS, Toyras J, Viren T and Korhonen RK. Publisher Correction: Quantitative Evaluation of the Mechanical Risks Caused by Focal Cartilage Defects in the Knee. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 4;9(1):5660. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41384-x.
   
   
3. Korkalainen H, Toyras J, Nikkonen S and Leppanen T. Mortality-risk-based apnea-hypopnea index thresholds for diagnostics of obstructive sleep apnea. J Sleep Res. 2019 Apr 3:e12855. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12855.
   
   
4. Mustonen AM, Kakela R, Finnila MAJ, Sawatsky A, Korhonen RK, Saarakkala S, Herzog W, Paakkonen T and Nieminen P. Anterior cruciate ligament transection alters the n-3/n-6 fatty acid balance in the lapine infrapatellar fat pad. Lipids Health Dis. 2019 Mar 18;18(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12944-019-1008-5.
   
   
5. Huang L, Korhonen RK, Turunen MJ and Finnila MAJ. Experimental mechanical strain measurement of tissues. PeerJ. 2019 Mar 7;7:e6545. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6545. eCollection 2019.