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Bjørn Kløve

Bjørn Kløve

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Earth Science
Finland
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
52
Citations
11533
World Ranking
3000
National Ranking
1

Bjørn Kløve publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bjørn Kløve sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 305 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Bjørn Kløve D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bjørn Kløve sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Bjørn Kløve is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on areas such as ecology, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change, with specific attention to water science and technology as well as environmental engineering.

The scientist's key research topics include:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Bjørn Kløve has published frequently in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water Resources Research
  • Hydrology research

Among recent papers, some notable works include:

  • "Anthropogenic depletion of Iran's aquifers," published in 2021 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Iran's Agriculture in the Anthropocene," published in 2020 in Earth s Future
  • "Land degradation risk mapping using topographic, human-induced, and geo-environmental variables and machine learning algorithms, for the Pole-Doab watershed, Iran," published in 2020 in Environmental Earth Sciences
  • "Unconventional water resources: Global opportunities and challenges," published in 2022 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Changes in seasonality of groundwater level fluctuations in a temperate-cold climate transition zone," published in 2020 in Journal of Hydrology X

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Ali Torabi Haghighi
  • Hannu Marttila
  • Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen
  • Roohollah Noori
  • Pertti Ala-aho

Best Publications

  • A continental-scale hydrology and water quality model for Europe: Calibration and uncertainty of a high-resolution large-scale SWAT model

    K.C. Abbaspour;E. Rouholahnejad;S. Vaghefi;R. Srinivasan

  • Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems

    Bjørn Kløve;Pertti Ala-Aho;Guillaume Bertrand;Jason J. Gurdak

  • Urban flood risk mapping using the GARP and QUEST models: A comparative study of machine learning techniques

    Hamid Darabi;Bahram Choubin;Omid Rahmati;Ali Torabi Haghighi

  • Groundwater dependent ecosystems : Part I: Hydroecological status and trends

    Bjørn Kløve;Pertti Ala-aho;Guillaume Bertrand;Zuzana Boukalova

  • River suspended sediment modelling using the CART model: A comparative study of machine learning techniques.

    Bahram Choubin;Hamid Darabi;Omid Rahmati;Farzaneh Sajedi-Hosseini

  • Changes in short term river flow regulation and hydropeaking in Nordic rivers

    Faisal Bin Ashraf;Ali Torabi Haghighi;Joakim Riml;Knut Alfredsen

  • Emission of the Greenhouse Gases Nitrous Oxide and Methane from Constructed Wetlands in Europe

    A K Søvik;J Augustin;K Heikkinen;J T Huttunen

  • Anthropogenic depletion of Iran's aquifers.

    Roohollah Noori;Mohsen Maghrebi;Ali Mirchi;Qiuhong Tang

  • Groundwater dependent ecosystems. Part II. Ecosystem services and management in Europe under risk of climate change and land use intensification

    Bjørn Kløve;Andrew Allan;Guillaume Bertrand;Elzbieta Druzynska

  • Emission of N2O and CH4 from a constructed wetland in southeastern Norway.

    A.K. Søvik;B. Kløve

  • Phosphorus retention processes in shell sand filter systems treating municipal wastewater

    A.K. Søvik;B. Kløve

  • Dynamics of erosion and suspended sediment transport from drained peatland forestry

    Hannu Marttila;Bjørn Kløve

  • Iran's Agriculture in the Anthropocene

    Mohsen Maghrebi;Roohollah Noori;Rabin Bhattarai;Zaher Mundher Yaseen

  • Land degradation risk mapping using topographic, human-induced, and geo-environmental variables and machine learning algorithms, for the Pole-Doab watershed, Iran

    Ali Torabi Haghighi;Hamid Darabi;Zahra Karimidastenaei;Ali Akbar Davudirad

  • Modeling of nitrate removal for ion exchange resin in batch and fixed bed experiments

    A.A. Hekmatzadeh;A. Karimi-Jashani;N. Talebbeydokhti;B. Kløve

  • Groundwater pollution and quality monitoring approaches at the European level

    Matteo Balderacchi;Pierre Benoit;Philippe Cambier;Ole Martin Eklo

  • Fully integrated surface–subsurface flow modelling of groundwater–lake interaction in an esker aquifer: Model verification with stable isotopes and airborne thermal imaging

    Pertti Ala-aho;Pekka M. Rossi;Elina Isokangas;Bjørn Kløve

  • Snow and frost: implications for spatiotemporal infiltration patterns ‐ a review

    Angela Lundberg;Pertti Otto Antero Ala-Aho;Olemartin Eklo;Björn Klöve

  • A conceptual and statistical approach for the analysis of climate impact on ground water table fluctuation patterns in cold conditions

    Jarkko Okkonen;Bjørn Kløve

  • Water-table-dependent hydrological changes following peatland forestry drainage and restoration: Analysis of restoration success

    Meseret Walle Menberu;Teemu Tahvanainen;Hannu Marttila;Masoud Irannezhad

  • Long‐term variations and trends in precipitation in Finland

    M. Irannezhad;H. Marttila;B. Kløve

  • Efficient removal of arsenic, antimony and nickel from mine wastewaters in Northern treatment peatlands and potential risks in their long-term use

    Katharina Palmer;Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen;Bjørn Kløve

  • Characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus loads in peat mining wastewater

    Bjørn Kløve

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Muotka
Timo Muotka University of Oulu
Kaveh Madani
Kaveh Madani Yale University
Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Harri Koivusalo
Harri Koivusalo Aalto University
Leena Finér
Leena Finér Natural Resources Institute Finland
Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen Tsinghua University
Ronny Berndtsson
Ronny Berndtsson Lund University
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Hamid Moradkhani
Hamid Moradkhani University of Alabama
Omid Rahmati
Omid Rahmati Agricultural Research Education And Extention Organization

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