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Hannu Ilvesniemi publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hannu Ilvesniemi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Hannu Ilvesniemi D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hannu Ilvesniemi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hannu Ilvesniemi is affiliated with the Finnish Forest Research Institute in Finland and has made significant contributions to environmental science, focusing primarily on forest ecosystems. Their research spans several fields including environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, soil science, ecology, global and planetary change, and plant science.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to forest ecology and management, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Other notable topics include plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, bioenergy crop production and management, and forest ecology and biodiversity studies.

Among recent publications by Hannu Ilvesniemi are:

  • "Long-term measurements of the carbon balance of a boreal Scots pine dominated forest ecosystem," 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Biomass distribution in a young Scots pine stand," 2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Jukka Pumpanen
  • Antti-Jussi Lindroos
  • Pasi Kolari
  • Liisa Kulmala
  • Samuli Launiainen

Hannu Ilvesniemi's works have been published in several academic venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke))
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Forests
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Research contributions are notably oriented toward understanding carbon fluxes, biomass distribution, and soil dynamics in boreal forest ecosystems. This is reflected in recent collaborative papers with colleagues, including "CO2 exchange and component CO2 fluxes of a boreal Scots pine forest" and "Soil CO2 efflux from a podzolic forest soil before and after forest clear-cutting and site preparation."

Best Publications

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Evidence for Soil Water Control on Carbon and Water Dynamics in European Forests during the Extremely Dry Year: 2003

    A. Granier;M. Reichstein;N. Bréda;I.A. Janssens

  • Comparison of different chamber techniques for measuring soil CO2 efflux

    Jukka Pumpanen;Pasi Kolari;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Kari Minkkinen

  • CO2 EMISSIONS FROM SOIL IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC WARMING ARE OVERESTIMATED:THE DECOMPOSITION OF OLD SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IS TOLERANT OF TEMPERATURE

    J. Liski;H. Ilvesniemi;A. Makela;C. J. Westman

  • Air temperature triggers the recovery of evergreen boreal forest photosynthesis in spring

    Suni Tanja;Frank Berninger;Timo Vesala;Tiina Markkanen

  • Variation in litterfall-climate relationships between coniferous and broadleaf forests in Eurasia

    Chunjiang Liu;Chunjiang Liu;Carl J. Westman;Björn Berg;Werner Leo Kutsch

  • Carbon balance of different aged Scots pine forests in Southern Finland

    Pasi Kolari;Jukka Pumpanen;Üllar Rannik;Hannu Ilvesniemi

  • Effect of thinning on surface fluxes in a boreal forest

    Timo Vesala;Tanja Suni;Üllar Rannik;Petri Keronen

  • Long-term field measurements of atmosphere-surface interactions in boreal forest combining forest ecology, micrometeorology, aerosol physics and atmospheric chemistry

    Timo Vesala;Jyrki Haataja;Pasi Pekka Aalto;Nuria Altimir

  • Forest floor vegetation plays an important role in photosynthetic production of boreal forests

    Pasi Kolari;Jukka Pumpanen;Liisa Kulmala;Hannu Ilvesniemi

  • Advances in understanding the podzolization process resulting from a multidisciplinary study of three coniferous forest soils in the Nordic Countries

    U.S. Lundström;N. van Breemen;D.C. Bain;P.A.W. van Hees

  • Areal activities and stratification of hydrolytic enzymes involved in the biochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus in podsolized boreal forest soils

    Christophe Wittmann;Christophe Wittmann;Mika Kähkönen;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Jukka Kurola

  • Tree stem diameter variations and transpiration in Scots pine: an analysis using a dynamic sap flow model.

    Martti Perämäki;Eero Nikinmaa;Sanna Sevanto;Hannu Ilvesniemi

  • Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey

    Bruno De Vos;Nathalie Cools;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Lars Vesterdal

  • Model analysis of the effects of soil age, fires and harvesting on the carbon storage of boreal forest soils

    J. Liski;H. Ilvesniemi;A. Mäkelä;M. Starr

  • Pressurized hot water extraction of Norway spruce hemicelluloses using a flow-through system

    Kaisu Leppänen;Peter Spetz;Andrey Pranovich;Kari Hartonen

  • A Process-Based Model for Predicting Soil Carbon Dioxide Efflux and Concentration

    Jukka Pumpanen;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Pertti Hari

  • CO2 exchange and component CO2 fluxes of a boreal Scots pine forest

    Pasi Kolari;Liisa Kulmala;Jukka Pumpanen;Samuli Launiainen

  • Long-term measurements of the carbon balance of a boreal Scots pine dominated forest ecosystem

    Hannu Ilvesniemi;Janne Levula;Risto Ojansuu;Pasi Kolari

  • Critical loads of acidic deposition for forest soils: Is the current approach adequate?

    H. Lokke;J. Bak;U. Falkengren-Grerup;R.D. Finlay

Frequent Co-Authors

Jukka Pumpanen
Jukka Pumpanen University of Eastern Finland
Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Eero Nikinmaa
Eero Nikinmaa University of Helsinki
Veikko Kitunen
Veikko Kitunen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Pasi Kolari
Pasi Kolari University of Helsinki
Mari Pihlatie
Mari Pihlatie University of Helsinki
Mike Starr
Mike Starr University of Helsinki
Frank Berninger
Frank Berninger University of Eastern Finland
Petri Keronen
Petri Keronen University of Helsinki

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