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59
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13481
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2415
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41

Jari Liski publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jari Liski sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 148 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jari Liski D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jari Liski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jari Liski is affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Finland. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing on the dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, among other topics.

The primary fields of study in Liski's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their research addresses several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The main topics covered in their publications feature:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Jari Liski has published research in several venues repeatedly, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Recent papers in their portfolio include:

  • Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • A widely-used eddy covariance gap-filling method creates systematic bias in carbon balance estimates, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Improving Yasso15 soil carbon model estimates with ensemble adjustment Kalman filter state data assimilation, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Carbon dioxide fluxes and carbon balance of an agricultural grassland in southern Finland, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • Towards agricultural soil carbon monitoring, reporting, and verification through the Field Observatory Network (FiON), 2022, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Liski include:

  • Liisa Kulmala
  • Toni Viskari
  • Annalea Lohila
  • Henriikka Vekuri
  • Jussi Heinonsalo

Best Publications

  • A large carbon sink in the woody biomass of Northern forests

    R. B. Myneni;J. Dong;C. J. Tucker;R. K. Kaufmann

  • Biomass expansion factors (BEFs) for Scots pine, Norway spruce and birch according to stand age for boreal forests

    A Lehtonen;R Mäkipää;J Heikkinen;R Sievänen

  • Carbon and decomposition model Yasso for forest soils

    Jari Liski;Taru Palosuo;Mikko Peltoniemi;Risto Sievänen

  • Remote sensing estimates of boreal and temperate forest woody biomass: carbon pools, sources, and sinks

    Jiarui Dong;Robert K. Kaufmann;Ranga B. Myneni;Compton J. Tucker

  • Modeling carbon sequestration in afforestation, agroforestry and forest management projects: the CO2FIX V.2 approach

    Omar R. Masera;J. F. Garza-Caligaris;Markku Kanninen;Timo Karjalainen

  • 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

  • Which rotation length is favourable to carbon sequestration

    Jussi Liski;Ari Pussinen;Kim Pingoud;Raisa Mäkipää

  • Increasing carbon stocks in the forest soils of western Europe

    Jari Liski;Jari Liski;Daniel Perruchoud;Timo Karjalainen

  • Carbon accumulation in European forests

    P. Ciais;M. J. Schelhaas;S. Zaehle;S. L. Piao;S. L. Piao

  • Climatic effects on litter decomposition from arctic tundra to tropical rainforest

    Jari Liski;Ari Nissinen;Markus Erhard;Olli Taskinen

  • Soil carbon stores in Nordic well‐drained forest soils—relationships with climate and texture class

    I. Callesen;J. Liski;J. Liski;K. Raulund-Rasmussen;M. T. Olsson

  • Structure of the Microbial Communities in Coniferous Forest Soils in Relation to Site Fertility and Stand Development Stage.

    T. Pennanen;J. Liski;E. Bååth;V. Kitunen

  • Leaf litter decomposition-Estimates of global variability based on Yasso07 model

    Mikko Tuomi;Mikko Tuomi;T. Thum;H. Järvinen;S. Fronzek

  • Indirect carbon dioxide emissions from producing bioenergy from forest harvest residues

    Anna Repo;Mikko Tuomi;Mikko Tuomi;Jari Liski

  • Carbon accumulation in Finland's forests 1922–2004 – an estimate obtained by combination of forest inventory data with modelling of biomass, litter and soil

    Jari Liski;Jari Liski;Aleksi Lehtonen;Taru Palosuo;Mikko Peltoniemi

  • Managing carbon sinks by changing rotation length in European forests

    Terhi Kaipainen;Jari Liski;Jari Liski;Ari Pussinen;Timo Karjalainen;Timo Karjalainen

  • Applying the MOTTI simulator to analyse the effects of alternative management schedules on timber and non-timber production

    Jari Hynynen;Anssi Ahtikoski;Juha Siitonen;Risto Sievänen

  • Heterotrophic soil respiration—Comparison of different models describing its temperature dependence

    Mikko Tuomi;Mikko Tuomi;Pekka Vanhala;Kristiina Karhu;Hannu Fritze

  • Changes in soil carbon with stand age – an evaluation of a modelling method with empirical data

    Mikko Peltoniemi;Raisa Mäkipää;Jari Liski;Jari Liski;Pekka Tamminen

  • Wood decomposition model for boreal forests

    Mikko Tuomi;Mikko Tuomi;R. Laiho;A. Repo;J. Liski

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Gert-Jan Nabuurs Wageningen University & Research
Hannu Fritze
Hannu Fritze Natural Resources Institute Finland
Raisa Mäkipää
Raisa Mäkipää Natural Resources Institute Finland
Taru Palosuo
Taru Palosuo Natural Resources Institute Finland
Timo Karjalainen
Timo Karjalainen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Aleksi Lehtonen
Aleksi Lehtonen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Godefridus M. J. Mohren
Godefridus M. J. Mohren Wageningen University & Research
Markku Kanninen
Markku Kanninen University of Helsinki
Pekka E. Kauppi
Pekka E. Kauppi University of Helsinki
Sanna Sevanto
Sanna Sevanto Los Alamos National Laboratory

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