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2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
26301
World Ranking
1037
National Ranking
11

Jari Niemelä 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 Niemelä sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 179 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jari Niemelä 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 Niemelä sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Jari Niemelä was affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily contributed to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Throughout their career, they published extensively on topics related to urban ecology, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.

The main fields of study for Niemelä encompassed:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader areas, their work focused on several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Insect Science
  • Ecology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering

Key research topics Niemelä addressed in their publications involved:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Biological Control of Invasive Species
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

Niemelä's frequent co-authors included:

  • Stephen Venn
  • Wenfei Liao
  • Dagmar Haase
  • Brenda B. Lin
  • Alessandro Ossola

They published regularly in several venues such as:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • People and Nature
  • AMBIO
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Notable publications from Niemelä included:

  • "Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change" (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • "A conceptual model of the social-ecological system of nature-based solutions in urban environments" (2020, AMBIO)
  • "Environmental determinants of diving beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in an urban landscape" (2020, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • "The delivery of Cultural Ecosystem Services in urban forests of different landscape features and land use contexts" (2022, People and Nature)
  • "Ecology in a multidisciplinary study of urban green space: the URGE project" (2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive)

Their research reflected a focus on understanding urban ecological systems and the interplay between biodiversity and ecosystem services within changing environments. Their contributions spanned multidisciplinary approaches that integrated ecological, social, and environmental perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review

    Konstantinos Tzoulas;Kalevi Korpela;Stephen Venn;Vesa Johannes Yli-Pelkonen

  • Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators

    Johanna Rainio;Jari Niemelä

  • Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe - a review

    Klaus Henle;Didier Alard;Jeremy Clitherow;Paul Cobb

  • Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities

    Timon McPhearson;Steward T. A. Pickett;Nancy B. Grimm;Jari Niemela

  • Using the ecosystem services approach for better planning and conservation of urban green spaces: a Finland case study

    Jari Niemelä;Sanna-Riikka Saarela;Tarja Söderman;Leena Kopperoinen

  • Sampling carabid assemblages with pitfall traps: The madness and the method

    John R. Spence;Jari K. Niemelä

  • The fragmented Atlantic rain forest of Brazil: size, shape and distribution of forest fragments

    Pertti Ranta;Tom Blom;Jari Niemela;Elina Joensuu

  • Ecology and urban planning

    Jari Niemelä

  • Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment

    P. James;K. Tzoulas;M. D. Adams;A. Barber

  • Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

    Marie Vandewalle;Marie Vandewalle;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Matty P. Berg;Thomas Bolger

  • Effects of Clear-Cut Harvesting on Boreal Ground-Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Western Canada

    Jari Niemelä;David Langor;John R. Spence

  • The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design: A framework for supporting innovation

    Jack F. Ahern;Sarel Cilliers;Jari Niemela

  • Invertebrates and Boreal Forest Management

    Jari Niemelä

  • Carabid beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae) across urban-rural gradients: an international comparison

    Jari Niemelä;D. Johan Kotze;Stephen Venn;Lyubomir Penev

  • Towards sustainable land use: identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe

    Juliette Young;Allan Watt;Peter Nowicki;Didier Alard

  • The importance of small-scale heterogeneity in boreal forests: variation in diversity in forest-floor invertebrates across the succession gradient

    Jari Niemelä;Yrjö Haila;Pekka Punttila

  • Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications

    Jari Niemelä;Jürgen H. Breuste;Thomas Elmqvist;Glenn Guntenspergen

  • The search for common anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity: a global network

    Jari Niemelä;Johan Kotze;Allan Ashworth;Pietro Brandmayr

  • Leaf litter and the small-scale distribution of carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the boreal forest

    Matti Koivula.;Pekka Punttila.;Yrjö Haila;Jari Niemelä

  • Distribution of Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) across a Boreal Forest–Clearcut Ecotone

    Janne Heliölä;Matti Koivula;Jari Niemelä

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Spence
John R. Spence University of Alberta
Allan D. Watt
Allan D. Watt Natural Environment Research Council
Pekka Punttila
Pekka Punttila Finnish Environment Institute
D. Johan Kotze
D. Johan Kotze University of Helsinki
Thomas Elmqvist
Thomas Elmqvist Stockholm Resilience Centre
Dagmar Haase
Dagmar Haase Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Erik Gómez-Baggethun
Erik Gómez-Baggethun Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Klaus Henle
Klaus Henle Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ignacio Palomo
Ignacio Palomo Grenoble Alpes University
David M. Lapola
David M. Lapola State University of Campinas

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