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Kalle Ruokolainen

Kalle Ruokolainen

Aarhus University
Denmark

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
8002
World Ranking
5276
National Ranking
77

Kalle Ruokolainen 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 Kalle Ruokolainen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 105 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kalle Ruokolainen 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 Kalle Ruokolainen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kalle Ruokolainen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research intersects several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in Ruokolainen's work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

Ruokolainen has co-authored research frequently with several collaborators, including:

  • Hanna Tuomisto (13 publications)
  • Italo Mesones (6 publications)
  • Jasper Van doninck (6 publications)
  • Risto Kalliola (5 publications)
  • Pablo Pérez Chaves (5 publications)

The scientist's work has been published in various academic venues, with notable recurring publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 3 publications
  • Journal of Vegetation Science - 2 publications
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) - 2 publications
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution - 1 publication
  • Ecology and Evolution - 1 publication

Recent papers highlight the scope and diversity of Ruokolainen's research output:

  • "Amazon tree dominance across forest strata," 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Isotopic paleoecology (δ13C, δ18O) of late Quaternary herbivorous mammal assemblages from southwestern Amazon," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Does environmental adaptation or dispersal history explain the geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Finland?" 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Mapping Floristic Patterns of Trees in Peruvian Amazonia Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Dating flowering cycles of Amazonian bamboo-dominated forests by supervised Landsat time series segmentation," 2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Best Publications

  • Dispersal, environment, and floristic variation of western Amazonian forests

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen;Markku Yli-Halla

  • Dissecting Amazonian Biodiversity

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen;Risto Kalliola;Ari Linna

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Analyzing or explaining beta diversity? Understanding the targets of different methods of analysis.

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen

  • Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

    Sophie Fauset;Michelle O Johnson;Manuel Gloor;Timothy R Baker

  • Floristic patterns along a 43-km long transect in an Amazonian rain forest

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen;Melchor Aguilar;Abel Sarmiento

  • LINKING FLORISTIC PATTERNS WITH SOIL HETEROGENEITY AND SATELLITE IMAGERY IN ECUADORIAN AMAZONIA

    Hanna Tuomisto;Axel Dalberg Poulsen;Kalle Ruokolainen;Robbin C. Moran

  • Distribution of Pteridophyta and Melastomataceae along an edaphic gradient in an Amazonian rain forest

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen

  • Beta-Diversity in Tropical Forests

    Kalle Ruokolainen;Hanna Tuomisto

  • Geological control of floristic composition in Amazonian forests.

    Mark A. Higgins;Mark A. Higgins;Kalle Ruokolainen;Hanna Tuomisto;Nelly Llerena

  • Analysing botanical collecting effort in Amazonia and correcting for it in species range estimation

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  • Amazonian peatlands: an ignored C sink and potential source

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  • Distribution and Diversity of Pteridophytes and Melastomataceae along Edaphic Gradients in Yasuní National Park, Ecuadorian Amazonia1

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen;Axel Dalberg Poulsen;Robbin C. Moran

  • USE OF MELASTOMATACEAE AND PTERIDOPHYTES FOR REVEALING PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN AMAZONIAN RAIN FORESTS

    Kalle Ruokolainen;Ari Linna;Hanna Tuomisto

  • Comment on "Disentangling the drivers of β diversity along latitudinal and elevational gradients".

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • A comparison of fine-scale distribution patterns of four plant groups in an Amazonian rainforest.

    J. Vormisto;O. L. Phillips;K. Ruokolainen;H. Tuomisto

  • Are floristic and edaphic patterns in Amazonian rain forests congruent for trees, pteridophytes and Melastomataceae?

    Kalle Ruokolainen;Hanna Tuomisto;Manuel J. Macía;Mark A. Higgins

  • Amazonian floodplains harbour minerotrophic and ombrotrophic peatlands

    Outi Lähteenoja;Kalle Ruokolainen;Leif Schulman;José Alvarez

  • The role of ecological knowledge in explaining biogeography and biodiversity in Amazonia

    Hanna Tuomisto;Kalle Ruokolainen

  • The dynamics, distribution and classification of swamp vegetation in Peruvian Amazonia

    R. Kalliola;M. Puhakka;J. Salo;H. Tuomisto

  • Distribution and Diversity of Pteridophytes and Melastomataceae along Edaphic Gradients in Yasuní National Park, Ecuadorian Amazonia<sup>1</sup>

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  • Mapping gradual landscape-scale floristic changes in Amazonian primary rain forests by combining ordination and remote sensing

    Sirpa Thessler;Kalle Ruokolainen;Hanna Tuomisto;Erkki Tomppo

  • The most widespread Amazonian palms tend to be tall and habitat generalists

    Kalle Ruokolainen;Jaana Vormisto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanna Tuomisto
Hanna Tuomisto University of Helsinki
Kenneth R. Young
Kenneth R. Young The University of Texas at Austin
Rafael P. Salomão
Rafael P. Salomão Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Susan G. Laurance
Susan G. Laurance James Cook University
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Timothy J. Killeen
Timothy J. Killeen Noel Kempff Mercado Natural History Museum
Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Erkki Tomppo
Erkki Tomppo University of Helsinki

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Hanna Tuomisto

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Timothy R. Baker

University of Leeds

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Oliver L. Phillips

University of Leeds

Publications: 25

Hans ter Steege

Hans ter Steege

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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Henrik Balslev

Henrik Balslev

Aarhus University

Publications: 22

Yadvinder Malhi

Yadvinder Malhi

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Publications: 17

Michael Kessler

Michael Kessler

University of Zurich

Publications: 17

Simon L. Lewis

Simon L. Lewis

University College London

Publications: 17

Marjo Helander

Marjo Helander

University of Turku

Publications: 17

Kyle G. Dexter

Kyle G. Dexter

University of Edinburgh

Publications: 17

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Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado

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Publications: 17

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Jens-Christian Svenning

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Publications: 16

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Kari Saikkonen

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Publications: 16

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Manuel J. Macía

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Publications: 15

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Camila C. Ribas

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Gregory P. Asner

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