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Kimmo K. Kahilainen

Kimmo K. Kahilainen

University of Helsinki
Finland

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5077
World Ranking
6199
National Ranking
100

Kimmo K. Kahilainen 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 Kimmo K. Kahilainen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 127 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kimmo K. Kahilainen 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 Kimmo K. Kahilainen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

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

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

Overview

Kimmo K. Kahilainen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a strong focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and fisheries research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Marine animal studies overview.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kimmo K. Kahilainen include:

  • Sami J. Taipale
  • Brian Hayden
  • Kjartan Østbye
  • Emmi S. Eerola
  • Ossi Keva

Their work has been published across various venues with multiple contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution

Selected recent papers by Kimmo K. Kahilainen include:

  • "Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities" (2022), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Ecology and extent of freshwater browning - What we know and what should be studied next in the context of global change" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Increasing temperature and productivity change biomass, trophic pyramids and community-level omega-3 fatty acid content in subarctic lake food webs" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Biotic interactions" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Ecology under lake ice

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

  • TROPHICPOSITION, an R package for the Bayesian estimation of trophic position from consumer stable isotope ratios

    Claudio Quezada‐Romegialli;Andrew L. Jackson;Brian Hayden;Brian Hayden;Kimmo K. Kahilainen

  • Morphological differentiation and resource polymorphism in three sympatric whitefish Coregonus lavaretus(L.) forms in a subarctic lake

    K. Kahilainen;K. Østbye

  • Lake eutrophication and brownification downgrade availability and transfer of essential fatty acids for human consumption.

    Sami Taipale;Sami Taipale;Sami Taipale;Kristiina Vuorio;U. Strandberg;K. K. Kahilainen

  • Phenotype-environment correlations in a putative whitefish adaptive radiation

    Chris Harrod;Jennie-Ann Mallela;Jennie-Ann Mallela;Kimmo K. Kahilainen

  • Ecological speciation in postglacial European whitefish: rapid adaptive radiations into the littoral, pelagic, and profundal lake habitats

    Kim Præbel;Rune Knudsen;Anna Siwertsson;Markku Karhunen

  • The role of gill raker number variability in adaptive radiation of coregonid fish

    Kimmo Kahilainen;Anna Siwertsson;Karl Øystein Gjelland;Rune Knudsen

  • Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

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  • Sympatric diversification as influenced by ecological opportunity and historical contingency in a young species lineage of whitefish

    Anna Siwertsson;Rune Knudsen;Kimmo K. Kahilainen;Kim Præbel

  • Piscivory and prey selection of four predator species in a whitefish dominated subarctic lake

    Kimmo Kahilainen;Hannu Lehtonen

  • A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems

    Skúli Skúlason;Kevin J. Parsons;Richard Svanbäck;Katja Räsänen

  • Ecology and extent of freshwater browning - What we know and what should be studied next in the context of global change.

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  • Lake size and fish diversity determine resource use and trophic position of a top predator in high-latitude lakes.

    Antti P. Eloranta;Kimmo K. Kahilainen;Per-Arne Amundsen;Rune Knudsen

  • Diel and seasonal habitat and food segregation of three sympatric Coregonus lavaretus forms in a subarctic lake

    K. Kahilainen;T. Malinen;A. Tuomaala;H. Lehtonen

  • Terrestrial carbohydrates support freshwater zooplankton during phytoplankton deficiency.

    Sami J. Taipale;Aaron W. E. Galloway;Sanni L. Aalto;Kimmo K. Kahilainen

  • Consequence of habitat segregation to growth rate of two sparsely rakered whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) forms in a subarctic lake

    K. Kahilainen;H. Lehtonen;K. Könönen

  • Dual fuels: intra‐annual variation in the relative importance of benthic and pelagic resources to maintenance, growth and reproduction in a generalist salmonid fish

    Brian Hayden;Chris Harrod;Chris Harrod;Chris Harrod;Kimmo K. Kahilainen

  • Predation by brown trout (Salmo trutta) along a diversifying prey community gradient

    Hallvard JensenH. Jensen;Kimmo K. KahilainenK.K. Kahilainen;Per-Arne AmundsenP.-A. Amundsen;Karl Øystein GjellandK.Ø. Gjelland

  • Seasonal and ontogenetic shifts in the diet of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in a subarctic lake

    Antti P Eloranta;Kimmo K Kahilainen;Roger I Jones

  • From clear lakes to murky waters : tracing the functional response of high-latitude lake communities to concurrent ‘greening’ and ‘browning’

    B. Hayden;B. Hayden;C. Harrod;S.M. Thomas;Antti Eloranta

  • Brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) as predators on three sympatric whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) forms in the subarctic Lake Muddusjärvi

    K. Kahilainen;H. Lehtonen

  • Simulated eutrophication and browning alters zooplankton nutritional quality and determines juvenile fish growth and survival.

    Sami Johan Taipale;Kimmo Kalevi Kahilainen;Gordon William Holtgrieve;Elina Talvikki Peltomaa

  • Species introduction promotes hybridization and introgression in Coregonus: is there sign of selection against hybrids?

    Kimmo Kahilainen;Kjartan Østbye;Kjartan Østbye;Chris Harrod;Takahito Shikano

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Harrod
Chris Harrod University of Glasgow
Per-Arne Amundsen
Per-Arne Amundsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Sami J. Taipale
Sami J. Taipale University of Jyväskylä
Rune Knudsen
Rune Knudsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Kim Præbel
Kim Præbel University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Paula Kankaala
Paula Kankaala University of Eastern Finland
Jani Heino
Jani Heino University of Oulu
Heleen A. de Wit
Heleen A. de Wit Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Kirsten Christoffersen
Kirsten Christoffersen University of Copenhagen

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Colin E. Adams

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Chris Harrod

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Louis Bernatchez

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Ole Seehausen

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Kim Præbel

Kim Præbel

University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Publications: 24

Michael Power

Michael Power

University of Waterloo

Publications: 23

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Sami J. Taipale

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Publications: 20

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Martin J. Kainz

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Publications: 17

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Charles C. Krueger

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Bailey C. McMeans

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Milla Rautio

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Thomas Mehner

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