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45
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6411
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Kimmo T. Tolonen 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 Kimmo T. Tolonen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 104 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kimmo T. Tolonen 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 Kimmo T. Tolonen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kimmo T. Tolonen is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the field of environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, environmental chemistry, and plant science.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics with a particular focus on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, peatlands and wetlands ecology, fish ecology and management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Key recent publications by Kimmo T. Tolonen include:

  • Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Ongoing Fen-Bog Transition in a Boreal Aapa Mire Inferred from Repeated Field Sampling, Aerial Images, and Landsat Data, 2021, Ecosystems
  • Assessing the conservation priority of freshwater lake sites based on taxonomic, functional and environmental uniqueness, 2022, Diversity and Distributions
  • Anthropogenic land-use impacts on the size structure of macroinvertebrate assemblages are jointly modulated by local conditions and spatial processes, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Does trait-based joint species distribution modelling reveal the signature of competition in stream macroinvertebrate communities?, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jani Heino, Janne Soininen, Jenny Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, Virpi Pajunen, and Jukka Aroviita. This network reflects a collaborative approach to addressing ecological and environmental questions.

Kimmo T. Tolonen has published multiple works in various academic venues, with a notable presence in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), which accounts for five publications. Other venues featuring their work include Global Ecology and Biogeography, Ecosystems, Diversity and Distributions, and Environmental Research.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a work under the University of Helsinki titled Interlaboratory Proficiency Test 10/2020. Taxonomic identification of macroinvertebrates, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Estimating carbon accumulation rates of undrained mires in Finland–application to boreal and subarctic regions:

    Jukka Turunen;Erkki Tomppo;Kimmo Tolonen;Antti Reinikainen

  • Carbon accumulation in peatland

    R. S. Clymo;J. Turunen;K. Tolonen

  • Methane fluxes on boreal peatlands of different fertility and the effect of long-term experimental lowering of the water table on flux rates

    Hannu Nykänen;Jukka Alm;Jouko Silvola;Kimmo Tolonen

  • Accumulation rates of carbon in mires in Finland and implications for climate change

    Kimmo Tolonen;Jukka Turunen

  • Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single-lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

    Jani Heino;Janne Alahuhta;Luis Mauricio Bini;Yongjiu Cai

  • 210 Pb dating of annually laminated lake sediments from Finland

    P. G. Appleby;F. Oldfield;R. Thompson;P. Huttunen

  • Influences of habitat type and environmental variables on littoral macroinvertebrate communities in a large lake system

    K. T. Tolonen;H. Hämäläinen;I. J. Holopainen;J. Karjalainen

  • Ecological drivers of multiple facets of beta diversity in a lentic macroinvertebrate metacommunity

    Jani Heino;Kimmo T. Tolonen

  • Effect of water-level drawdown on global climatic warming: northern peatlands

    Laine J;Silvola J;Tolonen K;Alm J

  • Ecology of Testaceans (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) in Mires in Southern Finland: I. Autecology

    Kimmo Tolonen;Barry G. Warner;Harri Vasander

  • Carbon accumulation in West Siberian Mires, Russia Sphagnum peatland distribution in North America and Eurasia during the past 21,000 years

    Jukka Turunen;Teemu Tahvanainen;Kimmo Tolonen;Aki Pitkänen

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

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  • Body size and substrate association of littoral insects in relation to vegetation structure

    K.T. Tolonen;H. Hämäläinen;I.J. Holopainen;K. Mikkonen

  • The role of fire in the carbon dynamics of a mire, eastern Finland

    Aki Pitkänen;Jukka Turunen;Kimmo Tolonen

  • History of heavy metal pollution in Finland as recorded by lake sediments

    Matti Verta;Kimmo Tolonen;Heikki Simola

  • Ecology of Testaceans (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) in Mires in Southern Finland. II. Multivariate analysis

    Kimmo Tolonen;Barry G Warner;Harri Vasander

  • Local environment and space drive multiple facets of stream macroinvertebrate beta diversity

    Mariana Perez Rocha;Mariana Perez Rocha;Luis M. Bini;Sami Domisch;Kimmo T. Tolonen

  • Community size can affect the signals of ecological drift and niche selection on biodiversity

    Tadeu Siqueira;Victor S. Saito;Luis M. Bini;Adriano S. Melo;Adriano S. Melo

  • Three-dimensional reconstruction of carbon accumulation and CH4 emission during nine millennia in a raised mire

    Atte Korhola;Jukka Alm;Kimmo Tolonen;Jukka Turunen

  • Annual lamination of sediments in Lake Lovojârvi, southern Finland, during the past 600 years

    Matti Saarnisto;Pertti Huttunen;Kimmo Tolonen;M. Saarnisto

  • A 10 000 year local forest fire history in a dry heath forest site in eastern Finland, reconstructed from charcoal layer records of a small mire

    Aki Pitkänen;Pertti Huttunen;Högne Jungner;Kimmo Tolonen

  • Implications of Peat Accumulation at Point Escuminac, New Brunswick

    Barry G. Warner;Richard S. Clymo;Kimmo Tolonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jani Heino
Jani Heino University of Oulu
Janne Soininen
Janne Soininen University of Helsinki
Luis Mauricio Bini
Luis Mauricio Bini Universidade Federal de Goiás
Adriano S. Melo
Adriano S. Melo Universidade Federal de Goiás
Harri Vasander
Harri Vasander University of Helsinki
Barry G. Warner
Barry G. Warner University of Waterloo
Högne Jungner
Högne Jungner University of Helsinki
Tadeu Siqueira
Tadeu Siqueira Sao Paulo State University
Yongjiu Cai
Yongjiu Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Boqiang Qin
Boqiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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