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2026

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81
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World Ranking
784
National Ranking
5

Miska Luoto 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 Miska Luoto sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 285 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Miska Luoto 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 Miska Luoto sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Miska Luoto is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation, demonstrating a broad engagement with environmental and climate-related studies.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of main topics, including Climate Change and Permafrost, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Miska Luoto include:

  • Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Global maps of soil temperature, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature, 2020, Global Change Biology

Miska Luoto often collaborates with a diverse group of researchers. Frequent co-authors include Juha Aalto, Pekka Niittynen, Julia Kemppinen, Anna-Maria Virkkala, and Tuuli Rissanen, reflecting a collaborative approach within the scientific community.

The scientist publishes regularly in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling

    Mary Susanne Wisz;Julien Pottier;W. Daniel Kissling;Loïc Pellissier

  • Evaluation of consensus methods in predictive species distribution modelling

    Mathieu Marmion;Miia Parviainen;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • The importance of biotic interactions for modelling species distributions under climate change

    Miguel B. Araújo;Miska Luoto

  • Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic envelope modelling under climate change

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Miguel B. Araújo;Raimo Virkkala

  • Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda.

    Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Miska Luoto;Brett R. Scheffers

  • Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies

    Pieter De Frenne;Florian Zellweger;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;Brett R. Scheffers

  • Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure

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  • Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

    Jan Hjort;Olli Karjalainen;Juha Antero Aalto;Sebastian Westermann

  • A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels

    Anna Norberg;Nerea Abrego;Nerea Abrego;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Frederick R. Adler

  • Biotic interactions improve prediction of boreal bird distributions at macro‐scales

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Raimo Virkkala;Richard G. Pearson

  • Effects of habitat cover, landscape structure and spatial variables on the abundance of birds in an agricultural–forest mosaic

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Raimo Virkkala;Kalle Rainio

  • Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges

    Duccio Rocchini;Niko Balkenhol;Gregory A. Carter;Giles M. Foody

  • Species traits explain recent range shifts of Finnish butterflies

    Juha Pöyry;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen;Mikko Kuussaari

  • Distance decay of similarity in freshwater communities: do macro‐ and microorganisms follow the same rules?

    Anna Astorga;Jari Oksanen;Miska Luoto;Janne Soininen

  • Does the interpolation accuracy of species distribution models come at the expense of transferability

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Mathieu Marmion;Miska Luoto

  • The role of land cover in bioclimatic models depends on spatial resolution

    Miska Luoto;Raimo Virkkala;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Uncertainty of bioclimate envelope models based on the geographical distribution of species

    M. Luoto;J. Pöyry;R. K. Heikkinen;K. Saarinen

  • Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

    Jonathan Lenoir;Bente Jessen Graae;Per Arild Aarrestad;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Evaluation of statistical models used for predicting plant species distributions: Role of artificial data and theory

    M.P. Austin;L. Belbin;J.A. Meyers;M.D. Doherty

  • Plant species richness and persistence of rare plants in abandoned semi-natural grasslands in northern Europe

    Juha Pykälä;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen;Tytti Kontula

  • New insights into butterfly–environment relationships using partitioning methods

    Risto K Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Mikko Kuussaari;Juha Pöyry

Frequent Co-Authors

Risto K. Heikkinen
Risto K. Heikkinen Finnish Environment Institute
Juha Aalto
Juha Aalto University of Helsinki
Peter Christiaan le Roux
Peter Christiaan le Roux University of Pretoria
Jan Hjort
Jan Hjort University of Oulu
Mikko Kuussaari
Mikko Kuussaari Finnish Environment Institute
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Risto Virtanen
Risto Virtanen University of Oulu
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
Janne Soininen
Janne Soininen University of Helsinki

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