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D-Index
45
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6362
World Ranking
4915
National Ranking
72

Raine Kortet 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 Raine Kortet sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 158 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raine Kortet 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 Raine Kortet sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Raine Kortet is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland and focuses primarily on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on pollution and ecological studies. Kortet's research encompasses a range of subfields including pollution, ecology, sociology and political science, nature and landscape conservation, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's recent research output includes several publications examining the environmental impacts of emerging pollutants and aquatic ecology. Notable recent papers are:

  • Future feed resources in sustainable salmonid production: A review (2022, Reviews in Aquaculture)
  • Exposure protocol for ecotoxicity testing of microplastics and nanoplastics (2023, Nature Protocols)
  • Quantifying the trophic transfer of sub-micron plastics in an assembled food chain (2022, Nano Today)
  • Pre-fertilization exposure of sperm to nano-sized plastic particles decreases offspring size and swimming performance in the European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • Crayfish plague dilemma: how to be a courteous killer? (2024, Helda - University of Helsinki)

Kortet's work has been published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Aquaculture
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Their research intersects several main topics, including:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Collaborative efforts are a significant component of Kortet's research, with frequent co-authors including Jukka Kekäläinen, Hannu Huuskonen, Jarkko Akkanen, Sareh Yaripour, and Matti Janhunen.

Overall, the body of Kortet's work integrates environmental science with interdisciplinary approaches, focusing on how pollutants, particularly microplastics and nanoparticles, impact aquatic ecosystems and species, as well as broader ecological and sociopolitical dimensions related to these issues.

Best Publications

  • Do pheromones reveal male immunocompetence

    Markus J. Rantala;Ilmari Jokinen;Raine Kortet;Anssi Vainikka

  • The role of juvenile hormone in immune function and pheromone production trade-offs: a test of the immunocompetence handicap principle

    Markus J. Rantala;Anssi Vainikka;Raine Kortet

  • Condition dependence of pheromones and immune function in the grain beetle Tenebrio molitor

    Markus J. Rantala;Raine Kortet;Janne S. Kotiaho;Anssi Vainikka

  • Parasitism, predation and the evolution of animal personalities

    Raine Kortet;Ann V. Hedrick;Anssi Vainikka

  • Courtship song and immune function in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

    Markus J. Rantala;Raine Kortet

  • A behavioural syndrome in the field cricket Gryllus integer: intrasexual aggression is correlated with activity in a novel environment

    Raine Kortet;Raine Kortet;Ann Hedrick

  • Integrating behaviour with life history: boldness of the field cricket, Gryllus integer, during ontogeny

    Petri T. Niemelä;Petri T. Niemelä;Anssi Vainikka;Anssi Vainikka;Ann V. Hedrick;Raine Kortet

  • Climate Change Promotes the Emergence of Serious Disease Outbreaks of Filarioid Nematodes

    Sauli Laaksonen;Jyrki Pusenius;Jouko Kumpula;Ari Venäläinen

  • A trade-off between sexual signalling and immune function in a natural population of the drumming wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata.

    J. J. Ahtiainen;R. V. Alatalo;R. Kortet;M. J. Rantala

  • Breeding-related seasonal changes in immunocompetence, health state and condition of the cyprinid fish, Rutilus rutilus, L.

    Raine Kortet;Jouni Taskinen;Tuula Sinisalo;Ilmari Jokinen

  • Sex differences in the repeatability of boldness over metamorphosis

    Ann V. Hedrick;Raine Kortet

  • Male dominance and immunocompetence in a field cricket

    Markus J. Rantala;Raine Kortet

  • The scent of dominance: female field crickets use odour to predict the outcome of male competition

    Raine Kortet;Ann Hedrick

  • Hiding behaviour in two cricket populations that differ in predation pressure

    Ann V. Hedrick;Raine Kortet

  • How does variation in the environment and individual cognition explain the existence of consistent behavioral differences

    Petri T Niemelä;Anssi Vainikka;Jukka T Forsman;Olli J Loukola

  • Personality pace-of-life hypothesis: testing genetic associations among personality and life history

    Petri T. Niemelä;Niels Jeroen Dingemanse;Nico Alioravainen;Anssi Vainikka;Anssi Vainikka

  • Differing virulence of Aphanomyces astaci isolates and elevated resistance of noble crayfish Astacus astacus against crayfish plague.

    J Makkonen;J Jussila;R Kortet;A Vainikka

  • Male steroid hormones and female preference for male body odor

    Markus J. Rantala;C.J. Peter Eriksson;Anssi Vainikka;Raine Kortet

  • Sexual advertisement and immune function in an arachnid species (Lycosidae)

    Jari J. Ahtiainen;Rauno V. Alatalo;Raine Kortet;Markus J. Rantala

  • Vectors and transmission dynamics for Setaria tundra (Filarioidea; Onchocercidae), a parasite of reindeer in Finland.

    Sauli Laaksonen;Milla Solismaa;Raine Kortet;Jussi Kuusela

  • PERSPECTIVE Parasitism, predation and the evolution of animal personalities

    Raine Kortet;Ann V. Hedrick;Anssi Vainikka

Frequent Co-Authors

Anssi Vainikka
Anssi Vainikka University of Eastern Finland
Hannu Ylönen
Hannu Ylönen University of Jyväskylä
Markus J. Rantala
Markus J. Rantala University of Turku
Jouni Taskinen
Jouni Taskinen University of Jyväskylä
Arja Kaitala
Arja Kaitala University of Oulu
Indrikis Krams
Indrikis Krams University of Latvia
Geir Rudolfsen
Geir Rudolfsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Anssi Karvonen
Anssi Karvonen University of Jyväskylä
Antti Oksanen
Antti Oksanen University of Helsinki
Rauno V. Alatalo
Rauno V. Alatalo University of Jyväskylä

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