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41
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5868
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5891
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87

Riikka Rinnan 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 Riikka Rinnan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 134 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Riikka Rinnan 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 Riikka Rinnan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Riikka Rinnan is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans several interconnected fields of environmental science, with a specific focus on atmospheric science, ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, and soil science. The primary domains of study include Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Rinnan's work addresses core topics such as climate change and permafrost, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, cryospheric studies and observations, peatlands and wetlands ecology, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, plant responses to elevated CO2, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rinnan include:

  • Cleo L. Davie-Martin
  • Anders Michelsen
  • Thomas Holst
  • Tao Li
  • Yi Jiao

Publication venues where Rinnan's research is frequently featured include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Global Change Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Rinnan provide insight into the research scope:

  • "Separating direct and indirect effects of rising temperatures on biogenic volatile emissions in the Arctic," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment," 2020, Nature
  • "Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Origin of volatile organic compound emissions from subarctic tundra under global warming," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network," 2022, Arctic Science

The research contributions by Riikka Rinnan engage with critical environmental processes including carbon cycling, temperature effects on ecosystems, and the behavior of volatile organic compounds in cold climates. Their scientific work involves understanding how various environmental factors influence plant and soil systems, particularly under global warming scenarios.

Best Publications

  • Fifteen years of climate change manipulations alter soil microbial communities in a subarctic heath ecosystem

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Anders Michelsen;Erland Bååth;Sven Jonasson

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

    Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

  • Differential Utilization of Carbon Substrates by Bacteria and Fungi in Tundra Soil

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Erland Bååth

  • Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming

    Pablo García-Palacios;Thomas W. Crowther;Marina Dacal;Marina Dacal;Iain P. Hartley

  • Application of near infrared reflectance (NIR) and fluorescence spectroscopy to analysis of microbiological and chemical properties of arctic soil

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Åsmund Rinnan

  • Effects of litter addition and warming on soil carbon, nutrient pools and microbial communities in a subarctic heath ecosystem

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Anders Michelsen;Sven Jonasson

  • Responses of vegetation and soil microbial communities to warming and simulated herbivory in a subarctic heath

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Sari Stark;Anne Tolvanen;Anne Tolvanen

  • Temperature adaptation of soil bacterial communities along an Antarctic climate gradient: predicting responses to climate warming

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Johannes Rousk;Etienne Yergeau;George A. Kowalchuk

  • Methane oxidation in boreal forest soils: kinetics and sensitivity to pH and ammonium.

    Anne Saari;Riikka Rinnan;Pertti J Martikainen

  • Large increases in Arctic biogenic volatile emissions are a direct effect of warming

    Magnus Kramshøj;Ida Vedel-Petersen;Michelle Schollert;Åsmund Rinnan

  • Mineralization and carbon turnover in subarctic heath soil as affected by warming and additional litter

    Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Anders Michelsen;Erland Bååth;Sven Jonasson

  • Doubled volatile organic compound emissions from subarctic tundra under simulated climate warming

    Patrick Faubert;Päivi Tiiva;Åsmund Rinnan;Anders Michelsen

  • Isoprene emission from a subarctic peatland under enhanced UV-B radiation.

    Päivi Tiiva;Riikka Rinnan;Riikka Rinnan;Patrick Faubert;Janne Räsänen

  • Climatic warming increases isoprene emission from a subarctic heath.

    Päivi Tiiva;Päivi Tiiva;Patrick Faubert;Anders Michelsen;Toini Holopainen

  • Process Understanding of Soil BVOC Fluxes in Natural Ecosystems: A Review

    J. Tang;J. Tang;G. Schurgers;R. Rinnan

  • Plant volatiles in extreme terrestrial and marine environments.

    Riikka Rinnan;Michael Steinke;Terry Mcgenity;Francesco Loreto

  • Climate change-induced vegetation change as a driver of increased subarctic biogenic volatile organic compound emissions.

    Hanna Valolahti;Minna Kivimäenpää;Patrick Faubert;Anders Michelsen

  • Biogenic volatile release from permafrost thaw is determined by the soil microbial sink

    Magnus Kramshøj;Christian N. Albers;Christian N. Albers;Thomas Holst;Thomas Holst;Rupert Holzinger

  • Screening stably low cadmium and moderately high micronutrients wheat cultivars under three different agricultural environments of China

    Na Liu;Xianmin Huang;Leiming Sun;Shuangshuang Li

  • Origin of volatile organic compound emissions from subarctic tundra under global warming

    Andrea Ghirardo;Frida Lindstein;Kerstin Koch;Franz Buegger

  • Ambient ultraviolet radiation in the Arctic reduces root biomass and alters microbial community composition but has no effects on microbial biomass

    R. Rinnan;R. Rinnan;M. M. Keinänen;A. Kasurinen;J. Asikainen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Michelsen
Anders Michelsen University of Copenhagen
Toini Holopainen
Toini Holopainen University of Eastern Finland
Jarmo K. Holopainen
Jarmo K. Holopainen University of Eastern Finland
Guy Schurgers
Guy Schurgers University of Copenhagen
Jouko Silvola
Jouko Silvola University of Eastern Finland
Tao Li
Tao Li Florida International University
Pertti J. Martikainen
Pertti J. Martikainen University of Eastern Finland
Erland Bååth
Erland Bååth Lund University
Esko Kyrö
Esko Kyrö Finnish Meteorological Institute
Teis Nørgaard Mikkelsen
Teis Nørgaard Mikkelsen Technical University of Denmark

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