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Risto Virtanen

Risto Virtanen

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
15840
World Ranking
2382
National Ranking
40

Risto Virtanen 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 Risto Virtanen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 172 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Risto Virtanen 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 Risto Virtanen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Risto Virtanen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland. Their work primarily addresses environmental and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on ecology and landscape conservation within the broader context of environmental science.

The scientific contributions of Risto Virtanen span multiple interconnected fields, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these domains, their research interests extend into specialized subfields such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling

Risto Virtanen's work explores key topics that include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Their scholarly output features publications in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their research include:

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

Among their recent papers are studies such as:

  • "Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity," 2022, Nature
  • "General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness," 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity," 2021, Global Change Biology

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research practice. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Anu Eskelinen
  • Eric W. Seabloom
  • Elizabeth T. Borer
  • Anita C. Risch
  • Carly J. Stevens

Best Publications

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Biodiversity Differences between Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Meta-Analysis of Species Richness in Europe

    Yoan Paillet;Laurent Bergès;Joakim HjÄltén;Péter Ódor

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

    Milan Chytrý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro;Ilona Knollová

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

    Anna Astorga;Jari Oksanen;Miska Luoto;Janne Soininen

  • Effects of altitude and topography on species richness of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in alpine communities

    Hans Henrik Bruun;Jon Moen;Risto Virtanen;John Arvid Grytnes

  • 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

  • Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Yann Hautier;Forest Isbell;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom

  • Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity

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  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Context dependency and metacommunity structuring in boreal headwater streams

    Jani Heino;Mira Grönroos;Janne Soininen;Risto Virtanen

  • Recent vegetation changes at the high‐latitude tree line ecotone are controlled by geomorphological disturbance, productivity and diversity

    Risto Virtanen;Miska Luoto;Teppo Rämä;Kari Mikkola

  • Are biological classifications of headwater streams concordant across multiple taxonomic groups

    Riku Paavola;Timo Muotka;Timo Muotka;Risto Virtanen;Jani Heino

  • Searching for biodiversity indicators in running waters: do bryophytes, macroinvertebrates, and fish show congruent diversity patterns?

    Jani Heino;Riku Paavola;Risto Virtanen;Timo Muotka

  • Lemming Grazing and Structure of a Snowbed Plant Community: A Long-Term Experiment at Kilpisjärvi, Finnish Lapland@@@Lemming Grazing and Structure of a Snowbed Plant Community: A Long-Term Experiment at Kilpisjarvi, Finnish Lapland

    Risto Virtanen;Heikki Henttonen;Kari Laine

  • Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

    A.C. Risch;S. Zimmermann;R. Ochoa-Hueso;M. Schütz

  • The stream as a habitat templet for bryophytes: species' distributions along gradients in disturbance and substratum heterogeneity

    Timo Muotka;Risto Virtanen

  • Spatial Scale Affects Community Concordance Among Fishes, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, And Bryophytes In Streams

    Riku Paavola;Timo Muotka;Timo Muotka;Risto Virtanen;Jani Heino

  • The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

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  • General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

    Yann Hautier;Pengfei Zhang;Michel Loreau;Kevin R. Wilcox

  • Metacommunity ecology meets biogeography: effects of geographical region, spatial dynamics and environmental filtering on community structure in aquatic organisms

    Jani Heino;Janne Soininen;Janne Alahuhta;Janne Alahuhta;Jyrki Lappalainen

  • Effects of reindeer browsing on tundra willow and its associated insect herbivores

    Michael Den Herder;Risto Virtanen;Heikki Roininen

  • Impact of shrub canopies on understorey vegetation in western Eurasian tundra

    A.M. Pajunen;J. Oksanen;R. Virtanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Muotka
Timo Muotka University of Oulu
Anu Eskelinen
Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu
Lauri Oksanen
Lauri Oksanen University of Turku
John-Arvid Grytnes
John-Arvid Grytnes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jani Heino
Jani Heino University of Oulu
Miska Luoto
Miska Luoto University of Helsinki
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Heikki Roininen
Heikki Roininen University of Eastern Finland
Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds
Maria C. Caldeira
Maria C. Caldeira University of Lisbon

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