D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Risto Virtanen

University of Oulu
Finland

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Ecology and Evolution D-index 43 Citations 10,627 135 World Ranking 3082 National Ranking 50

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study Risto Virtanen is best known for:

Ecology
Habitat
Ecosystem

In the field of Plant community and Vascular plant Risto Virtanen studies Species richness. As part of his studies on Vascular plant, he often connects relevant areas like Species richness. In his works, he performs multidisciplinary study on Ecology and Physical geography. Risto Virtanen performs multidisciplinary studies into Ecosystem and Environmental resource management in his work. He merges Environmental resource management with Ecosystem in his study. He integrates Biodiversity with Beta diversity in his study. Beta diversity and Species diversity are two areas of study in which he engages in interdisciplinary research. Risto Virtanen integrates many fields, such as Species diversity and Biodiversity, in his works. Risto Virtanen undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Taxon and Taxonomic rank through his works.

His most cited work include:

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth (2839 citations)
Biodiversity Differences between Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Meta-Analysis of Species Richness in Europe (642 citations)
Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities (320 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

Risto Virtanen merges Ecology with Nutrient in his study. He connects Ecosystem with Plant community in his research. He brings together Species richness and Habitat to produce work in his papers. His study deals with a combination of Habitat and Species richness. In his works, Risto Virtanen undertakes multidisciplinary study on Biodiversity and Ecosystem. His Vegetation (pathology) study frequently draws connections to adjacent fields such as Pathology. His research ties Vegetation (pathology) and Pathology together. With his scientific publications, his incorporates both Physical geography and Ecology. His Population study frequently involves adjacent topics like Demography.

Risto Virtanen most often published in these fields:

Ecology (97.92%)
Ecosystem (36.46%)
Species richness (35.42%)

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Best Publications

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power.
Science (2011)

3591 Citations

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

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Conservation Biology (2010)

836 Citations

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

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Global Ecology and Biogeography (2012)

324 Citations

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

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Journal of Vegetation Science (2006)

308 Citations

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir.
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2018)

294 Citations

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

Milan Chytrý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro;Ilona Knollová.
Applied Vegetation Science (2016)

287 Citations

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

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Global Change Biology (2013)

224 Citations

Context dependency and metacommunity structuring in boreal headwater streams

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Oikos (2012)

189 Citations

Are biological classifications of headwater streams concordant across multiple taxonomic groups

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Freshwater Biology (2003)

184 Citations

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

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Biodiversity and Conservation (2005)

170 Citations

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External Links

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