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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 40 8135 7819 119 119 96 5526

Sami J. Taipale publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sami J. Taipale between 2006 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sami J. Taipale published across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2022. 18 of the 131 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2022. 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 4 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 1 publication 2014: 5 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 9 publications
2006 2025

131 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sami J. Taipale: publications per year, 2006 to 2025
Year Publications
2006 1
2007 3
2008 1
2009 4
2010 2
2011 2
2012 1
2013 1
2014 5
2015 9
2016 6
2017 6
2018 2
2019 8
2020 9
2021 11
2022 22
2023 20
2024 9
2025 9
Total 131
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Sami J. Taipale publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sami J. Taipale sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 91–100 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 96 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440 96
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Sami J. Taipale D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sami J. Taipale sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321 40
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Sami J. Taipale is a researcher affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their work primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various related subfields such as Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The researcher's work covers multiple interconnected topics, notably:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Sami J. Taipale has contributed to a range of publication venues with several research outputs, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (12 publications)
  • JYX (10 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (4 publications)
  • Limnology and Oceanography (3 publications)
  • Ecosphere (3 publications)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Stable isotopes of fatty acids: current and future perspectives for advancing trophic ecology," 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Ecology and extent of freshwater browning - What we know and what should be studied next in the context of global change," 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Increasing temperature and productivity change biomass, trophic pyramids and community-level omega-3 fatty acid content in subarctic lake food webs," 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) of polyunsaturated fatty acids track bioconversion by zooplankton," 2021, published in Functional Ecology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Kimmo K. Kahilainen
  • Marco L. Calderini
  • Cyril Rigaud
  • Martin J. Kainz
  • Elina Peltomaa

Best Publications

  • Phytoplankton, not allochthonous carbon, sustains herbivorous zooplankton production

    Michael T. Brett;Martin J. Kainz;Sami J. Taipale;Hari Seshan

  • How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems

    Michael T. Brett;Stuart E. Bunn;Sudeep Chandra;Aaron W. E. Galloway

  • Fatty acid composition as biomarkers of freshwater microalgae: analysis of 37 strains of microalgae in 22 genera and in seven classes

    Sami Taipale;Ursula Strandberg;Elina Peltomaa;Aaron W. E. Galloway

  • Lake eutrophication and brownification downgrade availability and transfer of essential fatty acids for human consumption.

    Sami Taipale;Sami Taipale;Sami Taipale;Kristiina Vuorio;U. Strandberg;K. K. Kahilainen

  • Diet‐switching experiments show rapid accumulation and preferential retention of highly unsaturated fatty acids in Daphnia

    Sami J. Taipale;Martin J. Kainz;Michael T. Brett

  • Oxidation, efflux, and isotopic fractionation of methane during autumnal turnover in a polyhumic, boreal lake

    Paula Kankaala;Sami Taipale;Hannu Nykänen;Roger I. Jones

  • Differing Daphnia magna assimilation efficiencies for terrestrial, bacterial, and algal carbon and fatty acids

    Sami J. Taipale;Michael T. Brett;Martin W. Hahn;Dominik Martin-Creuzburg

  • Experimental d13C evidence for a contribution of methane to pelagic food webs in lakes

    Paula Kankaala;Sami Taipale;Jonathan Grey;Eloni Sonninen

  • Marine Cryptophytes Are Great Sources of EPA and DHA

    Elina Peltomaa;Matthew D. Johnson;Sami J. Taipale

  • Ecology and extent of freshwater browning - What we know and what should be studied next in the context of global change.

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  • Selective transfer of polyunsaturated fatty acids from phytoplankton to planktivorous fish in large boreal lakes.

    Ursula Strandberg;Minna Hiltunen;Elli Jelkänen;Sami J. Taipale

  • WHOLE‐LAKE DISSOLVED INORGANIC 13C ADDITIONS REVEAL SEASONAL SHIFTS IN ZOOPLANKTON DIET

    Sami Taipale;Paula Kankaala;Marja Tiirola;Roger I. Jones

  • Diet-specific biomarkers show that high-quality phytoplankton fuels herbivorous zooplankton in large boreal lakes

    Aaron W. E. Galloway;Aaron W. E. Galloway;Sami J. Taipale;Minna Hiltunen;Elina Peltomaa

  • Suitability of Phytosterols Alongside Fatty Acids as Chemotaxonomic Biomarkers for Phytoplankton

    Sami J. Taipale;Sami J. Taipale;Minna Hiltunen;Kristiina Vuorio;Kristiina Vuorio;Elina Peltomaa

  • Tracing the fate of microplastic carbon in the aquatic food web by compound-specific isotope analysis.

    S. J. Taipale;E. Peltomaa;J. V. K. Kukkonen;M. J. Kainz

  • Seasonal shifts in the diet of lake zooplankton revealed by phospholipid fatty acid analysis

    Sami Taipale;Paula Kankaala;Heikki Hämäläinen;Roger I. Jones

  • Functional and genomic diversity of methylotrophic Rhodocyclaceae: description of Methyloversatilis discipulorum sp. nov.

    Nicole E. Smalley;Sami Taipale;Paolo De Marco;Nina V. Doronina

  • Vertical diversity of bacteria in an oxygen-stratified humic lake, evaluated using DNA and phospholipid analyses

    Sami Taipale;Roger I. Jones;Marja Tiirola

  • Stable isotopes of fatty acids: current and future perspectives for advancing trophic ecology

    Cornelia W Twining;Cornelia W Twining;Sami J Taipale;Liliane Ruess;Alexandre Bec

  • The Importance of Phytoplankton Biomolecule Availability for Secondary Production

    Elina Talvikki Peltomaa;Sanni Aalto;Kristiina Vuorio;Sami Taipale

  • Terrestrial carbohydrates support freshwater zooplankton during phytoplankton deficiency.

    Sami J. Taipale;Aaron W. E. Galloway;Sanni L. Aalto;Kimmo K. Kahilainen

  • Inferring phytoplankton community composition with a fatty acid mixing model

    U. Strandberg;Sami Taipale;M. Hiltunen;A. W. E. Galloway;A. W. E. Galloway

  • Contributions of Different Organic Carbon Sources to Daphnia in the Pelagic Foodweb of a Small Polyhumic Lake: Results from Mesocosm DI13C-Additions

    Sami Taipale;Paula Kankaala;Roger I. Jones

  • Diets of crustacean zooplankton, inferred from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses, in lakes with varying allochthonous dissolved organic carbon content

    Paula Kankaala;Paula Kankaala;Sami Taipale;Lu Li;Roger I. Jones

  • Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change.

    Sofia Ribeiro;Audrey Limoges;Audrey Limoges;Guillaume Massé;Guillaume Massé;Kasper L. Johansen

  • Eutrophication reduces the nutritional value of phytoplankton in boreal lakes

    Sami J. Taipale;Kristiina Vuorio;Sanni L. Aalto;Sanni L. Aalto;Elina Peltomaa

  • Inferring Phytoplankton, Terrestrial Plant and Bacteria Bulk δ¹³C Values from Compound Specific Analyses of Lipids and Fatty Acids.

    Sami J. Taipale;Elina Peltomaa;Minna Hiltunen;Roger I. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula Kankaala
Paula Kankaala University of Eastern Finland
Michael T. Brett
Michael T. Brett University of Washington
Martin J. Kainz
Martin J. Kainz Danube University Krems
Roger Jones
Roger Jones University of Glasgow
Kimmo K. Kahilainen
Kimmo K. Kahilainen University of Helsinki
Hannu Nykänen
Hannu Nykänen University of Eastern Finland
Martin W. Hahn
Martin W. Hahn University of Innsbruck
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya San Diego State University
Christina Biasi
Christina Biasi University of Innsbruck
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Nicolaj K. Larsen University of Copenhagen

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