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D-Index
60
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11893
World Ranking
2316
National Ranking
36

Timo Muotka 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 Timo Muotka sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timo Muotka 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 Timo Muotka sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Timo Muotka is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly activity focuses extensively on specialized subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research topics encompass several areas within aquatic and terrestrial environmental studies. Notable main topics of work include:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Several recent papers highlight the scope and focus of Muotka's work:

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt (2023, Nature)
  • Cutting Edge: A Comparison of Contemporary Practices of Riparian Buffer Retention Around Small Streams in Canada, Finland, and Sweden (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition (2021, Science Advances)
  • Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions (2023, Insect Conservation and Diversity)

Muotka's work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Communications
  • Forest Ecology and Management

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, revealing a network of research partnerships. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Kaisa-Leena Huttunen
  • Riku Paavola
  • Peter Haase
  • Jussi Jyväsjärvi
  • Núria Bonada

Best Publications

  • Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems

    Bjørn Kløve;Pertti Ala-Aho;Guillaume Bertrand;Jason J. Gurdak

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

    Anna Astorga;Jari Oksanen;Miska Luoto;Janne Soininen

  • Scale‐related patterns in the spatial and environmental components of stream macroinvertebrate assemblage variation

    Heikki Mykrä;Heikki Mykrä;Jani Heino;Timo Muotka;Timo Muotka

  • Groundwater dependent ecosystems : Part I: Hydroecological status and trends

    Bjørn Kløve;Pertti Ala-aho;Guillaume Bertrand;Zuzana Boukalova

  • Determinants of macroinvertebrate diversity in headwater streams: regional and local influences

    Jani Heino;Timo Muotka;Riku Paavola

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • Benthic diatom communities in boreal streams: community structure in relation to environmental and spatial gradients

    Janne Soininen;Riku Paavola;Timo Muotka

  • Long-term recovery of stream habitat structure and benthic invertebrate communities from in-stream restoration

    Timo Muotka;Riku Paavola;Antti Haapala;Milan Novikmec

  • Identifying the scales of variability in stream macroinvertebrate abundance, functional composition and assemblage structure

    Jani Heino;Pauliina Louhi;Timo Muotka;Timo Muotka

  • Ecosystem recovery in restored headwater streams: the role of enhanced leaf retention

    Timo Muotka;Pekka Laasonen

  • Twenty years of stream restoration in Finland : little response by benthic macroinvertebrate communities

    Pauliina Louhi;Heikki Mykrä;Riku Paavola;Ari Huusko

  • Seasonal changes in habitat use and preference by juvenile brown trout, Salmo trutta, in a northern boreal river

    A Maki-Petäys;T Muotka;A Huusko;P Tikkanen

  • Context dependency and metacommunity structuring in boreal headwater streams

    Jani Heino;Mira Grönroos;Janne Soininen;Risto Virtanen

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • 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

  • DEFINING MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE TYPES OF HEADWATER STREAMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION

    Jani Heino;Timo Muotka;Heikki Mykrä;Riku Paavola

  • Habitat heterogeneity drives the geographical distribution of beta diversity: the case of New Zealand stream invertebrates.

    Anna Astorga;Russell Death;Fiona Death;Riku Paavola

  • Groundwater dependent ecosystems. Part II. Ecosystem services and management in Europe under risk of climate change and land use intensification

    Bjørn Kløve;Andrew Allan;Guillaume Bertrand;Elzbieta Druzynska

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Mykrä
Heikki Mykrä Finnish Environment Institute
Jani Heino
Jani Heino University of Oulu
Risto Virtanen
Risto Virtanen University of Oulu
Bjørn Kløve
Bjørn Kløve University of Oulu
Janne Soininen
Janne Soininen University of Helsinki
Jonathan D. Tonkin
Jonathan D. Tonkin University of Canterbury
Björn Malmqvist
Björn Malmqvist Umeå University
Nico Goldscheider
Nico Goldscheider Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jari Oksanen
Jari Oksanen University of Oulu
Russell G. Death
Russell G. Death Victoria University of Wellington

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