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National Ranking
37

Veijo Kaitala 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 Veijo Kaitala sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 244 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Veijo Kaitala 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 Veijo Kaitala 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

Veijo Kaitala is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and biological sciences, focusing on topics related to evolution, ecology, and genetic dynamics.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of subjects including population size, pathogen transmission, microbial communities, fisheries agreements, and environmental management. Selected recent papers include:

  • Crayfish population size under different routes of pathogen transmission, 2023, Ecology and Evolution
  • The effect of dilution on eco-evolutionary dynamics of experimental microbial communities, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Stability of international fisheries agreements using precautionary bioeconomic harvesting strategies, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The effects of functional response and host abundance fluctuations on genetic rescue in parasitoids with single-locus sex determination, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Precautionary management of Baltic Sea cod (Gadus morhua callarias) under different environmental noise and harvesting strategies, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Mikko Koivu-Jolma
  • Thomas Scheuerl
  • Jouni Laakso
  • Raine Kortet
  • Anssi Vainikka

Veijo Kaitala's publications have appeared primarily in the following venues:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • PLoS ONE

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work further specializes into subfields such as:

  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Insect Science

The primary research topics encompass:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant and animal studies

Best Publications

  • Synchronous dynamics and rates of extinction in spatially structured populations

    Mikko Heino;Veijo Kaitala;Esa Ranta;Jan Lindström

  • Synchrony in Population Dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Jan Lindström;Harto Lindén

  • Population dynamic consequences of delayed life-history effects

    Andrew Beckerman;Tim G. Benton;Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala

  • Predicting the risk of extinction from shared ecological characteristics

    Janne S. Kotiaho;Veijo Kaitala;Atte Komonen;Jussi Päivinen

  • The Moran effect and synchrony in population dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Jan Lindström;Eero Helle

  • Methane production and oxidation potentials in relation to water table fluctuations in two boreal mires

    Anu Kettunen;Veijo Kaitala;Armi Lehtinen;Annalea Lohila

  • Ecological and evolutionary dynamics under coloured environmental variation.

    Lasse Ruokolainen;Andreas Lindén;Veijo Kaitala;Mike S. Fowler

  • Game Theory Models of Fisheries Management — a Survey

    Veijo Kaitala

  • A theory of partial migration

    Arja Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Per Lundberg

  • The Spatial Dimension in Population Fluctuations

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Per Lundberg;Per Lundberg;Per Lundberg

  • The enigma of frequency-dependent selection

    Mikko Heino;Johan A.J. Metz;Veijo Kaitala

  • Population variability in space and time

    Per Lundberg;Esa Ranta;Jörgen Ripa;Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala

  • Population variability in space and time: The dynamics of synchronous population fluctuations

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala;Per Lundberg

  • Ecology of Populations

    Esa Juhani Ranta;Per Lundberg;Veijo Tapani Kaitala

  • Population dynamics and the colour of environmental noise

    Veijo Kaitala;Veijo Kaitala;Janica Ylikarjula;Janica Ylikarjula;Esa Ranta;Per Lundberg

  • A general theory of environmental noise in ecological food webs.

    Jörgen Ripa;Per Lundberg;Veijo Kaitala

  • Travelling waves in vole population dynamics

    Esa Ranta;Veijo Kaitala

  • OPTIMAL RECOVERY OF A SHARED RESOURCE STOCK: A DIFFERENTIAL GAME MODEL WITH EFFICIENT MEMORY EQUILIBRIA

    V. Kaitala;M. Pohjola

  • Transboundary air pollution and soil acidification: A dynamic analysis of an acid rain game between Finland and the USSR

    Veijo Kaitala;Matti Pohjola;Olli Tahvonen

  • The Management of High Seas Fisheries

    Veijo Kaitala;Gordon R. Munro

  • Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics in ecology

    E. Ranta;V. Kaitala;J. Lindström

Frequent Co-Authors

Esa Ranta
Esa Ranta University of Helsinki
Per Lundberg
Per Lundberg Lund University
Mikko Heino
Mikko Heino University of Bergen
Jan Lindström
Jan Lindström University of Glasgow
Olli Tahvonen
Olli Tahvonen University of Helsinki
Janne S. Kotiaho
Janne S. Kotiaho University of Jyväskylä
Johan A. J. Metz
Johan A. J. Metz Leiden University
George Leitmann
George Leitmann University of California, Berkeley
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley
Raimo P. Hämäläinen
Raimo P. Hämäläinen Aalto University

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