Anto Aasa

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Anto Aasa is a scholar working on Transportation, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anto Aasa has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Transportation, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Anto Aasa's work include Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (13 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (9 papers) and Climate variability and models (7 papers). Anto Aasa is often cited by papers focused on Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (13 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (9 papers) and Climate variability and models (7 papers). Anto Aasa collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Russia and United States. Anto Aasa's co-authors include Rein Ahas, Mark D. Schwartz, Siiri Silm, Margus Tiru, Jaak Jaagus, Antti Roose, Helfried Scheifinger, Violetta Fedotova, Annette Menzel and Ain Kull and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Tourism Management.

In The Last Decade

Anto Aasa

25 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemi... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemisphere
    2006 828 citations Mark D. Schwartz, Rein Ahas et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anto Aasa Estonia 16 970 718 627 441 397 28 2.3k
Rein Ahas Estonia 34 1.7k 1.7× 2.2k 3.1× 816 1.3× 592 1.3× 607 1.5× 71 5.0k
Lucy Bastin United Kingdom 27 930 1.0× 147 0.2× 839 1.3× 324 0.7× 220 0.6× 73 2.5k
Lyndon Estes United States 24 1.7k 1.7× 73 0.1× 1.0k 1.6× 337 0.8× 401 1.0× 55 3.1k
Trista Patterson United States 13 527 0.5× 213 0.3× 666 1.1× 115 0.3× 68 0.2× 22 1.8k
Derek T. Robinson Canada 26 1.4k 1.4× 225 0.3× 363 0.6× 78 0.2× 89 0.2× 70 2.5k
Marc Linderman United States 27 1.3k 1.4× 54 0.1× 1.1k 1.7× 457 1.0× 205 0.5× 43 3.1k
Anne Tolvanen Finland 32 1.1k 1.1× 52 0.1× 1.4k 2.2× 240 0.5× 446 1.1× 140 3.0k
Carl Salk Sweden 21 838 0.9× 53 0.1× 514 0.8× 348 0.8× 142 0.4× 51 1.8k
Artur Gil Portugal 21 568 0.6× 71 0.1× 517 0.8× 146 0.3× 102 0.3× 73 1.3k
David Pullar Australia 25 810 0.8× 156 0.2× 573 0.9× 144 0.3× 63 0.2× 67 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anto Aasa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anto Aasa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anto Aasa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anto Aasa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anto Aasa. Anto Aasa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aasa, Anto, et al.. (2025). Assessing public transport accessibility using GPS data. European Transport Research Review. 17(1).
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Laidra, Kaia, Rainer Reile, Mall Leinsalu, et al.. (2023). Estonian National Mental Health Study: Design and methods for a registry‐linked longitudinal survey. Brain and Behavior. 13(8). e3106–e3106. 4 indexed citations
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Goel, Rahul, Rajesh Sharma, & Anto Aasa. (2021). Understanding gender segregation through Call Data Records: An Estonian case study. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248212–e0248212. 6 indexed citations
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Goel, Rahul, Rajesh Sharma, & Anto Aasa. (2021). Studying segregation in Estonia using call data records. Social Network Analysis and Mining. 11(1).
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Aasa, Anto, et al.. (2021). Spatial interpolation of mobile positioning data for population statistics. Journal of Location Based Services. 15(4). 239–260. 10 indexed citations
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Aasa, Anto, et al.. (2017). Mapping changes of residence with passive mobile positioning data: the case of Estonia. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 31(7). 1425–1447. 16 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein, Anto Aasa, Yihong Yuan, et al.. (2015). Everyday space–time geographies: using mobile phone-based sensor data to monitor urban activity in Harbin, Paris, and Tallinn. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 29(11). 2017–2039. 128 indexed citations
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Novák, Jakub, Rein Ahas, Anto Aasa, & Siiri Silm. (2013). Application of mobile phone location data in mapping of commuting patterns and functional regionalization: a pilot study of Estonia. Journal of Maps. 9(1). 10–15. 61 indexed citations
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Sparks, Tim H., et al.. (2009). Changes and patterns in biologically relevant temperatures in Europe 1941–2000. Climate Research. 39. 191–207. 15 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein, Anto Aasa, Siiri Silm, & Margus Tiru. (2009). Daily rhythms of suburban commuters’ movements in the Tallinn metropolitan area: Case study with mobile positioning data. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 18(1). 45–54. 190 indexed citations
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Smith, Barbara Herrnstein, Anto Aasa, Rein Ahas, et al.. (2008). Climate-related change in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. in: BACC Author Group, Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin. 62 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein, et al.. (2007). Mobile Positioning in Space–Time Behaviour Studies: Social Positioning Method Experiments in Estonia. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 34(4). 259–273. 36 indexed citations
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Pae, Taavi, et al.. (2006). The Formation and Location Features of Estonian Cemeteries. Journal of Baltic Studies. 37(3). 277–297. 1 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein & Anto Aasa. (2006). The effects of climate change on the phenology of selected Estonian plant, bird and fish populations. International Journal of Biometeorology. 51(1). 17–26. 73 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Mark D., Rein Ahas, & Anto Aasa. (2006). Onset of spring starting earlier across the Northern Hemisphere. Global Change Biology. 12(2). 343–351. 828 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aasa, Anto, Jaak Jaagus, Rein Ahas, & Mait Sepp. (2004). The influence of atmospheric circulation on plant phenological phases in central and eastern Europe. International Journal of Climatology. 24(12). 1551–1564. 63 indexed citations
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Jaagus, Jaak, Jaak Truu, Rein Ahas, & Anto Aasa. (2003). Spatial and temporal variability of climatic seasons on the East European Plain in relation to large-scale atmospheric circulation. Climate Research. 23. 111–129. 27 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein, Anto Aasa, Annette Menzel, Violetta Fedotova, & Helfried Scheifinger. (2002). Changes in European spring phenology. International Journal of Climatology. 22(14). 1727–1738. 216 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein & Anto Aasa. (2001). Impact of landscape features on spring phenological phases of maple and bird cherry in Estonia. Landscape Ecology. 16(5). 437–451. 6 indexed citations
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Ahas, Rein, Jaak Jaagus, & Anto Aasa. (2000). The phenological calendar of Estonia and its correlation with mean air temperature. International Journal of Biometeorology. 44(4). 159–166. 72 indexed citations

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