Elina Virtanen

1.1k total citations
36 papers, 587 citations indexed

About

Elina Virtanen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Elina Virtanen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 587 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Elina Virtanen's work include Marine and fisheries research (9 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (6 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers). Elina Virtanen is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (9 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (6 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers). Elina Virtanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. Elina Virtanen's co-authors include Markku Viitasalo, Atte Moilanen, Antonia Nyström Sandman, Thomas Döring, Lea Hiltunen, Sascha Kirchner, Jari P. T. Valkonen, Joel Jalkanen, Heini Kujala and Jonne Kotta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elina Virtanen

31 papers receiving 573 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elina Virtanen Finland 15 226 216 146 103 98 36 587
Allison K. Barner United States 13 151 0.7× 271 1.3× 112 0.8× 73 0.7× 40 0.4× 15 577
Brian Walker Australia 5 212 0.9× 253 1.2× 54 0.4× 65 0.6× 43 0.4× 7 582
Kate J. Helmstedt Australia 14 277 1.2× 312 1.4× 44 0.3× 22 0.2× 81 0.8× 39 579
Florian Schwarzmüller Germany 5 171 0.8× 390 1.8× 69 0.5× 55 0.5× 23 0.2× 7 676
Riccardo Santoro Italy 10 117 0.5× 258 1.2× 111 0.8× 221 2.1× 53 0.5× 15 686
Graciela Ana Canziani Argentina 9 197 0.9× 154 0.7× 26 0.2× 32 0.3× 65 0.7× 24 467
Alice Boit Germany 11 465 2.1× 331 1.5× 58 0.4× 110 1.1× 30 0.3× 15 900
W. John Calder United States 11 337 1.5× 224 1.0× 27 0.2× 68 0.7× 40 0.4× 18 614
Clare Duncan United Kingdom 14 242 1.1× 498 2.3× 98 0.7× 21 0.2× 86 0.9× 24 697
Reiichiro Ishii Japan 13 123 0.5× 200 0.9× 33 0.2× 41 0.4× 17 0.2× 25 410

Countries citing papers authored by Elina Virtanen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elina Virtanen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elina Virtanen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elina Virtanen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elina Virtanen 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 Elina Virtanen. Elina Virtanen 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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Viitasalo, Markku, et al.. (2025). Particulate accumulated matter as an indicator of coastal benthic habitat condition. AMBIO. 55(4). 891–902.
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Kuosa, Harri, et al.. (2025). Integrating Regulating Ecosystem Services in Marine Conservation Planning. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 35(7).
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Jalkanen, Joel, Kati Vierikko, Heini Kujala, et al.. (2025). Identifying priority urban green areas for biodiversity conservation and equitable recreational accessibility using spatial prioritization. Landscape and Urban Planning. 259. 105356–105356. 2 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2025). Mapping recreational marine traffic from Sentinel-2 imagery using YOLO object detection models. Remote Sensing of Environment. 326. 114791–114791. 1 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Seppo, et al.. (2024). Cross-realm transferability of species distribution models–Species characteristics and prevalence matter more than modelling methods applied. Ecological Modelling. 499. 110950–110950. 6 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2024). Marine ecosystem extent and condition pilot accounts for Finland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9.
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2024). Filling in socio‐ecological knowledge gaps to support marine spatial planning in data‐scarce areas: Example from Zanzibar. Conservation Science and Practice. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2023). Recreational land use contributes to the loss of marine biodiversity. People and Nature. 6(5). 1758–1773. 14 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2023). How effective are protected areas for reducing threats to biodiversity? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence. 12(1). 18–18. 27 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina & Atte Moilanen. (2023). High focus on threatened species and habitats may undermine biodiversity conservation: Evidence from the northern Baltic Sea. Diversity and Distributions. 29(8). 979–985. 6 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2023). Identifying ecologically valuable marine areas to support conservation and spatial planning at scales relevant for decision making. Marine Policy. 158. 105890–105890. 2 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, et al.. (2022). How threats inform conservation planning—A systematic review protocol. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0269107–e0269107. 6 indexed citations
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Kaikkonen, Laura & Elina Virtanen. (2022). Shallow-water mining undermines global sustainability goals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(11). 931–934. 1 indexed citations
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Moilanen, Atte, et al.. (2022). Novel methods for spatial prioritization with applications in conservation, land use planning and ecological impact avoidance. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(5). 1062–1072. 67 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Elina, Alf Norkko, Antonia Nyström Sandman, & Markku Viitasalo. (2019). Identifying areas prone to coastal hypoxia – the role of topography. Biogeosciences. 16(16). 3183–3195. 36 indexed citations
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Kaikkonen, Laura, et al.. (2019). Extensive Coverage of Marine Mineral Concretions Revealed in Shallow Shelf Sea Areas. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 9 indexed citations
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Kotta, Jonne, Jarno Vanhatalo, Helen Orav‐Kotta, et al.. (2019). Integrating experimental and distribution data to predict future species patterns. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1821–1821. 46 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Sascha, et al.. (2013). Seasonal Phenology and Species Composition of the Aphid Fauna in a Northern Crop Production Area. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71030–e71030. 18 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Sascha, Thomas Döring, Lea Hiltunen, Elina Virtanen, & Jari P. T. Valkonen. (2011). Information-theory-based model selection for determining the main vector and period of transmission of Potato virus Y. Annals of Applied Biology. 159(3). 414–427. 20 indexed citations

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