Eva Willén

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Eva Willén is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Eva Willén has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 15 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Eva Willén's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (7 papers). Eva Willén is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (7 papers). Eva Willén collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Finland and Norway. Eva Willén's co-authors include Tom Andersen, Pål Brettum, Liisa Lepistö, Robert Ptáčník, Seppo Rekolainen, Timo Tamminen, Angelo G. Solimini, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Elizabeth Kebede and Hannes Peter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Freshwater Biology.

In The Last Decade

Eva Willén

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Diversity predicts stability and resource use efficiency in natural phytoplankton communities
    2008 431 citations Robert Ptáčník, Angelo G. Solimini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Eva Willén 745 641 606 226 139 30 1.2k
Pål Brettum 931 1.2× 811 1.3× 676 1.1× 402 1.8× 143 1.0× 27 1.5k
Paula de Tezanos Pinto 833 1.1× 626 1.0× 719 1.2× 194 0.9× 127 0.9× 29 1.3k
Liisa Lepistö 888 1.2× 574 0.9× 661 1.1× 154 0.7× 83 0.6× 29 1.2k
Norbert Walz 888 1.2× 838 1.3× 493 0.8× 527 2.3× 133 1.0× 53 1.4k
Rossella Barone 876 1.2× 592 0.9× 682 1.1× 168 0.7× 178 1.3× 35 1.2k
Carmen Rojo 1.0k 1.4× 860 1.3× 630 1.0× 311 1.4× 179 1.3× 111 1.7k
Hakumat Rai 677 0.9× 561 0.9× 592 1.0× 229 1.0× 171 1.2× 44 1.1k
Ferdinand Schanz 620 0.8× 491 0.8× 477 0.8× 110 0.5× 99 0.7× 46 984
Judit Padisák 949 1.3× 548 0.9× 677 1.1× 168 0.7× 163 1.2× 48 1.2k
María A. Rodrigo 773 1.0× 673 1.0× 465 0.8× 193 0.9× 66 0.5× 96 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Eva Willén

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eva Willén

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eva Willén

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eva Willén. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eva Willén 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 Eva Willén. Eva Willén 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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Johnson, Richard K., et al.. (2012). Comparison of classification-then-modelling and species-by-species modelling for predicting lake phytoplankton assemblages. Ecological Modelling. 231. 11–19. 12 indexed citations
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Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A., Hannes Peter, & Eva Willén. (2012). Shifts in phytoplankton species richness and biomass along a latitudinal gradient – consequences for relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Freshwater Biology. 58(3). 612–623. 50 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (2011). Cyanotoxin production in seven Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes. Inland Waters. 1(2). 81–91. 44 indexed citations
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Chorus, Ingrid, Martin T. Dokulil, Marina Manca, et al.. (2011). Restoration responses of 19 lakes: are TP thresholds common?. Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.). 84–102. 2 indexed citations
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Ptáčník, Robert, Tom Andersen, Pål Brettum, Liisa Lepistö, & Eva Willén. (2010). Regional species pools control community saturation in lake phytoplankton. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1701). 3755–3764. 70 indexed citations
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Ptáčník, Robert, Angelo G. Solimini, Tom Andersen, et al.. (2008). Diversity predicts stability and resource use efficiency in natural phytoplankton communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(13). 5134–5138. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Willén, Eva, Pål Brettum, Tom Andersen, et al.. (2008). Quantitative responses of lake phytoplankton to eutrophication in Northern Europe. Aquatic Ecology. 42(2). 227–236. 100 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (2007). Växtplankton i sjöar. Epsilon Open Archive (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet biblioteket (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)). 5 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (2007). The Lakes Handbook, Volume II. Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation. Freshwater Biology. 53(1). 213–214. 2 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva, et al.. (2006). Non-indigenous and invasive water plants in Sweden.. 100(1). 5–15. 6 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (2006). Planktonic algae in limed lakes compared to circumneutral references. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 29(5). 2232–2236. 1 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (2003). Dominance patterns of planktonic algae in Swedish forest lakes. Hydrobiologia. 502(1-3). 315–324. 45 indexed citations
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Kebede, Elizabeth & Eva Willén. (1998). Phytoplankton in a salinity-alkalinity series of lakes in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement Volumes. 89. 63–96. 49 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva, et al.. (1996). Anabaenopsis abijatae, a new cyanophyte from Lake Abijata, an alkaline, saline lake in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 1–8. 6 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (1992). Long‐term changes in the phytoplankton of large lakes in response to changes in nutrient loading. Nordic Journal of Botany. 12(5). 577–587. 27 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (1992). Planktonic Green Algae in an Acidification Gradient of Nutrient-poor Lakes. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 141(1-2). 47–64. 11 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva, et al.. (1987). Clustering and canonical correspondence analysis of phytoplankton and environmental variables in Swedish lakes. Vegetatio. 71(2). 87–95. 19 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (1987). Phytoplankton and reversed Eutrophication in Lake Mälaren, Central Sweden, 1965–1983. British Phycological Journal. 22(2). 193–208. 27 indexed citations
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Smith, Val H., Eva Willén, & Björn Karlsson. (1987). PREDICTING THE SUMMER PEAK BIOMASS OF FOUR SPECIES OF BLUE‐GREEN ALGAE (CYANOPHYTA/CYANOBACTERIA) IN SWEDISH LAKES1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 23(3). 397–402. 45 indexed citations
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Willén, Eva. (1976). A simplified method of phytoplankton counting. British Phycological Journal. 11(3). 265–278. 128 indexed citations

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