Heikki Setälä

28.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
186 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Heikki Setälä is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heikki Setälä has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 59 papers in Plant Science and 50 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Heikki Setälä's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (58 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (44 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (29 papers). Heikki Setälä is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (58 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (44 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (29 papers). Heikki Setälä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and China. Heikki Setälä's co-authors include David A. Wardle, Richard D. Bardgett, Wim H. van der Putten, John N. Klironomos, Diana H. Wall, John H. Lawton, Pablo Inchausti, Bernhard Schmid, John J. Ewel and John Vandermeer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heikki Setälä

183 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

2005 5.7k citations Heikki Setälä et al. profile →
Ecological Linkages Between Aboveground and Belowground Biota

2004 3.4k citations Heikki Setälä et al. profile →
Benefits of restoring ecosystem services in urban areas

2015 564 citations Heikki Setälä et al. profile →
Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

2012 484 citations Mira Liiri, Heikki Setälä et al. profile →
Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

2008 441 citations Heikki Setälä et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heikki Setälä Finland	52	6.0k	6.0k	5.0k	4.7k	4.4k	186	18.1k
Kris Verheyen Belgium	65	9.0k 1.5×	4.5k 0.7×	4.9k 1.0×	2.4k 0.5×	5.9k 1.3×	547	18.2k
Sarah E. Hobbie United States	88	8.8k 1.5×	12.2k 2.0×	7.4k 1.5×	10.9k 2.3×	8.3k 1.9×	245	30.8k
Martin Hermy Belgium	71	10.3k 1.7×	5.2k 0.9×	6.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	4.8k 1.1×	410	18.2k
Diana H. Wall United States	69	8.1k 1.3×	15.5k 2.6×	6.0k 1.2×	7.6k 1.6×	5.4k 1.2×	194	29.4k
Nico Eisenhauer Germany	67	5.7k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	6.2k 1.2×	7.2k 1.5×	3.3k 0.7×	435	18.5k
David U. Hooper United States	31	13.0k 2.2×	11.0k 1.8×	4.4k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	8.4k 1.9×	41	27.0k
Bradley J. Cardinale United States	57	9.8k 1.6×	9.4k 1.6×	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	6.3k 1.4×	132	23.5k
Timothy J. Fahey United States	77	5.4k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	7.0k 1.5×	5.4k 1.2×	309	18.5k
Petr Šmilauer Czechia	35	8.8k 1.5×	11.3k 1.9×	6.7k 1.4×	2.0k 0.4×	3.3k 0.7×	104	25.3k
Elsa E. Cleland United States	47	7.1k 1.2×	7.2k 1.2×	4.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	4.8k 1.1×	79	17.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Heikki Setälä

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heikki Setälä

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20 of 20 papers shown

García‐Arroyo, Michelle, et al.. (2025). Urban gradient resolution matters! Avian diversity patterns in a boreal green city. Urban Ecosystems. 28(2).

Setälä, Heikki, et al.. (2023). Effects of wild boar grubbing on the soil nematode community subject to seasonal variation in a broad-leaved Korean pine forest in Northeast China. Forest Ecology and Management. 551. 121549–121549. 6 indexed citations

Setälä, Heikki, et al.. (2023). Loss of soil carbon and nitrogen indicates climate change-induced alterations in a temperate forest ecosystem. Ecological Indicators. 148. 110055–110055. 2 indexed citations

Kotze, D. Johan, et al.. (2023). Matrix type affects carabid beetle community and trait composition, and intraspecific variation in remnant forests. Journal of Biogeography. 51(4). 739–753. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Changyi, D. Johan Kotze, & Heikki Setälä. (2021). Evergreen trees stimulate carbon accumulation in urban soils via high root production and slow litter decomposition. The Science of The Total Environment. 774. 145129–145129. 31 indexed citations

Feng, Yue, Shijie Han, Wei Chen, et al.. (2020). Variation in soil lignin protection mechanisms in five successional gradients of mixed broadleaf–pine forests. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 84(1). 232–250. 10 indexed citations

Lu, Changyi, D. Johan Kotze, & Heikki Setälä. (2020). Soil sealing causes substantial losses in C and N storage in urban soils under cool climate. The Science of The Total Environment. 725. 138369–138369. 23 indexed citations

Hornung, Elisabeth, Heikki Setälä, Ian D. Yesilonis, et al.. (2019). Metagenomics Reveals Bacterial and Archaeal Adaptation to Urban Land-Use: N Catabolism, Methanogenesis, and Nutrient Acquisition. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2330–2330. 15 indexed citations

Yli‐Pelkonen, Vesa, Viljami Viippola, Anna‐Lea Rantalainen, Jun Zheng, & Heikki Setälä. (2018). The impact of urban trees on concentrations of PAHs and other gaseous air pollutants in Yanji, northeast China. Atmospheric Environment. 192. 151–159. 20 indexed citations

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Yli‐Pelkonen, Vesa, Anna A. Scott, Viljami Viippola, & Heikki Setälä. (2017). Trees in urban parks and forests reduce O3, but not NO2 concentrations in Baltimore, MD, USA. Atmospheric Environment. 167. 73–80. 45 indexed citations

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Yli‐Pelkonen, Vesa, Viljami Viippola, D. Johan Kotze, & Heikki Setälä. (2017). Greenbelts do not reduce NO2 concentrations in near-road environments. Urban Climate. 21. 306–317. 26 indexed citations

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Hagner, Marleena, et al.. (2015). Birch (Betula spp.) wood biochar is a potential soil amendment to reduce glyphosate leaching in agricultural soils. Journal of Environmental Management. 164. 46–52. 29 indexed citations

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Selonen, Salla, Mira Liiri, & Heikki Setälä. (2014). Can the soil fauna of boreal forests recover from lead-derived stress in a shooting range area?. Ecotoxicology. 23(3). 437–448. 12 indexed citations

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Kuoppamäki, Kirsi, Heikki Setälä, Anna‐Lea Rantalainen, & D. Johan Kotze. (2014). Urban snow indicates pollution originating from road traffic. Environmental Pollution. 195. 56–63. 64 indexed citations

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Setälä, Heikki, Viljami Viippola, Anna‐Lea Rantalainen, Arto Pennanen, & Vesa Yli‐Pelkonen. (2012). Does urban vegetation mitigate air pollution in northern conditions?. Environmental Pollution. 183. 104–112. 176 indexed citations

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Cromsigt, Joris P. G. M., Han Olff, & Heikki Setälä. (2008). Dynamics of grazing lawn formation. 117(10). 1444–1452. 63 indexed citations

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Strömmer, Rauni, et al.. (2006). Lead contamination of an old shooting range affecting the local ecosystem — A case study with a holistic approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 369(1-3). 99–108. 46 indexed citations

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Setälä, Heikki & Mary Ann McLean. (2004). Decomposition rate of organic substrates in relation to the species diversity of soil saprophytic fungi. Oecologia. 139(1). 98–107. 242 indexed citations

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Laakso, Jouni & Heikki Setälä. (2000). Impacts of wood ants (Formica aquilonia Yarr.) on the invertebrate food web of the boreal forest floor. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 37(2). 93–100. 44 indexed citations

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Setälä, Heikki. (2000). Reciprocal interactions between Scots pine and soil food web structure in the presence and absence of ectomycorrhiza. Oecologia. 125(1). 109–118. 35 indexed citations

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