Heini Kujala

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Heini Kujala is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heini Kujala has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecological Modeling, 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Heini Kujala's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Heini Kujala is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (17 papers). Heini Kujala collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and United States. Heini Kujala's co-authors include Atte Moilanen, Brendan A. Wintle, Ascelin Gordon, Pia E. Lentini, Jane Elith, José J. Lahoz‐Monfort, Amy Whitehead, Michael A. McCarthy, Mar Cabeza and Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heini Kujala

53 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Is my species distribution model fit for purpose? Matching data and models to applications

2015 713 citations José J. Lahoz‐Monfort, Ascelin Gordon et al. profile →
Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity

2018 362 citations Brendan A. Wintle, Heini Kujala et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heini Kujala Finland	28	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	577	58	3.0k
Liana N. Joseph Australia	21	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	358 0.6×	30	2.9k
Ayesha Tulloch Australia	33	2.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	341 0.6×	101	3.5k
Josie Carwardine Australia	29	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	561 1.0×	63	3.6k
Kristen J. Williams Australia	29	1.2k 0.8×	902 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	326 0.6×	96	3.1k
Graeme M. Buchanan United Kingdom	28	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	861 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	336 0.6×	96	3.1k
Daniel B. Segan Australia	20	1.7k 1.2×	930 0.7×	990 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	537 0.9×	30	3.4k
Jonas Geldmann Denmark	27	1.8k 1.2×	869 0.6×	857 0.7×	2.3k 2.0×	633 1.1×	54	4.0k
Kendall R. Jones United States	21	2.0k 1.4×	877 0.6×	842 0.7×	2.0k 1.7×	535 0.9×	36	3.8k
Pia E. Lentini Australia	21	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	970 0.8×	979 0.9×	295 0.5×	45	2.9k
Simon Gillings United Kingdom	31	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	208 0.4×	81	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Heini Kujala

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heini Kujala

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Marques, Alexandra, Clara J. Veerkamp, Peter H. Verburg, et al.. (2025). Opportunity cost estimates for spatial conservation prioritisation across terrestrial Europe. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1583–1583. 2 indexed citations

Kotiaho, Janne S., et al.. (2025). Suojeluhyvityksen vaikuttava käyttö ekologisessa kompensaatiossa vaatii muutoksia luonnonsuojelulakiin. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 0–0.

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

Kujala, Heini, et al.. (2024). Planning for a future of changes: Prioritising areas for conservation of small mammals in the Caatinga, Brazil. Diversity and Distributions. 30(8). 2 indexed citations

Kujala, Heini, et al.. (2024). Ekologinen kompensaatio Suomessa: analyysi sääntelyn vahvuuksista, heikkouksista ja kehitysmahdollisuuksista. LaCRIS (University of Lapland). 0–0.

Moilanen, Atte, et al.. (2024). Monitoring in biodiversity offsetting. Global Ecology and Conservation. 54. e03039–e03039.

Marjakangas, Emma‐Liina, Andrea Santangeli, Heini Kujala, Stefano Mammola, & Aleksi Lehikoinen. (2023). Identifying ‘climate keystone species’ as a tool for conserving ecological communities under climate change. Diversity and Distributions. 29(11). 1341–1354. 6 indexed citations

Hällfors, Maria, Risto K. Heikkinen, Mikko Kuussaari, et al.. (2023). Recent range shifts of moths, butterflies, and birds are driven by the breadth of their climatic niche. Evolution Letters. 8(1). 89–100. 37 indexed citations

Southwell, Darren, et al.. (2023). A global analysis reveals a collective gap in the transparency of offset policies and how biodiversity is measured. Conservation Letters. 17(1). 7 indexed citations

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Forsius, Martin, Maria Holmberg, Virpi Junttila, et al.. (2023). Modelling the regional potential for reaching carbon neutrality in Finland: Sustainable forestry, energy use and biodiversity protection. AMBIO. 52(11). 1757–1776. 8 indexed citations

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Mäkelä, Annikki, Francesco Minunno, Heini Kujala, et al.. (2023). Effect of forest management choices on carbon sequestration and biodiversity at national scale. AMBIO. 52(11). 1737–1756. 23 indexed citations

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Wolff, Nicholas H., Piero Visconti, Heini Kujala, et al.. (2023). Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk. One Earth. 6(11). 1564–1575. 9 indexed citations

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Moilanen, Atte, et al.. (2020). A practical method for evaluating spatial biodiversity offset scenarios based on spatial conservation prioritization outputs. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(7). 794–803. 15 indexed citations

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Wintle, Brendan A., Heini Kujala, Amy Whitehead, et al.. (2018). Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(3). 909–914. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hossain, Md Anwar, José J. Lahoz‐Monfort, Mark A. Burgman, et al.. (2018). Assessing the vulnerability of freshwater crayfish to climate change. Diversity and Distributions. 24(12). 1830–1843. 29 indexed citations

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Lechner, Alex M., Neil McIntyre, Heini Kujala, et al.. (2015). A GIS tool for land and water use planning in mining regions. Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln). 5 indexed citations

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Kujala, Heini, Mark A. Burgman, & Atte Moilanen. (2012). Treatment of uncertainty in conservation under climate change. Conservation Letters. 6(2). 73–85. 78 indexed citations

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Arponen, Anni, Mar Cabeza, Johanna Eklund, Heini Kujala, & Joona Lehtomäki. (2010). Costs of Integrating Economics and Conservation Planning. Conservation Biology. 24(5). 1198–1204. 53 indexed citations

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Cabeza, Mar, et al.. (2010). Conservation planning with insects at three different spatial scales. Ecography. 33(1). 54–63. 49 indexed citations

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Mikusiński, Grzegorz, Robert L. Pressey, Lars Edenius, et al.. (2007). Conservation Planning in Forest Landscapes of Fennoscandia and an Approach to the Challenge of Countdown 2010. Conservation Biology. 21(6). 1445–1454. 29 indexed citations

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