Helena Wirta

1.3k total citations
37 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Helena Wirta is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Wirta has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 19 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Helena Wirta's work include Plant and animal studies (25 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers). Helena Wirta is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (25 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers). Helena Wirta collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. Helena Wirta's co-authors include Tomas Roslin, Ilkka Hanski, Luisa Orsini, Peter A. Hambäck, Gergely Várkonyi, Eero J. Vesterinen, Olivier Montreuil, Riikka Kaartinen, Niels Martin Schmidt and Paul D. N. Hebert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Helena Wirta

33 papers receiving 781 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helena Wirta Finland 17 379 319 175 167 162 37 811
Chris A. M. Reid Australia 14 625 1.6× 389 1.2× 323 1.8× 261 1.6× 98 0.6× 80 968
Vladimir I. Gusarov Norway 14 541 1.4× 396 1.2× 175 1.0× 404 2.4× 143 0.9× 44 1.0k
Graham A. McCulloch New Zealand 17 347 0.9× 325 1.0× 283 1.6× 289 1.7× 197 1.2× 63 882
George Gibbs New Zealand 16 385 1.0× 230 0.7× 147 0.8× 209 1.3× 97 0.6× 29 682
Anna K. Hundsdoerfer Germany 17 318 0.8× 363 1.1× 162 0.9× 336 2.0× 100 0.6× 49 797
Sebastian Hofman Poland 19 231 0.6× 556 1.7× 176 1.0× 310 1.9× 90 0.6× 66 929
Achille Casale Italy 12 442 1.2× 337 1.1× 341 1.9× 183 1.1× 144 0.9× 63 849
Marzio Zapparoli Italy 16 613 1.6× 353 1.1× 208 1.2× 434 2.6× 156 1.0× 62 1.2k
Paola D’Alessandro Italy 18 427 1.1× 372 1.2× 124 0.7× 276 1.7× 316 2.0× 75 827
Sean Stankowski United Kingdom 17 315 0.8× 261 0.8× 138 0.8× 508 3.0× 74 0.5× 38 868

Countries citing papers authored by Helena Wirta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helena Wirta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Wirta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helena Wirta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helena Wirta 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 Helena Wirta. Helena Wirta 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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Abermann, Jakob, Inger Greve Alsos, Elisabeth M. Biersma, et al.. (2025). Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: Major steps towards an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland. Plants People Planet. 2 indexed citations
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Cirtwill, Alyssa R., Tomas Roslin, Svetlana Bondarchuk, et al.. (2025). The Latitudinal Biotic Interaction Hypothesis revisited: contrasting latitudinal richness gradients in actively vs. passively accumulated interaction partners of honey bees. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25(1). 24–24.
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Santangeli, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Balancing grazing and biodiversity: Arthropod responses to modern cattle farming practices. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 395. 109942–109942.
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Schmidt, Niels Martin, Alyssa R. Cirtwill, Mikko Tiusanen, et al.. (2024). Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Tiusanen, Mikko, Antoine Becker‐Scarpitta, & Helena Wirta. (2024). Distinct Communities and Differing Dispersal Routes in Bacteria and Fungi of Honey Bees, Honey, and Flowers. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 100–100. 6 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Niels Martin, Lærke Stewart, René van der Wal, et al.. (2023). Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 16(5). 684–700. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Niels Martin, Helena Wirta, Lærke Stewart, et al.. (2023). Ecological signals of arctic plant-microbe associations are consistent across eDNA and vegetation surveys. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 1 indexed citations
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Wirta, Helena, Mirkka M. Jones, Juan Camilo Chacón-Duque, et al.. (2023). The role of seasonality in shaping the interactions of honeybees with other taxa. Ecology and Evolution. 13(10). e10580–e10580. 3 indexed citations
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Wirta, Helena, et al.. (2023). Trans-generational immune priming against American Foulbrood does not affect the performance of honeybee colonies. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1129701–1129701. 4 indexed citations
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Freitak, Dalial, Eva‐Maria Pferschy‐Wenzig, Antoine Becker‐Scarpitta, et al.. (2023). Honeybees’ foraging choices for nectar and pollen revealed by DNA metabarcoding. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14753–14753. 28 indexed citations
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Cirtwill, Alyssa R., Riikka Kaartinen, Claus Rasmussen, et al.. (2022). Stable pollination service in a generalist high Arctic community despite the warming climate. Ecological Monographs. 93(1). e1551–e1551. 16 indexed citations
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Wirta, Helena, et al.. (2021). DNA traces the origin of honey by identifying plants, bacteria and fungi. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4798–4798. 42 indexed citations
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Somervuo, Panu, Douglas W. Yu, Charles C.Y. Xu, et al.. (2017). Quantifying uncertainty of taxonomic placement in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(4). 398–407. 61 indexed citations
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Hambäck, Peter A., et al.. (2016). Spatial subsidies in spider diets vary with shoreline structure: Complementary evidence from molecular diet analysis and stable isotopes. Ecology and Evolution. 6(23). 8431–8439. 31 indexed citations
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Wirta, Helena, Eero J. Vesterinen, Peter A. Hambäck, et al.. (2015). Exposing the structure of an Arctic food web. Ecology and Evolution. 5(17). 3842–3856. 91 indexed citations
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Várkonyi, Gergely, et al.. (2014). Dissecting the interaction web of Zackenberg: targeting pollinators. 99–101. 2 indexed citations
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Roslin, Tomas, Helena Wirta, Tapani Hopkins, Bess Hardwick, & Gergely Várkonyi. (2013). Indirect Interactions in the High Arctic. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e67367–e67367. 29 indexed citations
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Wirta, Helena, Luisa Orsini, & Ilkka Hanski. (2008). An old adaptive radiation of forest dung beetles in Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(3). 1076–1089. 66 indexed citations
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Wirta, Helena & Olivier Montreuil. (2008). Evolution of the Canthonini Longitarsi (Scarabaeidae) in Madagascar. Zoologica Scripta. 37(6). 651–663. 23 indexed citations
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Hanski, Ilkka, et al.. (2008). Resource shifts in Malagasy dung beetles: contrasting processes revealed by dissimilar spatial genetic patterns. Ecology Letters. 11(11). 1208–1215. 31 indexed citations

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