Jani Heino

23.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
302 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Jani Heino is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Jani Heino has authored 302 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 253 papers in Ecology, 208 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 80 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Jani Heino's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (186 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (153 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (99 papers). Jani Heino is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (186 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (153 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (99 papers). Jani Heino collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and Brazil. Jani Heino's co-authors include Janne Soininen, Timo Muotka, Luis Maurício Bini, Heikki Mykrä, Janne Alahuhta, Mira Grönroos, Adriano S. Melo, Heikki Toivonen, Kimmo Tolonen and Tadeu Siqueira and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Jani Heino

297 papers receiving 16.0k 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.

Metacommunity organisation, spatial extent and dispersal in aquatic systems: patterns, processes and prospects

2014 760 citations Jani Heino, Luis Maurício Bini et al. Freshwater Biology profile →
Climate change and freshwater biodiversity: detected patterns, future trends and adaptations in northern regions

2008 588 citations Jani Heino, Heikki Toivonen et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →
A meta‐analysis of nestedness and turnover components of beta diversity across organisms and ecosystems

2017 373 citations Jani Heino et al. profile →
The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways

2017 295 citations Jonathan D. Tonkin, Florian Altermatt et al. Freshwater Biology profile →
Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

2020 225 citations Jani Heino, Janne Alahuhta et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ecological uniqueness of fish assemblages and species contributions to beta diversity are affected by river-lake disconnection 2025 ·Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries ·(unknown), Xiaoming Jiang, Liang Cao, (unknown), Kun Zhang, (unknown), Jorge García‐Girón, Janne Alahuhta, Jani Heino	2
2	Geodiversity as a surrogate to inform freshwater fish diversity conservation and management 2025 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·(unknown), Juan Tao, Jani Heino, (unknown), (unknown)	5
3	Navigating the spatial and temporal aspects of beta diversity to facilitate understanding biodiversity change 2024 ·Global Ecology and Conservation ·Jani Heino, Luis Maurício Bini, Jorge García‐Girón, Fernando Miranda Lansac‐Tôha, Marja Lindholm, Robert J. Rolls	5
4	Eutrophication modifies the relationships between multiple facets of macroinvertebrate beta diversity and geographic distance in freshwater lakes 2024 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Xiaoming Jiang, (unknown), Janne Alahuhta, Jani Heino, Zhengfei Li, Zhicai Xie	10
5	How effective are ecological metrics in supporting conservation and management in degraded streams? 2024 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·Kate L. Mathers, Christopher T. Robinson, Matthew J. Hill, (unknown), Jani Heino, Charl Deacon, Christine Weber	1
6	Deciphering land‐use influences on boreal lakes to guide landscape planning 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jani Heino, Maija Toivanen, Janne Alahuhta	11
7	Local environmental and spatial factors are associated with multiple facets of riverine fish β‐diversity across spatial scales and seasons 2023 ·Freshwater Biology ·(unknown), Jani Heino, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yongfeng He, Fei Liu, (unknown)	8
8	Connecting distinct realms along multiple dimensions: A meta-ecosystem resilience perspective 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·David G. Angeler, Jani Heino, J. L. Rubio, J. Jesús Casas	7
9	Spatial and temporal variation in lake macroinvertebrate communities is decreased by eutrophication 2023 ·Environmental Research ·Rui Dong, Kai Peng, (unknown), Jani Heino, Yongjiu Cai, Zhijun Gong	3
10	Responses of macroinvertebrate functional trait structure to river damming: From within-river to basin-scale patterns 2023 ·Environmental Research ·Jun Wang, (unknown), Kai Zhang, Jani Heino, Xiaoming Jiang, Zhenyuan Liu, Juan Tao	11
11	Analysing spatio‐temporal patterns of non‐native fish in a biodiversity hotspot across decades 2023 ·Diversity and Distributions ·(unknown), Chengzhi Ding, Jani Heino, Liuyong Ding, (unknown), Dekui He, Juan Tao	9
12	Scale dependency in fish beta diversity–hydrology linkages in lowland rivers 2023 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Robert J. Rolls, (unknown), Jani Heino, Gavin L. Butler, Jason D. Thiem	4
13	Human land‐uses homogenize stream assemblages and reduce animal biomass production 2023 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Dieison A. Moi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gustavo Q. Romero, Roger Paulo Mormul, Pavel Kratina, Leandro Juen, Thaísa Sala Michelan, Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag, (unknown), Jorge García‐Girón, Jani Heino, Robert M. Hughes, Bruno R. S. Figueiredo, Franco Teixeira de Mello	13
14	Seasonal variation in the metacommunity structure of benthic macroinvertebrates in a large river-connected floodplain lake 2022 ·Ecological Indicators ·Zhengfei Li, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Xingliang Meng, Zhenyuan Liu, Junqian Zhang, Xiao Cheng, Zhicai Xie, Jani Heino	18
15	Temporal beta diversity of lake plants is determined by concomitant changes in environmental factors across decades 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Marja Lindholm, Janne Alahuhta, Jani Heino, Heikki Toivonen	37
16	Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity 2020 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water ·Sonja C. Jähnig, Viktor Baranov, Florian Altermatt, Peter S. Cranston, Martin Friedrichs‐Manthey, Juergen Geist, Fengzhi He, Jani Heino, Daniel Hering, Franz Hölker, Jonas Jourdan, Gregor Kalinkat, Jens Kiesel, Florian Leese, Alain Maasri, Michael T. Monaghan, Ralf B. Schäfer, Klement Tockner, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Sami Domisch	48
17	DISPERSE, a trait database to assess the dispersal potential of European aquatic macroinvertebrates 2020 ·Scientific Data ·Romain Sarremejane, Núria Cid, Rachel Stubbington, Thibault Datry, Maria Alp, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, Adolfo Cordero‐Rivera, Zoltán Csabai, Cayetano Gutiérrez‐Cánovas, Jani Heino, Maxence Forcellini, Andrés Millán, Amael Paillex, Petr Pařil, Marek Polášek, José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, Philippe Usseglio‐Polatera, Carmen Zamora‐Muñoz, Núria Bonada‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬	93
18	Parallels and contrasts between intermittently freezing and drying streams: From individual adaptations to biodiversity variation 2019 ·Freshwater Biology ·(unknown), Félix Picazo, Annika Vilmi, Thibault Datry, Rachel Stubbington, Petr Pařil, Mariana Perez Rocha, Jani Heino	22
19	The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways breakdown → 2017 ·Freshwater Biology ·Jonathan D. Tonkin, Florian Altermatt, Debra S. Finn, Jani Heino, Julian D. Olden, Steffen U. Pauls, David A. Lytle	295
20	Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes 2017 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Robert J. Rolls, Jani Heino, Darren Ryder, Bruce C. Chessman, Ivor Growns, Ross M. Thompson, Keith B. Gido	110

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