Jari Niemelä

20.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Jari Niemelä is a scholar working on Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Jari Niemelä has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Insect Science, 60 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Jari Niemelä's work include Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (62 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (55 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (27 papers). Jari Niemelä is often cited by papers focused on Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (62 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (55 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (27 papers). Jari Niemelä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Canada and United Kingdom. Jari Niemelä's co-authors include John R. Spence, Vesa Yli‐Pelkonen, Stephen Venn, D. Johan Kotze, Philip James, Konstantinos Tzoulas, Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Kalevi Korpela, Pekka Punttila and Yrjö Haila and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Jari Niemelä

134 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review

2007 2.0k citations Stephen Venn, Vesa Yli‐Pelkonen et al. profile →
Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators

2003 685 citations Jari Niemelä et al. Biodiversity and Conservation profile →
Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe–A review

2007 538 citations Jari Niemelä, Allan Watt et al. profile →
Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities

2016 438 citations Jari Niemelä et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jari Niemelä Finland	60	6.6k	4.9k	4.9k	4.5k	3.5k	137	14.5k
Heikki Setälä Finland	52	4.4k 0.7×	6.0k 1.2×	6.0k 1.2×	2.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	186	18.1k
Martin Hermy Belgium	71	4.8k 0.7×	10.3k 2.1×	5.2k 1.1×	2.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	410	18.2k
James Aronson France	55	7.6k 1.2×	6.0k 1.2×	5.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	998 0.3×	175	16.8k
Andrew S. Pullin United Kingdom	50	5.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	4.4k 0.9×	845 0.2×	3.3k 1.0×	165	14.0k
Taylor H. Ricketts United States	57	12.6k 1.9×	7.4k 1.5×	8.1k 1.7×	3.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	126	27.6k
James M. Bullock United Kingdom	75	6.9k 1.1×	8.8k 1.8×	7.2k 1.5×	3.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	307	21.6k
Charles Perrings United States	52	6.3k 1.0×	3.5k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.2×	689 0.2×	197	17.0k
Rik Leemans Netherlands	55	10.6k 1.6×	6.2k 1.3×	7.1k 1.4×	849 0.2×	843 0.2×	206	23.4k
Jan Bengtsson Sweden	51	4.5k 0.7×	5.8k 1.2×	4.6k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	454 0.1×	143	13.4k
Ingo Kowarik Germany	54	3.8k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	842 0.2×	3.5k 1.0×	142	9.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jari Niemelä

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Venn, Stephen, et al.. (2022). Microhabitats with emergent plants counterbalance the negative effects of fish presence on diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) diversity in urban ponds. Global Ecology and Conservation. 41. e02361–e02361. 6 indexed citations

Kotiaho, Janne S., Jari Niemelä, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, et al.. (2019). Elonkirjo ehtyy: suosituksia luonnon monimuotoisuuden turvaamiseksi. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 1–16. 1 indexed citations

Koivula, Matti, et al.. (2019). Responses of boreal ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) to different logging regimes ten years post harvest. Forest Ecology and Management. 436. 27–38. 30 indexed citations

Lapintie, Kimmo, Mina Di Marino, & Jari Niemelä. (2018). Urban nature for land use planning: the city of Helsinki. 159. 94–102. 1 indexed citations

Juhola, Sirkku, et al.. (2018). The role of renewable energy policies for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area. Sustainable Cities and Society. 40. 222–232. 95 indexed citations

Paloniemi, Riikka, Jari Niemelä, Niko Soininen, et al.. (2018). Environmental justice for the governance of aquatic environments. Local Environment. 23(3). 366–377. 20 indexed citations

Niemelä, Jari, et al.. (2017). The role of solar energy for carbon neutrality in Helsinki Metropolitan area. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1412152–1412152. 5 indexed citations

Niemelä, Jari, et al.. (2017). Cities’ Greenhouse Gas Accounting Methods: A Study of Helsinki, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Climate. 5(2). 31–31. 30 indexed citations

Niemelä, Jari, et al.. (2016). Initiatives towards Carbon Neutrality in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Climate. 4(3). 36–36. 17 indexed citations

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Vanbergen, Adam J., Ben A. Woodcock, Matti Koivula, et al.. (2010). Trophic level modulates carabid beetle responses to habitat and landscape structure: a pan‐European study. Ecological Entomology. 35(2). 226–235. 45 indexed citations

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Niemelä, Jari. (2004). Book Review: Conservation Biology. Biodiversity and Conservation. 13(11). 2183–2184.

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Li, Yiming, Zhongwei Guo, Qisen Yang, Yushan Wang, & Jari Niemelä. (2003). The implications of poaching for giant panda conservation. Biological Conservation. 111(2). 125–136. 32 indexed citations

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Kotze, D. Johan, Jari Niemelä, & Marko Nieminen. (2000). Colonization success of carabid beetles on Baltic islands. Journal of Biogeography. 27(4). 807–819. 34 indexed citations

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Niemelä, Jari, et al.. (2000). The effects of trampling on assemblages of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in urban forests in Helsinki, Finland. Urban Ecosystems. 4(4). 321–332. 44 indexed citations

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Haila, Y., et al.. (1994). Forestry and the boreal fauna: matching management with natural forest dynamics. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 31(1). 187–202. 127 indexed citations

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Niemelä, Jari. (1993). Mystery of the missing species: species-abundance distribution of boreal ground-beetles. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 30(2). 169–172. 39 indexed citations

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Halme, Eero & Jari Niemelä. (1993). Carabid beetles in fragments of coniferous forest. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 30(1). 17–30. 142 indexed citations

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Niemelä, Jari & Eero Halme. (1992). Habitat associations of carabid beetles in fields and forests on the Åland Islands, SW Finland. Ecography. 15(1). 3–11. 56 indexed citations

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Niemelä, Jari, Yrjö Haila, Eero Halme, et al.. (1988). The distribution of carabid beetles in fragments of old coniferous taiga and adjacent managed forest. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 25(2). 107–119. 118 indexed citations

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Niemelä, Jari, Y. Haila, & Esa Ranta. (1986). Spatial heterogeneity of carabid beetle dispersion in uniform forests on the Åland islands, SW Finland. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 23(3). 289–296. 23 indexed citations

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