Johan Eklöf

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Johan Eklöf is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Eklöf has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Ecology, 47 papers in Oceanography and 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Johan Eklöf's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (42 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (30 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (25 papers). Johan Eklöf is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (42 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (30 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (25 papers). Johan Eklöf collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Netherlands and United States. Johan Eklöf's co-authors include Jens Rydell, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maricela de la Torre‐Castro, Ulf Bergström, Serena Donadi, Tjisse van der Heide, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Gareth Jones, Narriman Jiddawi and Joakim P. Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Johan Eklöf

86 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Global challenges for seagrass conservation

2018 257 citations Richard K. F. Unsworth, Len McKenzie et al. AMBIO profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johan Eklöf Sweden	31	2.1k	1.6k	1.2k	532	360	88	3.1k
Lisa T. Ballance United States	27	2.7k 1.3×	775 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	491 0.9×	376 1.0×	77	3.1k
Kristin Kaschner Germany	30	2.8k 1.3×	814 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	340 0.6×	795 2.2×	57	3.9k
J. Henrich Bruggemann Réunion	29	2.2k 1.0×	921 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	232 0.4×	530 1.5×	61	2.9k
Robert L. Brownell United States	35	3.6k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	933 0.8×	560 1.1×	598 1.7×	168	4.2k
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara Italy	39	4.4k 2.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	591 1.1×	1.2k 3.4×	120	5.7k
Alberto Brito Spain	25	1.8k 0.8×	967 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	143 0.3×	533 1.5×	87	2.5k
Benjamin G. Miner United States	20	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	596 1.1×	519 1.4×	29	3.7k
Britas Klemens Eriksson Netherlands	37	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	358 0.7×	972 2.7×	87	4.0k
Jennifer E. Caselle United States	40	3.3k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	2.7k 2.3×	256 0.5×	1.8k 4.9×	112	4.5k
Andrea Belgrano Sweden	21	1.1k 0.5×	580 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	157 0.3×	559 1.6×	45	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Johan Eklöf

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Eklöf

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Johan Eklöf. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Johan Eklöf 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 Johan Eklöf. Johan Eklöf is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Eklöf, Johan, et al.. (2025). Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Enhances Density and Diversity of Epifaunal Invertebrates Compared to Filamentous Mats in the Central Baltic Sea. Ecology and Evolution. 15(6). e71498–e71498.

Donadi, Serena, Michele Casini, Johan Eklöf, et al.. (2024). Reduced predation and competition from herring may have contributed to the increase of three-spined stickleback in the Baltic Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(2). 3 indexed citations

Vehmaa, Anu, Heli Jutila, Anders Telenius, et al.. (2024). Harmonization of Nordic coastal marsh habitat classification benefits conservation and management. Ocean & Coastal Management. 252. 107104–107104. 3 indexed citations

Hansen, Joakim P., et al.. (2023). Stronger effect of individual species’ traits than shading on aquatic plant community productivity and interspecific competition. Aquatic Botany. 187. 103647–103647. 4 indexed citations

Teichberg, Mirta, Éric Garnier, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, et al.. (2023). A trait-based framework for seagrass ecology: Trends and prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1088643–1088643. 18 indexed citations

Olsson, Jens, et al.. (2022). Increases of opportunistic species in response to ecosystem change: the case of the Baltic Sea three-spined stickleback. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 79(5). 1419–1434. 27 indexed citations

Eriksson, Britas Klemens, Sarah J. Bourlat, Serena Donadi, et al.. (2021). Habitat segregation of plate phenotypes in a rapidly expanding population of three‐spined stickleback. Ecosphere. 12(6). 7 indexed citations

Eklöf, Johan, Ulf Bergström, Joakim P. Hansen, et al.. (2021). Predator biomass and vegetation influence the coastal distribution of threespine stickleback morphotypes. Ecology and Evolution. 11(18). 12485–12496. 3 indexed citations

Eggertsen, Maria, Stina Tano, Johan Eklöf, et al.. (2020). Different environmental variables predict distribution and cover of the introduced red seaweed Eucheuma denticulatum in two geographical locations. Biological Invasions. 23(4). 1049–1067. 4 indexed citations

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Rydell, Jens, et al.. (2018). Cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Bats and vampires in French Romanticism. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

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Unsworth, Richard K. F., Len McKenzie, Catherine Collier, et al.. (2018). Global challenges for seagrass conservation. AMBIO. 48(8). 801–815. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whalen, Matthew A., Katharyn E. Boyer, Mathieu Cusson, et al.. (2017). Meta-Analysis of Reciprocal Linkages between Temperate Seagrasses and Waterfowl with Implications for Conservation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 2119–2119. 24 indexed citations

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Jakubavičiūtė, Eglė, Ulf Bergström, Johan Eklöf, Quiterie Haenel, & Sarah J. Bourlat. (2017). DNA metabarcoding reveals diverse diet of the three-spined stickleback in a coastal ecosystem. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0186929–e0186929. 69 indexed citations

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Hansen, Joakim P., et al.. (2017). Relationships between aquatic vegetation and water turbidity: A field survey across seasons and spatial scales. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0181419–e0181419. 33 indexed citations

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McClanahan, Tim R., et al.. (2017). Community- and government-managed marine protected areas increase fish size, biomass and potential value. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182342–e0182342. 31 indexed citations

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Jiddawi, Narriman, et al.. (2017). Marine protected areas increase temporal stability of community structure, but not density or diversity, of tropical seagrass fish communities. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183999–e0183999. 14 indexed citations

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Eklöf, Johan, Ulf Bergström, Serena Donadi, et al.. (2017). Size matters: relationships between body size and body mass of common coastal, aquatic invertebrates in the Baltic Sea. PeerJ. 5. e2906–e2906. 40 indexed citations

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Eriksson, Britas Klemens, Johan Eklöf, Lars Ljunggren, et al.. (2011). Effects of Altered Offshore Food Webs on Coastal Ecosystems Emphasize the Need for Cross-Ecosystem Management. AMBIO. 40(7). 786–797. 99 indexed citations

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Eklöf, Johan, Tjisse van der Heide, Serena Donadi, et al.. (2011). Habitat-Mediated Facilitation and Counteracting Ecosystem Engineering Interactively Influence Ecosystem Responses to Disturbance. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23229–e23229. 22 indexed citations

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Uller, Tobias, S. Andersson, & Johan Eklöf. (2006). Juvenile Cell-Mediated Immune Response is Negatively Correlated with Subsequent Adult Ornament Size in Quail. Evolutionary Ecology. 20(1). 1–9. 6 indexed citations

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