Juha Aalto

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
84 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Juha Aalto is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Juha Aalto has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Atmospheric Science, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Juha Aalto's work include Climate change and permafrost (41 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers) and Climate variability and models (13 papers). Juha Aalto is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (41 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers) and Climate variability and models (13 papers). Juha Aalto collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and United States. Juha Aalto's co-authors include Miska Luoto, Jan Hjort, Olli Karjalainen, Pentti Pirinen, Peter C. le Roux, Kirsti Jylhä, Bernd Etzelmüller, Sebastian Westermann, Frederick E. Nelson and V. E. Romanovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Juha Aalto

80 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Rainfall erosivity in Europe

2015 500 citations Juha Aalto et al. profile →
Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

2018 394 citations Jan Hjort, Olli Karjalainen et al. profile →
New high-resolution estimates of the permafrost thermal state and hydrothermal conditions over the Northern Hemisphere

2022 135 citations Youhua Ran, Xin Li et al. profile →

Peers

Juha Aalto

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Haipeng Yu China

Xiaodan Guan China

Shouzhang Peng China

Ian W. Makin Sri Lanka

Joel A. Biederman United States

Hao Guo China

Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi India

Tianxiang Luo China

Jan Hjort Finland

Gilvan Sampaio Brazil

Haipeng Yu China

Juha Aalto

1.3k ×0.7

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2.5k ×2.6

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701 ×0.9

ECOLO

470 ×0.9

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491 ×1.3

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Citations per year, relative to Juha Aalto Juha Aalto (= 1×) peers Haipeng Yu

Countries citing papers authored by Juha Aalto

Since Specialization

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Fields of papers citing papers by Juha Aalto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Juha Aalto

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Aalto, Juha, Matti Kämäräinen, Mika Rantanen, et al.. (2026). A new era of bioclimatic extremes in the terrestrial Arctic. Science Advances. 12(2). eadw5698–eadw5698.

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Elo, Merja, Hannu Marttila, Juha Aalto, et al.. (2025). Negative effects of climate warming on red-listed boreal peatland plant species can be mitigated through restoration. Biological Conservation. 306. 111126–111126.

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Svátek, Martin, Matheus Henrique Nunes, Juha Aalto, et al.. (2024). Structural changes caused by selective logging undermine the thermal buffering capacity of tropical forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 348. 109912–109912. 9 indexed citations

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Repo, Anna, et al.. (2024). Contrasting forest management strategies: Impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services under changing climate and disturbance regimes. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123124–123124. 4 indexed citations

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Kemppinen, Julia, Pekka Niittynen, Tuuli Rissanen, et al.. (2023). Soil Moisture Variations From Boreal Forests to the Tundra. Water Resources Research. 59(6). 12 indexed citations

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Kämäräinen, Matti, Juha‐Pekka Tuovinen, Markku Kulmala, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal lagging of predictors improves machine learning estimates of atmosphere–forest CO ₂ exchange. Biogeosciences. 20(4). 897–909. 6 indexed citations

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Peng, Xiaoqing, Tingjun Zhang, Oliver W. Frauenfeld, et al.. (2023). Active Layer Thickness and Permafrost Area Projections for the 21st Century. Earth s Future. 11(8). 28 indexed citations

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Kemppinen, Julia, Pekka Niittynen, Konsta Happonen, et al.. (2022). Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(7). 1381–1398. 9 indexed citations

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Kemppinen, Julia, Pekka Niittynen, Peter C. le Roux, et al.. (2021). Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(4). 458–467. 32 indexed citations

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Rouyet, Line, Olli Karjalainen, Pekka Niittynen, et al.. (2021). Environmental Controls of InSAR‐Based Periglacial Ground Dynamics in a Sub‐Arctic Landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(7). 17 indexed citations

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Aalto, Juha, Pekka Niittynen, Henri Riihimäki, & Miska Luoto. (2021). Cryogenic land surface processes shape vegetation biomass patterns in northern European tundra. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 10 indexed citations

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Aalto, Juha, et al.. (2021). Decadal Changes in Soil and Atmosphere Temperature Differences Linked With Environment Shifts Over Northern Eurasia. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(3). 10 indexed citations

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Ran, Youhua, Xin Li, Guodong Cheng, et al.. (2021). New high-resolution estimates of the permafrost thermal state andhydrothermal conditions over the Northern Hemisphere. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu). 11 indexed citations

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Kemppinen, Julia, Pekka Niittynen, Anna‐Maria Virkkala, et al.. (2021). Dwarf Shrubs Impact Tundra Soils: Drier, Colder, and Less Organic Carbon. Ecosystems. 24(6). 1378–1392. 29 indexed citations

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Aalto, Juha, et al.. (2021). Observed Decrease in Soil and Atmosphere Temperature Coupling in Recent Decades Over Northern Eurasia. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(6). 6 indexed citations

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Aalto, Juha, Pentti Pirinen, Pekka E. Kauppi, et al.. (2021). High-resolution analysis of observed thermal growing season variability over northern Europe. Climate Dynamics. 58(5-6). 1477–1493. 19 indexed citations

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Uusitalo, Ruut, Mika Siljander, C. Lorna Culverwell, et al.. (2021). Predicting Spatial Patterns of Sindbis Virus (SINV) Infection Risk in Finland Using Vector, Host and Environmental Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(13). 7064–7064. 7 indexed citations

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Niittynen, Pekka, Risto K. Heikkinen, Juha Aalto, et al.. (2020). Fine-scale tundra vegetation patterns are strongly related to winter thermal conditions. Nature Climate Change. 10(12). 1143–1148. 64 indexed citations

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Kemppinen, Julia, Pekka Niittynen, Juha Aalto, Peter C. le Roux, & Miska Luoto. (2019). Water as a resource, stress and disturbance shaping tundra vegetation. Oikos. 128(6). 811–822. 31 indexed citations

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Engström, Erik, et al.. (2015). NORDHOM - a Nordic collaboration to homogenize long-term climate data. EGUGA. 1766. 1 indexed citations

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