Juris Aigars

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Juris Aigars is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Juris Aigars has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Oceanography, 15 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Juris Aigars's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers). Juris Aigars is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers). Juris Aigars collaborates with scholars based in Latvia, Sweden and Denmark. Juris Aigars's co-authors include Christoph Humborg, Daniel J. Conley, Rolf Carman, Carl‐Magnus Mörth, Marianna Pastuszak, Jacob Carstensen, V. Ittekkot, Natalija Suhareva, Philip Axe and Erik Bonsdorff and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Juris Aigars

41 papers receiving 995 citations

Hit Papers

Hypoxia Is Increasing in the Coastal Zone of the Baltic Sea 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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.

  1. Hypoxia Is Increasing in the Coastal Zone of the Baltic Sea
    2011 367 citations Jacob Carstensen, Juris Aigars et al. profile →

Peers

Juris Aigars
Elisabete de Santis Braga Brazil
Chuansong Zhang China
Yujue Wang China
Lexia M. Valdes United States
Eero Asmala Finland
Qibin Lao China
Manuela Falcão Portugal
Jakob Walve Sweden
Jouni Lehtoranta Finland
Zhiliang Shen China
Elisabete de Santis Braga Brazil
Juris Aigars
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Countries citing papers authored by Juris Aigars

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Fields of papers citing papers by Juris Aigars

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Juris Aigars

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Juris Aigars. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Juris Aigars 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 Juris Aigars. Juris Aigars 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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Aigars, Juris, et al.. (2025). Exponential distribution of wave-driven near-bed water speeds under short-crested waves: a case study in the eastern Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. 74(1). 23–42. 1 indexed citations
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Jurgensone, Iveta, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen fixation rate and phosphorus enrichment effects on diazotrophic cyanobacteria in the Gulf of Riga. Marine Biology. 171(9). 2 indexed citations
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Jurgensone, Iveta, et al.. (2022). Seasonal dynamic of diazotrophic activity and environmental variables affecting it in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98(12). 1 indexed citations
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Suhareva, Natalija, et al.. (2021). The influence of feeding ecology and location on total mercury concentrations in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis). Environmental Sciences Europe. 33(1). 6 indexed citations
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Jurgensone, Iveta, et al.. (2021). Environmental Impacts on Zooplankton Functional Diversity in Brackish Semi-Enclosed Gulf. Water. 13(14). 1881–1881. 4 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris, et al.. (2021). Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in the surface waters of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 172. 112860–112860. 44 indexed citations
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Suhareva, Natalija, et al.. (2021). Hide-and-seek: Threshold values and contribution towards better understanding of recovery rate in microplastic research. MethodsX. 9. 101603–101603. 26 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris, et al.. (2021). Assessing change in habitat composition, ecosystem functioning and service supply in Latvian protected stony reefs. Journal of Environmental Management. 298. 113537–113537. 10 indexed citations
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Puriņa, Ingrīda, Juris Aigars, Solvita Strāķe, et al.. (2020). Establishing the links between marine ecosystem components, functions and services: An ecosystem service assessment tool. Ocean & Coastal Management. 193. 105229–105229. 45 indexed citations
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Francesca, Somma, Juris Aigars, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, et al.. (2019). Eutrophication in marine waters: harmonization of MSFD methodological standards at EU level. Joint Research Centre (European Commission). 2 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris, et al.. (2017). Understanding the distribution of economic benefits from improving coastal and marine ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 584-585. 29–40. 35 indexed citations
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Müller‐Karulis, Bärbel, et al.. (2014). Nutrient Turnover at the Hypoxic Boundary: Flux Measurements and Model Representation for the Bottom Water Environment of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. publication.editionName. 711–735. 3 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris, et al.. (2014). Impact of eutrophication and climate change on Cd and other trace metal dynamic in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Section B Natural Exact and Applied Sciences. 68(1-2). 112–117. 1 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris, et al.. (2007). Ecological quality boundary-setting procedures: the Gulf of Riga case study. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 138(1-3). 313–326. 6 indexed citations
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Carstensen, Jacob, et al.. (2005). Distribution patterns of particulate trace metals in the water column and nepheloid layer of the Gulf of Riga. Chemosphere. 60(2). 216–225. 18 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris. (2001). Seasonal variations in phosphorus species in the surface sediments of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Chemosphere. 45(6-7). 827–834. 18 indexed citations
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Aigars, Juris & Rolf Carman. (2001). Seasonal and spatial variations of carbon and nitrogen distribution in the surface sediments of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Chemosphere. 43(3). 313–320. 18 indexed citations

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