Kati Orru

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kati Orru is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Kati Orru has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Kati Orru's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (17 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (7 papers). Kati Orru is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (17 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (7 papers). Kati Orru collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Sweden and Norway. Kati Orru's co-authors include Hans Orru, Ajay Bhave, Eduardo Olazabal, Maija Faehnle, Davide Geneletti, Neha Mittal, Efrén Feliú, Oliver Heidrich, Matthias Demuzere and Sten Hansson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Environmental Management, Global Environmental Change and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Kati Orru

47 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure

2014 675 citations Matthias Demuzere, Kati Orru et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kati Orru Estonia	18	632	574	462	434	120	51	1.7k
Olga Wilhelmi United States	31	1.3k 2.1×	1.5k 2.6×	684 1.5×	931 2.1×	143 1.2×	70	3.5k
Angel Hsu United States	27	819 1.3×	930 1.6×	451 1.0×	903 2.1×	163 1.4×	61	2.7k
Matthias Buchecker Switzerland	26	563 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	1.0k 2.2×	117 0.3×	39 0.3×	81	2.2k
Galen Newman United States	26	591 0.9×	952 1.7×	546 1.2×	325 0.7×	78 0.7×	127	2.1k
Irfan Ahmad Rana Pakistan	29	215 0.3×	1.3k 2.3×	1.1k 2.4×	286 0.7×	34 0.3×	88	2.5k
Sacoby Wilson United States	27	738 1.2×	257 0.4×	1.0k 2.2×	163 0.4×	113 0.9×	95	2.2k
Johannes Flacke Netherlands	26	552 0.9×	981 1.7×	540 1.2×	304 0.7×	87 0.7×	97	2.5k
Belinda Yuen Singapore	28	447 0.7×	362 0.6×	512 1.1×	219 0.5×	98 0.8×	84	1.9k
Arjan Wardekker Netherlands	18	227 0.4×	664 1.2×	663 1.4×	104 0.2×	43 0.4×	31	1.5k
Larissa Larsen United States	21	1.8k 2.8×	946 1.6×	339 0.7×	1.4k 3.2×	277 2.3×	44	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kati Orru

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kati Orru

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Torpan, Sten, et al.. (2025). Using a table-top exercise to identify communication-related vulnerability to disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 119. 105264–105264.

Torpan, Sten, Sten Hansson, Kati Orru, et al.. (2024). Mitigating vulnerabilities with social media: A cross‐national study of European disaster managers' practices. Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 15(2). 162–179. 4 indexed citations

Orru, Kati, et al.. (2023). The three A's of social capital in crises: Challenges with the availability, accessibility and activatability of social support. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 92. 103704–103704. 11 indexed citations

Krüger, Marco, et al.. (2023). How do we know vulnerability when we see it? An approach to integrating ethical reflections into empirical disaster research. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 97. 104049–104049. 2 indexed citations

Silm, Siiri, et al.. (2023). Mobile positioning-based population statistics in crisis management: An Estonian case study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 96. 103887–103887. 5 indexed citations

Orru, Kati, et al.. (2023). Socio-economic outcomes of COVID-19 on the marginalised: Who have taken the hardest hit?. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 93. 103723–103723. 5 indexed citations

Torpan, Sten, Sten Hansson, Kati Orru, et al.. (2023). European emergency managers on social media: institutional arrangements and guidelines. International Journal of Emergency Services. 13(1). 5–16. 2 indexed citations

Nævestad, Tor‐Olav, et al.. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on socially marginalised women: Material and mental health outcomes. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 93. 103739–103739. 4 indexed citations

Lang, Katrin, et al.. (2022). Industrial Air Pollution Leads to Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Systematized Review of Different Exposure Metrics and Health Effects in Newborns. Public health reviews. 43. 1604775–1604775. 9 indexed citations

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Nævestad, Tor‐Olav, et al.. (2022). Self-imposed social isolation among clients of social care organisations in the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 82. 103360–103360. 3 indexed citations

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Torpan, Sten, et al.. (2021). Handling false information in emergency management: A cross-national comparative study of European practices. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 57. 102151–102151. 35 indexed citations

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Morsut, Claudia, Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran, Bjørn Ivar Kruke, Kati Orru, & Sten Hansson. (2021). Linking resilience, vulnerability, social capital and risk awareness for crisis and disaster research. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 30(2). 137–147. 28 indexed citations

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Orru, Hans, et al.. (2021). Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Distress Among Ethnic Groups in Kyrgyzstan. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 489092–489092. 4 indexed citations

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Kuran, Christian Henrik Alexander, Claudia Morsut, Bjørn Ivar Kruke, et al.. (2020). Vulnerability and vulnerable groups from an intersectionality perspective. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 50. 101826–101826. 166 indexed citations

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Orru, Kati, et al.. (2018). The role of perceived air pollution and health risk perception in health symptoms and disease: a population-based study combined with modelled levels of PM10. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 91(5). 581–589. 69 indexed citations

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Orru, Kati, et al.. (2015). Well-being and environmental quality: Does pollution affect life satisfaction?. Quality of Life Research. 25(3). 699–705. 98 indexed citations

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Demuzere, Matthias, Maija Faehnle, Kati Orru, et al.. (2014). Evidence on the contribution of green urban infrastructure to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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Demuzere, Matthias, Kati Orru, Oliver Heidrich, et al.. (2014). Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure. Journal of Environmental Management. 146. 107–115. 675 indexed citations breakdown →

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Orru, Kati, et al.. (2014). Recreational ice fishing on the large Lake Peipsi: socioeconomic importance, variability of ice-cover period, and possible implications for fish stocks; pp. 282–298. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Biology Ecology. 63(4). 282–298. 18 indexed citations

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Orru, Hans, Marek Maasikmets, Taavi Lai, et al.. (2010). Health impacts of particulate matter in five major Estonian towns: main sources of exposure and local differences. Air Quality Atmosphere & Health. 4(3-4). 247–258. 69 indexed citations

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