Lauri Kaila

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Lauri Kaila is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lauri Kaila has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Genetics, 74 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 41 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Lauri Kaila's work include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (75 papers), Plant and animal studies (57 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers). Lauri Kaila is often cited by papers focused on Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (75 papers), Plant and animal studies (57 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers). Lauri Kaila collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Lauri Kaila's co-authors include Marko Mutanen, Petri Martikainen, Niklas Wahlberg, Pekka Punttila, Jaakko Kullberg, Constantí Stefanescu, Toomas Tammaru, Camille Parmesan, Jeremy A. Thomas and Jane K. Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lauri Kaila

93 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly speci... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming
    1999 1.7k citations Lauri Kaila et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lauri Kaila Finland 32 2.8k 2.2k 1.6k 1.5k 1.3k 98 4.9k
Toomas Tammaru Estonia 37 3.4k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.9k 1.5× 131 5.8k
Klaus Fischer Germany 41 3.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 712 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 2.0k 1.5× 196 5.2k
Jeremy D. Holloway United Kingdom 32 2.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 852 0.6× 952 0.7× 94 4.6k
David C. Lees United Kingdom 27 2.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 611 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 79 5.0k
Lyn G. Cook Australia 32 3.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 923 0.7× 102 5.8k
Chris C. Nice United States 33 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 656 0.4× 975 0.6× 882 0.7× 93 4.0k
T. R. New Australia 33 2.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 244 4.9k
Ignacio Ribera Spain 40 3.3k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 794 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 2.4k 1.8× 195 5.8k
Robert I. Colautti Canada 25 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 869 0.5× 938 0.6× 2.5k 1.9× 43 5.8k
Owen T. Lewis United Kingdom 42 3.9k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 2.2k 1.7× 139 6.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lauri Kaila

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All Works

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Kaila, Lauri, et al.. (2026). Elachista dimorphella sp. nov., the first known sexually dimorphic species of Aphelosetia, a subgenus of Elachista (Elachistidae, Elachistinae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 49. 1–15.
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Gauthier, Jérémy, Samuel Neuenschwander, Lauri Kaila, et al.. (2020). Museomics identifies genetic erosion in two butterfly species across the 20th century in Finland. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(5). 1191–1205. 38 indexed citations
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Huemer, Peter, et al.. (2020). Pyralis cardinalis, a charismatic new species related to P. regalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, first recognized in Finland (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 43. 337–364. 4 indexed citations
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Mutanen, Marko, et al.. (2020). Monopis jussii, a new species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) inhabiting nests of the Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus). ZooKeys. 992. 157–181. 4 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri. (2019). An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Zootaxa. 4632(1). zootaxa.4632.1.1–zootaxa.4632.1.1. 13 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri & Kari Nupponen. (2017). On species related to Elachista deceptricula Staudinger, 1880 with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 45(179). 415–428. 1 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri. (2015). New Palearctic species of the Elachista bifasciella group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 43(171). 385–423. 3 indexed citations
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Kekkonen, Mari, Marko Mutanen, Lauri Kaila, Marko Nieminen, & Paul D. N. Hebert. (2015). Delineating Species with DNA Barcodes: A Case of Taxon Dependent Method Performance in Moths. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122481–e0122481. 103 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Pasi, et al.. (2011). Comprehensive Molecular Sampling Yields a Robust Phylogeny for Geometrid Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20356–e20356. 87 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri, et al.. (2004). Leucoptera Lathyrifoliella (Stainton, 1866) and L-Orobi (Stainton, 1870): Two Distinct Species (Lyonetiidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri. (2004). Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an exemplar approach. Cladistics. 20(4). 303–340. 83 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri, et al.. (2003). Contribution to the fauna of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southern Ural Mountains. Entomologica Fennica. 14(2). 6 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri, Petri Martikainen, & Pekka Punttila. (1997). Dead trees left in clear-cuts benefit saproxylic Coleoptera adapted to natural disturbances in boreal forest. Biodiversity and Conservation. 6(1). 1–18. 193 indexed citations
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Kaila, Lauri. (1995). A revision of the North American Perittia leOnceroptilarc with first Nearctic records of the genus Mendesia lElachistidaer. Journal of The Lepidopterists Society. 49. 208–222. 4 indexed citations
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Lindström, Jan, Lauri Kaila, & Pekka Niemelä. (1994). Polyphagy and adult body size in geometrid moths. Oecologia. 98(2). 130–132. 43 indexed citations

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