Maara Packalen

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 725 citations indexed

About

Maara Packalen is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maara Packalen has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 725 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Atmospheric Science and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Maara Packalen's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (16 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). Maara Packalen is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (16 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (13 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). Maara Packalen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Maara Packalen's co-authors include Sarah A. Finkelstein, James W. McLaughlin, David Olefeldt, Julie Loisel, Robert B. Jackson, Matthias Siewert, Carolina Voigt, Claire C. Treat, Miriam C. Jones and Zicheng Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Maara Packalen

18 papers receiving 707 citations

Hit Papers

Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerab... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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. Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw
    2020 405 citations Gustaf Hugelius, Julie Loisel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Maara Packalen
Merten Minke Germany
Vladimir Elsakov Russia
Scott J. Davidson Canada
Roman Desyatkin Russia
Jordan P. Goodrich New Zealand
Mark J. Lara United States
Z. A. Mekonnen United States
Verity Salmon United States
Elizabeth E. Webb United States
Anya M. Hopple United States
Merten Minke Germany
Maara Packalen
Citations per year, relative to Maara Packalen Maara Packalen (= 1×) peers Merten Minke

Countries citing papers authored by Maara Packalen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maara Packalen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Maara Packalen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Maara Packalen. The network helps show where Maara Packalen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maara Packalen

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Bauer, Ilka E., Marissa A. Davies, Kelly Ann Bona, et al.. (2024). Peat profile database from peatlands in Canada. Ecology. 105(10). e4398–e4398. 3 indexed citations
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Davies, Marissa A., James W. McLaughlin, Maara Packalen, & Sarah A. Finkelstein. (2023). Using Holocene paleo-fire records to estimate carbon stock vulnerabilities in Hudson Bay Lowlands peatlands. FACETS. 8. 1–26. 3 indexed citations
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Davies, Marissa A., Jim McLaughlin, Maara Packalen, & Sarah A. Finkelstein. (2022). Holocene carbon storage and testate amoeba community structure in treed peatlands of the western Hudson Bay Lowlands margin, Canada. Journal of Quaternary Science. 38(1). 92–106. 5 indexed citations
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Packalen, Maara, et al.. (2022). Mineral inputs, paleoecological change, and Holocene carbon accumulation at a boreal peatland in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 596. 110996–110996. 4 indexed citations
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Davies, Marissa A., James W. McLaughlin, Maara Packalen, & Sarah A. Finkelstein. (2021). Using Water Table Depths Inferred From Testate Amoebae to Estimate Holocene Methane Emissions From the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(2). 6 indexed citations
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Harris, Lorna I., Karen Richardson, Kelly Ann Bona, et al.. (2021). The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20(4). 222–230. 58 indexed citations
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Hugelius, Gustaf, Julie Loisel, Sarah Chadburn, et al.. (2020). Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(34). 20438–20446. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hargan, Kathryn E., Sarah A. Finkelstein, Kathleen M. Rühland, et al.. (2020). Post-glacial lake development and paleoclimate in the central Hudson Bay Lowlands inferred from sediment records. Journal of Paleolimnology. 64(1). 25–46. 12 indexed citations
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Packalen, Maara, Sarah A. Finkelstein, & James W. McLaughlin. (2016). Climate and peat type in relation to spatial variation of the peatland carbon mass in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 121(4). 1104–1117. 22 indexed citations
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Packalen, Maara, Sarah A. Finkelstein, & James W. McLaughlin. (2014). Carbon storage and potential methane production in the Hudson Bay Lowlands since mid-Holocene peat initiation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4078–4078. 78 indexed citations
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Packalen, Maara & Sarah A. Finkelstein. (2014). Quantifying Holocene variability in carbon uptake and release since peat initiation in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada. The Holocene. 24(9). 1063–1074. 23 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Jim, et al.. (2012). Methane and methanogen community dynamics across a boreal peatland nutrient gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 48. 96–105. 56 indexed citations
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Webster, Kara L., et al.. (2012). Modelling carbon dynamics and response to environmental change along a boreal fen nutrient gradient. Ecological Modelling. 248. 148–164. 30 indexed citations
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Noland, Thomas L., et al.. (2011). Establishing a sustainable harvest for canada yew (Taxus canadensis marsh.) in Ontario. The Forestry Chronicle. 87(4). 529–536. 2 indexed citations
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Packalen, Maara, Susan T. Bagley, & James W. McLaughlin. (2011). Peatland Stream Lipid Biogeochemistry Features in an Intermediate Fen Peatland, Ontario Canada. Wetlands. 31(2). 353–365. 1 indexed citations

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