Matti Leppäranta

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
201 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Matti Leppäranta is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Matti Leppäranta has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Atmospheric Science, 56 papers in Oceanography and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Matti Leppäranta's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (155 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (110 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (89 papers). Matti Leppäranta is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (155 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (110 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (89 papers). Matti Leppäranta collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and Sweden. Matti Leppäranta's co-authors include Kai Myrberg, Bin Cheng, Terhikki Manninen, Kunio Shirasawa, Zhijun Li, Peng Lü, Georgiy Kirillin, Jari Haapala, W. D. Hibler and Kalevi Salonen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Matti Leppäranta

189 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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. Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea
    2009 610 citations Matti Leppäranta, Kai Myrberg profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matti Leppäranta Finland 38 4.1k 2.0k 1.1k 628 549 201 5.6k
Anders Omstedt Sweden 34 1.8k 0.4× 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 439 0.7× 410 0.7× 114 3.4k
Wade R. McGillis United States 41 1.6k 0.4× 3.2k 1.6× 2.0k 1.9× 618 1.0× 526 1.0× 94 5.2k
Ruoying He United States 41 2.0k 0.5× 3.8k 1.9× 1.8k 1.7× 566 0.9× 1.0k 1.8× 151 5.3k
Rich Pawlowicz Canada 26 1.6k 0.4× 2.8k 1.4× 953 0.9× 210 0.3× 622 1.1× 70 3.9k
Robert Frouin United States 40 2.4k 0.6× 2.7k 1.4× 3.4k 3.1× 171 0.3× 1.2k 2.2× 199 5.8k
Ola M. Johannessen Norway 38 4.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 1.9k 1.7× 649 1.0× 439 0.8× 201 5.5k
Rosalia Santoleri Italy 38 1.6k 0.4× 3.5k 1.8× 2.2k 2.0× 169 0.3× 929 1.7× 145 4.7k
Xianqiang He China 28 772 0.2× 2.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 343 0.5× 876 1.6× 244 3.6k
Delu Pan China 33 777 0.2× 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 345 0.5× 907 1.7× 268 3.9k
Edward Hanna United Kingdom 50 7.5k 1.8× 1.1k 0.6× 3.7k 3.4× 264 0.4× 629 1.1× 158 8.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matti Leppäranta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matti Leppäranta

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All Works

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Leppäranta, Matti. (2025). Lake ice melting, deterioration, and break-up. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 64(1). 18–27.
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Pan, Ting, Fang Yang, Haiqing Liao, et al.. (2024). Distribution characterization of MPs and DOM in ice-covered season in a saline-alkaline Lake in Daihai with an innovative analysis using 2DCOS and structural equation modelling. Journal of Hydrology. 638. 131423–131423. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yixiao, et al.. (2024). Spatial-temporal variation of river ice coverage in the Yenisei river from 2002 to 2021. Journal of Hydrology. 637. 131440–131440. 4 indexed citations
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Leppäranta, Matti. (2023). Ice Phenology and Thickness Modelling for Lake Ice Climatology. Water. 15(16). 2951–2951. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengxiao, Lijuan Wen, Zhaoguo Li, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms and effects of under-ice warming water in Ngoring Lake of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(9). 3635–3648. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingkai, et al.. (2020). Physical Properties of Summer Sea Ice in the Pacific Sector of the Arctic During 2008–2018. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(9). 27 indexed citations
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Svensson, Jonas, J. Ström, Niku Kivekäs, et al.. (2018). Light-absorption of dust and elemental carbon in snow in the Indian Himalayas and the Finnish Arctic. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(3). 1403–1416. 26 indexed citations
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Marbouti, Marjan, Jaan Praks, Oleg Antropov, Eero Rinne, & Matti Leppäranta. (2017). A Study of Landfast Ice with Sentinel-1 Repeat-Pass Interferometry over the Baltic Sea. Remote Sensing. 9(8). 833–833. 27 indexed citations
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Kirillin, Georgiy, et al.. (2014). Standing waves during ice breakup in a polar lake. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhijun, Wenfeng Huang, Qing Jia, & Matti Leppäranta. (2011). Distributions of crystals and gas bubbles in reservoir ice during growth period. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Soomere, Tarmo, Kai Myrberg, Matti Leppäranta, & А. В. Некрасов. (2008). The progress in knowledge of physical oceanography of the Gulf of Finland: a review for 1997-2007. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 61 indexed citations
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Soomere, Tarmo, Kai Myrberg, Matti Leppäranta, & А. В. Некрасов. (2008). The progress in knowledge of physical oceanography of the Gulf of Finland: e review for 1997-2007. Oceanologia. 50(3). 287–362. 63 indexed citations
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Leppäranta, Matti & Kunio Shirasawa. (2007). Influence of oceanic heat flux on the ice thickness in Saroma-ko lagoon. 7–11.
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Leppäranta, Matti, et al.. (1998). Comparisons of Sea-Ice Velocity Fields from ERS-1 SAR and a dynamic model. Journal of Glaciology. 44(147). 248–262. 12 indexed citations
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Leppäranta, Matti, et al.. (1998). Comparisons of Sea-Ice Velocity Fields from ERS-1 SAR and a dynamic model. Journal of Glaciology. 44(147). 248–262. 26 indexed citations
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Leppäranta, Matti, et al.. (1992). BEPERS pilot study: an experiment with X-band synthetic aperture radar over Baltic Sea ice. Journal of Glaciology. 38(128). 23–35. 6 indexed citations
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Leppäranta, Matti, et al.. (1992). BEPERS pilot study: an experiment with X-band synthetic aperture radar over Baltic Sea ice. Journal of Glaciology. 38(128). 23–35. 1 indexed citations

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