Merja Saarinen

105 total papers · 1.1k total citations
54 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

Merja Saarinen is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Merja Saarinen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Environmental Engineering and 13 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Merja Saarinen's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (28 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (17 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (13 papers). Merja Saarinen is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (28 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (17 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (13 papers). Merja Saarinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Merja Saarinen's co-authors include Kirsi Usva, Sirpa Kurppa, Yrjö Virtanen, Ari Nissinen, Johanna Mäkelä, Juha‐Matti Katajajuuri, Ilmo Mäenpää, Mikael Fogelholm, Raija Tahvonen and Jaana Uusi‐Kämppä and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Merja Saarinen

41 papers receiving 700 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Merja Saarinen 430 280 219 89 88 54 749
Sirpa Kurppa 407 0.9× 245 0.9× 205 0.9× 74 0.8× 159 1.8× 87 851
Ximena Schmidt Rivera 276 0.6× 169 0.6× 243 1.1× 122 1.4× 86 1.0× 34 888
Graham A. McAuliffe 529 1.2× 226 0.8× 190 0.9× 69 0.8× 24 0.3× 29 706
Yrjö Virtanen 230 0.5× 306 1.1× 162 0.7× 28 0.3× 47 0.5× 31 710
Clândio Favarini Ruviaro 442 1.0× 252 0.9× 117 0.5× 14 0.2× 81 0.9× 45 859
Katharina Plassmann 406 0.9× 210 0.8× 162 0.7× 24 0.3× 276 3.1× 17 817
Neus Escobar 211 0.5× 229 0.8× 106 0.5× 66 0.7× 35 0.4× 27 789
Belmira Neto 180 0.4× 130 0.5× 82 0.4× 64 0.7× 106 1.2× 33 644
Maria Bonaventura Forleo 158 0.4× 91 0.3× 172 0.8× 25 0.3× 92 1.0× 51 690
Michèle Donati 251 0.6× 61 0.2× 256 1.2× 67 0.8× 295 3.4× 36 802

Countries citing papers authored by Merja Saarinen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merja Saarinen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merja Saarinen

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

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