Mikael Ohlson

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Mikael Ohlson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikael Ohlson has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Plant Science, 44 papers in Ecology and 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mikael Ohlson's work include Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (35 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (27 papers). Mikael Ohlson is often cited by papers focused on Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (35 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (27 papers). Mikael Ohlson collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and United States. Mikael Ohlson's co-authors include Olle Zackrisson, Greger Hörnberg, Håvard Kauserud, Yngvar Gauslaa, Marit H. Lie, Line Nybakken, Rune Halvorsen, Rune Halvorsen Økland, Knut Asbjørn Solhaug and Marie L. Davey and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Mikael Ohlson

114 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) shows adaptation of grass pollen composition

2018 337 citations Sabrina Diehn, Boris Zimmermann et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mikael Ohlson Norway	36	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	117	4.8k
Rebecca Montgomery United States	39	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	2.5k 2.0×	695 0.6×	106	5.0k
Mikhail V. Kozlov Finland	39	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	765 0.6×	346 0.3×	253	5.1k
Sarah J. Richardson New Zealand	39	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	720 0.7×	128	6.1k
Marco Conedera Switzerland	47	1.4k 0.8×	653 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	3.6k 2.9×	2.5k 2.3×	256	7.6k
Robert B. Allen New Zealand	45	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	2.8k 1.9×	2.4k 1.9×	621 0.6×	139	7.1k
Michal Hájek Czechia	44	2.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	3.5k 2.4×	346 0.3×	1.6k 1.5×	248	6.2k
John C. Volin United States	28	1.6k 1.0×	747 0.5×	777 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	718 0.7×	67	3.6k
James T. Weedon Netherlands	25	962 0.6×	535 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	566 0.5×	733 0.7×	54	3.3k
T. Matthew Robson Finland	33	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	578 0.5×	89	4.5k
David Ward South Africa	48	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.8×	1.8k 1.5×	324 0.3×	218	6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikael Ohlson

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Asplund, Johan, et al.. (2025). Disentangling drivers of organic layer and charcoal carbon stocks in boreal pine and spruce forests with different fire histories. Forest Ecosystems. 14. 100334–100334. 1 indexed citations

Asplund, Johan, et al.. (2023). Proportion of charcoal carbon in the forest floor carbon pool in relation to fire history in a boreal forest landscape. Ecosphere. 14(11). 1 indexed citations

Ohlson, Mikael, et al.. (2023). Tree biomass does not correlate with soil carbon stocks in forest‐tundra ecotones along a 1100 km latitudinal gradient in Norway. Ecography. 2023(11). 3 indexed citations

Asplund, Johan, et al.. (2023). Similar growth responses to climatic variations in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) at the northern range limit of beech. European Journal of Forest Research. 142(5). 1059–1068. 2 indexed citations

Ohlson, Mikael, et al.. (2022). Phenotypic responses to light, water, and nutrient conditions in the allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica and its parent species A. thaliana and A. arenosa: Does the allopolyploid outrange its parents?. Ecology and Evolution. 12(5). e8915–e8915. 4 indexed citations

Asplund, Johan, et al.. (2022). Spatial variation of surface soil carbon in a boreal forest – the role of historical fires, contemporary vegetation, and hydro-topography. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 37(5-8). 287–294. 5 indexed citations

Ohlson, Mikael, et al.. (2022). Soil carbon stocks in forest-tundra ecotones along a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern Norway. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13358–13358. 11 indexed citations

Diehn, Sabrina, Boris Zimmermann, Valeria Tafintseva, et al.. (2020). Combining Chemical Information From Grass Pollen in Multimodal Characterization. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 1788–1788. 19 indexed citations

Diehn, Sabrina, Boris Zimmermann, Valeria Tafintseva, et al.. (2020). Discrimination of grass pollen of different species by FTIR spectroscopy of individual pollen grains. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 412(24). 6459–6474. 19 indexed citations

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Diehn, Sabrina, Boris Zimmermann, Murat Bağcıoğlu, et al.. (2018). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) shows adaptation of grass pollen composition. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16591–16591. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nybakken, Line, Marit H. Lie, Riitta Julkunen‐Tiitto, Johan Asplund, & Mikael Ohlson. (2018). Fertilization Changes Chemical Defense in Needles of Mature Norway Spruce (Picea abies). Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 770–770. 27 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Boris, et al.. (2017). A high‐throughput FTIR spectroscopy approach to assess adaptive variation in the chemical composition of pollen. Ecology and Evolution. 7(24). 10839–10849. 24 indexed citations

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Olsen, Siri Lie, et al.. (2015). Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone. Oecologia. 179(2). 599–608. 75 indexed citations

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Abrahamsen, Roger K., Katrine Eldegard, Tor Lunnan, et al.. (2014). Dairy cattle on Norwegian alpine rangelands – grazing preferences and milk quality. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 87–90. 2 indexed citations

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Hågvar, Sigmund & Mikael Ohlson. (2013). Ancient carbon from a melting glacier gives high 14C age in living pioneer invertebrates. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2820–2820. 52 indexed citations

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Hoque, Sirajul, et al.. (2010). Phytoplankton Standing Crop and Its Diversity in the Buragauranga River Estuary in Relation to Chemical Environment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Abrahamsen, Roger K., Tor Lunnan, Ann Norderhaug, et al.. (2008). Effects of vegetation and grazing preferences on the quality of alpine dairy products.. 415–417. 1 indexed citations

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Kauserud, Håvard, Merete Lie, Øyvind Stensrud, & Mikael Ohlson. (2005). Molecular characterization of airborne fungal spores in boreal forests of contrasting human disturbance. Mycologia. 97(6). 1215–1224. 28 indexed citations

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Ohlson, Mikael, et al.. (1997). Habitat qualities versus long-term continuity as determinants of biodiversity in boreal old-growth swamp forests. Biological Conservation. 81(3). 221–231. 237 indexed citations

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Högbom, Lars & Mikael Ohlson. (1991). Nitrate assimilation in coexisting vascular plants in mire and swamp forest habitats in Central Sweden. Oecologia. 87(4). 495–499. 27 indexed citations

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