Niko Soininen

883 total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 498 citations indexed

About

Niko Soininen is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Niko Soininen has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 498 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Niko Soininen's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (9 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (5 papers). Niko Soininen is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (9 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (5 papers). Niko Soininen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Sweden. Niko Soininen's co-authors include Antti Belinskij, Christopher M. Raymond, Kati Vierikko, Timon McPhearson, Nora Fagerholm, Michiru Nagatsu, Christian Albert, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, Anton Stahl Olafsson and Neil Coles and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Niko Soininen

34 papers receiving 482 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene

2021 163 citations Timon McPhearson, Christopher M. Raymond et al. npj Urban Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niko Soininen Finland	12	212	141	115	57	55	37	498
Iago Otero Spain	9	372 1.8×	110 0.8×	150 1.3×	61 1.1×	26 0.5×	17	642
Gigi Owen United States	11	234 1.1×	87 0.6×	197 1.7×	69 1.2×	45 0.8×	19	550
Amarílis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo Brazil	14	133 0.6×	266 1.9×	84 0.7×	59 1.0×	31 0.6×	59	511
Mario Alejandro Pérez Rincón Colombia	10	165 0.8×	96 0.7×	82 0.7×	48 0.8×	50 0.9×	28	506
United Nations Environment Programme Kenya	5	132 0.6×	126 0.9×	102 0.9×	52 0.9×	27 0.5×	10	509
Abigail Sullivan United States	13	196 0.9×	69 0.5×	83 0.7×	32 0.6×	21 0.4×	28	487
Carl C. Anderson United Kingdom	12	379 1.8×	107 0.8×	128 1.1×	58 1.0×	50 0.9×	24	603
Christopher Schulz United Kingdom	15	199 0.9×	71 0.5×	125 1.1×	135 2.4×	38 0.7×	40	592
Ariane de Bremond United States	14	374 1.8×	89 0.6×	139 1.2×	71 1.2×	22 0.4×	21	666
Catarina Fonseca Portugal	15	252 1.2×	221 1.6×	89 0.8×	206 3.6×	41 0.7×	37	698

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niko Soininen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Soininen, Niko, J. B. Ruhl, Barbara Cosens, & Lance Gunderson. (2025). Governing complexity: A comparative assessment of four governance models with applications to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 57. 101020–101020. 1 indexed citations

Kotamäki, Niina, George B. Arhonditsis, Kari Hyytiäinen, et al.. (2024). Strategies for integrating scientific evidence in water policy and law in the face of uncertainty. The Science of The Total Environment. 931. 172855–172855. 2 indexed citations

Belinskij, Antti, et al.. (2024). Adapting Hydropower to European Union Water Law: Flexible Governance versus Legal Effectiveness in Sweden and Finland. Transnational Environmental Law. 13(1). 160–189. 1 indexed citations

Lukkarinen, Jani, et al.. (2023). Hydropowering sustainability transformation: policy frames on river use and restoration in Finland. Fennia. 201(1). 4 indexed citations

Soininen, Niko, et al.. (2023). The Impact-based Regulatory Strategy in Environmental Law: Hallmark of Effectiveness or Pitfall for Legitimacy?. Journal of Environmental Law. 35(2). 185–206. 5 indexed citations

Hannonen, Olga, et al.. (2023). Browning of boreal lakes: Do public perceptions and governance align with the biological foundations?. Ecological Applications. 33(5). e2856–e2856. 5 indexed citations

Iho, Antti, et al.. (2022). Rivers under pressure: Interdisciplinary feasibility analysis of sustainable hydropower. Environmental Policy and Governance. 33(2). 191–205. 6 indexed citations

Hannonen, Olga, et al.. (2022). Browning of Boreal Lakes: Do Public Perceptions and Governance Meet the Biological Foundations?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

McPhearson, Timon, Christopher M. Raymond, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, et al.. (2021). Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability. 1(1). 163 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soininen, Niko, Christopher M. Raymond, Hanna L. Tuomisto, et al.. (2021). Bridge over troubled water: managing compatibility and conflict among thought collectives in sustainability science. Sustainability Science. 17(1). 27–44. 12 indexed citations

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Grêt‐Regamey, Adrienne, Nora Fagerholm, Silviya Korpilo, et al.. (2021). Harnessing sensing systems towards urban sustainability transformation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 19 indexed citations

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Patterson, James, Niko Soininen, Marcus Collier, & Christopher M. Raymond. (2021). Finding feasible action towards urban transformations. npj Urban Sustainability. 1(1). 24 indexed citations

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Cosens, Barbara, J. B. Ruhl, Niko Soininen, et al.. (2021). Governing complexity: Integrating science, governance, and law to manage accelerating change in the globalized commons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(36). 44 indexed citations

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Soininen, Niko, et al.. (2021). A brake or an accelerator? The role of law in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 41. 71–73. 17 indexed citations

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Thorén, Henrik, Niko Soininen, & Niina Kotamäki. (2021). Scientific models in legal judgements: The relationship between law and environmental science as problem-feeding. Environmental Science & Policy. 124. 478–484. 12 indexed citations

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Ruhl, J. B., Barbara Cosens, & Niko Soininen. (2019). Resilience of Legal Systems – Towards Adaptive Governance. 2 indexed citations

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Paloniemi, Riikka, Jari Niemelä, Niko Soininen, et al.. (2018). Environmental justice for the governance of aquatic environments. Local Environment. 23(3). 366–377. 20 indexed citations

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Belinskij, Antti, Christian Bréthaut, Marko Keskinen, et al.. (2018). Promoting Development in Shared River Basins: Case Studies from International Experience. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 3 indexed citations

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Soininen, Niko. (2015). Marine spatial planning in the European Union. 205–217. 2 indexed citations

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Soininen, Niko. (2012). Ympäristöoikeudellisen intressivertailun systematisointia. Doria (University of Helsinki).

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