Niku Kivekäs

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Niku Kivekäs is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Niku Kivekäs has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atmospheric Science, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Niku Kivekäs's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (27 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (21 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (14 papers). Niku Kivekäs is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (27 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (21 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (14 papers). Niku Kivekäs collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. Niku Kivekäs's co-authors include Heikki Lihavainen, Markku Kulmala, Antti Hyvärinen, Mika Komppula, Gerrit de Leeuw, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, Martin Wild, Thomas Wagner, Mian Chin and Ralph A. Kahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Niku Kivekäs

23 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Global observations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions

2014 362 citations Daniel Rosenfeld, Meinrat O. Andreae et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niku Kivekäs Finland	15	937	794	328	102	55	27	1.0k
Kazuhiko Miura Japan	15	861 0.9×	557 0.7×	387 1.2×	125 1.2×	36 0.7×	56	987
Krzysztof M. Markowicz Poland	21	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	230 0.7×	138 1.4×	20 0.4×	79	1.4k
Daniele Bortoli Portugal	18	791 0.8×	653 0.8×	183 0.6×	184 1.8×	36 0.7×	97	990
C. S. McNaughton United States	21	1.9k 2.0×	1.6k 2.0×	642 2.0×	85 0.8×	80 1.5×	34	1.9k
H. U. Price United States	10	774 0.8×	557 0.7×	312 1.0×	59 0.6×	16 0.3×	10	907
Sho Ohata Japan	20	947 1.0×	690 0.9×	437 1.3×	72 0.7×	26 0.5×	50	1.0k
T. Hamburger Germany	15	575 0.6×	601 0.8×	208 0.6×	55 0.5×	60 1.1×	26	763
Larisa Sogacheva Finland	23	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	596 1.8×	215 2.1×	33 0.6×	64	1.6k
Cyrielle Denjean France	19	663 0.7×	607 0.8×	136 0.4×	82 0.8×	72 1.3×	31	733
Hengchi Lei China	17	774 0.8×	541 0.7×	160 0.5×	131 1.3×	40 0.7×	70	859

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niku Kivekäs

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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

Shen, Xiaojing, Junying Sun, Niku Kivekäs, et al.. (2018). Spatial distribution and occurrence probability of regional new particle formation events in eastern China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(2). 587–599. 26 indexed citations

Hooda, Rakesh K., Niku Kivekäs, Ewan O’Connor, et al.. (2018). Driving Factors of Aerosol Properties Over the Foothills of Central Himalayas Based on 8.5 Years Continuous Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(23). 29 indexed citations

Zhou, Putian, Guy Schurgers, Mikhail Mishurov, et al.. (2017). Modeling the role of highly oxidized multifunctional organic molecules for the growth of new particles over the boreal forest region. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(14). 8887–8901. 21 indexed citations

Kivekäs, Niku, Pontus Roldin, J. Leppä, et al.. (2016). Coupling an aerosol box model with one-dimensional flow: a tool for understanding observations of new particle formation events. Tellus B. 68(1). 29706–29706. 20 indexed citations

Peltoniemi, Jouni, Maria Gritsevich, Teemu Hakala, et al.. (2015). Soot on Snow experiment: bidirectional reflectance factor measurements of contaminated snow. The cryosphere. 9(6). 2323–2337. 47 indexed citations

Kecorius, Simonas, Niku Kivekäs, Adam Kristensson, et al.. (2015). Significant increase of aerosol number concentrations in air masses crossing a densely trafficked sea area. Oceanologia. 58(1). 1–12. 12 indexed citations

Scott, Catherine E., Alexandru Rap, Dominick V. Spracklen, et al.. (2014). The direct and indirect radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(1). 447–470. 146 indexed citations

Kivekäs, Niku, Andreas Maßling, Henrik Grythe, et al.. (2014). Contribution of ship traffic to aerosol particle concentrations downwind of a major shipping lane. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(16). 8255–8267. 29 indexed citations

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Roldin, Pontus, Anton Rusanen, D. Mogensen, et al.. (2014). Biogenic SOA formation through gas-phase oxidation and gas-to-particle partitioning – a comparison between process models of varying complexity. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(21). 11853–11869. 7 indexed citations

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Rosenfeld, Daniel, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ari Asmi, et al.. (2014). Global observations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions. Reviews of Geophysics. 52(4). 750–808. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Väänänen, Riikka, Ella-Maria Kyrö, Tuomo Nieminen, et al.. (2013). Analysis of particle size distribution changes between three measurement sites in northern Scandinavia. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(23). 11887–11903. 13 indexed citations

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Anttila, T., David Brus, A. Jaatinen, et al.. (2012). Relationships between particles, cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet activation during the third Pallas Cloud Experiment. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(23). 11435–11450. 25 indexed citations

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Asmi, Eija, Niku Kivekäs, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, et al.. (2011). Secondary new particle formation in Northern Finland Pallas site between the years 2000 and 2010. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(24). 12959–12972. 81 indexed citations

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Kivekäs, Niku. (2010). Aerosol size distribution and its connection to cloud droplet number concentration. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja.

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Kivekäs, Niku, Junying Sun, Mingjin Zhan, et al.. (2009). Long term particle size distribution measurements at Mount Waliguan, a high-altitude site in inland China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(15). 5461–5474. 73 indexed citations

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Lihavainen, Heikki, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, Mika Komppula, et al.. (2008). Measurements of the relation between aerosol properties and microphysics and chemistry of low level liquid water clouds in Northern Finland. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(23). 6925–6938. 28 indexed citations

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Lihavainen, Heikki, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, Mika Komppula, et al.. (2008). Measurements of the relation between aerosol properties and microphysics and chemistry of low clouds in northern Finland. 2 indexed citations

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Kivekäs, Niku, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, T. Anttila, et al.. (2008). Parameterization of cloud droplet activation using a simplified treatment of the aerosol number size distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D15). 14 indexed citations

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Kivekäs, Niku, Veli‐Matti Kerminen, C. Engler, et al.. (2007). Particle number to volume concentration ratios at two measurement sites in Finland. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(D4). 2 indexed citations

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