Outi Setälä

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Outi Setälä is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Outi Setälä has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pollution, 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Outi Setälä's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (18 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (13 papers). Outi Setälä is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (18 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (13 papers). Outi Setälä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. Outi Setälä's co-authors include Maiju Lehtiniemi, Arto Koistinen, Julia Talvitie, Anna Mikola, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, Mari Heinonen, Pinja Näkki, Joanna Norkko, Samuel Hartikainen and Kai Kivi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Outi Setälä

43 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

2013 1.3k citations Outi Setälä, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies

2017 1.1k citations Julia Talvitie, Anna Mikola et al. Water Research profile →
How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant

2016 588 citations Julia Talvitie, Anna Mikola et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Outi Setälä Finland	23	4.7k	3.6k	1.0k	649	531	44	5.3k
Elaine S. Fileman United Kingdom	20	4.7k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	381 0.6×	890 1.7×	37	5.5k
Paula Sobral Portugal	37	6.2k 1.3×	4.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	344 0.5×	807 1.5×	68	7.0k
Alexandra ter Halle France	31	4.8k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	697 1.1×	385 0.7×	71	5.4k
E.M. Foekema Netherlands	22	4.1k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	821 0.8×	277 0.4×	675 1.3×	58	4.6k
Henry S. Carson United States	12	4.0k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	910 0.9×	235 0.4×	683 1.3×	18	4.7k
Xiong Xiong China	33	4.4k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	377 0.6×	280 0.5×	77	5.3k
A.W.G. John United Kingdom	17	5.3k 1.1×	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	521 0.8×	537 1.0×	25	6.9k
Timothy J. Hoellein United States	32	3.8k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	794 0.8×	257 0.4×	276 0.5×	70	5.2k
France Collard France	26	3.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	627 0.6×	265 0.4×	399 0.8×	57	4.4k
Ceri Lewis United Kingdom	35	5.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	413 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	76	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Outi Setälä

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Fields of papers citing papers by Outi Setälä

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Outi Setälä

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Setälä, Outi, et al.. (2025). Microbial plankton uptake enhances the degradation of a biodegradable microplastic. Environmental Pollution. 374. 126252–126252. 1 indexed citations

Setälä, Outi, et al.. (2024). Grazing and food selection of the calanoid copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa feeding on plankton assemblages containing Dinophysis spp.. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 2 indexed citations

Setälä, Outi, et al.. (2023). Trophic transfer increases the exposure to microplastics in littoral predators. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 196. 115553–115553. 16 indexed citations

Setälä, Outi, et al.. (2022). Testing citizen science as a tool for monitoring surface water microplastics. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 194(12). 851–851. 10 indexed citations

Uurasjärvi, Emilia, et al.. (2021). Validation of an imaging FTIR spectroscopic method for analyzing microplastics ingestion by Finnish lake fish (Perca fluviatilis and Coregonus albula). Environmental Pollution. 288. 117780–117780. 41 indexed citations

Lehtiniemi, Maiju, et al.. (2021). Microplastic ingestion by small coastal fish in the northern Baltic Sea, Finland. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 172. 112814–112814. 27 indexed citations

Lehtiniemi, Maiju, Samuel Hartikainen, Raisa Turja, et al.. (2021). Exposure to leachates from post-consumer plastic and recycled rubber causes stress responses and mortality in a copepod Limnocalanus macrurus. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173(Pt B). 113103–113103. 27 indexed citations

Uurasjärvi, Emilia, et al.. (2020). Microplastics accumulate to thin layers in the stratified Baltic Sea. Environmental Pollution. 268(Pt A). 115700–115700. 94 indexed citations

Näkki, Pinja, Eeva Eronen‐Rasimus, Hermanni Kaartokallio, et al.. (2020). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sorption and bacterial community composition of biodegradable and conventional plastics incubated in coastal sediments. The Science of The Total Environment. 755(Pt 2). 143088–143088. 21 indexed citations

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Näkki, Pinja, Outi Setälä, & Maiju Lehtiniemi. (2019). Seafloor sediments as microplastic sinks in the northern Baltic Sea – Negligible upward transport of buried microplastics by bioturbation. Environmental Pollution. 249. 74–81. 86 indexed citations

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Setälä, Outi, Maria Granberg, Martin Hassellöv, et al.. (2019). Monitoring of microplastics in the marine environment. Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Talvitie, Julia, et al.. (2018). Application of an enzyme digestion method reveals microlitter in Mytilus trossulus at a wastewater discharge area. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 130. 206–214. 62 indexed citations

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Näkki, Pinja, Outi Setälä, & Maiju Lehtiniemi. (2017). Bioturbation transports secondary microplastics to deeper layers in soft marine sediments of the northern Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 119(1). 255–261. 112 indexed citations

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Talvitie, Julia, Anna Mikola, Arto Koistinen, & Outi Setälä. (2017). Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Water Research. 123. 401–407. 1097 indexed citations breakdown →

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Setälä, Outi, et al.. (2017). Effective and easy to use extraction method shows low numbers of microplastics in offshore planktivorous fish from the northern Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 127. 586–592. 54 indexed citations

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Setälä, Outi, Kerstin Magnusson, Maiju Lehtiniemi, & Fredrik Norén. (2016). Distribution and abundance of surface water microlitter in the Baltic Sea: A comparison of two sampling methods. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 110(1). 177–183. 144 indexed citations

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Talvitie, Julia, Anna Mikola, Outi Setälä, Mari Heinonen, & Arto Koistinen. (2016). How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant. Water Research. 109. 164–172. 588 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Matthew D., David Beaudoin, Aitor Laza‐Martínez, et al.. (2016). The Genetic Diversity of Mesodinium and Associated Cryptophytes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 2017–2017. 50 indexed citations

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Setälä, Outi, Joanna Norkko, & Maiju Lehtiniemi. (2015). Feeding type affects microplastic ingestion in a coastal invertebrate community. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 102(1). 95–101. 325 indexed citations

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Setälä, Outi, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, & Maiju Lehtiniemi. (2013). Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web. Environmental Pollution. 185. 77–83. 1275 indexed citations breakdown →

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