Päivi Merilä

3.7k total citations
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Päivi Merilä is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Päivi Merilä has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Päivi Merilä's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers). Päivi Merilä is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (14 papers). Päivi Merilä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. Päivi Merilä's co-authors include Hannu Fritze, Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari, Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila, Antti‐Jussi Lindroos, Maija Salemaa, Pekka Nöjd, Pasi Rautio, Ivika Ostonen, Rauni Strömmer and John Derome and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Päivi Merilä

45 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Päivi Merilä Finland 22 779 629 521 510 458 47 1.7k
Manuel Nicolas France 26 530 0.7× 582 0.9× 550 1.1× 593 1.2× 537 1.2× 58 1.8k
Ryunosuke Tateno Japan 27 692 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 649 1.2× 528 1.0× 396 0.9× 82 2.1k
Xiangyin Ni China 26 781 1.0× 1.2k 2.0× 379 0.7× 393 0.8× 566 1.2× 127 2.1k
Niles J. Hasselquist Sweden 22 635 0.8× 763 1.2× 602 1.2× 476 0.9× 772 1.7× 46 1.9k
Erika F. Latty United States 9 530 0.7× 426 0.7× 355 0.7× 562 1.1× 543 1.2× 11 1.5k
Urszula Norton United States 17 868 1.1× 967 1.5× 362 0.7× 411 0.8× 759 1.7× 46 2.1k
Brian D. Strahm United States 24 735 0.9× 945 1.5× 333 0.6× 378 0.7× 597 1.3× 82 1.9k
Alan F. Talhelm United States 17 677 0.9× 771 1.2× 524 1.0× 380 0.7× 689 1.5× 28 1.7k
Pifeng Lei China 30 504 0.6× 821 1.3× 496 1.0× 1.0k 2.0× 738 1.6× 73 2.1k
Kurt A. Smemo United States 23 601 0.8× 474 0.8× 647 1.2× 287 0.6× 314 0.7× 36 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Päivi Merilä

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Fields of papers citing papers by Päivi Merilä

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Päivi Merilä

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martz, Françoise, et al.. (2025). Fruit quality of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) in boreal forests: Effects of forest stand, understorey, and soil characteristics. Forest Ecology and Management. 596. 123077–123077.
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Menichetti, Lorenzo, Aleksi Lehtonen, Antti‐Jussi Lindroos, et al.. (2025). Soil Carbon Dynamics During Stand Rotation in Boreal Forests. European Journal of Soil Science. 76(4). 1 indexed citations
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Sangiorgio, Daniela, Joan Cáliz, Stefania Mattana, et al.. (2024). Host species and temperature drive beech and Scots pine phyllosphere microbiota across European forests. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 5 indexed citations
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Merilä, Päivi, Antti‐Jussi Lindroos, Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari, et al.. (2023). Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient. Ecosystems. 27(1). 151–167. 10 indexed citations
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Santangeli, Andrea, Benjamin Weigel, Laura H. Antão, et al.. (2023). Mixed effects of a national protected area network on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5426–5426. 23 indexed citations
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Juottonen, Heli, Hannu Fritze, Leena Hamberg, et al.. (2021). Integrating Decomposers, Methane-Cycling Microbes and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes Along a Peatland Successional Gradient in a Land Uplift Region. Ecosystems. 25(6). 1249–1264. 8 indexed citations
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Leppälammi‐Kujansuu, Jaana, Maija Salemaa, Pauliina Schiestl‐Aalto, et al.. (2021). Distinct patterns of below- and aboveground growth phenology and litter carbon inputs along a boreal site type gradient. Forest Ecology and Management. 489. 119081–119081. 18 indexed citations
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Salemaa, Maija, Antti‐Jussi Lindroos, Päivi Merilä, Raisa Mäkipää, & Aino Smolander. (2018). N2 fixation associated with the bryophyte layer is suppressed by low levels of nitrogen deposition in boreal forests. The Science of The Total Environment. 653. 995–1004. 32 indexed citations
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Ukonmaanaho, Liisa, Michael Starr, M. Kantola, et al.. (2016). Impacts of forest harvesting on mobilization of Hg and MeHg in drained peatland forests on black schist or felsic bedrock. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188(4). 228–228. 21 indexed citations
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Tonteri, Tiina, et al.. (2016). Forest management regulates temporal change in the cover of boreal plant species. Forest Ecology and Management. 381. 115–124. 68 indexed citations
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Juottonen, Heli, et al.. (2015). Microform-related community patterns of methane-cycling microbes in borealSphagnumbogs are site specific. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 91(9). fiv094–fiv094. 22 indexed citations
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Tuittila, Eeva‐Stiina, Sari Juutinen, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2012). Wetland chronosequence as a model of peatland development: Vegetation succession, peat and carbon accumulation. The Holocene. 23(1). 25–35. 70 indexed citations
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Juutinen, Sari, Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2011). Wetland chronosequence as a model of peatland development: Vegetation succession, peat and carbon accumulation. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Ostonen, Ivika, Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari, Werner Borken, et al.. (2011). Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient. Global Change Biology. 17(12). 3620–3632. 173 indexed citations
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Helmisaari, Heljä‐Sisko, Ivika Ostonen, Krista Lõhmus, et al.. (2009). Ectomycorrhizal root tips in relation to site and stand characteristics in Norway spruce and Scots pine stands in boreal forests. Tree Physiology. 29(3). 445–456. 77 indexed citations
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Merilä, Päivi, Pierre E. Galand, Hannu Fritze, et al.. (2006). Methanogen communities along a primary succession transect of mire ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 55(2). 221–229. 46 indexed citations
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Merilä, Päivi, Aino Smolander, & Rauni Strömmer. (2002). Soil nitrogen transformations along a primary succession transect on the land-uplift coast in western Finland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34(3). 373–385. 44 indexed citations
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Merilä, Päivi, Rauni Strömmer, & Hannu Fritze. (2002). Soil microbial activity and community structure along a primary succession transect on the land-uplift coast in western Finland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34(11). 1647–1654. 60 indexed citations
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Raitio, Hannu, et al.. (2000). Forest condition monitoring under the UN/ECE and EC programmes in Finland.. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 18 indexed citations

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