Risto Soukka

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Risto Soukka is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Strategy and Management and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Risto Soukka has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Environmental Engineering, 13 papers in Strategy and Management and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Risto Soukka's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (16 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (12 papers) and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (7 papers). Risto Soukka is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (16 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (12 papers) and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (7 papers). Risto Soukka collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and United Kingdom. Risto Soukka's co-authors include Ville Uusitalo, Sanni Väisänen, Jouni Havukainen, Kaisa Grönman, Mika Horttanainen, Maija Leino, Joonas Pekkarinen, Jani Sillman, Mika Luoranen and Samuli Patala and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Risto Soukka

56 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Climate change performance of hydrogen production based on life cycle assessment

2024 74 citations Jouni Havukainen, Mika Horttanainen et al. Green Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Risto Soukka Finland	21	363	252	226	222	211	63	1.6k
Blanca Corona Netherlands	23	741 2.0×	307 1.2×	177 0.8×	536 2.4×	108 0.5×	41	2.0k
Giovanni Lagioia Italy	20	177 0.5×	154 0.6×	77 0.3×	224 1.0×	228 1.1×	58	1.4k
Shelie A. Miller United States	32	335 0.9×	105 0.4×	315 1.4×	651 2.9×	280 1.3×	67	2.5k
Michela Gallo Italy	22	297 0.8×	93 0.4×	96 0.4×	434 2.0×	165 0.8×	50	1.3k
Stefano Cucurachi Netherlands	22	327 0.9×	85 0.3×	178 0.8×	693 3.1×	77 0.4×	62	2.0k
Jara Laso Spain	27	392 1.1×	135 0.5×	117 0.5×	386 1.7×	611 2.9×	82	2.1k
Ville Uusitalo Finland	20	166 0.5×	97 0.4×	141 0.6×	246 1.1×	51 0.2×	56	1.2k
Juan José Cabello Eras Colombia	24	237 0.7×	163 0.6×	458 2.0×	195 0.9×	43 0.2×	104	2.1k
Jouni Havukainen Finland	27	206 0.6×	121 0.5×	130 0.6×	248 1.1×	80 0.4×	76	2.0k
Miet Van Dael Belgium	25	212 0.6×	100 0.4×	122 0.5×	242 1.1×	49 0.2×	45	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Risto Soukka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Risto Soukka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Risto Soukka. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Risto Soukka. The network helps show where Risto Soukka may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Risto Soukka

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sillman, Jani, et al.. (2025). Feasibility assessment of e-methanol value chains: Temporal and regional renewable energy, costs, and climate impacts. Applied Energy. 391. 125887–125887. 5 indexed citations

Child, Michael, et al.. (2025). Opportunities to improve data quality of scope 3 emissions in the context of carbon neutrality: the case study of LUT University. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 26(9). 207–225.

Sillman, Jani, et al.. (2024). Recommendation on Cybersecurity and Safety in the Hydrogen Economy. LUTPub (LUT University). 1837–1842.

Havukainen, Jouni, et al.. (2024). Climate change performance of hydrogen production based on life cycle assessment. Green Chemistry. 26(2). 992–1006. 74 indexed citations breakdown →

Sillman, Jani, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of greenhouse gas emission reduction potential of a demand–response solution: a carbon handprint case study of a virtual power plant. Clean Energy. 7(4). 755–766. 4 indexed citations

Sillman, Jani, et al.. (2020). Contribution of honeybees towards the net environmental benefits of food. The Science of The Total Environment. 756. 143880–143880. 30 indexed citations

Sillman, Jani, Ville Uusitalo, Vesa Ruuskanen, et al.. (2020). A life cycle environmental sustainability analysis of microbial protein production via power-to-food approaches. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25(11). 2190–2203. 55 indexed citations

Wikström, Fredrik, Karli Verghese, Rafael Auras, et al.. (2018). Packaging Strategies That Save Food: A Research Agenda for 2030. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(3). 532–540. 135 indexed citations

Grönman, Kaisa, et al.. (2018). Updating the Path to a Carbon-Neutral Built Environment—What Should a Single Builder Do. Buildings. 8(8). 112–112. 4 indexed citations

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Grönman, Kaisa, Tiina Pajula, Jani Sillman, et al.. (2018). Carbon handprint – An approach to assess the positive climate impacts of products demonstrated via renewable diesel case. Journal of Cleaner Production. 206. 1059–1072. 39 indexed citations

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Soukka, Risto, et al.. (2017). Effects of Brief Integrated Information Literacy Education Sessions on Undergraduate Engineering Students' Interdisciplinary Research. New Review of Academic Librarianship. 24(1). 48–62. 6 indexed citations

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Uusitalo, Ville, et al.. (2015). Systematic approach for recognizing limiting factors for growth of biomethane use in transportation sector – A case study in Finland. Renewable Energy. 80. 479–488. 16 indexed citations

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Leino, Maija, Ville Uusitalo, Aki Grönman, et al.. (2015). Economics and greenhouse gas balance of distributed electricity production at sawmills using hermetic turbogenerator. Renewable Energy. 88. 102–111. 10 indexed citations

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Uusitalo, Ville, Jouni Havukainen, Kaisa Manninen, et al.. (2013). Carbon footprint of selected biomass to biogas production chains and GHG reduction potential in transportation use. Renewable Energy. 66. 90–98. 52 indexed citations

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Patala, Samuli, Anne Jalkala, & Risto Soukka. (2013). Methods for reducing buyer perceived risk related to the adoption of technological innovations. International Journal of Procurement Management. 7(1). 71–71. 5 indexed citations

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Väisänen, Sanni, et al.. (2013). Recognizing socioeconomic risks and benefits related to biofuel production in developing countries: framework for analysis. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. 1. 487–498. 1 indexed citations

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Uusitalo, Ville, Risto Soukka, Mika Horttanainen, Antti Niskanen, & Jouni Havukainen. (2012). Economics and greenhouse gas balance of biogas use systems in the Finnish transportation sector. Renewable Energy. 51. 132–140. 50 indexed citations

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Grönman, Kaisa, Risto Soukka, Juha‐Matti Katajajuuri, et al.. (2012). Framework for Sustainable Food Packaging Design. Packaging Technology and Science. 26(4). 187–200. 103 indexed citations

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Mattila, Tuomas, et al.. (2011). Uncertainty and Sensitivity in the Carbon Footprint of Shopping Bags. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 15(2). 217–227. 37 indexed citations

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Räsänen, Teemu, et al.. (2007). Neural networks in process life cycle profit modelling. Expert Systems with Applications. 35(3). 604–610. 2 indexed citations

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