Sirpa Lehtinen

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sirpa Lehtinen is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sirpa Lehtinen has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Oceanography, 17 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sirpa Lehtinen's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (27 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers). Sirpa Lehtinen is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (27 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers). Sirpa Lehtinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Estonia and Denmark. Sirpa Lehtinen's co-authors include Sanna Suikkanen, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Timo Tamminen, Jonna Engström‐Öst, Silvia Pulina, Andreas Brutemark, T. Tamminen, Pauliina Uronen, Cathérine Legrand and Tom Andersen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Limnology and Oceanography and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Sirpa Lehtinen

29 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of Northern Europe
    2021 208 citations Bengt Karlson, Per Andersen et al. Harmful Algae profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sirpa Lehtinen Finland 16 739 453 418 215 98 31 1.0k
Susan Badylak United States 19 973 1.3× 507 1.1× 702 1.7× 184 0.9× 75 0.8× 30 1.3k
Andres Jaanus Estonia 12 683 0.9× 488 1.1× 227 0.5× 277 1.3× 89 0.9× 21 1.0k
Maija Huttunen Finland 9 845 1.1× 417 0.9× 451 1.1× 152 0.7× 72 0.7× 10 1.1k
J.E. Rensel United States 8 597 0.8× 317 0.7× 484 1.2× 150 0.7× 93 0.9× 9 926
Nicola Sechi Italy 22 882 1.2× 591 1.3× 622 1.5× 251 1.2× 133 1.4× 78 1.4k
Richard Lacouture United States 13 672 0.9× 286 0.6× 391 0.9× 176 0.8× 34 0.3× 15 884
Grozdan Kušpilić Croatia 23 842 1.1× 582 1.3× 240 0.6× 394 1.8× 122 1.2× 66 1.2k
Patricija Mozetič Slovenia 23 1.1k 1.5× 760 1.7× 337 0.8× 468 2.2× 173 1.8× 51 1.6k
Kuninao Tada Japan 20 791 1.1× 549 1.2× 231 0.6× 204 0.9× 83 0.8× 82 1.1k
Luke Twomey Australia 10 445 0.6× 342 0.8× 189 0.5× 181 0.8× 50 0.5× 15 697

Countries citing papers authored by Sirpa Lehtinen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sirpa Lehtinen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sirpa Lehtinen. 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 Sirpa Lehtinen. The network helps show where Sirpa Lehtinen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sirpa Lehtinen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sirpa Lehtinen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sirpa Lehtinen 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 Sirpa Lehtinen. Sirpa Lehtinen 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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Jakobsen, Hans, Iveta Jurgensone, Bengt Karlson, et al.. (2023). DNA metabarcoding - Guidelines to monitor phytoplankton diversity and distribution in marine and brackish waters. TemaNord. 4 indexed citations
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Lehtinen, Sirpa, et al.. (2021). Phytoplankton Morpho-Functional Trait Variability along Coastal Environmental Gradients. Microorganisms. 9(12). 2477–2477. 2 indexed citations
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Haraguchi, Lumi, et al.. (2021). The Evolution of Cyanobacteria Bloom Observation in the Baltic Sea. Oceanography. 30–31.
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Lehtiniemi, Maiju, Elaine S. Fileman, Harri Kuosa, et al.. (2021). Optimising sampling frequency for monitoring heterotrophic protists in a marine ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 79(3). 925–936. 4 indexed citations
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Karlson, Bengt, Per Andersen, Lars Arneborg, et al.. (2021). Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of Northern Europe. Harmful Algae. 102. 101989–101989. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suikkanen, Sanna, Laura Uusitalo, Sirpa Lehtinen, et al.. (2021). Diazotrophic cyanobacteria in planktonic food webs. Food Webs. 28. e00202–e00202. 15 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Jennifer, Sirpa Lehtinen, Sanna Suikkanen, & Monika Winder. (2020). Limited evidence for common interannual trends in Baltic Sea summer phytoplankton biomass. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231690–e0231690. 13 indexed citations
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Engström‐Öst, Jonna, et al.. (2019). Environmental variables driving species and genus level changes in annual plankton biomass. Journal of Plankton Research. 41(6). 925–938. 6 indexed citations
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Lehtinen, Sirpa, et al.. (2018). Spatio-temporal population dynamics of six phytoplankton taxa. Hydrobiologia. 828(1). 301–314. 3 indexed citations
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Wasmund, Norbert, Jeanette Göbel, Andres Jaanus, et al.. (2017). The Diatom/Dinoflagellate Index as an Indicator of Ecosystem Changes in the Baltic Sea 1. Principle and Handling Instruction. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 64 indexed citations
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Kuosa, Harri, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, Sirpa Lehtinen, et al.. (2016). A retrospective view of the development of the Gulf of Bothnia ecosystem. Journal of Marine Systems. 167. 78–92. 41 indexed citations
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Klais, Riina, Veera Norros, Sirpa Lehtinen, Timo Tamminen, & Kalle Olli. (2016). Community assembly and drivers of phytoplankton functional structure. Functional Ecology. 31(3). 760–767. 57 indexed citations
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Zingone, Adriana, Paul J. Harrison, Alexandra Kraberg, et al.. (2015). Increasing the quality, comparability and accessibility of phytoplankton species composition time-series data. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 162. 151–160. 35 indexed citations
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Vuorio, Kristiina, Katarina Björklöf, Harri Kuosa, et al.. (2015). SYKE Proficiency Test 10/2014 Phytoplankton. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja.
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Olli, Kalle, Robert Ptáčník, Tom Andersen, et al.. (2014). Against the tide: Recent diversity increase enhances resource use in a coastal ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography. 59(1). 267–274. 21 indexed citations
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Suikkanen, Sanna, Silvia Pulina, Jonna Engström‐Öst, et al.. (2013). Climate Change and Eutrophication Induced Shifts in Northern Summer Plankton Communities. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66475–e66475. 174 indexed citations
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Olli, Kalle, et al.. (2012). Harmonizing large data sets reveals novel patterns in the Baltic Sea phytoplankton community structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 473. 53–66. 15 indexed citations
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Lehtinen, Sirpa, et al.. (2010). Community-level and species-specific responses of coastal phytoplankton to the presence of two mesozooplanktonic grazers. Marine Biology. 157(7). 1555–1565. 4 indexed citations
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Järvinen, Marko, Sirpa Lehtinen, & Лаури Арвола. (2006). Variations in phytoplankton assemblage in relation to environmental and climatic variation in a boreal lake. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 29(4). 1841–1844. 7 indexed citations
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Арвола, Лаури, et al.. (2002). Phytoplankton community structure and biomass in two basins of a boreal lake in relation to local weather conditions and North Atlantic oscillation. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 28(2). 700–704. 1 indexed citations

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