Ulf Molau

16.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ulf Molau is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Molau has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Atmospheric Science, 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 38 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ulf Molau's work include Climate change and permafrost (46 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (28 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (23 papers). Ulf Molau is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (46 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (28 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (23 papers). Ulf Molau collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Qatar and United States. Ulf Molau's co-authors include Greg H. R. Henry, Juha M. Alatalo, Robert G. Björk, Bente Eriksen, Annika K. Jägerbrand, A. N. Parsons, Gaku Kudo, Esther Lévesque, G. M. Marion and Per Mølgaard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Molau

105 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Open‐top designs for manipulating field temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems

1997 614 citations Greg H. R. Henry, Esther Lévesque et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulf Molau Sweden	37	2.2k	2.1k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	106	5.1k
Georg Grabherr Austria	30	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	56	5.2k
Einar Heegaard Norway	33	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	73	4.3k
L. C. Bliss United States	43	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	109	6.2k
Kari Anne Bråthen Norway	33	1.1k 0.5×	936 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	600 0.4×	77	3.7k
Jean‐Paul Theurillat Switzerland	20	727 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	807 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	84	3.6k
Bente J. Graae Norway	38	625 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	97	4.2k
Karsten Wesche Germany	38	586 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	167	4.4k
Sonja Wipf Switzerland	30	1.3k 0.6×	743 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	649 0.4×	54	3.5k
Risto Virtanen Finland	40	958 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.5×	738 0.5×	109	4.3k
Johan Olofsson Sweden	39	2.2k 1.0×	844 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	726 0.5×	113	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulf Molau

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Groenigen, Kees Jan van, Robert D. Hollister, Eric Post, et al.. (2024). Diminishing warming effects on plant phenology over time. New Phytologist. 245(2). 523–533. 14 indexed citations

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Vanneste, Thomas, Øystein H. Opedal, Mats P. Björkman, et al.. (2022). Vegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular‐plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communities. Ecological Research. 37(6). 722–737. 4 indexed citations

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Scharn, Ruud, Chelsea J. Little, Christine D. Bacon, et al.. (2021). Decreased soil moisture due to warming drives phylogenetic diversity and community transitions in the tundra. Environmental Research Letters. 16(6). 64031–64031. 15 indexed citations

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Rawat, Monika, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Ulf Molau, Yang Bai, & Juha M. Alatalo. (2021). Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden. Environmental Challenges. 3. 100050–100050. 3 indexed citations

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Alatalo, Juha M., Mohammad Bagher Erfanian, Ulf Molau, et al.. (2021). Changes in plant composition and diversity in an alpine heath and meadow after 18 years of experimental warming. Alpine Botany. 132(2). 181–193. 5 indexed citations

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Alatalo, Juha M., Annika K. Jägerbrand, Junhu Dai, et al.. (2021). Effects of ambient climate and three warming treatments on fruit production in an alpine, subarctic meadow community. American Journal of Botany. 108(3). 411–422. 16 indexed citations

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Alatalo, Juha M., Annika K. Jägerbrand, & Ulf Molau. (2015). Testing reliability of short-term responses to predict longer-term responses of bryophytes and lichens to environmental change. Ecological Indicators. 58. 77–85. 28 indexed citations

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Alatalo, Juha M., Chelsea J. Little, Annika K. Jägerbrand, & Ulf Molau. (2015). Vascular plant abundance and diversity in an alpine heath under observed and simulated global change. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10197–10197. 16 indexed citations

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Elmendorf, Sarah C., Gregory H. R. Henry, Robert D. Hollister, et al.. (2014). Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(2). 448–452. 191 indexed citations

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Molau, Ulf. (2010). Long-term impacts of observed and induced climate change on tussock tundra near its southern limit in northern Sweden. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 3(1). 29–34. 45 indexed citations

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Elmendorf, Sarah C., Greg H. R. Henry, Robert G. Björk, & Ulf Molau. (2010). Assessments of recent tundra change based on repeated vegetation surveys.. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Sundqvist, Maja K., Robert G. Björk, & Ulf Molau. (2008). Establishment of boreal forest species in alpine dwarf-shrub heath in subarctic Sweden. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 1(1). 67–75. 24 indexed citations

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Molau, Ulf. (2001). Tundra plant responses to experimental and natural temperature changes (scientific paper). Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue. 54. 445–466. 20 indexed citations

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Molau, Ulf, et al.. (1999). TUNDRA NORTHWEST 1999 : A COLLABORATIVE CHALLENGE IN THE ARCTIC. AMBIO. 28(3). 287–291. 6 indexed citations

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Molau, Ulf & Juha M. Alatalo. (1998). Responses of subarctic-alpine plant communities to simulated environmental change : Biodiversity of bryophytes, lichens, and vascular plants. AMBIO. 27(4). 322–329. 121 indexed citations

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Cronberg, Nils, Ulf Molau, & M. Sonesson. (1997). Genetic variation in the clonal bryophyte Hylocomium splendens at hierarchical geographical scales in Scandinavia. Heredity. 78(3). 293–301. 3 indexed citations

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Cronberg, Nils, Ulf Molau, & M. Sonesson. (1997). Genetic variation in the clonal bryophyte Hylocomium splendens at hierarchical geographical scales in Scandinavia. Heredity. 78(3). 293–301. 68 indexed citations

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Molau, Ulf. (1993). Relationships between Flowering Phenology and Life History Strategies in Tundra Plants. Arctic and Alpine Research. 25(4). 391–402. 14 indexed citations

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Stenström, Mikael & Ulf Molau. (1992). Reproductive Ecology of Saxifraga oppositifolia : Phenology, Mating System, and Reproductive Success. Arctic and Alpine Research. 24(4). 337–343. 9 indexed citations

20.

Molau, Ulf. (1988). Hedbergia, a new genus of Scrophulariaceae from Africa. Nordic Journal of Botany. 8(2). 193–195. 5 indexed citations

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