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Researcher · Åbo Akademi University · Finland

Sami Merilaita

Sami Merilaita publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics, on topics such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

ORCID 0000-0001-6437-9863 OpenAlex
World rank
#285,245
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#1,625
of 37,370
Works
87
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
68.3
h-index
42
i10-index 62Top 3.2% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sami Merilaita

What does Sami Merilaita research?

Sami Merilaita's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Environmental Science (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%).

Life Sciences: 48 works · 55.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 works · 42.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 works · 42.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 8.3% of their workGenetics: 7 works · 8.3% of their workNeuroscience: 4 works · 5.0% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 21.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 16 works · 18.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 16 works · 18.6% of their workEcology: 10 works · 11.6% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 works · 7.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 5.0% of their workPsychology: 4 works · 5.0% of their workSocial Psychology: 4 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKSami Merilaita87works
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences19%Social Sciences5%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3742.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology78.3%
    3. Neuroscience45.0%
  2. Everything else1821.0%
    1. Environmental Science1618.6%
    1. Psychology45.0%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics42% of their works
  2. 2Ecology12% of their works
  3. 3Genetics8% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sami Merilaita's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Reproductive Strategies, Natural Selection, Phenotypic Plasticity, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem Services and Pollinator Decline.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Reproductive Strategies652 topics
  2. Natural Selection571 topic
  3. Phenotypic Plasticity571 topic
  4. Biodiversity513 topics
  5. Climate Change502 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation502 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services361 topic
  8. Pollinator Decline361 topic
  9. Ethical Considerations162 topics
  10. Conservation152 topics
  11. Amphibian Declines141 topic
  12. Chytridiomycosis141 topic
  13. Drosophila121 topic
  14. Neuroscience121 topic
  15. Genomics111 topic
  16. Social Insects111 topic
  17. Attitudes81 topic
  18. Camouflage81 topic
  19. Cephalopods81 topic
  20. Flagship Species81 topic
  21. Crayfish71 topic
  22. Invasion71 topic

Where does Sami Merilaita work?

Sami Merilaita's main affiliation in the publication record is Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Sami Merilaita have?

OpenAlex counts 87 works and 5,939 citations for Sami Merilaita, an h-index of 42, ranking #285,245 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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