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Christiane Zarfl

Christiane Zarfl

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
16192
World Ranking
6909
National Ranking
447

Christiane Zarfl publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christiane Zarfl sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 114 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Christiane Zarfl D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christiane Zarfl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christiane Zarfl is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has an extensive publication record in the field of Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes areas such as Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation, reflecting a broad engagement with critical environmental topics.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Impacts of current and future large dams on the geographic range connectivity of freshwater fish worldwide (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity (2024), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Exploring the Concepts of Concentration Addition and Independent Action Using a Linear Low-Effect Mixture Model (2020), published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Navigating trade-offs between dams and river conservation (2021), published in Global Sustainability

Their work covers critical topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Christiane Zarfl collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Klement Tockner (17 co-authored publications), Jörg Lewandowski (10), Clarissa Glaser (8), Fábio Augusto Gomes Vieira Reis (8), and Olaf A. Cirpka (8).

Publication venues where Zarfl's work appears regularly include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Natural Hazards, and Water. These venues underline the interdisciplinary and applied nature of their scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • A global boom in hydropower dam construction

    Christiane Zarfl;Christiane Zarfl;Alexander E Lumsdon;Alexander E Lumsdon;Jürgen Berlekamp;Laura Tydecks

  • Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

    G. Grill;B. Lehner;M. Thieme;B. Geenen

  • Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

    Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Werner Kloas;Werner Kloas;Christiane Zarfl;Stefan Hempel

  • Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

    K. O Winemiller;P. B McIntyre;L Castello;E Fluet-Chouinard

  • River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling

    Taylor Maavara;Qiuwen Chen;Kimberly Van Meter;Lee E. Brown

  • An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

    Günther Grill;Bernhard Lehner;Alexander E. Lumsdon;Alexander E. Lumsdon;Graham K. MacDonald

  • Short-term exposure with high concentrations of pristine microplastic particles leads to immobilisation of Daphnia magna.

    Saskia Rehse;Saskia Rehse;Werner Kloas;Christiane Zarfl

  • Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic

    Christiane Zarfl;Michael Matthies

  • Impacts of current and future large dams on the geographic range connectivity of freshwater fish worldwide.

    Valerio Barbarossa;Valerio Barbarossa;Rafael J. P. Schmitt;Mark A. J. Huijbregts;Christiane Zarfl

  • Metal fate and effects in estuaries: A review and conceptual model for better understanding of toxicity

    Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Anderson Abel de Souza Machado;Kate Spencer;Werner Kloas;Marco Toffolon

  • The global decline of freshwater megafauna

    Fengzhi He;Fengzhi He;Fengzhi He;Christiane Zarfl;Vanessa Bremerich;Jonathan N. W. David

  • Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to low and high density polyethylene (PE)

    Elke Fries;Christiane Zarfl;Christiane Zarfl

  • Promising techniques and open challenges for microplastic identification and quantification in environmental matrices.

    Christiane Zarfl

  • Projections of declining fluvial sediment delivery to major deltas worldwide in response to climate change and anthropogenic stress

    Frances E. Dunn;Stephen E. Darby;Robert J. Nicholls;Sagy Cohen

  • Global Water Transfer Megaprojects: A Potential Solution for the Water-Food-Energy Nexus?

    Oleksandra Shumilova;Oleksandra Shumilova;Oleksandra Shumilova;Klement Tockner;Klement Tockner;Michele Thieme;Anna Koska

  • A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

    T. Datry;A. Foulquier;R. Corti;D. von Schiller

  • A combined experimental and modeling study to evaluate pH-dependent sorption of polar and non-polar compounds to polyethylene and polystyrene microplastics.

    Sven Seidensticker;Peter Grathwohl;Jonas Lamprecht;Christiane Zarfl

  • Microplastics in oceans.

    Christiane Zarfl;David Fleet;Elke Fries;François Galgani

  • Future large hydropower dams impact global freshwater megafauna.

    Christiane Zarfl;Jürgen Berlekamp;Fengzhi He;Sonja C. Jähnig

  • Shift in Mass Transfer of Wastewater Contaminants from Microplastics in the Presence of Dissolved Substances

    Sven Seidensticker;Christiane Zarfl;Olaf Arie Cirpka;Greta Fellenberg

  • Reply to Comment on ‘An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales’

    Günther Grill;Bernhard Lehner;Alexander E Lumsdon;Alexander E Lumsdon;Graham K MacDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Dominik Zak
Dominik Zak Aarhus University
Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Michael Matthies
Michael Matthies Osnabrück University
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Bernhard Lehner
Bernhard Lehner McGill University
Werner Kloas
Werner Kloas Leibniz Association
Olaf A. Cirpka
Olaf A. Cirpka University of Tübingen
Nandita B. Basu
Nandita B. Basu University of Waterloo

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