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Ellen Van Donk

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
79
Citations
22342
World Ranking
879
National Ranking
30

Ellen Van Donk publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 197 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Ellen Van Donk D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ellen Van Donk sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ellen Van Donk is affiliated with Utrecht University in Netherlands, focusing on environmental science with a strong emphasis on ecology and related subfields. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science, including ecology, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, pollution, and oceanography.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several publication venues. The most common include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Recent scholarly outputs cover topics such as aquatic ecosystem dynamics, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and land use and ecosystem services. Major research themes illustrated through their recent papers include:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Interactive Effects of Rising Temperature and Nutrient Enrichment on Aquatic Plant Growth, Stoichiometry, and Palatability, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Trophic position, elemental ratios and nitrogen transfer in a planktonic host-parasite-consumer food chain including a fungal parasite, 2020, Oecologia
  • The value of novel ecosystems: Disclosing the ecological quality of quarry lakes, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Direct and indirect effects of native plants and herbivores on biotic resistance to alien aquatic plant invasions, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Environmental refuges from disease in host-parasite interactions under global change, 2023, Ecology

Collaboration is a significant element of their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Miquel Lürling
  • Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis
  • Nandini Vasantha Raman
  • Sven Teurlincx
  • Alena S. Gsell

Best Publications

  • Lakes as sentinels of climate change

    Rita Adrian;Catherine M. O'Reilly;Horacio Zagarese;Stephen B. Baines

  • Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes

    Sarian Kosten;Sarian Kosten;Vera L. M. Huszar;Eloy Bécares;Luciana S. Costa

  • Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model : Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession

    Ulrich Sommer;Rita Adrian;Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis;James J. Elser

  • Impact of submerged macrophytes including charophytes on phyto- and zooplankton communities: allelopathy versus other mechanisms

    Ellen van Donk;Wouter J. van de Bund

  • Lakes in the Netherlands, their origin, eutrophication and restoration: state-of-the-art review

    Ramesh D. Gulati;Ellen van Donk

  • The determination of ecological status in shallow lakes - a tested system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    Brian Moss;Deborah Stephen;Cristina Alvarez;Eloy Becares

  • Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and time

    Lisette N. De Senerpont Domis;James J. Elser;Alena S. Gsell;Vera L. M. Huszar

  • Parasitic chytrids: their effects on phytoplankton communities and food-web dynamics

    Maiko Kagami;Arnout de Bruin;Bastiaan Willem Ibelings;Ellen Van Donk

  • Morphological changes in Scenedesmus induced by substances released from Daphnia

    D.O. Hessen;E. van Donk

  • Altered cell wall morphology in nutrient‐deficient phytoplankton and its impact on grazers

    E. Van Donk;M. LÜrling;D. O. Hessen;G. M. Lokhorst

  • Induced defences in marine and freshwater phytoplankton: a review.

    Ellen Van Donk;Adrianna Ianora;Matthijs Vos

  • Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha): a new perspective for water quality management

    H. H. Reeders;A. Bij de Vaate

  • Can macrophytes be useful in biomanipulation of lakes? The Lake Zwemlust example

    Teresa Ozimek;Ramesh D. Gulati;Ellen van Donk

  • Macrophyte-related shifts in the nitrogen and phosphorus contents of the different trophic levels in a biomanipulated shallow lake

    E. Van Donk;R. D. Gulati;A. Iedema;J. T. Meulemans

  • Host parasite interactions between freshwater phytoplankton and chytrid fungi (Chytridiomycota)

    Bastiaan Willem Ibelings;Arnout de Bruin;Maiko Kagami;M. Rijkeboer

  • Climate-driven changes in the ecological stoichiometry of aquatic ecosystems.

    Dedmer B van de Waal;Antonie M Verschoor;Jolanda Mh Verspagen;Ellen van Donk

  • The ecological stoichiometry of toxins produced by harmful cyanobacteria: an experimental test of the carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis

    Dedmer B. Van de Waal;Jolanda M. H. Verspagen;Miquel Lürling;Ellen Van Donk

  • Lake restoration studies: failures, bottlenecks and prospects of new ecotechnological measures

    Ramesh D. Gulati;L. Miguel Dionisio Pires;Ellen Van Donk

  • Daphnia food limitation in three hypereutrophic Dutch lakes: Evidence for exclusion of large‐bodied species by interfering filaments of cyanobacteria

    William R. DeMott;Ramesh D. Gulati;Ellen Van Donk

  • Reversal in competitive dominance of a toxic versus non-toxic cyanobacterium in response to rising CO2.

    Dedmer B Van de Waal;Jolanda M H Verspagen;Jan F Finke;Jan F Finke;Vasiliki Vournazou

Frequent Co-Authors

Dedmer B. Van de Waal
Dedmer B. Van de Waal University of Amsterdam
Bastiaan Willem Ibelings
Bastiaan Willem Ibelings University of Geneva
Miquel Lürling
Miquel Lürling Wageningen University & Research
Wolf M. Mooij
Wolf M. Mooij Wageningen University & Research
Sarian Kosten
Sarian Kosten Radboud University
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Lars-Anders Hansson
Lars-Anders Hansson Lund University
Maiko Kagami
Maiko Kagami Yokohama National University
Elisabeth S. Bakker
Elisabeth S. Bakker Wageningen University & Research
Eloy Bécares
Eloy Bécares University of Leon

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