2026 Ellen Wohl: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	95	188	160	94	79	450	26055

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Ellen Wohl is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist has published extensively in subfields such as ecology, soil science, global and planetary change, water science and technology, and atmospheric science.

The main topics covered in Ellen Wohl's work include:

Hydrology and sediment transport processes
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Hydrology and watershed management studies
Flood risk assessment and management
Ecology and biodiversity studies
Fire effects on ecosystems
Peatlands and wetlands ecology

Notable recent publications by Ellen Wohl comprise:

"An Integrative Conceptualization of Floodplain Storage," 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
"Rediscovering, Reevaluating, and Restoring Lost River-Wetland Corridors," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
"Legacy effects of loss of beavers in the continental United States," 2020, Environmental Research Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent coauthors including:

Ryan R. Morrison
Julianne Scamardo
Anna Marshall
Emily Iskin
Kamini Singha

Ellen Wohl has published in multiple scientific venues, with the largest number of publications appearing in:

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Water Resources Research
River Research and Applications
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Geomorphology

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has authored at least one book titled Something Hidden in the Ranges: The Secret Life of Mountain Ecosystems, published by Oregon State University Press eBooks in 2021.

Awards recognizing Ellen Wohl's contributions include being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2013 and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

River restoration: OPINION

Ellen Wohl;Paul L. Angermeier;Brian Bledsoe;G. Mathias Kondolf

729
Citations
The science and practice of river restoration

Ellen E. Wohl;Stuart N. Lane;Andrew C. Wilcox

726
Citations
The Natural Sediment Regime in Rivers: Broadening the Foundation for Ecosystem Management

Ellen E. Wohl;Brian P. Bledsoe;Robert B. Jacobson;N. LeRoy Poff

542
Citations
Long river profiles, tectonism, and eustasy: A guide to interpreting fluvial terraces

Dorothy J. Merritts;Kirk R. Vincent;Ellen E. Wohl

524
Citations
Process-Based Ecological River Restoration: Visualizing Three-Dimensional Connectivity and Dynamic Vectors to Recover Lost Linkages

G. Mathias Kondolf;Andrew J. Boulton;Scott O'Daniel;Geoffrey C. Poole

490
Citations
The hydrology of the humid tropics

Ellen Wohl;Ana Barros;Nathaniel Brunsell;Nick A. Chappell

389
Citations
Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

Ellen Wohl;Gary Brierley;Daniel Cadol;Tom J. Coulthard

380
Citations
Human impacts to mountain streams

Ellen Wohl

327
Citations
Rivers Over Rock: Fluvial Processes in Bedrock Channels

J. Tinkler;E. Wohl

321
Citations
Large woody debris and flow resistance in step-pool channels, Cascade Range, Washington

Janet H Curran;Ellen E Wohl

311
Citations
PROCESSES GOVERNING HYDROCHORY ALONG RIVERS: HYDRAULICS, HYDROLOGY, AND DISPERSAL PHENOLOGY

David M. Merritt;Ellen E. Wohl

307
Citations
Banking carbon: a review of organic carbon storage and physical factors influencing retention in floodplains and riparian ecosystems

Nicholas A. Sutfin;Ellen E. Wohl;Kathleen A. Dwire

299
Citations
Connectivity in rivers

Ellen Wohl

268
Citations
Floodplains and wood

Ellen Wohl

243
Citations
Influence of step composition on step geometry and flow resistance in step‐pool streams of the Washington Cascades

William A. MacFarlane;William A. MacFarlane;Ellen Wohl

240
Citations
Plant dispersal along rivers fragmented by dams

David M. Merritt;Ellen E. Wohl

235
Citations
Flow hydraulics and geomorphic effects of glacial-lake outburst floods in the Mount Everest region, Nepal

Daniel A. Cenderelli;Ellen E. Wohl

228
Citations
Legacy effects on sediments in river corridors

Ellen Wohl

225
Citations
The Natural Wood Regime in Rivers

Ellen Wohl;Natalie Kramer;Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva;Daniel N Scott

223
Citations
Toward a theory for step pools in stream channels

Anne Chin;Ellen Wohl

213
Citations
Sediment deposition and transport patterns following a reservoir sediment release

Ellen E. Wohl;Daniel A. Cenderelli

201
Citations
Geomorphology and River Management: Applications of the River Styles Framework. By Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A. Fryirs. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. 398 pages, 154 illustrations. $99.95 paper.

Ellen Wohl

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Merritt US Forest Service

Brian P. Bledsoe University of Georgia

Francesco Comiti Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Luca Mao University of Lincoln

Robert O. Hall University of Montana

Hervé Piégay École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

David J. Cooper Colorado State University

Kenneth Gregory University of Southampton

Stephanie K. Kampf Colorado State University

Stanley V. Gregory Oregon State University

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