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Florian Altermatt

Florian Altermatt

University of Zurich
Switzerland

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
21570
World Ranking
1111
National Ranking
28

Florian Altermatt publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Florian Altermatt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 409 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Florian Altermatt 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 Florian Altermatt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Florian Altermatt is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and is primarily focused on environmental science. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, molecular biology, ecological modeling, and the broader domain of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work spans key topics such as environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, species distribution and climate change, fish ecology and management studies, identification and quantification in food, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and plant and animal studies.

Altermatt has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Roman Alther, Loïc Pellissier, Rosetta C. Blackman, Luca Carraro, and François Keck. These collaborations have contributed to the production of peer-reviewed research across multiple scientific journals and platforms.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring" (2020), published in Molecular Ecology
  • "The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Meta-analysis shows both congruence and complementarity of DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to traditional methods for biological community assessment" (2022), published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Environmental DNA allows upscaling spatial patterns of biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Navigating the seven challenges of taxonomic reference databases in metabarcoding analyses" (2022), published in Molecular Ecology Resources

The venues where Altermatt most frequently publishes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Molecular Ecology, Environmental DNA, and Oikos, reflecting a strong presence in platforms dedicated to ecology and molecular environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding: transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

    Kristy Deiner;Holly M. Bik;Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Mathew Seymour

  • Transport distance of invertebrate environmental DNA in a natural river.

    Kristy Deiner;Florian Altermatt

  • Environmental DNA reveals that rivers are conveyer belts of biodiversity information

    Kristy Deiner;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Jean Claude Walser

  • The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

    Jan Pawlowski;Mary Kelly-Quinn;Florian Altermatt;Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil

  • Climatic warming increases voltinism in European butterflies and moths

    Florian Altermatt

  • Choice of capture and extraction methods affect detection of freshwater biodiversity from environmental DNA

    Kristy Deiner;Kristy Deiner;Jean-Claude Walser;Elvira Mächler;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability

    Frank Pennekamp;Mikael Pontarp;Mikael Pontarp;Andrea Tabi;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

    Marco Moretti;André T. C. Dias;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Diversity in riverine metacommunities: a network perspective

    Florian Altermatt

  • The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways

    Jonathan D. Tonkin;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt;Debra S. Finn;Jani Heino

  • Dendritic connectivity controls biodiversity patterns in experimental metacommunities

    Francesco Carrara;Florian Altermatt;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe;Andrea Rinaldo

  • The ecological forecast horizon, and examples of its uses and determinants.

    Owen L Petchey;Owen L Petchey;Mikael Pontarp;Mikael Pontarp;Thomas M Massie;Sonia Kéfi

  • Bridging ecology and conservation: from ecological networks to ecosystem function

    Eric Harvey;Eric Harvey;Isabelle Gounand;Isabelle Gounand;Colette L. Ward;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • Impacts of urbanisation on biodiversity: the role of species mobility, degree of specialisation and spatial scale

    Elena D. Concepción;Marco Moretti;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt;Michael P. Nobis

  • Meta‐analysis shows both congruence and complementarity of DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to traditional methods for biological community assessment

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  • Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring

    Jan Pawlowski;Jan Pawlowski;Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Meta-Ecosystems 2.0: Rooting the Theory into the Field

    Isabelle Gounand;Isabelle Gounand;Eric Harvey;Eric Harvey;Chelsea J. Little;Chelsea J. Little;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Reduced flight-to-light behaviour of moth populations exposed to long-term urban light pollution.

    Florian Altermatt;Dieter Ebert

  • A comparative analysis reveals weak relationships between ecological factors and beta diversity of stream insect metacommunities at two spatial levels.

    Jani Heino;Adriano Sanches Melo;Luis Mauricio Bini;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Big answers from small worlds: A user's guide for protist microcosms as a model system in ecology and evolution

    Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Aurélie Garnier;Andrea Giometto;Andrea Giometto

  • River network properties shape α‐diversity and community similarity patterns of aquatic insect communities across major drainage basins

    Florian Altermatt;Mathew Seymour;Nicolas Martinez

  • Special Issue Article: Environmental DNA Choice of capture and extraction methods affect detection of freshwater biodiversity from environmental DNA

    Kristy Deiner;Jean-Claude Walser;Elvira Mächler;Florian Altermatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuel A. Fronhofer
Emanuel A. Fronhofer University of Montpellier
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kristy Deiner
Kristy Deiner Cornell University
Andreas Wagner
Andreas Wagner University of Zurich
Cene Fišer
Cene Fišer University of Ljubljana
Dieter Ebert
Dieter Ebert University of Basel
Owen L. Petchey
Owen L. Petchey University of Zurich
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Dominik Zak
Dominik Zak Aarhus University

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Hideyuki Doi

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Publications: 24

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