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D-Index
60
Citations
13345
World Ranking
2296
National Ranking
124

Franz Hölker 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 Franz Hölker sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Franz Hölker 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 Franz Hölker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

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

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

Overview

Franz Hölker is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on various subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oceanography. Their research spans a wide range of topics related to environmental impacts and ecosystem dynamics.

Key topics in their work include:

  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

They have contributed to multiple recent publications, such as:

  • "A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research" (2021) published in Ecology Letters
  • "11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity" (2021) published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity" (2020) published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "The Use of Sentinel-2 for Chlorophyll-a Spatial Dynamics Assessment: A Comparative Study on Different Lakes in Northern Germany" (2021) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Mapping the brightness and color of urban to rural skyglow with all-sky photometry" (2020) published in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Andreas Jechow
  • Sibylle Schroer
  • Hans-Peter Grossart
  • Gregor Kalinkat
  • Jens C. Nejstgaard

Franz Hölker has consistently published in several scientific journals. The most common venues where their work appears are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • BioScience
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Limnology

Best Publications

  • Light pollution as a biodiversity threat.

    Franz Hölker;Christian Wolter;Elizabeth K. Perkin;Elizabeth K. Perkin;Klement Tockner;Klement Tockner

  • Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Christopher C. M. Kyba;Theres Kuester;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Kimberly Baugh

  • The Dark Side of Light: A Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for Light Pollution Policy

    Franz Hölker;Timothy Moss;Barbara Griefahn;Werner Kloas

  • The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

    Kevin J. Gaston;Marcel E. Visser;Franz Hölker

  • New horizons for managing the environment: A review of coupled social-ecological systems modeling

    M Schlüter;Rrj McAllister;R Arlinghaus;N Bunnefeld

  • The Dark Side of Light

    Franz Hölker;Timothy Moss;Barbara Griefahn;Werner Kloas

  • Cloud coverage acts as an amplifier for ecological light pollution in urban ecosystems.

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Thomas Ruhtz;Jürgen Fischer;Franz Hölker

  • The role of winter phenology in shaping the ecology of freshwater fish and their sensitivities to climate change

    B. J. Shuter;B. J. Shuter;A. G. Finstad;I. P. Helland;I. Zweimüller

  • High-Resolution Imagery of Earth at Night: New Sources, Opportunities and Challenges

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Stefanie Garz;Helga Kuechly;Alejandro Sánchez De Miguel

  • Aerial survey and spatial analysis of sources of light pollution in Berlin, Germany

    Helga U. Kuechly;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Thomas Ruhtz;Carsten Lindemann

  • Worldwide variations in artificial skyglow

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Kai Pong Tong;Jonathan Bennie;Ignacio Birriel

  • Insect declines and agroecosystems: does light pollution matter?

    M. Grubisic;M. Grubisic;R.H.A. van Grunsven;C.C.M. Kyba;A. Manfrin;A. Manfrin;A. Manfrin

  • The influence of artificial light on stream and riparian ecosystems: questions, challenges, and perspectives

    Elizabeth K. Perkin;Elizabeth K. Perkin;Franz Hölker;John S. Richardson;Jon P. Sadler

  • Light Pollution, Circadian Photoreception, and Melatonin in Vertebrates

    Maja Grubisic;Abraham Haim;Pramod Bhusal;Davide M. Dominoni

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • Swimming efficiency and the influence of morphology on swimming costs in fishes

    J. Ohlberger;G. Staaks;F. Hölker

  • Redefining efficiency for outdoor lighting

    C. C. M. Kyba;C. C. M. Kyba;A. Hänel;F. Hölker

  • Artificial Light at Night Affects Organism Flux across Ecosystem Boundaries and Drives Community Structure in the Recipient Ecosystem

    Alessandro Manfrin;Alessandro Manfrin;Alessandro Manfrin;Gabriel Singer;Stefano Larsen;Nadine Weiß;Nadine Weiß

  • Spotlight on fish: light pollution affects circadian rhythms of European perch but does not cause stress.

    Anika Brüning;Franz Hölker;Steffen Franke;Torsten Preuer

  • Tube-dwelling invertebrates: tiny ecosystem engineers have large effects in lake ecosystems

    Franz Hölker;Michael J. Vanni;Jan J. Kuiper;Christof Meile

  • Microbial diversity and community respiration in freshwater sediments influenced by artificial light at night

    Franz Hölker;Christian Wurzbacher;Carsten Weißenborn;Michael T. Monaghan

  • Corrigendum: Worldwide variations in artificial skyglow

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Kai Pong Tong;Jonathan Bennie;Ignacio Birriel

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Mehner
Thomas Mehner Leibniz Association
Werner Kloas
Werner Kloas Leibniz Association
Christian Wolter
Christian Wolter Leibniz Association
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Jonathan Bennie
Jonathan Bennie University of Exeter
Robert Arlinghaus
Robert Arlinghaus Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Michael E Weber
Michael E Weber University of Bonn
Peter Stief
Peter Stief University of Southern Denmark

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