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Geoff Phillips 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 Geoff Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 56 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Geoff Phillips 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 Geoff Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Geoff Phillips is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular emphasis on fields such as environmental chemistry, water science and technology, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and oceanography.

Their scholarly output includes multiple papers on water and ecosystem nutrient dynamics, freshwater ecology, and aquatic environment management. Recent publications demonstrate engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of nutrient thresholds and ecological status in freshwater systems.

Recent papers by Geoff Phillips include:

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Estimating river nutrient concentrations consistent with good ecological condition: More stringent nutrient thresholds needed, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • River and lake nutrient targets that support ecological status: European scale gap analysis and strategies for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors working with Phillips include Sandra Poikāne, Anne Lyche Solheim, Gábor Várbíró, Martyn Kelly, and Nigel Willby.

Phillips's publication record is notably present in several scientific venues with multiple contributions:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (4 publications)
  • Ecological Indicators (2 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2 publications)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution (1 publication)
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water (1 publication)

The core topics addressed throughout Phillips's research encompass:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Best Publications

  • Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Karl E. Havens

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems.

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • 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

  • Submerged macrophyte decline in shallow lakes: What have we learnt in the last forty years? ☆

    Geoff Phillips;Nigel Willby;Brian Moss

  • Chlorophyll–nutrient relationships of different lake types using a large European dataset

    G. Phillips;O.-P. Pietiläinen;L. Carvalho;A. Solimini

  • Sustaining recreational quality of European lakes: minimizing the health risks from algal blooms through phosphorus control

    Laurence Carvalho;Claire McDonald;Caridad de Hoyos;Ute Mischke

  • Classifying aquatic macrophytes as indicators of eutrophication in European lakes

    W. Ellis Penning;Marit Mjelde;Bernard Dudley;Seppo Hellsten

  • Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook

    Sandra Poikane;Martyn G. Kelly;Martyn G. Kelly;Fuensanta Salas Herrero;Jo-Anne Pitt

  • Progressive restoration of a shallow lake : a 12-year experiment in isolation, sediment removal and biomanipulation

    Moss B;Stansfield J;Irvine K;Perrows M

  • Strength and uncertainty of phytoplankton metrics for assessing eutrophication impacts in lakes

    L. Carvalho;S. Poikane;A. Lyche Solheim;G. Phillips

  • Reconstructing nutrient histories in the Norfolk Broads, UK: implications for the role of diatom-total phosphorus transfer functions in shallow lake management

    Helen Bennion;Peter G. Appleby;Geoff L. Phillips

  • Using aquatic macrophyte community indices to define the ecological status of European lakes

    W. Ellis Penning;Bernard J. Dudley;Marit Mjelde;Seppo Hellsten

  • Response of submerged macrophyte communities to external and internal restoration measures in north temperate shallow lakes.

    Sabine Hilt;Marta M. Alirangues Nuñez;Elisabeth S. Bakker;Irmgard Blindow

  • Ecological status assessment of European lakes: a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish

    Anne Lyche-Solheim;Christian K. Feld;Sebastian Birk;Geoff Phillips

  • A hitchhiker's guide to European lake ecological assessment and intercalibration

    Sandra Poikane;Sebastian Birk;Jürgen Böhmer;Laurence Carvalho

  • A phytoplankton trophic index to assess the status of lakes for the Water Framework Directive

    Geoff Phillips;Anne Lyche-Solheim;Birger Skjelbred;Ute Mischke

  • The recovery of a very shallow eutrophic lake, 20 years after the control of effluent derived phosphorus

    Geoff Phillips;Andrea Kelly;Jo-Anne Pitt;Rory Sanderson

  • Ecological threshold responses in European lakes and their applicability for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation: synthesis of lakes results from the REBECCA project

    Anne Lyche Solheim;Seppo Rekolainen;S. Jannicke Moe;Laurence Carvalho

  • Maximum growing depth of submerged macrophytes in European lakes

    Martin Søndergaard;Geoff Phillips;Seppo Hellsten;Agnieszka Kolada

  • A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments.

    Anne Lyche Solheim;Lidija Globevnik;Kari Austnes;Peter Kristensen

  • Chlorophyll reference conditions for European lake types used for intercalibration of ecological status

    L. Carvalho;A. Solimini;G. Phillips;M. van den Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council
Sandra Poikane
Sandra Poikane European Commission Joint Research Centre
Nigel J. Willby
Nigel J. Willby University of Stirling
Helen Bennion
Helen Bennion University College London
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Martyn Kelly
Martyn Kelly Durham University
Stephen C. Maberly
Stephen C. Maberly Lancaster University
Peeter Nõges
Peeter Nõges Estonian University of Life Sciences
Brian Moss
Brian Moss University of Liverpool
Sebastian Birk
Sebastian Birk University of Duisburg-Essen

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