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Gianluca Botter

Gianluca Botter

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
6596
World Ranking
4097
National Ranking
93

Gianluca Botter publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluca Botter sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 163 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gianluca Botter D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluca Botter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gianluca Botter is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to environmental science with a concentration on hydrology and watershed management. Their research encompasses a range of topics within environmental science, particularly focusing on water science and technology, ecology, and global and planetary change.

Botter's recent publications highlight a focus on hydrological processes and stream dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions" (2022), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Intraseasonal Drainage Network Dynamics in a Headwater Catchment of the Italian Alps" (2020), published in Water Resources Research
  • "The Stream Length Duration Curve: A Tool for Characterizing the Time Variability of the Flowing Stream Length" (2020), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Low-cost stage-camera system for continuous water-level monitoring in ephemeral streams" (2022), published in Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • "Hierarchical climate-driven dynamics of the active channel length in temporary streams" (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Their research work covers main topics such as hydrology and watershed management studies, hydrology and sediment transport processes, and flood risk assessment and management. Other areas of study include fish ecology and management, soil and water nutrient dynamics, species distribution related to climate change, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Botter collaborates regularly with several frequent co-authors, contributing to a network of research in hydrology and environmental science. Frequent collaborators include Nicola Durighetto, Leonardo Bertassello, Andrea Rinaldo, Alfonso Senatore, and Giuseppe Mendicino.

Their work has been published chiefly in the following venues:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Scientific Reports

Botter's publications often explore the temporal and spatial dynamics of catchments and ephemeral streams, including innovative monitoring methods. Their studies contribute data-driven insights into the functioning of environmental and hydrological systems under various climatic and landscape conditions.

Best Publications

  • Catchment residence and travel time distributions: The master equation

    Gianluca Botter;Enrico Bertuzzo;Enrico Bertuzzo;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Transport in the hydrologic response: Travel time distributions, soil moisture dynamics, and the old water paradox

    Gianluca Botter;Enrico Bertuzzo;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Resilience of river flow regimes

    Gianluca Botter;Stefano Basso;Stefano Basso;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Storage selection functions : A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes

    Andrea Rinaldo;Paolo Benettin;Ciaran J. Harman;Markus Hrachowitz

  • Catchment travel time distributions and water flow in soils

    A. Rinaldo;A. Rinaldo;K. J. Beven;K. J. Beven;Enrico Bertuzzo;L. Nicotina

  • Basin-scale soil moisture dynamics and the probabilistic characterization of carrier hydrologic flows: Slow, leaching-prone components of the hydrologic response

    G. Botter;A. Porporato;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe;A. Rinaldo

  • Nonlinear storage-discharge relations and catchment streamflow regimes

    Gianluca Botter;Amilcare Porporato;Amilcare Porporato;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments

    Paolo Benettin;Chris Soulsby;Christian Birkel;Doerthe Tetzlaff

  • Scale effect on geomorphologic and kinematic dispersion

    Gianluca Botter;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions

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  • Modeling chloride transport using travel time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales

    Paolo Benettin;James W. Kirchner;Andrea Rinaldo;Gianluca Botter

  • On the emergence of rainfall extremes from ordinary events

    E. Zorzetto;G. Botter;M. Marani;M. Marani

  • Transport at basin scales: 1. Theoretical framework

    A. Rinaldo;G. Botter;Enrico Bertuzzo;A. Uccelli

  • Sea level rise, hydrologic runoff, and the flooding of Venice

    Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo;Ludovico Nicotina;E Alessi Celegon;F Beraldin

  • Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA

    Paolo Benettin;Scott W. Bailey;John L. Campbell;Mark B. Green;Mark B. Green

  • Natural streamflow regime alterations: Damming of the Piave river basin (Italy)

    G. Botter;S. Basso;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Ecohydrological model of flow duration curves and annual minima

    Gianluca Botter;Stefano Zanardo;Amilcare Porporato;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Streamflow variability and optimal capacity of run‐of‐river hydropower plants

    S. Basso;G. Botter

  • Chloride circulation in a lowland catchment and the formulation of transport by travel time distributions

    Paolo Benettin;Ype van der Velde;Sjoerd E. A. T. M. van der Zee;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Signatures of large‐scale soil moisture dynamics on streamflow statistics across U.S. climate regimes

    G. Botter;F. Peratoner;A. Porporato;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Probabilistic characterization of base flows in river basins: Roles of soil, vegetation, and geomorphology

    Gianluca Botter;Amilcare Porporato;Edoardo Daly;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Enrico Bertuzzo
Enrico Bertuzzo Ca Foscari University of Venice
Mario Schirmer
Mario Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Marco Marani
Marco Marani University of Padua
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University
Amilcare Porporato
Amilcare Porporato Princeton University
Chris Soulsby
Chris Soulsby University of Aberdeen
P. Suresh C. Rao
P. Suresh C. Rao Purdue University West Lafayette
James W. Jawitz
James W. Jawitz University of Florida
Tom J. Battin
Tom J. Battin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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