2026 Gianluca Botter: 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	47	4096	3761	93	88	163	6596

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

322
Citations
Transport in the hydrologic response: Travel time distributions, soil moisture dynamics, and the old water paradox

Gianluca Botter;Enrico Bertuzzo;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

296
Citations
Resilience of river flow regimes

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

252
Citations
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

247
Citations
Catchment travel time distributions and water flow in soils

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

224
Citations
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

214
Citations
Nonlinear storage-discharge relations and catchment streamflow regimes

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

178
Citations
Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments

Paolo Benettin;Chris Soulsby;Christian Birkel;Doerthe Tetzlaff

167
Citations
Scale effect on geomorphologic and kinematic dispersion

Gianluca Botter;Andrea Rinaldo

160
Citations
Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions

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160
Citations
Modeling chloride transport using travel time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales

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

155
Citations
On the emergence of rainfall extremes from ordinary events

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

142
Citations
Transport at basin scales: 1. Theoretical framework

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

135
Citations
Sea level rise, hydrologic runoff, and the flooding of Venice

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

134
Citations
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

122
Citations
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

116
Citations
Ecohydrological model of flow duration curves and annual minima

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

111
Citations
Streamflow variability and optimal capacity of run‐of‐river hydropower plants

S. Basso;G. Botter

111
Citations
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

107
Citations
Signatures of large‐scale soil moisture dynamics on streamflow statistics across U.S. climate regimes

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

98
Citations
Probabilistic characterization of base flows in river basins: Roles of soil, vegetation, and geomorphology

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

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Enrico Bertuzzo Ca Foscari University of Venice

Mario Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Marco Marani University of Padua

Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University

Amilcare Porporato Princeton University

Chris Soulsby University of Aberdeen

P. Suresh C. Rao Purdue University West Lafayette

James W. Jawitz University of Florida

Tom J. Battin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

External Links

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