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D-Index
64
Citations
14783
World Ranking
1866
National Ranking
114

John S. Richardson 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 John S. Richardson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 242 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John S. Richardson 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 John S. Richardson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John S. Richardson is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, specializing in environmental science with a strong emphasis on ecology and freshwater systems. Their body of work includes an extensive analysis of aquatic environments and their conservation, with a particular focus on the interactions of biodiversity within freshwater ecosystems.

The main fields of study for Richardson encompass environmental science, supported by significant contributions in several subfields: ecology, nature and landscape conservation, water science and technology, soil science, and global and planetary change.

Their research covers diverse topics, which are critical for understanding and managing freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. These include fish ecology and management studies, hydrology and sediment transport processes, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior.

Richardson has contributed to multiple leading publication venues that reflect their interdisciplinary expertise. Frequent venues for their research include Water, Journal of Applied Ecology, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, and Forest Ecology and Management.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Characteristics, Main Impacts, and Stewardship of Natural and Artificial Freshwater Environments: Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation" (2020) in Water
  • "Cutting Edge: A Comparison of Contemporary Practices of Riparian Buffer Retention Around Small Streams in Canada, Finland, and Sweden" (2020) in Water Resources Research
  • "Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics" (2021) in Nature Communications
  • "Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition" (2021) in Science Advances
  • "Urgent plea for global protection of springs" (2020) in Conservation Biology

Richardson frequently collaborates with other researchers, with a number of coauthors appearing across multiple projects. These frequent coauthors include Timo Muotka, Luz Boyero, Ricardo Albariño, Francis J. Burdon, and Marcos Callisto.

Best Publications

  • Understanding Processes and Downstream Linkages of Headwater Systems

    Takashi Gomi;Roy C. Sidle;John S. Richardson

  • Ecological neighborhoods: scaling environmental patterns

    John F. Addicott;John M. Aho;Michael F. Antolin;Dianna K. Padilla

  • META-ANALYSIS: TROPHIC LEVEL, HABITAT, AND PRODUCTIVITY SHAPE THE FOOD WEB EFFECTS OF RESOURCE SUBSIDIES

    Laurie B. Marczak;Ross M. Thompson;John S. Richardson

  • Ecological linkages between headwaters and downstream ecosystems: Transport of organic matter, invertebrates, and wood down headwater channels

    Mark S. Wipfli;John S. Richardson;Robert J. Naiman

  • Seasonal Food Limitation of Detritivores in a Montane Stream: An Experimental Test

    John S. Richardson

  • Responses of periphyton and insects to experimental manipulation of riparian buffer width along forest streams

    Peter M. Kiffney;John S. Richardson;Jennifer P. Bull

  • A Synthesis of the Ecology of Headwater Streams and their Riparian Zones in Temperate Forests

    John S. Richardson;Robert J. Danehy

  • Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: consequences for biodiversity conservation

    Marco Cantonati;Sandra Poikane;Catherine M. Pringle;Lawrence E. Stevens

  • How did fixed-width buffers become standard practice for protecting freshwaters and their riparian areas from forest harvest practices?

    John S. Richardson;Robert J. Naiman;Peter A. Bisson

  • Resource subsidies across the land–freshwater interface and responses in recipient communities

    John S. Richardson;Yixin Zhang;Laurie B. Marczak

  • Macroinvertebrate community structure along gradients of hydraulic and sedimentary conditions in a large gravel-bed river

    Laura L. Rempel;John S. Richardson;Michael C. Healey

  • Lake outlets and the distribution of filter feeders : an assessment of hypotheses

    John S. Richardson;Rosemary J. Mackay

  • Assessing the Value of the Umbrella‐Species Concept for Conservation Planning with Meta‐Analysis

    Margaret Branton;John S. Richardson

  • Food, microhabitat, or both? Macroinvertebrate use of leaf accumulations in a montane stream

    J.S. Richardson

  • Direct and indirect effects of sediment pulse duration on stream invertebrate assemblages and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) growth and survival

    E. Al Shaw;John S. Richardson

  • 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

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • Flow refugia for benthic macroinvertebrates during flooding of a large river

    Laura L. Rempel;John S. Richardson;Michael C. Healey

  • Warming, eutrophication, and predator loss amplify subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

    Hamish S. Greig;Pavel Kratina;Patrick L. Thompson;Patrick L. Thompson;Wendy J. Palen

  • Riparian forest composition affects stream litter decomposition despite similar microbial and invertebrate communities.

    John S. Kominoski;Laurie B. Marczak;Laurie B. Marczak;John S. Richardson

  • A synthesis of the ecology of headwater streams and their riparian zones in temperate forests

    J. S. Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Kiffney
Peter M. Kiffney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Trisha B. Atwood
Trisha B. Atwood Utah State University
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Timo Muotka
Timo Muotka University of Oulu
Scott G. Hinch
Scott G. Hinch University of British Columbia
David P. Kreutzweiser
David P. Kreutzweiser Natural Resources Canada
John S. Kominoski
John S. Kominoski Florida International University
Eric Chauvet
Eric Chauvet Paul Sabatier University
Jonathan B. Shurin
Jonathan B. Shurin University of California, San Diego
Arturo Elosegi
Arturo Elosegi University of the Basque Country

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