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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
111
Citations
60075
World Ranking
162
National Ranking
65

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award

Overview

Julian D. Olden is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a primary focus on Ecology. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Water Science and Technology.

Olden's recent scholarly output includes several publications, reflecting ongoing engagement with topics related to freshwater biodiversity, climate change adaptation, and hydrology. Notable recent papers are:

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan (2020, BioScience)
  • Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment)
  • Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network (2022, Nature Sustainability)
  • People need freshwater biodiversity (2023, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water)
  • Pervasive changes in stream intermittency across the United States (2021, Environmental Research Letters)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, highlighting partnerships that have supported their research endeavors. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Thibault Datry
  • Meryl C. Mims
  • Lise Comte
  • Albert Ruhí
  • Walter K. Dodds

Olden's work is represented across various publication venues, which include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • BioScience
  • Ecological Applications
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

The main topics of research handled by Olden involve a diverse range of ecological and environmental subjects. These topics are:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Best Publications

  • Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

    Andrea J. Reid;Andrew K. Carlson;Irena F. Creed;Erika J. Eliason

  • Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

    G. Grill;B. Lehner;M. Thieme;B. Geenen

  • The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

    N. Leroy Poff;Brian D. Richter;Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Ecological and evolutionary consequences of biotic homogenization.

    Julian D. Olden;N. LeRoy Poff;Marlis R. Douglas;Michael E. Douglas

  • Homogenization of regional river dynamics by dams and global biodiversity implications.

    N. LeRoy Poff;Julian D. Olden;David M. Merritt;David M. Pepin

  • Assessing the effects of climate change on aquatic invasive species.

    Frank J. Rahel;Julian D. Olden

  • What controls who is where in freshwater fish communities the roles of biotic, abiotic, and spatial factors

    Donald A Jackson;Pedro R Peres-Neto;Julian D Olden

  • Illuminating the “black box”: a randomization approach for understanding variable contributions in artificial neural networks

    Julian D Olden;Donald A Jackson

  • Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

    Regan Early;Bethany A. Bradley;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Joshua J. Lawler

  • Redundancy and the choice of hydrologic indices for characterizing streamflow regimes

    Julian D. Olden;N. L. Poff

  • An accurate comparison of methods for quantifying variable importance in artificial neural networks using simulated data

    Julian D Olden;Michael K Joy;Russell G Death

  • Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: traits-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships

    N. LeRoy Poff;Julian D. Olden;Nicole K. M. Vieira;Debra S. Finn

  • Incorporating thermal regimes into environmental flows assessments: modifying dam operations to restore freshwater ecosystem integrity

    Julian D. Olden;Robert J. Naiman

  • Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan.

    David Tickner;Jeffrey J Opperman;Robin Abell;Mike Acreman

  • Process-based Principles for Restoring River Ecosystems

    Timothy J. Beechie;David A. Sear;Julian D. Olden;George R. Pess

  • On defining and quantifying biotic homogenization

    Julian D. Olden;Thomas P. Rooney

  • The Potential Conservation Value of Non‐Native Species

    Martin A. Schlaepfer;Martin A. Schlaepfer;Dov F. Sax;Julian D. Olden

  • Machine Learning Methods Without Tears: A Primer for Ecologists

    Julian D. Olden;Joshua J. Lawler;N. LeRoy Poff

  • Ecological Impacts of Nonnative Freshwater Fishes

    Julien Cucherousset;Julien Cucherousset;Julien Cucherousset;Julian D. Olden

  • Dam invaders: impoundments facilitate biological invasions into freshwaters

    Pieter Tj Johnson;Julian D Olden;M Jake Vander Zanden

  • What controls who is where in freshwater fish communities — the roles of biotic, abiotic, and

    Donald A. Jackson;Pedro R. Peres-Neto;Julian D. Olden

Frequent Co-Authors

N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University
David A. Lytle
David A. Lytle Oregon State University
Joshua J. Lawler
Joshua J. Lawler University of Washington
M. Jake Vander Zanden
M. Jake Vander Zanden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bradley James Pusey
Bradley James Pusey University of Western Australia
Julien Cucherousset
Julien Cucherousset Paul Sabatier University
Albert Ruhí
Albert Ruhí University of California, Berkeley
Xingli Giam
Xingli Giam University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Donald A. Jackson
Donald A. Jackson University of Toronto

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