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Ken M. Fritz

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
4577
World Ranking
7848
National Ranking
2623

Ken M. Fritz publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 62 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ken M. Fritz 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 Ken M. Fritz sits on this spectrum.

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8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ken M. Fritz is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on environmental science, with a total of 71 publications in this field. Within environmental science, they have covered several subfields including ecology, water science and technology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and environmental chemistry.

Their main research topics include hydrology and sediment transport processes, hydrology and watershed management studies, fish ecology and management studies, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, soil and water nutrient dynamics, flood risk assessment and management, as well as soil erosion and sediment transport.

Ken M. Fritz has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network (2022), published in Nature Sustainability
  • Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero-flow stream gage readings (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • What's in a Name? Patterns, Trends, and Suggestions for Defining Non-Perennial Rivers and Streams (2020), published in Water
  • River ecosystem conceptual models and non-perennial rivers: A critical review (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • A global perspective on the functional responses of stream communities to flow intermittence (2021), published in Ecography

Frequent coauthors in Ken M. Fritz's publications include:

  • Thibault Datry (8 joint publications)
  • Daniel C. Allen (5 joint publications)
  • Walter K. Dodds (5 joint publications)
  • Stephanie K. Kampf (5 joint publications)
  • Sarah E. Godsey (4 joint publications)

Some of the venues where Ken M. Fritz most frequently publishes are:

  • Water (4 publications)
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water (2 publications)
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2 publications)
  • Freshwater Science (2 publications)
  • Journal of Hydrology (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Life on the Edge: The Ecology of Great Plains Prairie Streams

    Walter K. Dodds;Keith Gido;Matt R. Whiles;Ken M. Fritz

  • THE DARK SIDE OF SUBSIDIES: ADULT STREAM INSECTS EXPORT ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS TO RIPARIAN PREDATORS

    David M. Walters;Ken M. Fritz;Ryan R. Otter

  • Broad-scale patterns of invertebrate richness and community composition in temporary rivers: effects of flow intermittence

    T. Datry;S.T. Larned;K.M. Fritz;M.T. Bogan

  • Ecological research and management of intermittent rivers: An historical review and future directions

    Catherine Leigh;Andrew J. Boulton;Jennifer L. Courtwright;Ken Fritz

  • Resistance and resilience of macroinvertebrate assemblages to drying and flood in a tallgrass prairie stream system

    Ken M. Fritz;Ken M. Fritz;Walter K. Dodds

  • Flow intermittence and ecosystem services in rivers of the Anthropocene

    Thibault Datry;Andrew J. Boulton;Núria Bonada;Ken Fritz

  • Understanding controls on flow permanence in intermittent rivers to aid ecological research: integrating meteorology, geology and land cover

    Katie H. Costigan;Katie H. Costigan;Kristin L. Jaeger;Charles W. Goss;Ken M. Fritz

  • The relationship of floods, drying, flow and light to primary production and producer biomass in a prairie stream

    Walter K. Dodds;Ruth E. Hutson;Angela C. Eichem;Michelle A. Evans

  • Urbanization affects the extent and hydrologic permanence of headwater streams in a midwestern US metropolitan area

    Allison H. Roy;Angel L. Dybas;Ken M. Fritz;Hannah R. Lubbers

  • Spider-mediated flux of PCBs from contaminated sediments to terrestrial ecosystems and potential risks to arachnivorous birds.

    David M Walters;Marc A Mills;Ken M Fritz;David F Raikow

  • Structural and functional characteristics of natural and constructed channels draining a reclaimed mountaintop removal and valley fill coal mine

    Ken M. Fritz;Stephanie Fulton;Brent R. Johnson;Chris D. Barton

  • Zero or not? Causes and consequences of zero-flow stream gage readings.

    Margaret A. Zimmer;Kendra E. Kaiser;Joanna R. Blaszczak;Samuel C. Zipper

  • A comparison of the trophic ecology of the crayfishes (Orconectes nais (Faxon) and Orconectes neglectus (Faxon)) and the central stoneroller minnow (Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque)): omnivory in a tallgrass prairie stream

    Michelle Evans-White;Walter K. Dodds;Lawrence J. Gray;Ken M. Fritz

  • Challenges, developments and perspectives in intermittent river ecology

    Thibault Datry;Ken Fritz;Catherine Leigh

  • Physical indicators of hydrologic permanence in forested headwater streams

    Ken M. Fritz;Brent R. Johnson;David M. Walters

  • Comparing trophic position of stream fishes using stable isotope and gut contents analyses

    S. M. Rybczynski;D. M. Walters;K. M. Fritz;B. R. Johnson

  • River ecosystem conceptual models and non‐perennial rivers: A critical review

    Daniel C. Allen;Thibault Datry;Kate S. Boersma;Michael T. Bogan

  • Harshness: characterisation of intermittent stream habitat over space and time

    Ken M. Fritz;Ken M. Fritz;Walter K. Dodds

  • PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONNECTIVITY OF STREAMS AND RIPARIAN WETLANDS TO DOWNSTREAM WATERS: A SYNTHESIS

    Ken M. Fritz;Kate A. Schofield;Laurie C. Alexander;Michael G. McManus

  • BIOTA CONNECT AQUATIC HABITATS THROUGHOUT FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM MOSAICS.

    Kate A. Schofield;Laurie C. Alexander;Caroline E. Ridley;Melanie K. Vanderhoof

  • Influence of Trophic Position and Spatial Location on Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Bioaccumulation in a Stream Food Web

    David M. Walters;Ken M. Fritz;Ken M. Fritz;Brent R. Johnson;Brent R. Johnson;James M. Lazorchak;James M. Lazorchak

  • The distance that contaminated aquatic subsidies extend into lake riparian zones.

    David F. Raikow;David M. Walters;Ken M. Fritz;Marc A. Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Thibault Datry
Thibault Datry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephanie K. Kampf
Stephanie K. Kampf Colorado State University
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Scott G. Leibowitz
Scott G. Leibowitz Environmental Protection Agency
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Paul M. Mayer
Paul M. Mayer Environmental Protection Agency
Charles R. Lane
Charles R. Lane Environmental Protection Agency
Heather E. Golden
Heather E. Golden Environmental Protection Agency
Sujay S. Kaushal
Sujay S. Kaushal University of Maryland, College Park

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