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Martin T. Pusch

Martin T. Pusch

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
7748
World Ranking
4465
National Ranking
237

Martin T. Pusch 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 Martin T. Pusch sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 99 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin T. Pusch 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 Martin T. Pusch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Martin T. Pusch is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their scholarly work covers a range of main topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Transboundary Water Resource Management, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Martin T. Pusch include:

  • More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers (2020, Nature)
  • A review of hydropower plants in Romania: Distribution, current knowledge, and their effects on fish in headwater streams (2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Assessing land use and flood management impacts on ecosystem services in a river landscape (Upper Danube, Germany) (2020, River Research and Applications)
  • Impacts of existing and planned hydropower dams on river fragmentation in the Balkan Region (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Unpredicted ecosystem response to compound human impacts in a European river (2024, Scientific Reports)

Martin T. Pusch frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors including:

  • Mauro Carolli
  • Barbara Belletti
  • Carlos García de Leániz
  • Joshua Jones
  • Luca Börger

Their work has appeared in various scientific publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • River Research and Applications
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers.

    Barbara Belletti;Barbara Belletti;Carlos Garcia de Leaniz;Joshua Jones;Simone Bizzi;Simone Bizzi

  • Multiple stressors in coupled river–floodplain ecosystems

    Klement Tockner;Martin Pusch;Dietrich Borchardt;Mark S. Lorang

  • Agriculture has changed the amount and composition of dissolved organic matter in Central European headwater streams.

    Daniel Graeber;Jörg Gelbrecht;Martin T. Pusch;Christine Anlanger

  • The role of micro‐organisms in the ecological connectivity of running waters

    Martin Pusch;Douglas Fiebig;Ingrid Brettar;Heinrich Eisenmann

  • A river's liver - microbial processes within the hyporheic zone of a large lowland river

    Helmut Fischer;Frank Kloep;Frank Kloep;Sabine Wilzcek;Martin T Pusch

  • Effects of wastewater treatment plant discharge on ecosystem structure and function of lowland streams

    Björn Gücker;Mario Brauns;Martin T. Pusch

  • Nutrient enrichment homogenizes lake benthic assemblages at local and regional scales

    Ian Donohue;Andrew L. Jackson;Martin T. Pusch;Kenneth Irvine

  • Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

    Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Fionnuala H. O’Neill;Marianna Biró;Christian Damm

  • Horizontal and vertical movements of unionid mussels in a lowland river

    Astrid N. Schwalb;Martin T. Pusch

  • Multifunctionality of floodplain landscapes: relating management options to ecosystem services

    Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Zita Sebesvari;Christian Damm;Katrin Euller

  • Comparison of bacterial production in sediments, epiphyton and the pelagic zone of a lowland river

    Helmut Fischer;Martin Pusch

  • Effects of human shoreline development on littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes

    Mario Brauns;Xavier-François Garcia;Norbert Walz;Martin T Pusch

  • Differential retention and utilization of dissolved organic carbon by bacteria in river sediments

    Helmut Fischer;Anke Sachse;Christian E. W. Steinberg;Martin Pusch

  • Ecological status assessment of European lakes: a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish

    Anne Lyche-Solheim;Christian K. Feld;Sebastian Birk;Geoff Phillips

  • Ecosystem shifts in Alpine streams under glacier retreat and rock glacier thaw: A review

    Stefano Brighenti;Monica Tolotti;Maria Cristina Bruno;Geraldene Wharton

  • Benthic macroinvertebrates in lake ecological assessment: A review of methods, intercalibration and practical recommendations

    Sandra Poikane;Richard K. Johnson;Leonard Sandin;Ann Kristin Schartau

  • The metabolism of organic matter in the hyporheic zone of a mountain stream, and its spatial distribution

    Martin Pusch

  • Complex hydromorphology of meanders can support benthic invertebrate diversity in rivers

    X.-F. Garcia;I. Schnauder;M. T. Pusch

  • Carbon dynamics and their link to dissolved organic matter quality across contrasting stream ecosystems

    Pascal Bodmer;Pascal Bodmer;Marlen Heinz;Martin Pusch;Gabriel Singer

  • Bacterial abundance and production in river sediments as related to the biochemical composition of particulate organic matter (POM)

    Helmut Fischer;Susanne C. Wanner;Martin Pusch

  • The role of organisms in hyporheic processes: gaps in current knowledge, needs for future research and applications

    P. Marmonier;G. Archambaud;N. Belaidi;N. Bougon

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schindler
Stefan Schindler Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Leonard Sandin
Leonard Sandin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Brian Kronvang
Brian Kronvang Aarhus University
Koen Jacques Ferdinand Blanckaert
Koen Jacques Ferdinand Blanckaert École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kenneth Irvine
Kenneth Irvine IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Thomas Wrbka
Thomas Wrbka University of Vienna
Christian Wolter
Christian Wolter Leibniz Association
Sabine Sauvage
Sabine Sauvage Paul Sabatier University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Sandra Poikane
Sandra Poikane European Commission Joint Research Centre

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