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Nicola Fohrer

Nicola Fohrer

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 53 2827 2581 185 172 252 12136

Nicola Fohrer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicola Fohrer between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicola Fohrer published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2025. 35 of the 373 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2025. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 28 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 30 publications 2026: 5 publications
1995 2026

373 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicola Fohrer: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 2
2000 0
2001 2
2002 9
2003 4
2004 3
2005 9
2006 1
2007 3
2008 7
2009 20
2010 11
2011 10
2012 18
2013 8
2014 21
2015 28
2016 19
2017 21
2018 21
2019 18
2020 17
2021 19
2022 21
2023 22
2024 23
2025 30
2026 5
Total 373
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Nicola Fohrer publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Fohrer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 248–257 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 252 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208 252
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Nicola Fohrer D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Fohrer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178 53
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Nicola Fohrer is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science with a strong focus on Water Science and Technology. Their research spans several related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Their primary research topics include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Hydrological Forecasting Using AI, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Water Resources Management and Optimization.

Nicola Fohrer has contributed extensively to academic literature, with numerous publications appearing in specific scientific venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Journal of Water and Climate Change

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Effects of dynamic land use/land cover change on water resources and sediment yield in the Anzali wetland catchment, Gilan, Iran (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of land cover, topography, and soil on stream water quality at multiple spatial and seasonal scales in a German lowland catchment (2020) in Ecological Indicators
  • Epiphytic biofilms in freshwater and interactions with macrophytes: Current understanding and future directions (2021) in Aquatic Botany
  • Influences of pesticides, nutrients, and local environmental variables on phytoplankton communities in lentic small water bodies in a German lowland agricultural area (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environment regimes play an important role in structuring trait- and taxonomy-based temporal beta diversity of riverine diatoms (2022) in Journal of Ecology

Nicola Fohrer has also contributed to book publications, including works published by Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing eBooks, such as the 2021 volume titled "Festschrift zum 75. Jubiläum der Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (1946-2021)".

Their collaborative network features frequent co-authors who have worked extensively with them, including Paul D. Wagner, Jens Kiesel, Naicheng Wu, Uta Ulrich, and Georg Hörmann. These collaborations reflect the interdisciplinary and cooperative nature of their research approach.

Best Publications

  • SWAT2000: current capabilities and research opportunities in applied watershed modelling

    J. G. Arnold;N. Fohrer

  • Comparison of two different approaches of sensitivity analysis

    T Lenhart;K Eckhardt;N Fohrer;H.-G Frede

  • Rural-urban gradient analysis of ecosystem services supply and demand dynamics

    Franziska Kroll;Felix Müller;Dagmar Haase;Dagmar Haase;Nicola Fohrer

  • Hydrologic Response to land use changes on the catchment scale

    N. Fohrer;S. Haverkamp;K. Eckhardt;H.-G. Frede

  • Assessment of the effects of land use patterns on hydrologic landscape functions: development of sustainable land use concepts for low mountain range areas

    N. Fohrer;S. Haverkamp;H.-G. Frede

  • Long-term land use changes in a mesoscale watershed due to socio-economic factors — effects on landscape structures and functions

    Andrea Weber;Nicola Fohrer;Detlev Möller

  • Modelling point and diffuse source pollution of nitrate in a rural lowland catchment using the SWAT model

    Q.D. Lam;B. Schmalz;N. Fohrer

  • The impact of agricultural Best Management Practices on water quality in a North German lowland catchment.

    Q. D. Lam;B. Schmalz;N. Fohrer

  • Effects of dynamic land use/land cover change on water resources and sediment yield in the Anzali wetland catchment, Gilan, Iran

    Helen Aghsaei;Helen Aghsaei;Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan;Ali Moridi;Zahra Asadolahi

  • Smart low flow signature metrics for an improved overall performance evaluation of hydrological models

    Matthias Pfannerstill;Björn Guse;Nicola Fohrer

  • SWAT-G, a version of SWAT99.2 modified for application to low mountain range catchments

    K Eckhardt;S Haverkamp;N Fohrer;H.-G Frede

  • Assessing the Impacts of Four Land Use Types on the Water Quality of Wetlands in Japan

    Azam Haidary;Bahman Jabbarian Amiri;Jan Adamowski;Nicola Fohrer

  • How to improve the representation of hydrological processes in SWAT for a lowland catchment – temporal analysis of parameter sensitivity and model performance

    Björn Guse;Dominik E. Reusser;Nicola Fohrer

  • Changing soil and surface conditions during rainfall

    Nicola Fohrer;Jörg Berkenhagen;J.-Martin Hecker;Andrea Rudolph

  • Development and testing of a phytoplankton index of biotic integrity (P-IBI) for a German lowland river

    Naicheng Wu;Britta Schmalz;Nicola Fohrer

  • Streamflow Trends and Climate Variability Impacts in Poyang Lake Basin, China

    Guangju Zhao;Georg Hörmann;Nicola Fohrer;Zengxin Zhang

  • Distribution of phytoplankton in a German lowland river in relation to environmental factors

    Naicheng Wu;Britta Schmalz;Nicola Fohrer

  • An interdisciplinary modelling approach to evaluate the effects of land use change

    N. Fohrer;D. Möller;N. Steiner

  • Automatic model calibration

    Klaus Eckhardt;Nicola Fohrer;Hans-Georg Frede

  • Effects of land cover, topography, and soil on stream water quality at multiple spatial and seasonal scales in a German lowland catchment

    Chaogui Lei;Paul D. Wagner;Nicola Fohrer

  • Assessing the impacts of Best Management Practices on nitrate pollution in an agricultural dominated lowland catchment considering environmental protection versus economic development.

    Marcelo B. Haas;Björn Guse;Nicola Fohrer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Felix Müller
Felix Müller Kiel University
Jan Adamowski
Jan Adamowski McGill University
Guangju Zhao
Guangju Zhao Northwest A&F University
Daniel Hering
Daniel Hering University of Duisburg-Essen
Hoshin V. Gupta
Hoshin V. Gupta University of Arizona
Martin Volk
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tenna Riis
Tenna Riis Aarhus University
Jeffrey G. Arnold
Jeffrey G. Arnold Agricultural Research Service
Indrajeet Chaubey
Indrajeet Chaubey University of Connecticut

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