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Robert O. Hall

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
15811
World Ranking
2160
National Ranking
779

Robert O. Hall publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 146 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert O. Hall 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 Robert O. Hall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert O. Hall is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental chemistry, water science and technology, and oceanography.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Robert O. Hall has published numerous research papers, contributing to a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert O. Hall are:

  • "River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world," published in 2023 in Nature
  • "Light and flow regimes regulate the metabolism of rivers," published in 2022 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics," published in 2021 in Nature Communications
  • "Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition," published in 2021 in Science Advances
  • "Sustained stoichiometric imbalance and its ecological consequences in a large oligotrophic lake," published in 2022 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Robert O. Hall's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Joanna R. Blaszczak
  • Charles B. Yackulic
  • Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso
  • James Stegen
  • Heili Lowman

Best Publications

  • Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Patrick J. Mulholland;Ashley M. Helton;Geoffrey C. Poole;Robert O. Hall

  • Nitrous oxide emission from denitrification in stream and river networks

    Jake J. Beaulieu;Jennifer L. Tank;Stephen K. Hamilton;Wilfred M. Wollheim

  • Food webs: reconciling the structure and function of biodiversity

    Ross M. Thompson;Ulrich Brose;Jennifer A. Dunne;Robert O. Hall

  • Sources of and processes controlling CO2 emissions change with the size of streams and rivers

    E. R. Hotchkiss;E. R. Hotchkiss;R. O. Hall;R. A. Sponseller;D. Butman

  • Quantity and quality: unifying food web and ecosystem perspectives on the role of resource subsidies in freshwaters.

    Amy M. Marcarelli;Amy M. Marcarelli;Colden V. Baxter;Madeleine M. Mineau;Robert O. Hall

  • River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

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  • Ecosystem metabolism controls nitrogen uptake in streams in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

    Robert Jr. O. Hall;Jennifer L. Tank

  • Inter-regional comparison of land-use effects on stream metabolism

    Melody J. Bernot;Daniel J. Sobota;Daniel J. Sobota;Robert O. Hall;Patrick J. Mulholland

  • THE TROPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BACTERIA IN A DETRITUS-BASED STREAM FOOD WEB

    Robert O. Hall;Judy L. Meyer

  • Exotic snails dominate nitrogen and carbon cycling in a highly productive stream

    Robert O. Hall;Jennifer L. Tank;Mark F. Dybdahl

  • Loss of a Harvested Fish Species Disrupts Carbon Flow in a Diverse Tropical River

    Brad W. Taylor;Alexander S. Flecker;Robert O. Hall

  • The metabolic regimes of flowing waters

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Jim B. Heffernan;Nancy B. Grimm;Emily H. Stanley

  • Organic matter flow in stream food Webs with reduced detrital resource base

    Robert O. Hall;J. Bruce Wallace;Susan L. Eggert

  • Relating nutrient uptake with transient storage in forested mountain streams

    Robert Jr. O. Hall;Emily S. Bernhardt;Gene E. Likens

  • Extremely high secondary production of introduced snails in rivers.

    Robert O. Hall;Mark F. Dybdahl;Maria C. VanderLoop

  • Nitrate removal in stream ecosystems measured by 15N addition experiments: Denitrification

    Patrick J. Mulholland;Patrick J. Mulholland;Robert O. Hall;Daniel J. Sobota;Walter K. Dodds

  • Nitrate removal in stream ecosystems measured by 15N addition experiments: Total uptake

    Robert O. Hall;Jennifer L. Tank;Daniel J. Sobota;Patrick J. Mulholland;Patrick J. Mulholland

  • Can't See the Forest for the Stream? In-stream Processing and Terrestrial Nitrogen Exports

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Gene E. Likens;Robert O. Hall;Don C. Buso

  • Improving the fluorometric ammonium method: matrix effects, background fluorescence, and standard additions

    Brad W. Taylor;Christine F. Keep;Robert O. Hall;Benjamin J. Koch

  • Are rivers just big streams? A pulse method to quantify nitrogen demand in a large river.

    Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Michelle A. Baker;Robert O. Hall

  • Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum

    Wyatt F. Cross;Wyatt F. Cross;Colden V. Baxter;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Robert O. Hall

  • Methods on stream ecology

    Stuart Findlay;Robert . Hall;William V. Sobczak

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall Loyola University Chicago
Patrick J. Mulholland
Patrick J. Mulholland Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Geoffrey C. Poole
Geoffrey C. Poole Montana State University
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Wyatt F. Cross
Wyatt F. Cross Montana State University
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Colden V. Baxter
Colden V. Baxter Idaho State University
Jackson R. Webster
Jackson R. Webster Virginia Tech

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