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8601
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Sandra Poikane publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sandra Poikane sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 58 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Sandra Poikane D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sandra Poikane sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sandra Poikane is affiliated with the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Belgium. Their research focus lies within Environmental Science, with a significant contribution to subfields such as Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their research primarily covers topics including Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Recent publications by Sandra Poikane include:

  • European aquatic ecological assessment methods: A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Estimating river nutrient concentrations consistent with good ecological condition: More stringent nutrient thresholds needed, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Other notable papers co-authored in related fields include:

  • Characteristics, Main Impacts, and Stewardship of Natural and Artificial Freshwater Environments: Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation, 2020, Water
  • Benthic algae assessments in the EU and the US: Striving for consistency in the face of great ecological diversity, 2020, Ecological Indicators

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sandra Poikane are:

  • Martyn Kelly
  • Gábor Várbíró
  • Geoff Phillips
  • Gary Free
  • Bryan M. Spears

Publications often appear in venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Water
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: An almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive

    Sebastian Birk;Wendy Bonne;Angel Borja;Sandra Brucet

  • Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: consequences for biodiversity conservation

    Marco Cantonati;Sandra Poikane;Catherine M. Pringle;Lawrence E. Stevens

  • Sustaining recreational quality of European lakes: minimizing the health risks from algal blooms through phosphorus control

    Laurence Carvalho;Claire McDonald;Caridad de Hoyos;Ute Mischke

  • Classifying aquatic macrophytes as indicators of eutrophication in European lakes

    W. Ellis Penning;Marit Mjelde;Bernard Dudley;Seppo Hellsten

  • Assessing the ecological status in the context of the European Water Framework Directive: Where do we go now?

    Yorick Reyjol;Christine Argillier;Wendy Bonne;Angel Borja

  • Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook

    Sandra Poikane;Martyn G. Kelly;Martyn G. Kelly;Fuensanta Salas Herrero;Jo-Anne Pitt

  • Automatic High Frequency Monitoring for Improved Lake and Reservoir Management

    Rafael Marcé;Glen George;Glen George;Paola Buscarinu;Melania Deidda

  • Strength and uncertainty of phytoplankton metrics for assessing eutrophication impacts in lakes

    L. Carvalho;S. Poikane;A. Lyche Solheim;G. Phillips

  • Using aquatic macrophyte community indices to define the ecological status of European lakes

    W. Ellis Penning;Bernard J. Dudley;Marit Mjelde;Seppo Hellsten

  • 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

  • Intercalibration of aquatic ecological assessment methods in the European Union: Lessons learned and way forward

    Sandra Poikane;Nikolaos Zampoukas;Angel Borja;Susan P. Davies

  • A hitchhiker's guide to European lake ecological assessment and intercalibration

    Sandra Poikane;Sebastian Birk;Jürgen Böhmer;Laurence Carvalho

  • Intercalibrating classifications of ecological status: Europe's quest for common management objectives for aquatic ecosystems

    S. Birk;N.J. Willby;M.G. Kelly;W. Bonne

  • A phytoplankton trophic index to assess the status of lakes for the Water Framework Directive

    Geoff Phillips;Anne Lyche-Solheim;Birger Skjelbred;Ute Mischke

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

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

  • European aquatic ecological assessment methods: A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures.

    Sandra Poikane;Fuensanta Salas Herrero;Martyn G. Kelly;Angel Borja

  • Benthic algal assessment of ecological status in European lakes and rivers: Challenges and opportunities.

    Sandra Poikane;Martyn Kelly;Marco Cantonati

  • A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments.

    Anne Lyche Solheim;Lidija Globevnik;Kari Austnes;Peter Kristensen

  • Defining Chlorophyll -a Reference Conditions in European Lakes

    Sandra Poikāne;Maria Helena Alves;Christine Argillier;Marcel van den Berg

  • Chlorophyll reference conditions for European lake types used for intercalibration of ecological status

    L. Carvalho;A. Solimini;G. Phillips;M. van den Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoff Phillips
Geoff Phillips University of Stirling
Martyn Kelly
Martyn Kelly Durham University
Sebastian Birk
Sebastian Birk University of Duisburg-Essen
Nigel J. Willby
Nigel J. Willby University of Stirling
Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council
Marco Cantonati
Marco Cantonati Drexel University
Heliana Teixeira
Heliana Teixeira University of Aveiro
Gábor Várbíró
Gábor Várbíró Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University

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