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Thierry Oberdorff

Thierry Oberdorff

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
20163
World Ranking
1837
National Ranking
72

Thierry Oberdorff 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 Thierry Oberdorff sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 131 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thierry Oberdorff 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 Thierry Oberdorff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thierry Oberdorff is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, ecology, paleontology, and water science and technology. Their research covers a variety of subjects within these domains, particularly emphasizing fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Fish biology and ecology studies
  • Evolution and paleontology studies
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Water-energy-food nexus studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Oberdorff has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including Céline Jézéquel, Pablo A. Tedesco, Hernán Ortega, Max Hidalgo, and Gislene Torrente-Vilara. These collaborations reflect a strong network of colleagues working on related ecological and conservation topics.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis, 2020, published in AMBIO
  • Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change, 2021, published in Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin, 2020, published in Scientific Data
  • Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion, 2022, published in Science

Oberdorff's publication record spans several prominent venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • AMBIO
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Richard Field;Howard V. Cornell;David J. Currie

  • Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st Century

    Henrique M. Pereira;Paul W. Leadley;Vania Proenca;Rob Alkemade

  • Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness

    David J. Currie;Gary G. Mittelbach;Howard V. Cornell;Richard Field

  • Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis

    Richard Field;Bradford A. Hawkins;Howard V. Cornell;David J. Currie

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis.

    James S. Albert;Georgia Destouni;Scott M. Duke-Sylvester;Anne E. Magurran

  • Global diversity of fish (Pisces) in freshwater

    C. Lévêque;T. Oberdorff;D. Paugy;M. L. J. Stiassny

  • Fish invasions in the world's river systems: when natural processes are blurred by human activities.

    Fabien Leprieur;Olivier Beauchard;Simon Blanchet;Thierry Oberdorff

  • Energy availability and habitat heterogeneity predict global riverine fish diversity

    Jean-François Guégan;Sovan Lek;Thierry Oberdorff

  • Modification of an index of biotic integrity based on fish assemblages to characterize rivers of the Seine Basin, France

    T. Oberdorff;R. M. Hughes

  • Development and validation of a fish-based index for the assessment of ‘river health’ in France

    Thierry Oberdorff;Didier Pont;Bernard Hugueny;Jean-Pierre Porcher

  • A probabilistic model characterizing fish assemblages of French rivers: a framework for environmental assessment

    Thierry Oberdorff;Didier Pont;Bernard Hugueny;Daniel Chessel

  • Partitioning global patterns of freshwater fish beta diversity reveals contrasting signatures of past climate changes

    Fabien Leprieur;Fabien Leprieur;Pablo A. Tedesco;Bernard Hugueny;Olivier Beauchard

  • Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

    L. Mauricio Bini;J. Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel;Thomas S.B. Akre

  • Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

    Almut Arneth;Yunne-Jai Shin;Paul Leadley;Carlo Rondinini

  • Homogenization patterns of the world’s freshwater fish faunas

    Sébastien Villéger;Simon Blanchet;Olivier Beauchard;Thierry Oberdorff

  • A global database on freshwater fish species occurrence in drainage basins

    Pablo A. Tedesco;Olivier Beauchard;Rémy Bigorne;Simon Blanchet

  • Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change

    Hans Otto-Portner;Bob Scholes;John Agard;Emma Archer

  • Effects of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes on riverine fish assemblages: a framework for ecological assessment of rivers

    Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro;Mabel Maldonado;Carla Ibañez;Didier Pont

  • Patterns of fish species richness in the Seine River basin, France

    Thierry Oberdorff;Eric Guilbert;Jean-Claude Lucchetta

  • IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change

    H.O. Pörtner;R. J. Scholes;J. Agard;E. Archer

  • Macroinvertebrate-based multimetric predictive models for evaluating the human impact on biotic condition of Bolivian streams

    Nabor Moya;Robert M. Hughes;Eduardo Domínguez;François-Marie Gibon

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo A. Tedesco
Pablo A. Tedesco Paul Sabatier University
Bernard Hugueny
Bernard Hugueny Paul Sabatier University
Sébastien Brosse
Sébastien Brosse Paul Sabatier University
Fabien Leprieur
Fabien Leprieur University of Montpellier
Gaël Grenouillet
Gaël Grenouillet Paul Sabatier University
Sovan Lek
Sovan Lek Paul Sabatier University
Hans H. Dürr
Hans H. Dürr Ruhr University Bochum
Jean-François Guégan
Jean-François Guégan University of Montpellier
Jansen Zuanon
Jansen Zuanon National Institute of Amazonian Research
Sébastien Villéger
Sébastien Villéger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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