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Tom J. Battin 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 Tom J. Battin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 197 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tom J. Battin 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 Tom J. Battin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tom J. Battin is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Environmental Science, with a concentration on Ecology.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Oceanography

Key topics of investigation in their research cover:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Their recent publications reflect a focus on aquatic ecosystems and carbon cycling. Notable papers include:

  • "Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world," 2023, Nature
  • "Substantial decrease in CO2 emissions from Chinese inland waters due to global change," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Key rules of life and the fading cryosphere: Impacts in alpine lakes and streams," 2020, Global Change Biology

Frequently collaborating researchers include:

  • Hannes Peter
  • Susheel Bhanu Busi
  • Tyler J. Kohler
  • Massimo Bourquin
  • Grégoire Michoud

Their research has been published in recurring venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • The boundless carbon cycle

    Tom J. Battin;Tom J. Battin;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Louis A. Kaplan;Anthony K. Aufdenkampe

  • Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks

    Tom J. Battin;Louis A. Kaplan;Stuart Findlay;Charles S. Hopkinson

  • The ecology and biogeochemistry of stream biofilms

    Tom J. Battin;Katharina Besemer;Mia M. Bengtsson;Anna M. Romani

  • Contributions of microbial biofilms to ecosystem processes in stream mesocosms

    Tom J. Battin;Louis A. Kaplan;J. Denis Newbold;Claude M. E. Hansen

  • Glacier shrinkage driving global changes in downstream systems

    Alexander M. Milner;Alexander M. Milner;Kieran Khamis;Tom J. Battin;John Edward Brittain

  • The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks

    Laurent Philippot;Siv G. E. Andersson;Tom J. Battin;James I. Prosser

  • River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world

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  • Microbial landscapes: new paths to biofilm research.

    Tom J. Battin;William T. Sloan;Staffan Kjelleberg;Holger Daims

  • Storage and release of organic carbon from glaciers and ice sheets

    Eran Hood;Tom J. Battin;Jason Fellman;Shad O'Neel

  • Effects of Current Velocity on the Nascent Architecture of Stream Microbial Biofilms

    Tom J. Battin;Louis A. Kaplan;J. Denis Newbold;Xianhao Cheng

  • Biogeochemically diverse organic matter in Alpine glaciers and its downstream fate

    Gabriel A. Singer;Christina Fasching;Linda Wilhelm;Jutta Niggemann

  • Unraveling assembly of stream biofilm communities.

    Katharina Besemer;Hannes Peter;Jürg B Logue;Silke Langenheder

  • Nanostructured TiO2: transport behavior and effects on aquatic microbial communities under environmental conditions.

    Tom J. Battin;Frank v.d. Kammer;Andreas Weilhartner;Stephanie Ottofuelling

  • Biophysical Controls on Community Succession in Stream Biofilms

    Katharina Besemer;Gabriel Singer;Romana Limberger;Ann-Kathrin Chlup

  • Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

    P. Ciais;A. J. Dolman;A. Bombelli;R. Duren

  • Microbial biodiversity in glacier-fed streams.

    Linda Wilhelm;Gabriel A Singer;Christina Fasching;Tom J Battin

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freshwater Reservoirs: What Does the Atmosphere See?

    Yves T. Prairie;Jukka Alm;Jake Beaulieu;Nathan Barros

  • Dissolved organic matter and its optical properties in a blackwater tributary of the upper Orinoco river, Venezuela

    Tom J. Battin

  • Fluvial network organization imprints on microbial co-occurrence networks

    Stefanie Widder;Katharina Besemer;Gabriel A. Singer;Serena Ceola

  • Ecohydrological interfaces as hot spots of ecosystem processes

    Stefan Krause;Jörg Lewandowski;Nancy B. Grimm;David M. Hannah

  • Phylogenetic and Functional Heterogeneity of Sediment Biofilms along Environmental Gradients in a Glacial Stream

    Tom J. Battin;Anton Wille;Birgit Sattler;Roland Psenner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel Singer
Gabriel Singer University of Innsbruck
Enrico Bertuzzo
Enrico Bertuzzo Ca Foscari University of Venice
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Francesc Sabater
Francesc Sabater University of Barcelona
Aaron I. Packman
Aaron I. Packman Northwestern University
Louis A. Kaplan
Louis A. Kaplan Drexel University
Wolfgang Wanek
Wolfgang Wanek University of Vienna
Martin J. Kainz
Martin J. Kainz Danube University Krems
Holger Daims
Holger Daims University of Vienna
Gianluca Botter
Gianluca Botter University of Padua

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