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Vicenç Acuña 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 Vicenç Acuña sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 139 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vicenç Acuña 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 Vicenç Acuña sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vicenç Acuña is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on water science and technology, global and planetary change, and ecology. Acuña has contributed extensively to subfields such as environmental chemistry and nature and landscape conservation.

Their main research topics include hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, land use and ecosystem services, fish ecology and management studies, water quality and pollution assessment, and flood risk assessment and management.

Frequent coauthors in Acuña's publications have been Lluís Corominas, Sergi Sabater, Xavier García, Laia Estrada, and Wolfgang Gernjak, each collaborating on multiple projects, reflecting ongoing partnerships in water and environmental research.

Acuña's recent publications illustrate a range of topics relevant to ecosystem health, water research, and environmental impacts:

  • Sewage pollution, declining ecosystem health, and cross-sector collaboration (2021, Biological Conservation)
  • Nature-based solutions in the urban context: terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Climate change impact on EU rivers' dilution capacity and ecological status (2021, Water Research)
  • Ecosystem services of temporary streams differ between wet and dry phases in regions with contrasting climates and economies (2020, People and Nature)
  • Multiple Stressors Determine Community Structure and Estimated Function of River Biofilm Bacteria (2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)

Acuña publishes frequently in several established scientific venues. These include The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Sciences Europe, Journal of Environmental Management, and Freshwater Biology.

Best Publications

  • Model development for the assessment of terrestrial and aquatic habitat quality in conservation planning.

    Marta Terrado;Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;Becky Chaplin-Kramer;Lisa Mandle

  • Why Should We Care About Temporary Waterways

    V. Acuña;T. Datry;J. Marshall;D. Barceló;D. Barceló

  • Drought and postdrought recovery cycles in an intermittent Mediterranean stream: structural and functional aspects

    Vicenç Acuña;Isabel Muñoz;Adonis Giorgi;Meritxell Omella

  • Ecosystem services in Mediterranean river basin: climate change impact on water provisioning and erosion control.

    Rubab F. Bangash;Ana Passuello;María Sanchez-Canales;Marta Terrado

  • Flow extremes and benthic organic matter shape the metabolism of a headwater Mediterranean stream

    Vicenç Acuña;Adonis Giorgi;Isabel Muñoz;Urs Uehlinger

  • Assessment of the water supply:demand ratios in a Mediterranean basin under different global change scenarios and mitigation alternatives

    Laurie Boithias;Vicenç Acuña;Laura Vergoñós;Guy Ziv

  • Balancing the health benefits and environmental risks of pharmaceuticals: Diclofenac as an example.

    V. Acuña;A. Ginebreda;J.R. Mor;M. Petrovic

  • Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems under water scarcity. The GLOBAQUA project

    Alícia Navarro-Ortega;Vicenç Acuña;Alberto Bellin;Peter Burek

  • Impact of climate extremes on hydrological ecosystem services in a heavily humanized Mediterranean basin

    M. Terrado;V. Acuña;D. Ennaanay;H. Tallis

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • Sewage pollution, declining ecosystem health, and cross-sector collaboration

    Stephanie L. Wear;Vicenç Acuña;Vicenç Acuña;Rob McDonald;Carme Font;Carme Font

  • Ecotoxicological effects of carbon based nanomaterials in aquatic organisms.

    Anna Freixa;Vicenç Acuña;Josep Sanchís;Marinella Farré

  • Bioaccumulation and trophic magnification of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in a Mediterranean river food web.

    Albert Ruhí;Albert Ruhí;Vicenç Acuña;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló;Belinda Huerta

  • Determination of a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in biofilm from a waste water treatment plant-impacted river.

    Belinda Huerta;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Christina Nannou;L. Nakis

  • Nature-based solutions in the urban context: terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services.

    Joana. A. C. Castellar;Joana. A. C. Castellar;Lucia Alexandra Popartan;Josep Pueyo-Ros;Natasa Atanasova

  • Effects of human-driven water stress on river ecosystems: a meta-analysis

    Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;Francesco Bregoli;Francesco Bregoli;Vicenç Acuña;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Sensitivity analysis of ecosystem service valuation in a Mediterranean watershed

    María Sánchez-Canales;Alfredo López Benito;Ana Passuello;Marta Terrado

  • Occurrence and in-stream attenuation of wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals in Iberian rivers.

    Vicenç Acuña;Daniel von Schiller;Maria Jesús García-Galán;Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz

  • Temperature dependence of stream benthic respiration in an Alpine river network under global warming

    V. Acuña;A. Wolf;A. Wolf;U. Uehlinger;K. Tockner;K. Tockner

  • River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

    Daniel von Schiller;Vicenç Acuña;Ibon Aristi;Maite Arroita

  • Functional responses of stream biofilms to flow cessation, desiccation and rewetting

    Xisca Timoner;Xisca Timoner;Vicenç Acuña;Daniel Von Schiller;Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater

  • Conserving small natural features with large ecological roles: a synthetic overview

    Malcolm L. Hunter;Vicenç Acuña;Dana Marie Bauer;Kathleen P. Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Rafael Marcé
Rafael Marcé Catalan Institute for Water Research
Isabel Muñoz
Isabel Muñoz University of Barcelona
Daniel von Schiller
Daniel von Schiller University of Barcelona
Arturo Elosegi
Arturo Elosegi University of the Basque Country
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Carles M. Borrego
Carles M. Borrego Catalan Institute for Water Research

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