Bernhard Wehrli

18.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Wehrli is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Wehrli has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 69 papers in Ecology and 56 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Wehrli's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (43 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (36 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (35 papers). Bernhard Wehrli is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (43 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (36 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (35 papers). Bernhard Wehrli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Bernhard Wehrli's co-authors include René P. Schwarzenbach, Urs von Gunten, Thomas B. Hofstetter, C. Annette Johnson, Beate I. Escher, Kathrin Fenner, Werner Stumm, Thomas Egli, Beat Müller and René Gächter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Wehrli

207 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems

2006 2.9k citations Bernhard Wehrli et al. profile →
Global Water Pollution and Human Health

2010 1.5k citations Bernhard Wehrli et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Wehrli	4.3k	3.1k	2.9k	2.6k	2.3k	209	14.2k
Alfonso Mucci	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	3.9k 1.7×	199	14.9k
Randy A. Dahlgren	4.2k 1.0×	4.0k 1.3×	3.8k 1.3×	3.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	388	17.6k
Markus Kleber	4.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	6.9k 2.4×	3.0k 1.2×	768 0.3×	122	24.5k
Philippe Van Cappellen	7.7k 1.8×	2.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.3×	3.0k 1.1×	4.0k 1.8×	277	20.7k
Edward Tipping	4.8k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	5.8k 2.2×	2.2k 1.0×	215	15.4k
George W. Luther	5.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	4.0k 1.4×	3.5k 1.4×	5.6k 2.4×	288	22.4k
Hailiang Dong	4.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	4.8k 1.6×	2.0k 0.8×	726 0.3×	402	17.4k
Xinghui Xia	2.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	4.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	285	11.4k
Patrick G. Hatcher	3.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	7.0k 2.4×	3.5k 1.3×	6.4k 2.8×	398	26.7k
Andy Baker	2.3k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	4.9k 2.1×	290	20.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernhard Wehrli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernhard Wehrli

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Wehrli

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Tshimanga, Raphaël M., et al.. (2023). Optical remote sensing of large-scale water pollution in Angola and DR Congo caused by the Catoca mine tailings spill. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 118. 103237–103237. 20 indexed citations

Lürig, Moritz, et al.. (2021). Non‐additive effects of foundation species determine the response of aquatic ecosystems to nutrient perturbation. Ecology. 102(7). e03371–e03371. 8 indexed citations

Mayr, Magdalena J., Helmut Bürgmann, Werner Eugster, et al.. (2021). Microbial methane oxidation efficiency and robustness during lake overturn. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 6(6). 320–328. 19 indexed citations

Grinsven, Sigrid van, Kirsten Oswald, Bernhard Wehrli, et al.. (2021). Methane oxidation in the waters of a humic-rich boreal lake stimulated by photosynthesis, nitrite, Fe(III) and humics. Biogeosciences. 18(10). 3087–3101. 24 indexed citations

Teodoru, Cristian R., et al.. (2021). Spatio-temporal variations in lateral and atmospheric carbon fluxes from the Danube Delta. Biogeosciences. 18(4). 1417–1437. 14 indexed citations

Wehrli, Bernhard, et al.. (2021). Methane in the Danube Delta: the importance of spatial patterns and diel cycles for atmospheric emission estimates. Biogeosciences. 18(12). 3961–3979. 11 indexed citations

McIntyre, Peter B., Ismael A. Kimirei, Bernhard Wehrli, et al.. (2020). Structural genomic variation leads to genetic differentiation in Lake Tanganyika's sardines. Molecular Ecology. 29(17). 3277–3298. 19 indexed citations

Oswald, Kirsten, Jon S. Graf, Sten Littmann, et al.. (2017). Crenothrix are major methane consumers in stratified lakes. The ISME Journal. 11(9). 2124–2140. 113 indexed citations

Afshar, Majid Ghahraman, Mary‐Lou Tercier‐Waeber, Bernhard Wehrli, & E. M. van Zinderen Bakker. (2016). Direct sensing of total alkalinity profile in a stratified lake. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 85–93. 9 indexed citations

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Peter, Simone, et al.. (2015). Flood-Controlled Excess-Air Formation Favors Aerobic Respiration and Limits Denitrification Activity in Riparian Groundwater. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Matos, José Pedro, et al.. (2015). Developing an open-source database for the Zambezi river basin. 28–32. 2 indexed citations

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Zurbrügg, R., et al.. (2015). Seasonal dynamics of carbon and nutrients from two contrasting tropical floodplain systems in the Zambezi River basin. Biogeosciences. 12(24). 7535–7547. 17 indexed citations

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Wehrli, Bernhard, et al.. (2013). Adapted reservoir management in the Zambezi river basin to meet environmental needs. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 20(2). 80–84. 4 indexed citations

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DelSontro, Tonya, Juan Pablo Corella, Bernhard Wehrli, et al.. (2012). Methane ebullition and fate in the Rhone River delta (Lake Geneva) and its subaquatic canyons. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10539. 1 indexed citations

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Peter, Simone, Moritz F. Lehmann, Robert Brankatschk, et al.. (2012). Nitrate removal in a restored riparian groundwater system: functioning and importance of individual riparian zones. Biogeosciences. 9(11). 4295–4307. 17 indexed citations

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Durisch‐Kaiser, Edith, Martin Schmid, Frank Peeters, et al.. (2011). What prevents outgassing of methane to the atmosphere in Lake Tanganyika?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(G2). 39 indexed citations

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Teodoru, Cristian R., Alfred Wüest, & Bernhard Wehrli. (2006). Independent review of the environmental impact assessment for the Merowe Dam Project (Nile River, Sudan). DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 7 indexed citations

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Spadini, Lorenzo, et al.. (2003). Analysis and dating of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn sediment profiles from the Vitznau basin of Lake Lucerne (Switzerland). DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 91(1). 41–49. 4 indexed citations

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Truffer, Bernhard, et al.. (2001). Green Electricity from Alpine Hydropower Plants. Mountain Research and Development. 21(1). 19–24. 28 indexed citations

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Stumm, Werner, Bernhard Wehrli, & E. Wieland. (1987). Surface Complexation and Its Impact on Geochemical Kinetics. Croatica Chemica Acta. 60(3). 429–456. 58 indexed citations

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