Christian Schmidt

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Christian Schmidt is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Schmidt has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Water Science and Technology, 36 papers in Environmental Engineering and 32 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christian Schmidt's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (39 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (30 papers). Christian Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (39 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (30 papers). Christian Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Christian Schmidt's co-authors include Stephan Wagner, Jan H. Fleckenstein, Tim van Emmerik, Laurent Lebreton, Lourens Meijer, Ruud van der Ent, Mario Schirmer, M. Bayer-Raich, Andréas Musolff and Nico Trauth and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Christian Schmidt

70 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

2017 1.0k citations Christian Schmidt, Stephan Wagner et al. profile →
More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

2021 851 citations Tim van Emmerik, Christian Schmidt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Schmidt Germany	29	2.2k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	73	4.3k
Rolf D. Vogt Norway	39	1.5k 0.7×	643 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	697 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	137	5.6k
Maryna Strokal Netherlands	35	719 0.3×	644 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	454 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	101	3.9k
Venkatramanan Senapathi India	38	1.6k 0.7×	763 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	208 0.2×	170	4.4k
Jianfeng Peng China	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	738 0.5×	196 0.2×	422 0.4×	134	4.0k
Shouliang Huo China	37	1.3k 0.6×	646 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	273 0.2×	1.4k 1.3×	161	3.9k
Xiaofei Li China	38	1.7k 0.8×	443 0.3×	478 0.3×	391 0.3×	956 0.9×	141	4.2k
Ángel Faz Spain	41	2.7k 1.2×	361 0.2×	381 0.3×	309 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	142	5.2k
Sanjay K. Mohanty United States	32	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	568 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	390 0.4×	81	3.0k
Allen P. Davis United States	51	2.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	2.3k 1.6×	7.1k 6.0×	643 0.6×	186	10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Schmidt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Schmidt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Schmidt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Schmidt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Schmidt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christian Schmidt. Christian Schmidt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ebeling, Pia, et al.. (2025). Combining Local Head Differences and Topography‐Driven Groundwater Flow Reveals Gaining and Losing Patterns in Stream Networks. Water Resources Research. 61(2).

Graeber, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Hydrologic Turnover Matters — Gross Gains and Losses of Six First‐Order Streams Across Contrasting Landscapes and Flow Regimes. Water Resources Research. 58(7). 3 indexed citations

Schmidt, Christian, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal variations in water sources and mixing spots in a riparian zone. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(7). 1883–1905. 6 indexed citations

Dehghani, Amir Ahmad, et al.. (2021). Hyporheic exchanges due to channel bed and width undulations. Advances in Water Resources. 149. 103857–103857. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhiyuan, et al.. (2021). Effects of Heterogeneous Stream‐Groundwater Exchange on the Source Composition of Stream Discharge and Solute Load. Water Resources Research. 57(8). 9 indexed citations

Wendt‐Potthoff, Katrin, Tamara Avellán, Tim van Emmerik, et al.. (2020). Monitoring Plastics in Rivers and Lakes: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies. UNU Collections (United Nations University). 18 indexed citations

Dehghani, Amir Ahmad, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Hyporheic Exchanges in 2D and 3D Riffle-Pool bed form structures. 52(8). 2059–2072. 1 indexed citations

Graeber, Daniel, Björn Gücker, Romy Wild, et al.. (2019). Biofilm-specific uptake does not explain differences in whole-stream DOC tracer uptake between a forest and an agricultural stream. Biogeochemistry. 144(1). 85–101. 9 indexed citations

Krause, Stefan, Jörg Lewandowski, Nancy B. Grimm, et al.. (2017). Ecohydrological interfaces as hot spots of ecosystem processes. Water Resources Research. 53(8). 6359–6376. 164 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Christian, et al.. (2017). Estimation of global plastic loads delivered by rivers into the sea. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12171. 2 indexed citations

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Munz, Matthias, Sascha E. Oswald, & Christian Schmidt. (2017). Coupled Long‐Term Simulation of Reach‐Scale Water and Heat Fluxes Across the River‐Groundwater Interface for Retrieving Hyporheic Residence Times and Temperature Dynamics. Water Resources Research. 53(11). 8900–8924. 30 indexed citations

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Munz, Matthias & Christian Schmidt. (2017). Estimation of vertical water fluxes from temperature time series by the inverse numerical computer program FLUX‐BOT. Hydrological Processes. 31(15). 2713–2724. 31 indexed citations

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McDonald, Karlie S., Tamara Kolbe, Francesco Ciocca, et al.. (2016). Representing spatial and temporal complexity in ecohydrological models: a meta-analysis focusing on groundwater - surface water interactions. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Christian, Andréas Musolff, Nico Trauth, Michael Vieweg, & Jan H. Fleckenstein. (2012). Transient analysis of fluctuations of electrical conductivity as tracer in the stream bed. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(10). 3689–3697. 30 indexed citations

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Munz, Matthias, Sascha E. Oswald, & Christian Schmidt. (2011). Sand box experiments to evaluate the influence of subsurface temperature probe design on temperature based water flux calculation. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(11). 3495–3510. 29 indexed citations

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Kalbus, E., Christian Schmidt, John Molson, Frido Reinstorf, & Mario Schirmer. (2009). Influence of aquifer and streambed heterogeneity on the distribution of groundwater discharge. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 13(1). 69–77. 105 indexed citations

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Kalbus, E., Christian Schmidt, John Molson, Frido Reinstorf, & Mario Schirmer. (2008). Groundwater-surface-water interactions at the contaminated mega-site Bitterfeld, Germany. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 491–498. 2 indexed citations

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Pételet-Giraud, Emmanuelle, Philippe Négrel, Laurence Gourcy, Christian Schmidt, & Mario Schirmer. (2007). Geochemical and isotopic constraints on groundwater–surface water interactions in a highly anthropized site. The Wolfen/Bitterfeld megasite (Mulde subcatchment, Germany). Environmental Pollution. 148(3). 707–717. 40 indexed citations

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Kalbus, E., Christian Schmidt, Frido Reinstorf, & Mario Schirmer. (2007). How Streambed Temperatures can Contribute to the Determination of Aquifer Heterogeneity. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 5 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Christian, M. Bayer-Raich, & Mario Schirmer. (2006). Characterization of spatial heterogeneity of groundwater-stream water interactions using multiple depth streambed temperature measurements at the reach scale. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 10(6). 849–859. 157 indexed citations

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