Christos Katopodis

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Christos Katopodis is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christos Katopodis has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 88 papers in Ecology and 44 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christos Katopodis's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (93 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (77 papers) and Hydraulic flow and structures (41 papers). Christos Katopodis is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (93 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (77 papers) and Hydraulic flow and structures (41 papers). Christos Katopodis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Portugal and United States. Christos Katopodis's co-authors include N. Rajaratnam, John G. Williams, José Maria Santos, María Teresa Ferreira, António N. Pinheiro, Ana Silva, R. S. McKinley, Steven J. Cooke, Paulo Branco and S. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Christos Katopodis

138 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

The future of fish passage science, engineering, and prac... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice
    2017 397 citations Ana Silva, Christos Katopodis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christos Katopodis Canada 39 4.0k 3.4k 1.0k 963 837 148 4.9k
Theodore Castro‐Santos United States 30 3.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 150 0.1× 445 0.5× 830 1.0× 73 3.3k
José Maria Santos Portugal 32 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 253 0.2× 400 0.4× 654 0.8× 89 2.4k
M. Larinier France 21 1.4k 0.3× 953 0.3× 315 0.3× 237 0.2× 477 0.6× 73 1.7k
Eva C. Enders Canada 23 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 102 0.1× 237 0.2× 427 0.5× 90 1.9k
Jonathan M. Nelson United States 35 364 0.1× 3.3k 1.0× 651 0.6× 875 0.9× 140 0.2× 76 4.1k
Ian G. Jowett New Zealand 32 2.4k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 85 0.1× 1.2k 1.2× 278 0.3× 56 3.1k
Normand Bergeron Canada 27 910 0.2× 1.4k 0.4× 149 0.1× 641 0.7× 100 0.1× 80 2.1k
Daniel Boisclair Canada 32 2.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 50 0.0× 403 0.4× 849 1.0× 102 3.2k
G.F. Cada United States 17 984 0.2× 651 0.2× 91 0.1× 234 0.2× 346 0.4× 48 1.4k
Michael J. Salé United States 18 604 0.1× 620 0.2× 112 0.1× 505 0.5× 84 0.1× 42 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Christos Katopodis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christos Katopodis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christos Katopodis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christos Katopodis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christos Katopodis 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 Christos Katopodis. Christos Katopodis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baki, Abul B. M., et al.. (2025). Turbulent flow-based habitat complexity metrics around instream boulders in support of river restoration. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10650–10650.
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Tachie, Mark F., et al.. (2025). Effects of ramp width variation on the hydraulic conditions of spillway that affect downstream migrating fish. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 9302–9302. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Xingjun, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Flow Turbulence Metrics to Improve Bar Rack Guidance for Downstream Migrating Fish. Water Resources Research. 60(9). 4 indexed citations
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Baki, Abul B. M., et al.. (2023). Influence of boulder submergence ratio on local flow field: Implications for sediment and fish instream habitat. Ecological Engineering. 193. 106997–106997. 6 indexed citations
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Tachie, Mark F., et al.. (2023). Investigation of turbulent flows using spillway models aiming to aid downstream migration of fish. River Research and Applications. 39(6). 1110–1121. 9 indexed citations
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Amaral, Susana D., Ana L. Quaresma, Paulo Branco, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Retrofitted Ramped Weirs to Improve Passage of Potamodromous Fish. Water. 11(12). 2441–2441. 20 indexed citations
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Romão, Filipe, José Maria Santos, Christos Katopodis, António N. Pinheiro, & Paulo Branco. (2018). How Does Season Affect Passage Performance and Fatigue of Potamodromous Cyprinids? An Experimental Approach in a Vertical Slot Fishway. Water. 10(4). 395–395. 24 indexed citations
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Quaranta, Emanuele, Claudio Comoglio, Christos Katopodis, & Roberto Revelli. (2016). Numerical simulations of flow field in vertical slot fishways. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 5 indexed citations
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Silva, Ana, Charles Hatry, Jason D. Thiem, et al.. (2015). Behaviour and Locomotor Activity of a Migratory Catostomid during Fishway Passage. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123051–e0123051. 24 indexed citations
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Katopodis, Christos. (2014). Are Swimming Performance Data Relevant for Culvert Fish Passage. 1 indexed citations
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Branco, Paulo, José Maria Santos, Christos Katopodis, António N. Pinheiro, & María Teresa Ferreira. (2013). Pool-Type Fishways: Two Different Morpho-Ecological Cyprinid Species Facing Plunging and Streaming Flows. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e65089–e65089. 64 indexed citations
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Hatry, Charles, et al.. (2011). Development of a National Fish Passage Database for Canada (CanFishPass): Rationale, Approach, Utility, and Potential Applicability to Other Regions. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 36(3). 219–228. 5 indexed citations
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Katopodis, Christos. (2005). Developing a toolkit for fish passage, ecological flow management and fish habitat works. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 43(5). 451–467. 141 indexed citations
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Katopodis, Christos, et al.. (1999). Discussion of "Formula for Calculating Critical Depth of Trapezoidal Open Channel". 125(7). 786. 2 indexed citations
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Swamee, Prabhata K., Shun-Tang Wu, & Christos Katopodis. (1999). FORMULA FOR CALCULATING CRITICAL DEPTH OF TRAPEZOIDAL OPEN CHANNEL. DISCUSSIONS. 125(7). 1 indexed citations
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Steffler, P. M., et al.. (1996). Two-dimensional simulation of physical habitat conditions in flowing streams. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 12. 12 indexed citations
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Katopodis, Christos. (1993). Fish passage at culvert highway crossings. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 6 indexed citations
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Katopodis, Christos. (1991). Introduction to Fishway Design. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 2(6). 487–94. 76 indexed citations
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Rajaratnam, N., et al.. (1987). An Experimental Study of Offset Baffle Culvert Fishways. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 23(27). 9155–61. 2 indexed citations

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