Francesc Sabater

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Francesc Sabater is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesc Sabater has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 72 papers in Ecology and 71 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Francesc Sabater's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (86 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (56 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (47 papers). Francesc Sabater is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (86 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (56 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (47 papers). Francesc Sabater collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Francesc Sabater's co-authors include Eugènia Martı́, Andrea Butturini, Susana Bernal, Sergi Sabater, Tom J. Battin, Aaron I. Packman, J. Denis Newbold, Louis A. Kaplan, Stuart Findlay and C. Hopkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Francesc Sabater

157 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks

2008 1.1k citations Tom J. Battin, Eugènia Martı́ et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesc Sabater Spain	38	3.3k	2.8k	2.5k	1.6k	960	162	5.9k
William B. Bowden United States	47	4.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	745 0.8×	119	7.9k
W. M. Wollheim United States	45	4.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	95	7.5k
Eugènia Martı́ Spain	41	5.0k 1.5×	4.1k 1.5×	3.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	147	8.2k
Ellie E. Prepas Canada	53	4.9k 1.5×	3.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	2.2k 2.3×	185	8.3k
Alan T. Herlihy United States	50	2.6k 0.8×	4.8k 1.7×	1.8k 0.7×	3.4k 2.1×	451 0.5×	149	7.5k
H. Maurice Valett United States	42	5.4k 1.7×	4.3k 1.5×	4.2k 1.6×	2.4k 1.5×	567 0.6×	90	8.1k
Richard B. Alexander United States	34	5.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	4.7k 1.8×	1.3k 0.8×	842 0.9×	74	7.3k
Martin Pusch Germany	39	1.8k 0.5×	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	926 1.0×	92	4.6k
D. S. Jeffries Canada	34	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	655 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	88	5.1k
Steven W. Effler United States	36	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	244	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesc Sabater

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Sabater, Francesc, et al.. (2024). Microplastic distribution and their abundance along rivers are determined by land uses and sediment granulometry. The Science of The Total Environment. 933. 173165–173165. 16 indexed citations

Fernández‐Martínez, Marcos, Catherine Preece, Jordi Corbera, et al.. (2021). Bryophyte C:N:P stoichiometry, biogeochemical niches and elementome plasticity driven by environment and coexistence. Ecology Letters. 24(7). 1375–1386. 38 indexed citations

Nel, Holly, et al.. (2021). Hydrologic controls on the accumulation of different sized microplastics in the streambed sediments downstream of a wastewater treatment plant (Catalonia, Spain). Environmental Research Letters. 16(11). 115012–115012. 32 indexed citations

Fernández‐Martínez, Marcos, Catherine Preece, Jordi Corbera, et al.. (2021). Nutrients control reproductive traits of hygrophytic bryophytes. Freshwater Biology. 66(7). 1436–1446. 3 indexed citations

Gili, Josep María, et al.. (2020). The benthos: the ocean’s last boundary?. Scientia Marina. 84(4). 463–475. 1 indexed citations

Sabater, Francesc, et al.. (2018). Effects of urban wastewater on hyporheic habitat and invertebrates in Mediterranean streams. The Science of The Total Environment. 642. 937–945. 20 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

Corbera, Jordi, et al.. (2017). Efecte de les variables ambientals i hidrològiques sobre la riquesa i distribució dels briòfits fontinals a la Catalunya oriental. Estudis Romànics (Institut d'Estudis Catalans). 121–134. 1 indexed citations

Poblador, Sílvia, Anna Lupon, Santiago Sabaté, & Francesc Sabater. (2017). Soil water content drives spatiotemporal patterns of CO ₂ and N ₂ O emissions from a Mediterranean riparian forest soil. Biogeosciences. 14(18). 4195–4208. 49 indexed citations

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Lupon, Anna, Susana Bernal, Sílvia Poblador, Eugènia Martı́, & Francesc Sabater. (2016). The influence of riparian evapotranspiration on stream hydrology and nitrogen retention in a subhumid Mediterranean catchment. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(9). 3831–3842. 28 indexed citations

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Bernal, Susana, Anna Lupon, Miquel Ribot, Francesc Sabater, & Eugènia Martı́. (2015). Riparian and in-stream controls on nutrient concentrations and fluxes in a headwater forested stream. Biogeosciences. 12(6). 1941–1954. 42 indexed citations

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Bernal, Susana, Anna Lupon, Miquel Ribot, Francesc Sabater, & Eugènia Martı́. (2014). Riparian and in-stream controls on nutrient concentrations along a headwater forested stream. 2 indexed citations

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Bernal, Susana & Francesc Sabater. (2012). Changes in discharge and solute dynamics between hillslope and valley-bottom intermittent streams. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(6). 1595–1605. 17 indexed citations

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Bernal, Susana, Andrea Butturini, Francesc Sabater, et al.. (2010). Modelling the inorganic nitrogen behaviour in a small Mediterranean forested catchment, Fuirosos (Catalonia). Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(2). 223–237. 13 indexed citations

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Sabater, Sergi, et al.. (2000). Algal biomass in a disturbed Atlantic river: water quality relationships and environmental implications. The Science of The Total Environment. 263(1-3). 185–195. 34 indexed citations

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Sabater, Francesc, et al.. (1997). La recent transformació del paisatge a la Conca de la Riera d'Argentona: Anàlisi de l'evolució del paisatge dècada a dècada des de l'any 1967 fins el 1994. 29–37. 2 indexed citations

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Armengol, Joan, et al.. (1991). Using the rescaled range analysis for the study of hydrological records: The river Ter as an example. Revistes Científiques de la University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona). 10(10). 21–34. 19 indexed citations

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Sabater, Francesc, et al.. (1991). The hyporheic zone considered as an ecotone. Revistes Científiques de la University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona). 10(10). 35–43. 8 indexed citations

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Sabater, Francesc. (1988). The geochemical features of the Ter River watershed (NE Spain). Revistes Científiques de la University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona). 9(9). 77–87. 2 indexed citations

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Sabater, Francesc. (1982). Comunidades de crustáceos de las lagunas de Tordera (Barcelona) en relación con sus características ambientales. Limnetica. 1(1). 23–33. 4 indexed citations

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