Günther Grill

8.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Günther Grill is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Günther Grill has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 9 papers in Water Science and Technology and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Günther Grill's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (9 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 papers). Günther Grill is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (9 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 papers). Günther Grill collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Günther Grill's co-authors include Bernhard Lehner, Christiane Zarfl, Graham K. MacDonald, Catherine Reidy Liermann, Camille Ouellet Dallaire, Joseph Ariwi, Michele Thieme, C. Schneider, Stephanie Eckman and Mark R. Montgomery and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Günther Grill

18 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems

2013 1.2k citations Bernhard Lehner, Günther Grill Hydrological Processes profile →
Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure

2014 493 citations Robert I. McDonald, J. Padowski et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

2015 446 citations Günther Grill, Bernhard Lehner et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Global hydro-environmental sub-basin and river reach characteristics at high spatial resolution

2019 367 citations Simon Linke, Bernhard Lehner et al. Scientific Data profile →

Peers

Günther Grill

WST

GPC

ECOLO

NLC

Daming He China

Sarah E. Null United States

Elias Dimitriou Greece

Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo Brazil

Marcel Endejan Germany

Ramiro Neves Portugal

Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes Portugal

Piotr Wolski South Africa

Kristine L. Verdin United States

João Pedro Nunes Portugal

Daming He China

Günther Grill

852 ×0.7

WST

955 ×0.9

GPC

563 ×0.7

ECOLO

533 ×0.8

NLC

127 ×0.3

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Countries citing papers authored by Günther Grill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Günther Grill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Günther Grill

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

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Mair, Louise, Daniele Baisero, Monika Böhm, et al.. (2025). Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland species. Conservation Biology. 40(1). e70163–e70163.

Cowx, I. G., An V. Vu, Zeb Hogan, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Threats to Fish Migration: Applying the Global Swimways Concept to the Lower Mekong. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 33(2). 257–285. 8 indexed citations

Macedo, Heloisa Ehalt, Bernhard Lehner, Jim A. Nicell, & Günther Grill. (2024). HydroFATE (v1): a high-resolution contaminant fate model for the global river system. Geoscientific model development. 17(7). 2877–2899. 6 indexed citations

Macedo, Heloisa Ehalt, Bernhard Lehner, Jim A. Nicell, et al.. (2022). Distribution and characteristics of wastewater treatment plants within the global river network. Earth system science data. 14(2). 559–577. 116 indexed citations

Macedo, Heloisa Ehalt, Bernhard Lehner, Jim A. Nicell, et al.. (2021). Global distribution of wastewater treatment plants and their released effluents into rivers and streams. 14 indexed citations

Lehner, Bernhard, Henry M. Sichingabula, NA Rivers-Moore, et al.. (2021). Identifying priority areas for surface water protection in data scarce regions: An integrated spatial analysis for Zambia. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(8). 1998–2016. 14 indexed citations

Opperman, Jeffrey J., Jeffrey Maynard, Günther Grill, et al.. (2021). Safeguarding Free-Flowing Rivers: The Global Extent of Free-Flowing Rivers in Protected Areas. Sustainability. 13(5). 2805–2805. 12 indexed citations

He, Fengzhi, Michele Thieme, Christiane Zarfl, et al.. (2021). Impacts of loss of free-flowing rivers on global freshwater megafauna. Biological Conservation. 263. 109335–109335. 33 indexed citations

Lehner, Bernhard, Achim Roth, Martin Huber, et al.. (2021). HydroSHEDS v2.0 – Refined global river network and catchment delineations from TanDEM-X elevation data. elib (German Aerospace Center). 6 indexed citations

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Thieme, Michele, David Tickner, Günther Grill, et al.. (2021). Navigating trade-offs between dams and river conservation. Global Sustainability. 4. 50 indexed citations

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Linke, Simon, Bernhard Lehner, Camille Ouellet Dallaire, et al.. (2019). Global hydro-environmental sub-basin and river reach characteristics at high spatial resolution. Scientific Data. 6(1). 283–283. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maynard, Jeffrey, Dieter Tracey, Gareth J. Williams, et al.. (2019). Mangrove cover change between 1996 and 2016 near river-ocean outlets: A global analysis to identify priority rivers for conservation. Figshare. 3 indexed citations

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Grill, Günther, Jing Li, Usman Khan, et al.. (2018). Estimating the eco-toxicological risk of estrogens in China's rivers using a high-resolution contaminant fate model. Water Research. 145. 707–720. 38 indexed citations

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Grill, Günther, et al.. (2017). Reply to Comment on ‘An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales’. Environmental Research Letters. 12(3). 38002–38002. 5 indexed citations

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Grill, Günther, Usman Khan, Bernhard Lehner, Jim A. Nicell, & Joseph Ariwi. (2015). Risk assessment of down-the-drain chemicals at large spatial scales: Model development and application to contaminants originating from urban areas in the Saint Lawrence River Basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 541. 825–838. 52 indexed citations

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Grill, Günther, et al.. (2015). An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales. Environmental Research Letters. 10(1). 15001–15001. 446 indexed citations breakdown →

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McDonald, Robert I., J. Padowski, Martina Flörke, et al.. (2014). Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure. Global Environmental Change. 27. 96–105. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grill, Günther, Camille Ouellet Dallaire, Etienne Fluet‐Chouinard, Nikolai Sindorf, & Bernhard Lehner. (2014). Development of new indicators to evaluate river fragmentation and flow regulation at large scales: A case study for the Mekong River Basin. Ecological Indicators. 45. 148–159. 123 indexed citations

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Lehner, Bernhard & Günther Grill. (2013). Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems. Hydrological Processes. 27(15). 2171–2186. 1187 indexed citations breakdown →

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