J. V. Ward

24.3k citations

170 papers · 17.9k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.02%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Ecology top 0.01%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Papers in

Nature and Landscape Conservation 90
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 90
Ecology 144
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 84
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 59
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 58

Co-authors: Jack A. Stanford Klement Tockner N. LeRoy Poff Florian Malard F. Schiemer David B. Arscott Urs Uehlinger Christopher T. Robinson
Journals: Freshwater Biology (16 papers)Hydrobiologia (14 papers)Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (7 papers)Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research (6 papers)Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie (5 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States France

In The Last Decade

J. V. Ward

170 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

Riverine landscape diversity 2002 · 835 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Freshwater Biology
2000 Hydrological Processes
1999 Regulated Rivers Research & Management
1998 Biological Conservation
1996 Regulated Rivers Research & Management
1995 Regulated Rivers Research & Management
1993 Journal of the North American Benthological Society
1990 Environmental Management
1989 Journal of the North American Benthological Society
1989 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
1983 Medical Entomology and Zoology
1982 Annual Review of Entomology
1979 The Ecology of Regulated Streams

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. V. Ward

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside J. V. Ward, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Long-term Dynamics of the Channel Network in a Glacial Floodplain, Val Roseg, Switzerland Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Rainer Zah, A.B. Petrova, Sharon Bortner Moore, Urs Uehlinger, J. V. Ward	2001	17
2	Long-Term Dynamics of the Channel Network in a Glacial Floodplain, Val Roseg, Switzerland Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Rainer Zah, Loic Le Marchand, Sharon Bortner Moore, Urs Uehlinger, J. V. Ward	2001	13
3	Ecotones of riverine ecosystems: Role and typology, spatio-temporal dynamics, and river regulation Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology ·J. V. Ward, John A. Wiens	2001	51
4	Genetic differentiation of Baetis alpinus Pictet (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in fragmented alpine streams Heredity ·Michael T. Monaghan, Piet Spaak, Christopher T. Robinson, J. V. Ward	2001	63
5	A conceptual model for alpine proglacial river channel evolution under changing climatic conditions CATENA ·Angela M. Gurnell, Peter J. Edwards, Tomoko Miyanohara, J. V. Ward	2000	60
6	Shifting Dominance of Subcatchment Water Sources and Flow Paths in a Glacial Floodplain, Val Roseg, Switzerland Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Florian Malard, Klement Tockner, J. V. Ward	1999	104
7	Interactions between vegetation development and island formation in the Alpine river Tagliamento Applied Vegetation Science ·Johannes Kollmann, Haliee Pieper, Peter J. Edwards, Klement Tockner, J. V. Ward	1999	127
8	Biodiversity along riparian corridors River Systems ·Klement Tockner, J. V. Ward	1999	63
9	The Val Roseg project: habitat heterogeneity and connectivity gradients in a glacial flood-plain system DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·J. V. Ward, Peter Burgherr, Mark O. Gessner, Florian Malard, Christopher T. Robinson, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Rainer Zah	1998	4
10	Biology and habitat Wiley eBooks ·J. V. Ward	1992	72
11	The relative sensitivity of competing hydropsychid species to fluoride toxicity in the Cache la Poudre River (Colorado) Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·Julio A. Camargo, J. V. Ward, A M Birader	1992	23
12	Size-dependent drift responses of mayflies to experimental hydrologic variation: active predator avoidance or passive hydrodynamic displacement? Oecologia ·N. LeRoy Poff, Luz María Pérez Muñoz, J. V. Ward	1991	36
13	Physical habitat template of lotic systems: Recovery in the context of historical pattern of spatiotemporal heterogeneity Environmental Management ·N. LeRoy Poff, J. V. Ward Hit paper breakdown →	1990	473
14	The Four-Dimensional Nature of Lotic Ecosystems Journal of the North American Benthological Society ·J. V. Ward Hit paper breakdown →	1989	853
15	Resource utilization, overlap and temporal dynamics in a guild of mountain stream insects Freshwater Biology ·Russell B. Rader, J. V. Ward	1987	25
16	Interstitial fauna communities of the hyporheic and adjacent groundwater biotopes of a Colorado mountain stream Robert W. Pennak, J. V. Ward	1986	53
17	Spring and springbrook fauna of the Piceance Basin, Colorado OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Fitria Cardona, Elizabeth A. Bergey, J. V. Ward	1982	3
18	The influence of highway construction on the macroinvertebrates and epilithic algae of a high mountain stream Hydrobiologia ·L. D. Cline, Robert Short, J. V. Ward	1982	70
19	Tailwater Biota: Ecological Response to Environmental Alterations J. V. Ward, Jack A. Stanford	1981	18
20	The ecology of regulated streams : [proceedings of the first International Symposium on Regulated Streams held in Erie, Pa., April 18-20, 1979] Plenum Press eBooks ·J. V. Ward, Jack A. Stanford	1979	1

About J. V. Ward

J. V. Ward is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science and Water Science and Technology, having authored 170 papers that have together received 17.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (90 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (84 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (59 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (58 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (23 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (19 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (9.3k citations), Ecology (14.3k citations), Water Science and Technology (5.1k citations), Soil Science (3.4k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (3.3k citations). J. V. Ward has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Jack A. Stanford, Klement Tockner, N. LeRoy Poff, Florian Malard, F. Schiemer, David B. Arscott, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson, Cécile Claret and Robert Short. Their work appears in journals such as Freshwater Biology, Hydrobiologia, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research and Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie.

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