Michael E. McClain

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
106 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Michael E. McClain is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. McClain has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Water Science and Technology, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 36 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael E. McClain's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (51 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (31 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (17 papers). Michael E. McClain is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (51 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (31 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (17 papers). Michael E. McClain collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Tanzania. Michael E. McClain's co-authors include Angela H. Arthington, William H. McDowell, Robert J. Naiman, Assefa M. Melesse, Emilio Mayorga, Gilles Pinay, Nancy B. Grimm, Sarah E. Gergel, Elizabeth W. Boyer and Stephen C. Hart and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. McClain

103 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Biogeochemical Hot Spots ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2009 2018 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
    2003 1.9k citations Michael E. McClain, Gilles Pinay et al. profile →
  2. Preserving the biodiversity and ecological services of rivers: new challenges and research opportunities
    2009 470 citations Angela H. Arthington, Robert J. Naiman et al. profile →
  3. The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)
    2018 297 citations Angela H. Arthington, Rebecca E. Tharme et al. Frontiers in Environmental Science profile →
  4. Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction: a state-of-the-art review of the research area
    2020 256 citations Laddaporn Ruangpan, Zoran Vojinović et al. Natural hazards and earth system sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael E. McClain 3.0k 2.9k 1.8k 1.8k 1.8k 106 6.7k
Clifford N. Dahm 3.1k 1.0× 3.3k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 91 7.1k
Quanfa Zhang 2.8k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 269 9.6k
Irena F. Creed 3.1k 1.0× 4.1k 1.4× 2.7k 1.5× 2.7k 1.5× 2.3k 1.3× 214 9.3k
Martin W. Doyle 3.0k 1.0× 4.1k 1.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 154 7.1k
William B. Bowden 2.8k 0.9× 3.2k 1.1× 4.0k 2.2× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 119 7.9k
Carol A. Johnston 2.1k 0.7× 5.4k 1.9× 2.6k 1.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 101 8.4k
Andrew J. Wade 4.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.4× 3.2k 1.8× 1.8k 1.0× 919 0.5× 122 6.7k
Andrew J. Boulton 2.3k 0.8× 4.5k 1.6× 2.2k 1.2× 810 0.5× 2.5k 1.4× 104 6.8k
P. D. Brooks 2.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 3.3k 1.8× 672 0.4× 157 8.6k
B. J. Cosby 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 2.8k 1.6× 2.2k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 156 7.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael E. McClain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael E. McClain

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All Works

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Abebe, Wubneh B., Goraw Goshu, Wuletawu Abera, et al.. (2025). Modeling changes in nutrient retention ecosystem service using the InVEST-NDR model: A case study in the Gumara River of Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 25(3). 776–788.
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McClain, Michael E., et al.. (2024). Subsidies alone are not enough to increase adoption of agricultural water management interventions. Frontiers in Water. 6. 1 indexed citations
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Maskey, Shreedhar, et al.. (2023). Analysing the elevation-distributed hydro-climatic regime of the snow covered and glacierised Hunza Basin in the upper Indus. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Arthington, Angela H., David Tickner, Michael E. McClain, et al.. (2023). Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss. Environmental Reviews. 32(3). 387–413. 28 indexed citations
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Abebe, Wubneh B., Seifu A. Tilahun, Michael M. Moges, et al.. (2021). Ecological Status as the Basis for the Holistic Environmental Flow Assessment of a Tropical Highland River in Ethiopia. Water. 13(14). 1913–1913. 9 indexed citations
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Crosato, Alessandra, et al.. (2021). Alteration of the Fogera Plain flood regime due to Ribb Dam construction, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research. 10(3). 175–196. 4 indexed citations
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Acuña, Vicenç, Dídac Jorda‐Capdevila, Paolo Vezza, et al.. (2020). Accounting for flow intermittency in environmental flows design. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(4). 742–753. 31 indexed citations
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Ruangpan, Laddaporn, Zoran Vojinović, Silvana Di Sabatino, et al.. (2020). Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction: a state-of-the-art review of the research area. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 20(1). 243–270. 256 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruangpan, Laddaporn, Zoran Vojinović, Silvana Di Sabatino, et al.. (2019). Nature-Based Solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction: Astate-of-the-art review of the research area. 13 indexed citations
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Zalewski, Maciej, Michael E. McClain, & Saeid Eslamian. (2016). Ecohydrology – the background for the integrative sustainability science. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 16(2). 71–73. 14 indexed citations
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McClain, Michael E., et al.. (2012). Training hydrologists to be ecohydrologists and play a leading role in environmental problem solving. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(6). 1685–1696. 19 indexed citations
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Melesse, Assefa M., et al.. (2011). Land use and climate change impacts on the hydrology of the upper Mara River Basin, Kenya: results of a modeling study to support better resource management. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(7). 2245–2258. 338 indexed citations
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Arthington, Angela H., et al.. (2010). Special Issue: Environmental flows: science and management.. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 55(1). 1–260. 312 indexed citations
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Melesse, Assefa M., et al.. (2008). Groundwater Flow Modeling Using Pmwin Model in the Wakal River Basin, Rajasthan, India. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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McClain, Michael E., et al.. (2007). Land use Controls on Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Andean Amazon, Peru. AGUSM. 2007. 3 indexed citations
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Décamps, Henri, Gilles Pinay, Robert J. Naiman, et al.. (2004). Riparian zones: where biogeochemistry meets biodiversity in management practice. Polish Journal of Ecology. 52(1). 3–18. 71 indexed citations
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Richey, Jeffrey E., et al.. (1997). Organic matter and nutrient dynamics in river corridors of the Amazon basin and their response to anthropogenic change. Ciencia e cultura. 49. 98–110. 18 indexed citations

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