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, Robert J. Naiman, William H. McDowell, Assefa M. Melesse, Emilio Mayorga, Gilles Pinay, Nancy B. Grimm, Elizabeth W. Boyer, C. Lisa Dent and Sarah E. Gergel 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

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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.

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 →
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 →
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 →
Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction: a state-of-the-art review of the research area

2020 256 citations Michael E. McClain et al. profile →

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Modeling changes in nutrient retention ecosystem service using the InVEST-NDR model: A case study in the Gumara River of Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia 2025 ·Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology ·Wubneh B. Abebe, (unknown), Goraw Goshu, Wuletawu Abera, Edo Abraham, (unknown), Nicola Fohrer, (unknown), Michael E. McClain, William A. Payne, Joanna R. Blaszczak	0
2	Subsidies alone are not enough to increase adoption of agricultural water management interventions 2024 ·Frontiers in Water ·(unknown), Michael E. McClain, Alok Sikka, Saket Pande	1
3	Analysing the elevation-distributed hydro-climatic regime of the snow covered and glacierised Hunza Basin in the upper Indus 2023 ·Frontiers in Earth Science ·(unknown), Shreedhar Maskey, Thomas Skaugen, Michael E. McClain	1
4	Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss 2023 ·Environmental Reviews ·Angela H. Arthington, David Tickner, Michael E. McClain, M. Acreman, Elizabeth P. Anderson, (unknown), Chris Dickens, Avril Horne, (unknown), Wendy A. Monk, Gordon O’Brien, Julian D. Olden, Jeffrey J. Opperman, (unknown), N. LeRoy Poff, Brian D. Richter, Sergio A. Salinas‐Rodríguez, (unknown), Rebecca E. Tharme, Sarah M. Yarnell	28
5	Effects of downstream environmental flow release on enhancing the groundwater recharge and restoring the groundwater/surface-water connectivity in Yongding River, Beijing, China 2023 ·Hydrogeology Journal ·(unknown), Yangxiao Zhou, (unknown), Michael E. McClain, Xu‐Sheng Wang	4
6	Bioassessment of multiple stressors in Afrotropical rivers: Evaluating the performance of a macroinvertebrate-based index of biotic integrity, diversity, and regional biotic indices 2023 ·Frontiers in Environmental Science ·Frank O. Masese, (unknown), (unknown), Alfred O. Achieng, (unknown), Michael E. McClain	6
7	Seasonal inundation dynamics and water balance of the Mara Wetland, Tanzania based on multi-temporal Sentinel-2 image classification 2022 ·International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·(unknown), Stef Lhermitte, Markus Hrachowitz, Francesco Bregoli, Michael E. McClain	19
8	Ecological Status as the Basis for the Holistic Environmental Flow Assessment of a Tropical Highland River in Ethiopia 2021 ·Water ·Wubneh B. Abebe, Seifu A. Tilahun, Michael M. Moges, Ayalew Wondie, (unknown), Workiyie Worie Assefa, (unknown), Anwar A. Adem, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Wuletawu Abera, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Michael E. McClain	9
9	Alteration of the Fogera Plain flood regime due to Ribb Dam construction, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia 2021 ·Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research ·(unknown), Alessandra Crosato, Eddy J. Langendoen, Michael M. Moges, Michael E. McClain	4
10	Accounting for flow intermittency in environmental flows design 2020 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Vicenç Acuña, Dídac Jorda‐Capdevila, Paolo Vezza, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Michael E. McClain, Rachel Stubbington, Amandine Pastor, Nicolas Lamouroux, Daniel von Schiller, Antoni Munné, Thibault Datry	31
11	The dynamics of farmer migration and resettlement in the Dhidhessa River Basin, Ethiopia 2020 ·Hydrological Sciences Journal ·(unknown), Saket Pande, Michael E. McClain	7
12	Humans reshape wetlands: Unveiling the last 100 years of morphological changes of the Mara Wetland, Tanzania 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Francesco Bregoli, Alessandra Crosato, Paolo Paron, Michael E. McClain	20
13	Toma de decisiones bajo incertidumbre de un clima futuro: análisis del sector Hidro-energético en la cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia 2018 ·(unknown), Kristin Gilroy, Berry Gersonius, Michael E. McClain	1
14	Ecohydrology – the background for the integrative sustainability science 2016 ·Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology ·Maciej Zalewski, Michael E. McClain, Saeid Eslamian	14
15	Special Issue: Environmental flows: science and management. 2010 ·Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) ·Angela H. Arthington, (unknown), Michael E. McClain, Christopher Nilsson	312
16	Groundwater Flow Modeling Using Pmwin Model in the Wakal River Basin, Rajasthan, India 2008 ·AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, Michael E. McClain, Michael C. Sukop	2
17	Land use Controls on Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Andean Amazon, Peru 2007 ·AGUSM ·(unknown), Michael E. McClain	3
18	Socioeconomic Drivers of Deforestation in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon 2006 ·Environmental Management ·Carlos F. Mena, Richard E. Bilsborrow, Michael E. McClain	100
19	Riparian zones: where biogeochemistry meets biodiversity in management practice 2004 ·Polish Journal of Ecology ·Henri Décamps, Gilles Pinay, Robert J. Naiman, Geoffrey E. Petts, Michael E. McClain, A. Hillbricht-Ilkowska, Thomas A. Hanley, R. M. Holmes, John M. Quinn, Janine Gibert, (unknown), F. Schiemer, Éric Tabacchi, Maciej Zalewski	71
20	Organic matter and nutrient dynamics in river corridors of the Amazon basin and their response to anthropogenic change 1997 ·Ciencia e cultura ·Jeffrey E. Richey, (unknown), Michael E. McClain, (unknown), John M. Mélack, (unknown)	18

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