Robert Ptáčník

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Ptáčník is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Ptáčník has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 40 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert Ptáčník's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (41 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Robert Ptáčník is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (41 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Robert Ptáčník collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Hungary. Robert Ptáčník's co-authors include Tom Andersen, Timo Tamminen, Zsófia Horváth, Helmut Hillebrand, Stella A. Berger, Pål Brettum, Angelo G. Solimini, Sebastian Diehl, Liisa Lepistö and Eva Willén and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Robert Ptáčník

68 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Diversity predicts stability and resource use efficiency in natural phytoplankton communities

2008 431 citations Robert Ptáčník, Tom Andersen et al. profile →
A process‐based metacommunity framework linking local and regional scale community ecology

2020 204 citations Patrick L. Thompson, Laura Melissa Guzman et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world

2022 158 citations David Cunillera‐Montcusí, Meryem Beklioğlu et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Ptáčník

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ptáčník

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Niche partitioning in a periphyton metacommunity peaks at intermediate species richness in midsized rivers 2025 ·Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Robert Ptáčník, Gabriel Singer	2
2	Regional and fine-scale local adaptation in salinity tolerance in Daphnia inhabiting contrasting clusters of inland saline waters 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Kristien I. Brans, Csaba F. Vad, Zsófia Horváth, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Ptáčník, Luc De Meester	2
3	The chytrid insurance hypothesis: integrating parasitic chytrids into a biodiversity–ecosystem functioning framework for phytoplankton–zooplankton population dynamics 2024 ·Oecologia ·András Abonyi, (unknown), Séréna Rasconi, Robert Ptáčník, Martin J. Kainz, Kevin D. Lafferty	2
4	Contrasting responses of different mixotrophic protists to light and nutrient availability 2024 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown), (unknown), Mia M. Bengtsson, (unknown), Jef Huisman, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Julia C. Engelmann, Robert Ptáčník, Susanne Wilken	4
5	Life-history omnivory in the fairy shrimp Branchinecta orientalis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) 2023 ·Hydrobiologia ·(unknown), (unknown), Lynda Beladjal, Csaba F. Vad, Robert Ptáčník, Gilbert Van Stappen, Naser Agh, Zsófia Horváth	3
6	Chytrids alleviate the harmful effect of heat and cyanobacteria diet on Daphnia via PUFA-upgrading 2023 ·Journal of Plankton Research ·András Abonyi, Matthias Pilecky, Séréna Rasconi, Robert Ptáčník, Martin J. Kainz	0
7	Microbial stowaways: Waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro‐ and microeukaryotic communities 2022 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Beáta Szabó, Attila Szabó, Csaba F. Vad, Emil Boros, (unknown), Robert Ptáčník, (unknown), Zsófia Horváth	11
8	Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world breakdown → 2022 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·David Cunillera‐Montcusí, Meryem Beklioğlu, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, Erik Jeppesen, Robert Ptáčník, Cihelio Alves Amorim, Shelley E. Arnott, Stella A. Berger, Sandra Brucet, Hilary A. Dugan, Miriam Gerhard, Zsófia Horváth, Silke Langenheder, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Marko Reinikainen, Maren Striebel, Pablo Urrutia‐Cordero, Csaba F. Vad, Egor Zadereev, Miguel G. Matias	158
9	From adverse to beneficial: Contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton 2021 ·Freshwater Biology ·Csaba F. Vad, Claudia Schneider, (unknown), Martin J. Kainz, Robert Ptáčník	8
10	Pleistocene allopatric differentiation followed by recent range expansion explains the distribution and molecular diversity of two congeneric crustacean species in the Palaearctic 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Tom Pinceel, Federico Marrone, Monika Mioduchowska, Csaba F. Vad, Luc Brendonck, Robert Ptáčník, Zsófia Horváth	4
11	A process‐based metacommunity framework linking local and regional scale community ecology breakdown → 2020 ·Ecology Letters ·Patrick L. Thompson, Laura Melissa Guzman, Luc De Meester, Zsófia Horváth, Robert Ptáčník, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Duarte S. Viana, Jonathan M. Chase	204
12	Freshwater phytoplankton diversity: models, drivers and implications for ecosystem properties 2020 ·Hydrobiologia ·Gábor Borics, András Abonyi, Nico Salmaso, Robert Ptáčník	71
13	Grazing resistance and poor food quality of a widespread mixotroph impair zooplankton secondary production 2020 ·Oecologia ·Csaba F. Vad, Claudia Schneider, (unknown), Zsófia Horváth, Martin J. Kainz, Herwig Stibor, Robert Ptáčník	19
14	Trophic switches in pelagic systems 2018 ·Current Opinion in Systems Biology ·Herwig Stibor, Maria Stockenreiter, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Robert Ptáčník, Ulrich Sommer	15
15	Zooplankton communities andBythotrephes longimanusin lakes of the montane region of the northern Alps 2017 ·Inland Waters ·Zsófia Horváth, Csaba F. Vad, (unknown), Julia Birtel, Blake Matthews, (unknown), Robert Ptáčník	13
16	Heterotrophic flagellates increase microalgal biomass yield 2014 ·Journal of Applied Phycology ·(unknown), Helmut Hillebrand, (unknown), Robert Ptáčník	6
17	Biodiversity Effects on Plant Stoichiometry 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Anne Ebeling, Yvonne Oelmann, Robert Ptáčník, Christiane Roscher, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Wolfgang Wilcke, Helmut Hillebrand	81
18	Regional species pools control community saturation in lake phytoplankton 2010 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Robert Ptáčník, Tom Andersen, Pål Brettum, Liisa Lepistö, Eva Willén	70
19	Statistical and modelling methods for assessing the relationships between ecological and chemical status in lakes. REBECCA Deliverable 12 2007 ·Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) ·(unknown), Robert Ptáčník, (unknown), Sakari Kuikka, Olli Malve	3
20	Energy–Dependent Bacterivory in Ochromonas minima–A Strategy Promoting the Use of Substitutable Resources and Survival at Insufficient Light Supply 2006 ·Protist ·Sabine Flöder, Thomas Hansen, Robert Ptáčník	24

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