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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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.

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Ptáčník	1.7k	1.4k	1.4k	848	364	69	3.1k
Esteban Balseiro	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	778 0.9×	248 0.7×	117	3.3k
Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	621 0.7×	509 1.4×	65	3.5k
Vinicius F. Farjalla	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	956 0.7×	748 0.9×	486 1.3×	93	3.4k
Beatriz Modenutti	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	642 0.8×	231 0.6×	124	3.0k
Marcia Kyle	1.5k 0.9×	847 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	801 0.9×	356 1.0×	32	3.4k
Gabriel Yvon‐Durocher	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	770 0.9×	1.2k 3.4×	44	4.2k
Sabine Hilt	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	3.0k 2.1×	968 1.1×	614 1.7×	122	4.7k
Stina Drakare	1.6k 1.0×	881 0.6×	948 0.7×	664 0.8×	289 0.8×	55	2.6k
James M. Hood	1.8k 1.1×	585 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.7×	508 1.4×	48	3.2k
Jotaro Urabe	3.0k 1.8×	2.3k 1.6×	2.9k 2.1×	1.4k 1.6×	619 1.7×	167	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Ptáčník

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ptáčník

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ptáčník, Robert, et al.. (2025). Niche partitioning in a periphyton metacommunity peaks at intermediate species richness in midsized rivers. Ecology. 106(1). e4524–e4524. 2 indexed citations

Brans, Kristien I., et al.. (2024). Regional and fine-scale local adaptation in salinity tolerance in Daphnia inhabiting contrasting clusters of inland saline waters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2016). 20231917–20231917. 2 indexed citations

Abonyi, András, et al.. (2024). The chytrid insurance hypothesis: integrating parasitic chytrids into a biodiversity–ecosystem functioning framework for phytoplankton–zooplankton population dynamics. Oecologia. 204(2). 279–288. 2 indexed citations

Bengtsson, Mia M., Jef Huisman, Corina P. D. Brussaard, et al.. (2024). Contrasting responses of different mixotrophic protists to light and nutrient availability. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(5). 1233–1246. 4 indexed citations

Beladjal, Lynda, Csaba F. Vad, Robert Ptáčník, et al.. (2023). Life-history omnivory in the fairy shrimp Branchinecta orientalis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca). Hydrobiologia. 850(4). 901–909. 3 indexed citations

Vad, Csaba F., Pavel Kratina, András Abonyi, et al.. (2023). Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities. Global Change Biology. 29(11). 3054–3071. 12 indexed citations

Ptáčník, Robert, et al.. (2023). Top-down structuring of freshwater bacterial communities by mixotrophic flagellates. ISME Communications. 3(1). 93–93. 1 indexed citations

Szabó, Beáta, Attila Szabó, Csaba F. Vad, et al.. (2022). Microbial stowaways: Waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro‐ and microeukaryotic communities. Journal of Biogeography. 49(7). 1286–1298. 11 indexed citations

Cunillera‐Montcusí, David, Meryem Beklioğlu, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, et al.. (2022). Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(5). 440–453. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guzman, Laura Melissa, Patrick L. Thompson, Duarte S. Viana, et al.. (2022). Accounting for temporal change in multiple biodiversity patterns improves the inference of metacommunity processes. Ecology. 103(6). e3683–e3683. 20 indexed citations

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Vad, Csaba F., et al.. (2021). From adverse to beneficial: Contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton. Freshwater Biology. 66(12). 2272–2282. 8 indexed citations

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Thompson, Patrick L., Laura Melissa Guzman, Luc De Meester, et al.. (2020). A process‐based metacommunity framework linking local and regional scale community ecology. Ecology Letters. 23(9). 1314–1329. 204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mantzouki, Evanthia, Meryem Beklioğlu, Justin D. Brookes, et al.. (2018). Snapshot Surveys for Lake Monitoring, More Than a Shot in the Dark. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. 13 indexed citations

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Chaparro, Griselda, Zsófia Horváth, Inés O’Farrell, Robert Ptáčník, & Thomas Hein. (2018). Plankton metacommunities in floodplain wetlands under contrasting hydrological conditions. Freshwater Biology. 63(4). 380–391. 71 indexed citations

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Horváth, Zsófia, et al.. (2017). Zooplankton communities andBythotrephes longimanusin lakes of the montane region of the northern Alps. Inland Waters. 7(1). 3–13. 13 indexed citations

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Vad, Csaba F., Bence Tóth, Arnold Móra, et al.. (2017). Wartime scars or reservoirs of biodiversity? The value of bomb crater ponds in aquatic conservation. Biological Conservation. 209. 253–262. 48 indexed citations

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Calbet, Albert, Rodrigo Martínez, Stamatina Isari, et al.. (2012). Effects of light availability on mixotrophy and microzooplankton grazing in an oligotrophic plankton food web: Evidences from a mesocosm study in Eastern Mediterranean waters. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 424-425. 66–77. 35 indexed citations

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Ptáčník, Robert, Tom Andersen, Pål Brettum, Liisa Lepistö, & Eva Willén. (2010). Regional species pools control community saturation in lake phytoplankton. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1701). 3755–3764. 70 indexed citations

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Ptáčník, Robert, et al.. (2007). Statistical and modelling methods for assessing the relationships between ecological and chemical status in lakes. REBECCA Deliverable 12. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 3 indexed citations

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Flöder, Sabine, Thomas Hansen, & Robert Ptáčník. (2006). Energy–Dependent Bacterivory in Ochromonas minima–A Strategy Promoting the Use of Substitutable Resources and Survival at Insufficient Light Supply. Protist. 157(3). 291–302. 24 indexed citations

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