River Research and Applications

Papers
(The median citation count of River Research and Applications is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Morphological response of the upper Yangtze Estuary to changes in natural and anthropogenic factors34
Spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of CO2 partial pressure in the middle reaches of the Yellow River during summer21
Equilibrium morphology and scour evolution at blunt nosed chevrons20
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Identifying the Morphodynamic Potential of Gilort River Sections: Natura 2000 Site as Case Study18
Ask the River: A Public Art and Placemaking Project18
Insights From Intensive Stream Monitoring in an Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Catchment Illuminate Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality18
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Off‐Highway Vehicle Use Degrades a Mountain Stream: A Case Study Evaluating Recreation Impacts, Restoration Efficacy, and Assessing Vulnerability of Headwater Streams in the Central Rocky Mountains17
Moving waters to mitigate hydropeaking: A case study from the Italian Alps17
Watershed Grouping Based on Suspended Sediment Yield Using Morphological Criteria: A Comparison of Hierarchical and Nonhierarchical Techniques16
Land cover, stream discharge, and wastewater effluent impacts on baseflow sediment and nutrient concentrations in SW Ohio streams15
Introducing HyPeak: An international network on hydropeaking research, practice, and policy15
Distribution analysis of adult and larval Calopteryx japonica using unmanned aerial vehicle acquired water temperature distribution15
Habitat availability determines food chain length and interaction strength in food webs of a large lowland river15
Assessing entrainment of larval fish in the Hogback Diversion Canal, San Juan River15
Defining river thermal sensitivity as a function of climate14
Lattice Boltzmann simulation of channel flow with unsteady lateral overland inflow14
Perceptions of the impacts of invasive alien plants in the riparian zone of the Ganga River: Insights from Varanasi, India14
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Statistical analysis of possible trends for extreme floods in northern Sweden13
Navigational safety at risk: The impact of sand Mining in a key waterway in China13
A New Framework for River Restoration Planning at Catchment Scale in the UK12
A Comparative Investigation of Infiltration and Channel Roughness of Ephemeral and Perennial Streams in a Mountainous Catchment12
TheHydroEcoSedimentarytool: An integrated approach to characterise interstitial hydro‐sedimentary and associated ecological processes12
Confluence of Time and Space: An Innovation for Quantifying Dynamics of Hydrologic Floodplain Connectivity With Remote Sensing and GIS12
On the process of fine sediment infiltration into static gravel bed: A CFD–DEM modelling perspective12
Emigration and Survival of Hatchery‐Reared Coho Salmon Released as Parr and Smolts in a Reintroduction Program12
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Patchiness in flow refugia use by macroinvertebrates following an artificial flood pulse11
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Simple models to quickly estimate the probable range of data‐limited riverine fishes11
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Do brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) move streambed substrate?—Implications for durability and maintenance of artificial spawning habitat11
The flood control heritage of the Yongding River in the late Qing Dynasty surrounding the Marco Polo Bridge section, 1890–189910
Unraveling trait‐based fish community assembly in tropical reservoirs10
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Morphological traits related to potential invasiveness of two subspecies of the crayfish Faxonius neglectus10
A 2000‐year spatiotemporal pattern and relationship between cities and floods in the Yangtze River Basin, China10
High resolution spatiotemporal patterns of flow at the landscape scale in montane non‐perennial streams10
Applying parentage methods to detect gravel augmentation effects on juvenile Chinook Salmon recruitment rates9
Modelling spatial and temporal variability of water temperature across six rivers in Western Canada9
Development of transient habitat modeling for stream Macrozoobenthos9
Temporal variation of braided intensity and morphodynamic changes in a regulated braided river using 2D modeling and satellite images9
By‐pass valves in hydropower plants: An ecologically important measure to mitigate stranding in rivers due to emergency turbine flow shutdown9
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Evaluating the risk of fish stranding due to hydropeaking in a large continental river9
Upstream experience and experimental translocation of invasive bigheaded carps results in increased upstream passage success at a navigation lock in a large river9
Reduced‐complexity model of stream temperature9
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Hydropeaking mitigation with re‐regulation reservoirs8
The Galician Canal—An unrealized project that changed the rivers in the northern part of the Carpathians8
Nutrient and sediment dynamics change following a major flood event on a large, grassland river8
The development of a novel macroinvertebrate indexing tool for the determination of salinity effects in freshwater habitats8
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Lithological controls influence river form in contrasting sub‐catchments: The Scamander and Avenue Rivers, Tasmania8
Elucidation of mosaic patterns in gravel riverbeds using classifying flow velocity regimes obtained from a planar two‐dimensional analysis8
Quantifying the probability of invasive carp introduction via freshwater diversions: Arrival Assessment8
Assessment of upbasin dam impacts on streamflow at Chiang Saen gauging station during the period 1960–2020 in the context of statistical studies8
Dry, drier, driest: Differentiating flow patterns across a gradient of intermittency8
Testing a novel sonar‐based approach for measuring water depth and monitoring sediment storage in beaver ponds8
Analyzing the influence of changes in land use and management practices on the lag time of peak flows for tropical watersheds of Ethiopia7
Strengthening the ‘bio’ in biome: Living river biomes as a concept to leverage public engagement for river health7
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Taxonomic and functional distinctness of the fish assemblages differing among different types of reservoirs in south‐eastern Brazil7
Interactions of a temperate North American fish community with a very low head hydropower facility in Ontario, Canada7
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Mapping Apennines river paths along different hydrological conditions from satellite images: A description of the method and potential applications7
If a fish comes out of the river and speaks, we should believe it: South African perspective on fish kills7
Watersheds and stream networks viewed longitudinally: Example insights from novel spatial portrayals of watershed characteristics7
Predation preference of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) on native and invasive bivalve species7
High‐resolution temperature modeling of stream reconstruction alternatives7
Monitoring invasive alien macroinvertebrate species with environmental DNA7
Guiding downstream migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) of different life stages in a large river using bubbles7
Chinook salmon rearing habitat–discharge relationships change as a result of morphodynamic processes7
Thermal alterations of hydro power: Modelling the effect on growth of juvenile salmonids7
Geomorphic responses of fluvial systems to climate change: A habitat perspective7
Are the Seasonal Dynamics of Zooplankton Different Between Contrasting Climatic Zones in Brazil? A Comparison Between Tropical and Subtropical Rivers6
The fate of the City of Mutare's urban water supply as changing climate impacts on its source in the Pungwe sub‐catchment6
Long‐term reconstruction of energy fluxes in an alpine river: Effects of flow regulation and restoration6
Predicting invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) spread using a traditional survey and river network simulation6
Assessment of a conservative mixing model for the evaluation of constituent behavior below river confluences, Elqui River Basin, Chile6
Evaluation of hydropower projects in Balkan Rivers based on direct sediment transport measurements; challenges, limits and possible data interpretation – Case study Vjosa River/Albania6
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Longitudinal patterns in riverine ecology within and among seven Pacific Northwest rivers: Implications for river research, monitoring and management6
Anchor chains—A simple low‐cost device to assist passage of small‐bodied mass fish6
A Kick in the Headwaters: Evaluating a Macroinvertebrate Sampling Method for Ecological Condition Monitoring in Small Streams6
Flood Potential Portal: A web tool for understanding flood variability and predicting peak discharges6
Mass and Momentum Flux Prediction at the Channel‐Floodplain Interface Associated With Riparian Vegetation6
Environmental drivers of benthic fish assemblages and fish‐habitat associations in offshore areas of a very large river6
Foundational conditions enabling participatory river management in watersheds of two regulatorily disparate states: A mixed methods study6
Evaluation of discharge measurements methods in a natural river of low or middle flow using an electromagnetic flow meter6
Hydrological characterization of hydropeaks in mountain rivers (examples from Southern Pyrenees)6
Impacts of climate change on water provisional services in Tungabhadra basin usingInVESTModel6
Comparative Evaluation of Multi‐Criteria Decision Making Methods for River Hydromorphology Assessment: Case Study of the Saz‐Çayırova Basin, Türkiye6
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Cannibalism in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra)6
Hydropeaking impairs upstream salmonid spawning habitats in a restored Danube tributary6
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Effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on runoff change of the Weihe River basin, Northwest China5
River water temperatures are higher during lower flows after accounting for meteorological variability5
Voicing Derbarl Yerrigan as a feminist anti‐colonial methodology5
Terrain‐derived measures for basin conservation and restoration planning5
Vertical root profiles of grey alder (Alnus incana) trees growing in highly disturbed river environments5
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Assessing human perceptions towards large wood in river ecosystems following flooding experiences5
Peaking hydropower and fish assemblages: an example from the Tallapoosa River, AL5
The overlooked contribution of a fish bypass channel to the density and diversity of macroinvertebrate drift in a heavily modified river system5
Biogeomorphological floodplain dynamics along a degradation gradient of an Alpine river5
Differences in Native and Invasive Fish Larval Occupancy and Detection Probabilities in the Upper Mississippi River5
Multimodel evaluation of longitudinal stream temperature gradient and dominant influencing factors in Michigan streams5
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Evaluating the Efficiency of a Fishway Installed Near a High, Artificially Created Waterfall5
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Seed banks and seed survival of submersion for an emerging plant invader in the Colorado River system, USA5
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Attraction and passage efficiency for salmonids and non‐salmonids based on fishway: A meta‐analysis approach5
Flow amplitude or up‐ramping rate? Quantifying single and combined effects on macroinvertebrate drift during hydropeaking simulations, considering sensitive traits5
Cooperative operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reduces Nile riverine floods5
Drawing from Indigenous ontologies and practices to rethink European water policy5
Assessing the progress of river restoration in the UK: Has biophysical condition improved over two decades of intervention?5
Fast Colonization of Wild Brown Trout in Nature‐Like Compensation Channel5
Ecological traits of Saliceae and the species replacing them on the active floodplain5
Systematic comparison of 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models for the assessment of hydropeaking alterations5
Spatial and temporal trends of Minnesota River phytoplankton and zooplankton5
Understanding and developing locality with a non‐representational approach: Cases of waterfront spaces along the river Rhine5
Macroinvertebrate and diatom community responses to thermal alterations below water supply reservoirs5
Geomorphic Signature of Urbanization: An Analysis of Four Streams in Southeastern Pennsylvania, USA4
My father put them up there: Anthropogenic environmental change associated with abandoned river vessels in the Clarence River, NSW, Australia4
Evaluation of alternative approaches to PHABSIM modeling of coastal cutthroat trout spawning habitat4
How does a reservoir affect the fish assemblage structure in a Mediterranean River (Turkey)?4
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Spatially variable effects of streamflow on water temperature and thermal sensitivity within a salmon‐bearing watershed in interior British Columbia, Canada4
Impacts of the Victoria Nile Bujagali hydropower dam on fisheries and livelihoods4
Assessing migratory bottlenecks and escapement of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the highly urbanized North Sea Canal basin, the Netherlands4
How long do seeds float? The potential role of hydrochory in passive revegetation management4
Listening to the river: Representing non‐human needs and interests in debates about water governance and management4
Patterns of riparian forest disturbance caused by tree dislodging on a subtropical river during large floods4
River thinking: Towards a holistic approach to watery places in the human imaginary4
Dynamics of large wood added to Midwestern USA streams4
Mitigation of impacts of cattle access on stream ecosystems: Efficacy of fencing4
Spectral Slope and Coherence Quantitatively Summarize Nested Topographic Variability Patterns in Rivers4
Potential approaches to establishing harmonious river‐human relationships4
Can fish lifts aid upstream dispersal of the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) past high‐head hydropower plants?4
The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research4
Evaluating hydrologic region assignment techniques for ungaged basins in Alaska, USA4
Developing a taxa‐related physical habitat score based on the response of macroinvertebrate community structure to fine bed sediment composition in the Tsitsa River, Eastern Cape, South Africa4
Hydrogeomorphological processes and plant invasion. What interactions in the case of Asian knotweeds along the Herault River (France)?4
The hydroclimate niche: A tool for predicting and managing riparian plant community responses to streamflow seasonality4
A model for quantifying the effectiveness of leaky barriers as a flood mitigation intervention in an agricultural landscape4
Blue catfish population characteristics and dispersal along a Great Plains river gradient4
A fish‐based multi‐metric assessment index in the Karun River basin, Iran4
How low is too low? Partnering with stakeholders and managers to define ecologically based low‐flow thresholds in a perennial temperate river4
A Q‐method survey of stream restoration practitioners in the Driftless Area, USA4
Estimation of streamflow of the ungauged mountainous watersheds of the Western Ghats in India using the SWAT model4
Restoration Effects on a Native Cutthroat Trout Stream4
River fragmentation in the northern Sandomierz Basin (SE Poland)4
Human–river relationships depend on human–human relationships: River and watershed organizations in three western US states4
“Fluvial” from “Dorset Waterbodies, a common/weal,” Helen Moore4
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Caffeine and canopy cover interact to alter biofilm nutrient content, benthic invertebrates, and insect emergence4
Combining taxonomic and functional approaches to assess land‐use impacts on macroinvertebrate assemblages and improve bioindication4
Effects of trout aquaculture on water chemistry of tropical montane streams in Ecuador4
Japanese knotweed increases soil erosion on riverbanks4
Turbulent structural analysis of the combined fishway with vertical seam and bottom hole4
Neural networks for fast fluvial flood predictions: Too good to be true?4
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Lake survival of hatchery‐reared adfluvial brown trout—A case study in a large natural lake in Sweden4
Effect of flow regulation on streambank erosion: A perspective downstream of a flood control dam, Kansas, USA4
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Putting down roots: Afforestation and bank cohesion of Icelandic Rivers3
Riverbed deformation and its response to human intervention on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River3
Integrated river water quality and quantity management based on undesirability and cost‐effectiveness3
Response of arid‐land macroinvertebrate communities to extremes of drought, wildfire, and monsoonal flooding3
Observation of high sediment concentrations entrained in jumble river ice3
An investigation into remote sensing techniques and field observations to model hydraulic roughness from riparian vegetation3
A simple low‐cost approach for transport parameter determination in mountain rivers3
Effectiveness of spawning substrate enhancement for adfluvial fish in a regulated sub‐Arctic river3
Implications of climate‐change‐induced stressors and water management for sterlet populations in the Middle and Upper River Danube3
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The morphological and functional traits of water bodies enhance the explanatory power of directed spatial processes in predicting the variation of macrophyte communities under the conditions of river 3
River relationships: For the love of rivers3
Entrainment of endangered sturgeon by a large water diversion: Rescue, enumeration, and conservation opportunities3
Temporal and spatial patterns in the shifting of otter diet to invasive prey after river damming3
Longitudinal habitat gradient affects diet and body condition of riverine fish: A case study ofPelteobagruscatfishes in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China3
Linking Suspended Sediment Conditions to Hyporheic Dissolved Oxygen and Fine Sediment Deposition in Salmonid Spawning Habitat Below an Irrigation Dam, Park County, Wyoming3
Integrating UAV‐Based Topographic and Geomorphic Analysis for the Development of River Rehabilitation Plans in Semi‐Urban Settings3
Quantifying the in‐channel contribution to suspended‐sediment concentration, a concept for sediment yield apportionment using limited data3
Effects of drought on the physicochemical, nutrient, and carbon metrics of flows in the Savannah River, Georgia, USA3
Effects of inlet height of detention basins on fish movement to refuges during floods3
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Retention of viability by fragmented invasive Crassula helmsii, Elodea canadensis and Lagarosiphon major3
Timing is everything: Rethinking flexible hydropower operations for the economy and environment3
Detecting changes in fish behaviour in real time to alert managers to thresholds of potential concern3
Evaluating Ecosystem Services Incorporation in River Policy: A Multidimensional Framework Applied to China's River Chief System3
In‐situ measurement of dissolved organic carbon and total organic carbon in fresh surface waters: Lab validation of a portable field meter3
Horizontal ramping rate framework to quantify hydropeaking stranding risk for fish3
Tributary mitigates river discontinuity by dam depending on the distance from dam to the tributary confluence3
Low‐head dam removal increases functional diversity of stream fish assemblages3
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of water flow on a studded upstream eel pass3
Sediment regimes in South Korea3
Partial least squares regression models to predict contaminant concentrations during high or low flow of coal mine‐affected rivers3
Assessment of spawning habitat suitability for Amphidromous Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in tidal Asahi River sections in Japan: Implications for conservation and restoration3
Evaluating hydrological components and streamflow characteristics under conventional and adaptive multi‐paddock grazing management3
Sedimentology of a delta formed by agricultural river discharge into a flood‐control reservoir, Iowa3
Spatial distribution and site selection adaptation mechanism of traditional villages along the Yellow River in Shanxi and Shaanxi3
Effect of Seasonality and Associated Environmental Drivers on Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Neotropical Coastal Headwater Streams3
Riverbank fascines mostly fail due to scouring: Consistent evidence from field and flume observations3
Impacts of hydrologic and geomorphic alteration to the availability of shallow, low‐velocity habitats in an intensively managed arid‐land river3
Dispersal of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) fry in a low gradient stream ‐ implications for egg stocking practices3
Towards biogeomorphic river restoration: Vegetation as a critical driver of physical habitat3
Automated fluvial hydromorphology mapping from airborne remote sensing3
Hydrologic connectivity and land cover affect floodplain lake water quality, fish abundance, and fish diversity in floodplain lakes of the Wabash‐White River basin3
Sediment contributions from a low‐head dam failure on the Big Blue River near Marysville, KS2
Chaos arising from the hydrological behaviour of a floodplain river during the last century2
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Utilizing social science data from river recreationists to inform river management2
Dam operations, local rainfall, changing settlement growth pattern and flooding in the Niger Delta, Nigeria2
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Effect of the Three Gorges Reservoir on vertical distribution of suspended sediment concentration and estimation accuracy of depth‐average concentration in downstream reaches2
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Assessment of the potential natural status of riparian zones in the Czech Republic2
Spatial patterns in occupancy and density of larval lampreys in freshwater habitats restored to a Stage 0 condition2
Temporal and spatial variations of propagule deposition in the riparian zones of mountain rivers2
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Effects of cold and warm thermopeaking on drift and stranding of juvenile European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)2
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Hydrodynamic modeling of ephemeral flow in the Iishana channel systems of the Cuvelai Basin—Northern Namibia2
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Point source pollution influences water quality of Patagonian streams more than land cover2
Fish Assemblage Diversity of Dharla River, Bangladesh, With Relation to Environmental Variables: A Multivariate Analysis2
Cumulative downstream turbine‐induced mortality and thresholds for facilitating upstream passage of American eel2
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Expansion of smallmouth bass distribution and habitat overlap with juvenile Chinook salmon in the Willamette River, Oregon2
Bootstrap Reduced Major Axis (BRMA) to optimize the satellite‐derived discharge rating curves2
Does where they start affect where they finish? A multimethod investigation of the role of stocking location on survival and dispersal of hatchery‐reared Lake Sturgeon in Missouri River tributaries2
Environmental drivers of cyanobacterial abundance and cyanotoxin production in backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River2
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Turbulence structure and bank erosion process in a dredged channel2
Macroinvertebrate drift patterns in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers: Implications for Scaphirhynchus sturgeon conservation efforts2
The legacy of over a century of introductions: Spread debt of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa2
Riparian recruitment persists after damming: Environmental flows and coupled colonization of cottonwoods and willows following floods along a dryland river2
Using acoustic tracking of an anadromous lamprey in a heavily fragmented river to assess current and historic passage opportunities and prioritise remediation2
Habitat heterogeneity enables spatial and temporal coexistence of native and invasive macrophytes in shallow lake landscapes2
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