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Brian Four

Affiliation : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · STELLA MARE

• 7Publications (affiliation in France)
• 20Total publications
• 474Citations
• 8h-index

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Research profile

Brian Four has 7 indexed publications (2018–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Research Square”, “Nature Geoscience” and “Nature Communications”. Their most cited article, “A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways” (2018), has been cited 173 times. 2 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Germany.

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Research areas

• Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
• Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
• Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
• Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Publications (7)

• Beyond aquatic and terrestrial: a multitaxon, large-scale perspective reveals the distinct biodiversity of non-perennial rivers
  2026 · Research Square
• Unravelling large-scale patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry rivers
  2024 · Nature Communications · cited 32 times
• Unravelling large-scale patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry rivers
  2023 · Research Square · cited 2 times
• Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter
  2019 · Global Change Biology · cited 119 times
• Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams
  2019 · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · cited 83 times
• A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways
  2018 · Nature Geoscience · cited 173 times
• Author Correction: A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways
  2018 · Nature Geoscience · cited 1 times

Publication venues

• Research Square × 2
• Nature Geoscience × 2
• Nature Communications × 1
• Global Change Biology × 1
• Global Biogeochemical Cycles × 1

Publications per year

• 20261
• 20241
• 20231
• 20192
• 20182

Collaborations

Partner institutions : Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement · Fonctionnement des hydrosystèmes · Université de Lorraine · Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine · Université Grenoble Alpes

Co-authors’ countries : Germany

Co-authors

• Damien Banas
• Michaël Danger
• Thibault Datry
• Arnaud Foulquier
• Roland Corti
• Clara Mendoza‐Lera
• Émile Faye
• Sophie Cauvy‐Fraunié
• Christian Miquel
• Delphine Rioux
• Frédéric Boyer
• Marc Ohlmann

Bibliographic data from OpenAlex (open database).