Oscar Link

Oscar Link

Universidad de Concepción

H-index: 24

Latin America-Chile

About Oscar Link

Oscar Link, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidad de Concepción, specializes in the field of River Engineering, Bridge Scour, Fishways, Reservoir sedimentation, Flood risk management.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Does the loss of diadromy imply the loss of salinity tolerance? A gene expression study with replicate nondiadromous populations of Galaxias maculatus

The economics impacts of long-run droughts: Challenges, gaps, and way forward

Monitoring scour at bridge piers in rivers with supercritical flows.

Microplastic concentration, distribution and dynamics along one of the largest Mediterranean-climate rivers: A whole watershed approach.

Is forest location more important than forest fragmentation for flood regulation?

Preparedness against floods in nearly pristine socio-hydrological systems

Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients of Riverine Landscapes in Andean Rivers

Elucidating the importance of sediment avalanches in scour at obstacles

Oscar Link Information

University

Position

Professor Departamento de Ingeniería Civil

Citations(all)

1580

Citations(since 2020)

1078

Cited By

1053

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

43

i10Index(since 2020)

34

Email

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Universidad de Concepción

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Oscar Link Skills & Research Interests

River Engineering

Bridge Scour

Fishways

Reservoir sedimentation

Flood risk management

Top articles of Oscar Link

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Does the loss of diadromy imply the loss of salinity tolerance? A gene expression study with replicate nondiadromous populations of Galaxias maculatus

Molecular Ecology

M Lisette Delgado

Aliro Manosalva

Mauricio A Urbina

Anne C Dalziel

Evelyn Habit

...

2023/5

The economics impacts of long-run droughts: Challenges, gaps, and way forward

Journal of Environmental Management

Francisco J Fernández

Felipe Vásquez-Lavín

Roberto D Ponce

René Garreaud

Francisco Hernández

...

2023/10/15

Monitoring scour at bridge piers in rivers with supercritical flows.

Camilo San Martin

Cristian Rifo

Maricarmen Guerra

Bernd Ettmer

Oscar Link

2023/8/22

Microplastic concentration, distribution and dynamics along one of the largest Mediterranean-climate rivers: A whole watershed approach.

Environmental Research

Francisco Correa-Araneda

Javier Pérez

Alan M Tonin

Carlos Esse

Luz Boyero

...

2022/6/1

Is forest location more important than forest fragmentation for flood regulation?

Ecological Engineering

Jorge Hurtado-Pidal

Juan S Acero Triana

Mauricio Aguayo

Oscar Link

Bryan G Valencia

...

2022/10/1

Preparedness against floods in nearly pristine socio-hydrological systems

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Constanza Veloso

Esteban Flores

Iván Noguera

Rodrigo Faúndez

Pedro Arriagada

...

2022/2/17

Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients of Riverine Landscapes in Andean Rivers

Water

Evelyn Habit

Alejandra Zurita

Gustavo Díaz

Aliro Manosalva

Pedro Arriagada

...

2022/8/25

Elucidating the importance of sediment avalanches in scour at obstacles

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Jorge Soto

Oscar Link

Wernher Brevis

2022/1/2

Combining hands‐on and virtual experiments for enhancing fluid mechanics teaching: A design‐based research study

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Ronald R Gutierrez

Frank Escusa

Joseph A Lyon

Alejandra J Magana

Jose H Cabrera

...

2022/11

Discussion of “Estimation of Exceedance Probability of Scour on Bridges Using Reliability Principles” by Manuel Contreras-Jara, Tomás Echaveguren, Alondra Chamorro, and Jose …

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Oscar Link

Alonso Pizarro

2022/8/1

Live-bed pier scour in supercritical open-channel flows

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Sebastien Roux

Oscar Link

Nicolas Riviere

Emmanuel Mignot

2022/7/4

Using Natural Pozzolans to Partially Replace Cement in Pervious Concretes: A Sustainable Alternative?

Sustainability

Ignacio Oviedo

Mauricio Pradena

Óscar Link

José T Balbo

2022/10/29

Relative importance of parameters controlling scour at bridge piers using the new toolbox ScourAPP

Computers & Geosciences

Alonso Pizarro

Bernd Ettmer

Oscar Link

2022/6/1

Frequency analysis of extreme scour depths at bridge piers and their contribution to bridge collapse risk

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Cristian Rifo

Pedro Arriagada

Bernd Ettmer

Oscar Link

2022/10/3

Automatic gap-filling of daily streamflow time series in data-scarce regions using a machine learning algorithm

Journal of Hydrology

Pedro Arriagada

Bruno Karelovic

Oscar Link

2021/7/1

Sedimentation of high mountain reservoirs: physical scale modelling with sand and lightweight plastic mixtures

Wasserwirtschaft

Oscar Link

Andrés Araneda

Jordan Flores

Alicia Rivas-Medina

Frank Tinapp

...

2021/5

New way in morphodynamical experiments by using sieve curves with lightweight synthetic pellets

Wasserwirtschaft

Bernd Ettmer

Bernd Hentschel

Oscar Link

2021/5

Live-bed scour at bridge piers in a lightweight polystyrene bed

Wasserwirtschaft

Franciska Müller

Bernd Ettmer

Oscar Link

2021/5

Experimental, Numerical and Field Approaches to Scour Research

Yee-Meng Chiew

Jihn-Sung Lai

Oscar Link

2020/6/19

The longest fragment drives fish beta diversity in fragmented river networks: Implications for river management and conservation

Science of The Total Environment

Gustavo Díaz

Konrad Górski

Jani Heino

Pedro Arriagada

Oscar Link

...

2021/4/20

See List of Professors in Oscar Link University(Universidad de Concepción)

Co-Authors

H-index: 59
Wouter Buytaert

Wouter Buytaert

Imperial College London

H-index: 35
Evelyn Habit

Evelyn Habit

Universidad de Concepción

H-index: 17
Andrea Andreoli

Andrea Andreoli

Libera Università di Bolzano

H-index: 16
Gonzalo Montalva

Gonzalo Montalva

Universidad de Concepción

H-index: 12
Alejandra Stehr

Alejandra Stehr

Universidad de Concepción

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