Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. Igor Matečný, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Matečný
I.2 - Name
Igor
I.3 - Degrees
doc. RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1960
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of physical geography and geoinformatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Prírodovedecká fakulta, Mlynská dolina Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
igor.matecny@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5546
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-3202-611X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural sciences
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural sciences
II.b - Year
1984
II.c - Study field and programme
Geography and Cartography
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural sciences
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Physical Geography and Geoecology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural sciences
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Physical Geography and Geoecology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
research worker Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Landscape Ecology 1984-1989
research worker, head of department Slovak Academy of Zoology and Ecosozology 1989-1992
research worker Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural sciences 1993-1999
S+H Consulting Ltd. CEO 2000-2008
assistent professor, associate professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural sciences 2009 - 2026

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
1,02 training of agricultural advisers of Slovakia 01,02 Agronštitút Nitra, š. p. 2009
preparation of IPARD plan for EU entry Turkey, Ministry of Agriculture 2007

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Physical Geography Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics, Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Earth Sciences
Geoinformatics and Gis Environmnetal Studies I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Landscape Planning Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Specall Seminar3 Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Geoecology and Landscape Synthesis Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics other Teacher Training and Education Science
Geoecology Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Applied Geography Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Scientific work in Geoecology and Environmental Monitoring Physical Geography, Geoecology and Geoinformatics III. Earth Sciences
Geoecology andLandscape Synthesis Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Teacher Training and Education Science
Geoecology Environmental Studies I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Excursions from Geoecology Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Teaching Training and Education Sciences

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
123
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
28
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
25
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
87 scopus
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
78 scopus
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
87
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
78
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC ILLYOVÁ,M., MATEČNÝ,I. (2014):Ecological validity of river-floodplain system assessment by planktonic crustacean survey (Branchiata: Branchiopoda). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2014), Volume 186, No.7, p.4195-4208,, DOI10.1007/s1066-014-3690-0  IF2014: 1,679 Q1

2

ADC BERACKO,P., MATEČNÝ,I.,KOŠEL.V (2016): Long-term changes in freshwater molluscan communities in the middle stretch of the Danube River (Slovakia) over a 23- year period. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Vol. 187 Nr.4.,p.263-280. IF2016: 1,17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/fal/2016/0824

3

ADC GÁBOR,M.,BERACKO,P.,FALŤAN,V.,MATEČNÝ,I.,KARLÍK,L.,PETROVIČ,M., VALLO,D., MACHAR,I. (2019): Drivers of the distribution of ecological species group in temperate decidous managed forests (case study from the Male Karpaty Mountains).Forests 2019, 10,9,798, doi: 10.3390/f10090798 IF:2,116 Q1

4

ADC ČEJKA.T.,BERACKO,P., MATEČNÝ,I. (2020): „"The impact of the Gabčikovo hydroelectric power barrier on the Danube floodplain environment – The results of long-term monitoring of land snail fauna", Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,192, Roč. 192, č. 1 (2020), s. [1-14], Art. No. 30 IF:1,959 Q2 

5

ADC ŠPORKA,F., KRNO, I., MATEČNÝ,I., BERACKO,P.,,KALININOVÁ, D. (2016): The floodplain index ,an effective tool for indicating landscape level hydrological changes in the Danube river inundationa area. Fundamental and Ap plied Limnology, Vol.188 Nr.4,  p. 265-278 IF2016: 1,17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/fal/2016/0915

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

ADC JENČO,M.,FULAJTÁR,E., BOBÁĽOVÁ,H.. , MATEČNÝ,I., SAKSA, M., KOŽUCH,M., GALLAY,M. , KAŇUK,J., PÍŠ,V.2 and ORŠULOVÁ,V. (2020) „Mapping Soil Degradation on Arable Land with Aerial Photography and Erosion Models, Case Study from Danube Lowland, Slovakia, 1, Remote Sensing 12,4047 IF:1,959 Q2 

2

ADC BERACKO,P., KUBALOVA,S.,MATECNY,I. (2025) :Aquatic macrophyte dynamics in the Danube Inland Delata over the past two decades, homogenisation or differentiation of taxonomic funccional community composition? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,197-332 IF3,6 Q2

3

ADC ČEJKA.T.,BERACKO,P., MATEČNÝ,I. (2020): „"The impact of the Gabčikovo hydroelectric power barrier on the Danube floodplain environment – The results of long-term monitoring of land snail fauna", Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,192, Roč. 192, č. 1 (2020), s. [1-14], Art. No. 30 IF:1,959 Q2 

4

ADC ,BERACKO,P., KOKAVEC,I.,MATEČNÝ,I. (2025): Long Term Responses of Crustacean Zooplankon to Hydrological Alterations in the Danube Inland Delta: Patterns of Biotic Homogenization and Differentiation (20255), Diversity, 17(1), 670. IF:2,5 ,5 Q2

5

P1 FALŤAN,V., MATEČNÝ,I. (2023) : Aplikovaná geografia 1 (Applied geography1). Vysokoškolská učebnica (uiversity textbook), Bratislava, Univerzita Komenského, 144.s., Open access OA

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC SUPCIK,A.,MILICS,G, MATECNY,I. (2024): Predicting Grape Yield with Vine Canopy Morphology Analysis from 3D Point Clouds Generated by UAV Imaginery. Drones,8(6),216 11 citácií/citations (SCOPUS, 2026)

2

ADC JENCO,M.,FULAJTAR, E., BOBALOVA,H.,MATECNY,I., SAKSA,M.,KOZUCH,M.,GALLAY,M.,KANUK,J.,PIŠ,V.,ORSULOVA,V.(2020): Mapping Soil Degradation on Arable Land with Aerial Photography and Erosion Models, Case Study from Danube Lowland,Slovakia.Remote Sensing, 12,4047 12 citácií/citations (SCOPUS,2026)

3

ADC JENČO.M., MATEČNÝ,I., PUTIŠKA , R., BURIAN, L., TANĆÁROVÁ, K., KUŠNIRÁK,D. (2018): Umbrisoils at Lower Altitudes, Case Study from Borská lowland (Slovakia). Open Geosciences, 10, p.121-136 IF2016: 9 citácií/citations (SCOPUS2026)

4

ADC BERACKO,P., MATEČNÝ,I.,KOŠEL.V (2016): Long-term changes in freshwater molluscan communities in the middle stretch of the Danube River (Slovakia) over a 23- year period. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Vol. 187 Nr.4.,p.263-280. IF2016: 1,17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/fal/2016/0824 6 citácií/citations (SCOPUS2026)

5

ADC ILLYOVÁ,M., MATEČNÝ,I. (2014): Ecological validity of river-floodplain system assessment by planktonic crustacean survey (Branchiata: Branchiopoda). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2014), Volume 186, No.7, p.4195-4208,, DOI10.1007/s1066-014-3690-0  IF2014: 1,679 Q1 8 citácií/citations (SCOPUS2026)

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Head of Project CLIMANEMU (Climate Neutral Municipality) 09I04-03-V02 from Recovery Plan Slovakia is focused on municipality carbon balance, which directly contribute to low-carbon economy. Project contribute to solutions addresing climate change and support knowledge creation and research in analysis and optimalisation of decabosation potential in municipalities..

2

Head of Project APVV-23-0087 Monitoring of insect pests using methods of precision agriculture. Raising average temperatures and changes in precipitation periods and also a growing number of invasive species are detected in viticulture areas. Project is focused on the implementation of new technologies for insect pest monitoring, data collection and interpretation using GIS and Remote Sensing methods in viticulture.

3

Head of Project APVV-15-0597Use of geoecological data in the implementation of precision agriculture; 2016 – 2019; http://fns.uniba.sk/precfarmUsing methods of precision agriculture and precision viticulture aims to optimize the cost of agricultural production, along with minimizing the negative environmental impact on the environment - reducing chemicals, protection against erosion, increasing ecological stability. The project is oriented on geoecological methods for use in the implementation of precision agriculture in plant production and viticulture in the Slovak Republic. 

4

Head of Project Monitoring of environmental impact of Gabčíkovo Waterwork on biota for Government Representative for Construction and Operation of Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Waterworks; 1993 – 2020The aim of biota monitoring is to monitor and evaluate trends in its development since the impregnation period of the Gabčíkovo Waterworks, to record changes due to the operation of the waterworks and to propose the necessary measures for the protection of natural ecosystems.

5

ITMS2014: 313011V465 | Research and development of remote sensing methods for geospatial data collection in forest monitoring for enhancement of forest management and protection, 2019 - 2023; leader of the research team;The project aims to create long-term excellent research, development and innovation ecosystem in the area of acquisition and processing of geospatial data by the remote sensing methods at tha basis of active partnership among state, public and industrial R&D sector.; https://web.nlcsk.org/?page_id=35158

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Head of Department Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology and Ecosozology 1991 - 1992
Head of Department Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences from 2018
Commission for 3rd study degree in study programme Physical Geography, Geoecology and Geoinformatics (field of study Earth Sciences), Member Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences from 2014

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University Lyon Lyon, France 1 week 1991 CNRS exchange
Queen's University Belfast, UK 1 week 2010 ERASMUS

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-08-08