cff-version: 1.4.0
title: "Open Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis (OpenRES): A QGIS plugin for automated extraction of hydrogeomorphic features to support functional process zone classification of river networks"
version: 1.4.0
license: GPL-3.0-only
type: software
abstract: "OpenRES is a QGIS plugin designed to support Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis (RES)–based analyses by enabling the systematic, reproducible delineation and characterization of Functional Process Zones (FPZs) along river networks."
message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
date-released: 2026-03-30
url: "https://github.com/jollygoodjacob/OpenRES"
authors:
  - given-names: Jacob
    family-names: Nesslage
    affiliation: University of California, Merced
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9219-8365"
  - given-names: Erin
    family-names: Hestir
    affiliation: University of California, Merced
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-5745"
keywords:
  - functional process zone
  - riverine ecosystem synthesis
  - river classification
  - river ecology
  - stream ecology
  - hydrogeomorphology
