Over the last 8 years I have participated on several research projects that have shaped my background. So far 4 research areas have given me some perspective about my development as a scientist. This section presents some of the most relevant publications where I have participated:

• Linking Long-Term Water Balances and Statistical Scaling to Estimate River Flows along the Drainage Network of Colombia. Germán Poveda, Jaime I. Velez, Oscar J. Mesa, L. Adriana Cuartas, O. Janet Barco, Ricardo Mantilla, J. Freddy Mejia, Carlos D. Hoyos, Jorge M. Ramírez, Blanca A. Botero, Maria I. Mejia, Lina I. Ceballos, Manuel D. Zuluaga, Juan D. Giraldo, Diana I. Quevedo. J. Hydrologic Engrg., Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 4-13 (January/February 2007).
• HidroSIG: An Interactive Digital Atlas of Colombia's Hydro-climatology. Germán Poveda, Oscar J. Mesa, Ricardo Mantilla, Jorge M. Ramirez. Journal of Hydroinformatics Vol 9 No 2 pp 145–156, 2007.
• Role of Coupled Flow Dynamics and Real Network Structures on Hortonian Scaling of Peak Flows. Ricardo Mantilla, Vijay K. Gupta and Oscar J. Mesa. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 322, Issues 1-4, 2006.
• A GIS Framework to Investigate the Process Basis for Scaling Statistics on River Networks. Ricardo Mantilla, Vijay K. Gupta. IEEE - Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Volume 2, Number 4, 2005.
• An analysis of Hack's Law for Basins in Colombia (In Spanish). Ricardo Mantilla, Oscar Mesa y Germán Poveda. Avances No. 7. Nov, 2000. (PDF)

• Coupling between Annual and ENSO Timescales in the Malaria-Climate Association in Colombia. G. Poveda, W. Rojas, M. L. Quiñones, I. D. Vélez, R. Mantilla, D. Ruiz. Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 109, Number 5, May 2001. (PDF)
• Seasonality in ENSO-related precipitation, river discharges, soil moisture, and vegetation index in Colombia. Poveda, Germán; Jaramillo, Alvaro; Gil, Marta María; Quiceno, Natalia; Mantilla, Ricardo. Water Resources Research. Vol. 37 , No. 8 , p. 2169, 2001. (PDF)
• Estimation of Evaporation in Colombia (In Spanish). Janet Barco, Adriana Cuartas, Oscar Mesa, Germán Poveda, Jaime I. Vélez, Ricardo Mantilla, John Freddy Mejía, Carlos D. Hoyos, Blanca Botero y María I. Montoya. Avances No. 7. Nov, 2000. (PDF)
• Spatial Distribution of the Annual and Semiannual Cycles of Precipitation in Colombia (In Spanish). Freddy Mejía, Oscar mesa, Germán Poveda, Jaime Vélez, Carlos Hoyos, Ricardo Mantilla, Janet Barco, Adriana Cuartas, María Montoya, Blanca Botero. DYNA 127. August, 1999. (PDF)

• Recurrence plots and unstable periodic orbits*. Elizabeth Bradley and Ricardo Mantilla, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 596-600. September 2002. (PDF)

• Identifying the Lower Bound of Fractal Drainage Networks. Matthew A. Luck, Ricardo Mantilla, Bruce T. Milne, and Vijay K. Gupta (submitted to WRR).
• Statistical Scaling for Peak Flows in Random Self-similar River Networks: Constant Velocity Case. R. Mantilla, Troutman, B.M. and Gupta, V.K. (Submitted to AWR)
• Statistical Scaling for Peak Flows in Random Self-similar River Networks: Variable Velocity Case. R. Mantilla, and Gupta, V.K. (Submitted to AWR)
• Identifying a Rescaled Rating Curve for the Whitewater Basin in Kansas. Mantilla R, Clayton J, Gupta V.K. and Krajewski, W.F. (in Preparation).
• Extending Horton Laws to Test Embedding Algorithms of Topological River Networks. R. Mantilla and Gupta, V.K. (Submitted to Geomorphology)
• A Framework to Compare Lumped and Distributed Hydrological Models. R. Mantilla, J. D. Gomez and E. Vivoni. (In preparation)
• Disecting the Effect of Rainfall features on Peak Flow Scaling. Mandapaka P, Krajewski W.F., Mantilla R In preparation)
• A Parameterization of Hillslope Surface Flow Dynamics. Cunha, L, Krajewski W.F., Mantilla R (In preparation)

• Article Name: Scaling of Peak Flows with Respect to Drainage Area During Single Rainfall Events. (PDF)
  Conference: AGU Hydrology Days 2004. Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. 2004.
• Article Name: Testing Physical Hypotheses on Channel Networks Using Flood Scaling Exponents. (PDF)+(PPT)
  Conference: Hydrofractals 03. Ascona, Switzerland. 2003.
• Article Name: El niño, oscilación del sur (ENOS), con relación a la transmisión de malaria, densidad y paridad de Anopheles albimanus y An. Darlingi (Diptera: Cilicidae) en dos regiones de Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: III Congreso de Alergia Asma e Inmunología Universidad de Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia. 2001.
• Article Name: SIGMA: A Geographical Information System for Malaria in Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: Proceedings XV International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria. Cartagena, Colombia. 2001.
• Article Name: El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) related to malaria transmission, density and parity of Anopheles albimanus and An. darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) in two areas in Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: Proceedings XV International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria. Cartagena, Colombia. 2001.
• Article Name: Modeling entomological-climatic interaction of malaria transmission through System Dynamics. (PDF)
  Conference: Proceedings XV International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria. Cartagena, Colombia. 2001.
• Article Name: A Digital Water Budget and Hydrologic Atlas for Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: Symposium on Impact of Climatic Variations on Water Recourses. Santa Monica, California. 2000.
• Article Name: Hidro-Sig : Una Herramienta Para El Análisis De Información Hidrologica. Un Caso De Aplicación En Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: XIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica e Hidrologia – Córdoba, Argentina 2000.
• Article Name: Amplificación de las Anomalías de Humedad de Suelo Y del indice "NDVI" por El Niño en Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: XIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica e Hidrologia – Córdoba, Argentina 2000.
• Article Name: Tendencias En La Distribución De Probabilidades De Lluvias Y Caudales En Antioquia. (PDF)
  Conference: XIX Seminario Nacional De Hidráulica e Hidrología. Villa de Leyva, Colombia. 2000.
• Article Name: Distribucion Espacial y Ciclos Anual y Semianual de la Precipitacion en Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: XIX Seminario Nacional De Hidráulica e Hidrología. Villa de Leyva, Colombia. 2000.
• Article Name: Sobre la Existencia de la Ley de Hack en Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: XIX Seminario Nacional De Hidráulica e Hidrología. Villa de Leyva, Colombia. 2000.
• Article Name: Hidro-Sig : Una Herramienta Para La Estimación De Balances Hidrológicos De Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: VII Conferencia Iberoamericana sobre Sistemas de Informacion Geografica. Merida, Venezuela. 1999.
• Article Name: Análisis Regional Y Local De La Asociación Entre El Enso Y Los Brotes Epidémicos De Malaria En Colombia. (PDF)
  Conference: V Congreso Nacional de Meteorología. Bogota, Colombia. 1999.
• Article Name : Geometry, Topology Y Morphometry of Magdalena, Cauca Y Atrato Basins from Digital Elevation Models. (In Spanish). (PDF)
  Conference: XIII Seminario Nacional de Hidraulica e Hidrologia. Cali, Colombia. 1998.