Alexandre Cândido Xavier

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alexandre Cândido Xavier is a scholar working on Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Cândido Xavier has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Water Science and Technology and 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Cândido Xavier's work include Geography and Environmental Studies (20 papers), Environmental and biological studies (14 papers) and Agricultural and Food Sciences (14 papers). Alexandre Cândido Xavier is often cited by papers focused on Geography and Environmental Studies (20 papers), Environmental and biological studies (14 papers) and Agricultural and Food Sciences (14 papers). Alexandre Cândido Xavier collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Mongolia. Alexandre Cândido Xavier's co-authors include Bridget R. Scanlon, Carey W. King, Carlos Alberto Vettorazzi, Roberto Avelino Cecílio, Gustavo Soares de Souza, José Eduardo Macedo Pezzopane, Samuel de Assis Silva, M. A. Moreira, José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane and Bernardo Friedrich Theodor Rudorff and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Cândido Xavier

79 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Daily gridded meteorological variables in Brazil (1980–2013) 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Daily gridded meteorological variables in Brazil (1980–2013)
    2015 419 citations Alexandre Cândido Xavier, Carey W. King et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandre Cândido Xavier Brazil 20 640 456 412 346 336 85 1.6k
Vicente de Paulo Rodrigues da Silva Brazil 21 1.1k 1.6× 435 1.0× 625 1.5× 384 1.1× 266 0.8× 97 1.9k
Gustavo Bastos Lyra Brazil 19 820 1.3× 409 0.9× 381 0.9× 223 0.6× 198 0.6× 123 1.5k
Bergson G. Bezerra Brazil 21 776 1.2× 421 0.9× 263 0.6× 207 0.6× 166 0.5× 57 1.2k
Longhui Li China 29 1.5k 2.4× 640 1.4× 434 1.1× 453 1.3× 367 1.1× 60 2.2k
Bernardo Barbosa da Silva Brazil 26 1.1k 1.7× 806 1.8× 533 1.3× 538 1.6× 368 1.1× 140 1.9k
Klaas Metselaar Netherlands 22 541 0.8× 276 0.6× 193 0.5× 482 1.4× 408 1.2× 54 1.6k
Ray G. Anderson United States 22 1.2k 1.9× 331 0.7× 328 0.8× 376 1.1× 315 0.9× 60 1.9k
Gerald Forkuor Burkina Faso 20 683 1.1× 789 1.7× 147 0.4× 201 0.6× 677 2.0× 34 1.7k
Albin Hammerle Austria 26 1.3k 2.1× 355 0.8× 184 0.4× 365 1.1× 384 1.1× 51 1.8k
Givanildo de Góis Brazil 23 950 1.5× 556 1.2× 451 1.1× 122 0.4× 221 0.7× 89 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Cândido Xavier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Cândido Xavier

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cecílio, Roberto Avelino, et al.. (2025). Rainfall Intensity–Duration–Frequency Curves Dataset for Brazil. Data. 10(2). 17–17.
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Xavier, Alexandre Cândido, et al.. (2023). Nutritional and chemical composition of Alpinia zerumbet leaves, a traditional functional food. Food Research International. 173(Pt 2). 113417–113417. 9 indexed citations
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Xavier, Alexandre Cândido, et al.. (2021). Base temperature, cycle duration, and thermal constant for yacon culture. Acta Scientiarum Agronomy. 44. e52623–e52623.
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Tognella, Mônica Maria Pereira, et al.. (2020). Estimativas do Teor de Clorofila do Mangue da Baía de Vitória (ES) por meio de Dados Hiperespectrais. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física. 13(1). 131–142. 1 indexed citations
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Melo, Davi de Carvalho Diniz, et al.. (2018). Aquifer Responses to Rainfall through Spectral and Correlation Analysis. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 54(6). 1341–1354. 10 indexed citations
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Scanlon, Bridget R., et al.. (2018). Biofuel-water-land nexus in the last agricultural frontier region of the Brazilian Cerrado. Applied Energy. 231. 1330–1345. 28 indexed citations
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Almeida, Frederico Terra de, et al.. (2017). Índice de precipitação padronizado: estudo de caso para região noroeste do Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil. Nativa. 5(5). 330–336. 2 indexed citations
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Melo, Davi de Carvalho Diniz, Alexandre Cândido Xavier, Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira, et al.. (2015). Performance evaluation of rainfall estimates by TRMM Multi‐satellite Precipitation Analysis 3B42V6 and V7 over Brazil. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(18). 9426–9436. 78 indexed citations
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Xavier, Alexandre Cândido, et al.. (2015). Spatial variability of the productivity and the nutritional condition of coffee canephora. Coffee Science. 10(4). 420–428. 6 indexed citations
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Lima, Julião Soares de Souza, et al.. (2014). Variabilidade espacial e temporal da produtividade do cafeeiro canephora. Coffee Science. 9(3). 400–407. 1 indexed citations
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Cecílio, Roberto Avelino, et al.. (2013). Soil and climatic zoning of rubber tree at state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.. 18(1). 1–12. 1 indexed citations
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Cecílio, Roberto Avelino, et al.. (2012). Método para a espacialização dos elementos do balanço hídrico climatológico. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 47(4). 478–488. 12 indexed citations
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Souza, Gustavo Soares de, et al.. (2010). Ordinary kriging and inverse-square-distance in espacialization in the chemical attributes of the ultisol.. Scientia Agraria. 11(1). 73–81. 8 indexed citations
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Pezzopane, José Eduardo Macedo, et al.. (2010). Agroclimatic zoning for cultivation of Pinus in the State of Espirito Santo.. FLORESTA. 40(1). 235–250. 1 indexed citations
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Pezzopane, José Eduardo Macedo, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of intense rainfall parameters interpolation methods for the Espírito Santo State. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Souza, Gustavo Soares de, Julião Soares de Souza Lima, Samuel de Assis Silva, & Alexandre Cândido Xavier. (2009). Aplicação de lógica fuzzy e geoestatística na análise da fertilidade de um solo sob pastagem. Ciência Agronômica/Revista ciência agronômica. 40(3). 323–330. 2 indexed citations
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Xavier, Alexandre Cândido, et al.. (2009). CORRELAÇÕES ENTRE VARIÁVEIS CLIMÁTICAS E SÉRIES MULTITEMPORAIS EVI EM FLORESTA NATURAL E EM CULTIVO AGRÍCOLA. CERNE. 15(2). 196–204. 2 indexed citations
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Lima, Julião Soares de Souza, Samuel de Assis Silva, Rone Batista de Oliveira, Roberto Avelino Cecílio, & Alexandre Cândido Xavier. (2008). Variabilidade temporal da precipitação mensal em Alegre - ES. Ciência Agronômica/Revista ciência agronômica. 39(2). 327–332. 30 indexed citations
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Lima, Julião Soares de Souza, et al.. (2008). Métodos geoestatísticos no estudo da resistência do solo à penetração em trilha de tráfego de tratores na colheita de madeira. Revista Árvore. 32(5). 931–938. 12 indexed citations
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Xavier, Alexandre Cândido & Carlos Alberto Vettorazzi. (2003). Leaf area index of ground covers in a subtropical watershed. Scientia Agricola. 60(3). 425–431. 21 indexed citations

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