Alvar Carranza

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alvar Carranza is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alvar Carranza has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Oceanography and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alvar Carranza's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (22 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (20 papers). Alvar Carranza is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (22 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (20 papers). Alvar Carranza collaborates with scholars based in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina. Alvar Carranza's co-authors include Ana Inés Borthagaray, Omar Defeo, Boze Hancock, Caitlyn Toropova, Laura Airoldi, Graham J. Edgar, Hunter S. Lenihan, Mark W. Luckenbach, Loren D. Coen and Michael W. Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Alvar Carranza

67 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Oyster Reefs at Risk and Recommendations for Conservation... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Oyster Reefs at Risk and Recommendations for Conservation, Restoration, and Management
    2011 1.0k citations Michael W. Beck, Robert D. Brumbaugh et al. BioScience profile →

Peers

Alvar Carranza
Christopher W. McKindsey Canada
Loren D. Coen United States
Montserrat Demestre Spain
Angelo Tursi Italy
R. I. E. Newell United States
Megan K. La Peyre United States
Drosos Koutsoubas Greece
Raymond E. Grizzle United States
Hilmar Hinz United Kingdom
Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen United Kingdom
Christopher W. McKindsey Canada
Alvar Carranza
Citations per year, relative to Alvar Carranza Alvar Carranza (= 1×) peers Christopher W. McKindsey

Countries citing papers authored by Alvar Carranza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alvar Carranza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alvar Carranza

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alvar Carranza. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alvar Carranza based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alvar Carranza. Alvar Carranza is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Darrigran, Gustavo, Alvar Carranza, Gonzalo A. Collado, et al.. (2025). What Do We Know About Non-Native, Invasive, and Transplanted Aquatic Mollusks in South America?. Biology. 14(2). 151–151. 1 indexed citations
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Carranza, Alvar, et al.. (2024). Identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems from imagery in the Uruguayan continental shelf. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37(4). 1 indexed citations
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Ortega, Leonardo, et al.. (2023). Bioregionalization in a data-poor situation: Mapping of Uruguayan marine benthic regions. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 1 indexed citations
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Carranza, Alvar, Gonzalo A. Collado, Cristina Damborenea, et al.. (2023). Socio-environmental impacts of non-native and transplanted aquatic mollusc species in South America: What do we really know?. Hydrobiologia. 4 indexed citations
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Gianelli, Ignacio, Luís Gustavo Cardoso, Alvar Carranza, et al.. (2023). Sensitivity of fishery resources to climate change in the warm-temperate Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Regional Environmental Change. 23(2). 17 indexed citations
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Carranza, Alvar & Matı́as Arim. (2023). Assessing the ecological vulnerability of Western Atlantic marine benthic gastropods. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ermgassen, Philine S. E. zu, Ruth H. Thurstan, Heidi K. Alleway, et al.. (2020). The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: A global synthesis of underrepresented species. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(11). 2050–2065. 59 indexed citations
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Carranza, Alvar, et al.. (2020). Benthic macrofauna as an indicator of Ecological Integrity at an ocean beach with touristic purpose; Playa El Rivero, Punta Del Diablo, Rocha, Uruguay. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 39. 101441–101441. 6 indexed citations
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Burone, Letícia, et al.. (2017). Sedimentary processes in the head of the Cabo Polonio mega slide canyon (southwestern Atlantic Margin off Uruguay). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 31–44. 4 indexed citations
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Burone, Letícia, Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Carlos M. Urien, et al.. (2014). Morphology and surface sedimentation on the upper and middle continental slope off Uruguay. Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico). 1 indexed citations
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Segura, Ángel M., et al.. (2014). Primera experiencia para la evaluación de un arte selectivo para la pesca artesanal del langostino (Pleoticus muelleri) en la costa atlántica uruguaya. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 25. 27–38. 1 indexed citations
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Segura, Ángel M., et al.. (2012). Length-weight relationships of 14 coastal fish species from Punta del Diablo (Rocha, Uruguay). Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 28(5). 852–853. 8 indexed citations
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Miloslavich, Patricia, Eduardo Klein, Juan Manuel Díaz, et al.. (2011). Marine Biodiversity in the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of South America: Knowledge and Gaps. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e14631–e14631. 243 indexed citations
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Beck, Michael W., Robert D. Brumbaugh, Laura Airoldi, et al.. (2011). Oyster Reefs at Risk and Recommendations for Conservation, Restoration, and Management. BioScience. 61(2). 107–116. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →
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Giménez, Luis, et al.. (2009). Rocky intertidal macrobenthic communities across a large-scale estuarine gradient. Scientia Marina. 74(1). 87–100. 10 indexed citations
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Segura, Ángel M., et al.. (2009). Stellifer rastrifer (Pisces: Sciaenidae): first Uruguayan records and a 1200 km range extension. Marine Biodiversity Records. 2. 10 indexed citations
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Carranza, Alvar, et al.. (2008). Shell use patterns of the hermit crab Loxopagurus loxochelis (Decapoda, Diogenidae) in Cerro Verde-La Coronilla (Rocha-Uruguay). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 9(91). 139–145. 3 indexed citations
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Borthagaray, Ana Inés & Alvar Carranza. (2007). Mussels as ecosystem engineers: Their contribution to species richness in a rocky littoral community. Acta Oecologica. 31(3). 243–250. 235 indexed citations
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Carranza, Alvar, et al.. (2007). On the benthic molluscs of Banco Inglés (Río de la Plata, Uruguay). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(2). 161–168. 8 indexed citations

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