Ana Silva

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ana Silva is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Silva has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Ana Silva's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (17 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (9 papers). Ana Silva is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (17 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (9 papers). Ana Silva collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Portugal and Canada. Ana Silva's co-authors include Christos Katopodis, María Teresa Ferreira, José Maria Santos, António N. Pinheiro, Torbjørn Forseth, Hans‐Petter Fjeldstad, Steven J. Cooke, Jason D. Thiem, David Z. Zhu and Kim Aarestrup and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ana Silva

39 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice

2017 397 citations Ana Silva, Martyn C. Lucas et al. Fish and Fisheries profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ana Silva Norway	16	1.1k	880	276	232	205	42	1.4k
M. Larinier France	21	1.4k 1.2×	953 1.1×	477 1.7×	315 1.4×	199 1.0×	73	1.7k
G.F. Cada United States	17	984 0.9×	651 0.7×	346 1.3×	91 0.4×	226 1.1×	48	1.4k
Melanie Mueller Germany	26	1.1k 1.0×	991 1.1×	362 1.3×	43 0.2×	206 1.0×	47	1.6k
Mufeed Odeh United States	13	602 0.5×	840 1.0×	149 0.5×	365 1.6×	148 0.7×	25	1.1k
Jason D. Thiem Australia	22	1.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	595 2.2×	74 0.3×	501 2.4×	96	2.0k
Craig A. Boys Australia	21	687 0.6×	513 0.6×	251 0.9×	60 0.3×	225 1.1×	62	961
Olle Calles Sweden	21	1.1k 1.0×	725 0.8×	413 1.5×	58 0.3×	209 1.0×	67	1.3k
Hans Tritico United States	11	461 0.4×	486 0.6×	42 0.2×	158 0.7×	87 0.4×	21	675
Brenda M. Pracheil United States	17	647 0.6×	458 0.5×	221 0.8×	37 0.2×	204 1.0×	52	922
Gene R. Ploskey United States	14	572 0.5×	420 0.5×	148 0.5×	43 0.2×	159 0.8×	37	759

Countries citing papers authored by Ana Silva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ana Silva

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ana Silva

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ana Silva. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ana Silva 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 Ana Silva. Ana Silva is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Santos, José Maria, Ana L. Quaresma, Filipe Romão, et al.. (2025). Fishways in Portugal: Status, Main Findings and Research Needs. Water. 17(19). 2898–2898.

Silva, Ana, et al.. (2024). Swimming behaviour of Atlantic salmon kelts migrating past a hydropower plant dam: Effects of hydraulics and dam operations. The Science of The Total Environment. 922. 171304–171304. 7 indexed citations

Zielinski, Daniel P., et al.. (2024). Advancements in Riverine Fish Movement Modeling: Bridging Environmental Complexity and Fish Behavior. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 33(1). 61–76. 4 indexed citations

Benitez, Jean‐Philippe, Arnaud Dierckx, Ana Silva, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the Attractiveness and Passage Efficiency of Different Fish Passage Solutions at a Hydropower Plant by Combining Fine Scale 2D-Telemetry and Hydraulic Numerical Modelling. Environments. 10(7). 107–107. 2 indexed citations

Foldvik, Anders, et al.. (2022). Combining Fish Passage and Sediment Bypassing: A Conceptual Solution for Increased Sustainability of Dams and Reservoirs. Water. 14(12). 1977–1977. 11 indexed citations

Pereira, Cláudia, et al.. (2021). Therapies for Alzheimer’s disease: a metabolic perspective. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 132(3). 162–172. 12 indexed citations

Silva, Ana, Kim Magnus Bærum, Henrik Baktoft, et al.. (2021). Validation of a Swimming Direction Model for the Downstream Migration of Atlantic Salmon Smolts. Water. 13(9). 1230–1230. 9 indexed citations

Ferreira, Isabel, et al.. (2020). Allergic contact dermatitis: From pathophysiology to development of new preventive strategies. Pharmacological Research. 162. 105282–105282. 37 indexed citations

Baktoft, Henrik, Karl Øystein Gjelland, Ana Silva, et al.. (2020). Can Energy Depletion of Wild Atlantic Salmon Kelts Negotiating Hydropower Facilities Lead to Reduced Survival?. Sustainability. 12(18). 7341–7341. 12 indexed citations

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Silva, Ana, Kim Magnus Bærum, Richard D. Hedger, et al.. (2019). The effects of hydrodynamics on the three-dimensional downstream migratory movement of Atlantic salmon. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 135773–135773. 74 indexed citations

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Navarro, Jordi, José Ramón Santos, Ana Silva, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of Once/Day Dolutegravir Plus Boosted Darunavir as a Switch Strategy in Heavily Treated Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 39(4). 501–507. 13 indexed citations

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Aberle, Jochen, Ana Silva, Torbjørn Forseth, et al.. (2018). Experimental hydraulics on fish-friendly trash-racks: an ecological approach. Ecological Engineering. 113. 11–20. 41 indexed citations

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Silva, Ana, Martyn C. Lucas, Theodore Castro‐Santos, et al.. (2017). The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice. Fish and Fisheries. 19(2). 340–362. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wilkes, Martin, Eva C. Enders, Ana Silva, M. Acreman, & Ian Maddock. (2017). Position choice and swimming costs of juvenile Atlantic salmon salmo salar in turbulent flow. Pure (Coventry University). 2(1). 16–27. 18 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Francisco, Ana Catarina Pinheiro, Ana Silva, et al.. (2015). Morphological and molecular effects of cortisol and ACTH on zebrafish stage I and II follicles. Reproduction. 150(5). 429–436. 7 indexed citations

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Silva, Ana, Christos Katopodis, Mark F. Tachie, José Maria Santos, & María Teresa Ferreira. (2015). Downstream Swimming Behaviour of Catadromous and Potamodromous Fish Over Spillways. River Research and Applications. 32(5). 935–945. 34 indexed citations

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Silva, Ana, Charles Hatry, Jason D. Thiem, et al.. (2015). Behaviour and Locomotor Activity of a Migratory Catostomid during Fishway Passage. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123051–e0123051. 24 indexed citations

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Silva, Ana, David Z. Zhu, Jeff W. Dawson, et al.. (2014). Behaviour and Physiology of Migrating Silver Redhorse (Moxostoma Anisurum) During Fishway Passage. 1 indexed citations

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Silva, Ana, et al.. (2013). Viability analysis of oocyte–follicle complexes and gonadal fragments of zebrafish as baseline for toxicity testing. Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods. 24(1). 42–49. 5 indexed citations

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Macadar, O. & Ana Silva. (2007). Comunicación eléctrica en peces sudamericanos del orden gymnotiformes. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología. 39(1). 31–45. 4 indexed citations

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