Benjamín Costas

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamín Costas is a scholar working on Immunology, Aquatic Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamín Costas has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Immunology, 104 papers in Aquatic Science and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Benjamín Costas's work include Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (106 papers), Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (99 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (24 papers). Benjamín Costas is often cited by papers focused on Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (106 papers), Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (99 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (24 papers). Benjamín Costas collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and Norway. Benjamín Costas's co-authors include Luís E. C. Conceição, Cláudia Aragão, Juan Miguel Mancera, Rita Azeredo, António Afonso, Marina Machado, Jorge Dias, Aires Oliva‐Teles, María Teresa Dinis and Catarina I.M. Martins and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Benjamín Costas

131 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Alternative Proteins for Fish Diets: Implications beyond Growth

2022 116 citations Cláudia Aragão, Ana Teresa Gonçalves et al. Animals profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamín Costas Portugal	35	2.5k	2.4k	1.0k	502	411	135	3.7k
Simon Mackenzie Spain	41	1.7k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	732 1.5×	324 0.8×	124	4.9k
Gabriela Gaxiola Mexico	35	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	246 0.5×	326 0.8×	110	3.5k
Jorge M. O. Fernandes Norway	40	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	768 0.8×	1.6k 3.1×	616 1.5×	179	5.1k
Sofía Engrola Portugal	27	1.7k 0.7×	834 0.4×	491 0.5×	337 0.7×	562 1.4×	98	2.3k
Xu‐Fang Liang China	33	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	481 0.5×	869 1.7×	565 1.4×	234	3.7k
Manuel Manchado Spain	35	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	764 0.7×	1.2k 2.4×	518 1.3×	156	4.0k
Francisco Javier Moyano Spain	40	3.9k 1.6×	2.1k 0.9×	843 0.8×	853 1.7×	1.4k 3.5×	158	4.9k
Josep À. Calduch-Giner Spain	43	3.3k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	850 1.7×	1.0k 2.5×	137	5.2k
Henrik Sundh Sweden	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	686 0.7×	306 0.6×	196 0.5×	76	2.2k
Sheenan Harpaz Israel	26	1.4k 0.6×	841 0.4×	541 0.5×	304 0.6×	381 0.9×	56	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamín Costas

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Peixoto, Diogo, et al.. (2025). Immunomodulatory effects of dietary methionine supplementation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles: insights following vaccination and infection response against Yersinia ruckeri. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1706922–1706922.

Vale, Ana do, et al.. (2024). Tenacibaculum maritimum can boost inflammation in Dicentrarchus labrax upon peritoneal injection but cannot trigger tenacibaculosis disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1478241–1478241. 2 indexed citations

Azeredo, Rita, Diogo Peixoto, Ana C. Ricardo, et al.. (2024). Dietary Tryptophan Plays a Role as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Juveniles during Chronic Inflammation. Biology. 13(5). 309–309. 2 indexed citations

Basto, Ana, Diogo Peixoto, Marina Machado, et al.. (2024). Physiological Response of European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Juveniles to an Acute Stress Challenge: The Impact of Partial and Total Dietary Fishmeal Replacement by an Insect Meal. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(5). 815–815. 1 indexed citations

Peixoto, Diogo, Carlos Fajardo, Wilson Pinto, et al.. (2023). Health-Promoting Additives Supplemented in Inert Microdiets for Whiteleg Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Post-Larvae: Effects on Growth, Survival, and Health Status. Animals. 13(4). 726–726. 10 indexed citations

Guardiola, Francisco A., et al.. (2023). Functional and molecular immune responses in Octopus vulgaris skin mucus and haemolymph under stressful conditions. Aquaculture Reports. 29. 101484–101484. 9 indexed citations

Peixoto, Diogo, Cervin Guyomar, Frédéric Terrier, et al.. (2023). Yeast extract improves growth in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed a fishmeal-free diet and modulates the hepatic and distal intestine transcriptomic profile. Aquaculture. 579. 740226–740226. 7 indexed citations

Wuertz, Sven, et al.. (2023). Two Probiotic Candidates of the Genus Psychrobacter Modulate the Immune Response and Disease Resistance after Experimental Infection in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus, Linnaeus 1758). Fishes. 8(3). 144–144. 12 indexed citations

Fajardo, Carlos, Rita Azeredo, Marina Machado, et al.. (2023). Early Molecular Immune Responses of Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) Following Infection with Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(16). 12944–12944. 3 indexed citations

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Azeredo, Rita, et al.. (2022). Acute Inflammation Induces Neuroendocrine and Opioid Receptor Genes Responses in the Seabass Dicentrarchus labrax Brain. Biology. 11(3). 364–364. 3 indexed citations

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Machado, Marina, Diogo Peixoto, Ana C. Ricardo, et al.. (2022). Tryptophan Modulatory Role in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Immune Response to Acute Inflammation under Stressful Conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(20). 12475–12475. 9 indexed citations

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Aragão, Cláudia, et al.. (2022). Alternative Proteins for Fish Diets: Implications beyond Growth. Animals. 12(9). 1211–1211. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fajardo, Carlos, Gonzalo Martı́nez-Rodrı́guez, Benjamín Costas, et al.. (2021). Shrimp immune response: A transcriptomic perspective. Reviews in Aquaculture. 14(3). 1136–1149. 32 indexed citations

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Fajardo, Carlos, Marcos De Donato, Hectorina Rodulfo, et al.. (2020). New Perspectives Related to the Bioluminescent System in Dinoflagellates: Pyrocystis lunula, a Case Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(5). 1784–1784. 8 indexed citations

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Machado, Marina, Rita Azeredo, Sérgio Fernández-Boo, et al.. (2019). Dietary tryptophan deficiency and its supplementation compromises inflammatory mechanisms and disease resistance in a teleost fish. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7689–7689. 36 indexed citations

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Martos-Sitcha, Juan António, Bruno Reis, Rita Azeredo, et al.. (2019). Dietary tryptophan supplementation induces a transient immune enhancement of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles fed fishmeal-free diets. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 93. 240–250. 17 indexed citations

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Machado, Marina, Carolina Castro, Aires Oliva‐Teles, & Benjamín Costas. (2018). Interactive effects of dietary vegetable oil and carbohydrate incorporation on the innate immune response of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles subjected to acute stress. Aquaculture. 498. 171–180. 11 indexed citations

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Azeredo, Rita, Cláudia R. Serra, Aires Oliva‐Teles, & Benjamín Costas. (2017). Amino acids as modulators of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, innate immune response: an in vitro approach. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 18009–18009. 19 indexed citations

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Azeredo, Rita, Marina Machado, Eva Kreuz, et al.. (2016). The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) innate immunity and gut health are modulated by dietary plant-protein inclusion and prebiotic supplementation. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 60. 78–87. 65 indexed citations

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Costas, Benjamín, Ana Couto, Rita Azeredo, et al.. (2014). Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune responses are modulated after feeding with purified antinutrients. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 41(1). 70–79. 35 indexed citations

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