Carlos Cañas

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 610 citations indexed

About

Carlos Cañas is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos Cañas has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 610 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 6 papers in Aquatic Science and 2 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Carlos Cañas's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (10 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers). Carlos Cañas is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (10 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers). Carlos Cañas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Carlos Cañas's co-authors include Ronaldo Borges Barthem, Bruce R. Forsberg, Michael Goulding, Eduardo Martins Venticinque, Paulo Petry, Sebastián Heilpern, Elizabeth P. Anderson, Max Hidalgo, Pablo A. Tedesco and Fernando M. Carvajal‐Vallejos and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Carlos Cañas

13 papers receiving 594 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams
    2018 253 citations Elizabeth P. Anderson, Clinton N. Jenkins et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

Carlos Cañas
Fernando M. Carvajal‐Vallejos Bolivia
Max Hidalgo Peru
Mabel Maldonado Bolivia
Liuyong Ding China
Vittoria Elliott United States
Rafaela Schinegger Austria
Francisco Godinho Portugal
P.A. Franklin New Zealand
G. Marmulla Italy
Bonnie J. E. Myers United States
Fernando M. Carvajal‐Vallejos Bolivia
Carlos Cañas
Citations per year, relative to Carlos Cañas Carlos Cañas (= 1×) peers Fernando M. Carvajal‐Vallejos

Countries citing papers authored by Carlos Cañas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlos Cañas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos Cañas

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Barthem, Ronaldo Borges, Elizabeth P. Anderson, Sandra Bibiana Correa, et al.. (2022). Proactively averting the collapse of Amazon fisheries based on three migratory flagship species. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0264490–e0264490. 14 indexed citations
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Heilpern, Sebastián, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Carlos Cañas, et al.. (2021). Substitution of inland fisheries with aquaculture and chicken undermines human nutrition in the Peruvian Amazon. Nature Food. 2(3). 192–197. 27 indexed citations
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Cañas, Carlos, et al.. (2020). CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LA PESCA A PEQUEÑA ESCALA DEL RÍO TAHUAYO: BASES ECOLÓGICAS PARA UN MANEJO PESQUERO CON ENFOQUE DE CUENCA. Folia Amazónica. 29(2). 371–390. 3 indexed citations
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Feng, Dongmei, R. Edward Beighley, John M. Mélack, et al.. (2020). Future climate impacts on the hydrology of headwater streams in the Amazon River Basin: Implications for migratory goliath catfishes. Hydrological Processes. 34(26). 5402–5416. 10 indexed citations
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Guerrero, Luís, et al.. (2019). The Birthplace of the Amazon River, a confluence of meandering and anabranching rivers. AGUFM. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Elizabeth P., Clinton N. Jenkins, Sebastián Heilpern, et al.. (2018). Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams. Science Advances. 4(1). eaao1642–eaao1642. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goulding, Michael, Eduardo Martins Venticinque, Ronaldo Borges Barthem, et al.. (2018). Ecosystem‐based management of Amazon fisheries and wetlands. Fish and Fisheries. 20(1). 138–158. 74 indexed citations
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Barthem, Ronaldo Borges, Michael Goulding, Rosseval Galdino Leite, et al.. (2017). Goliath catfish spawning in the far western Amazon confirmed by the distribution of mature adults, drifting larvae and migrating juveniles. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 41784–41784. 103 indexed citations
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Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, Bruce R. Forsberg, Ronaldo Borges Barthem, et al.. (2016). An explicit GIS-based river basin framework for aquatic ecosystem conservation in the Amazon. Earth system science data. 8(2). 651–661. 72 indexed citations
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Goulding, Michael, Carlos Cañas, Ronaldo Borges Barthem, & Bruce R. Forsberg. (2003). Las fuentes del amazonas : rios, vida y conservacion de la cuenca del Madre de Dios. 2 indexed citations

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