César Capinha

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
87 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

César Capinha is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, César Capinha has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, 48 papers in Ecological Modeling and 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in César Capinha's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (48 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers). César Capinha is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (48 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers). César Capinha collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Germany and Austria. César Capinha's co-authors include Franz Essl, Henrique M. Pereira, Hanno Seebens, Pedro Anastácio, Dietmar Moser, Carla A. Sousa, Patrícia Tiago, Zhixin Zhang, Luís Reino and Bernd Lenzner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

César Capinha

83 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050

2020 446 citations Hanno Seebens, César Capinha et al. profile →
The dispersal of alien species redefines biogeography in the Anthropocene

2015 313 citations César Capinha, Franz Essl et al. profile →
Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species

2021 231 citations Ross N. Cuthbert, Zarah Pattison et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Economic costs of invasive alien species across Europe

2021 178 citations Phillip J. Haubrock, Ross N. Cuthbert et al. NeoBiota profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
César Capinha Portugal	31	1.8k	1.1k	1.0k	706	656	87	3.3k
Sabrina Kumschick South Africa	29	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	770 0.7×	614 0.9×	820 1.3×	69	3.2k
Caz M. Taylor United States	22	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	636 0.6×	567 0.8×	954 1.5×	57	3.2k
Christophe Diagne France	30	1.8k 1.0×	958 0.9×	454 0.4×	586 0.8×	750 1.1×	75	3.3k
Jamie M. Kass United States	17	1.4k 0.8×	829 0.7×	2.0k 2.0×	455 0.6×	711 1.1×	40	2.9k
Sarah C. Elmendorf United States	17	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	924 0.9×	644 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	34	3.3k
Narayani Barve United States	21	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	2.7k 2.6×	579 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	47	4.0k
Robert Muscarella United States	24	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.9×	987 1.4×	1.3k 2.0×	49	4.1k
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt Sweden	34	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	534 0.5×	716 1.0×	438 0.7×	106	3.4k
Aleksandar Radosavljević United States	8	1.4k 0.8×	962 0.9×	2.1k 2.0×	437 0.6×	765 1.2×	18	2.9k
Petr Keil Czechia	26	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	415 0.6×	838 1.3×	54	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by César Capinha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of César Capinha

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Carneiro, Laís, Boris Leroy, César Capinha, et al.. (2025). Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(6). 563–574. 2 indexed citations

Tiago, Patrícia, et al.. (2025). When do citizen scientists record biodiversity? Non‐random temporal patterns of recording effort and associated factors. People and Nature. 7(4). 860–870. 4 indexed citations

Marchante, Hélia, et al.. (2025). Diversity and distribution patterns of invasive alien plant species in mainland Portugal. NeoBiota. 104. 139–162.

Sousa, Carla A., Franz Essl, Adrián García‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). Global invasion patterns and dynamics of disease vector mosquitoes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9127–9127.

Capinha, César, et al.. (2024). SPECTRE: Standardised Global Spatial Data on Terrestrial SPecies and ECosystems ThREats. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(1). 2 indexed citations

Capinha, César, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Presence of Pithomyces chartarum in Pastureland Using IoT Sensors and Remote Sensing: The Case Study of Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal). Sensors. 24(14). 4485–4485. 1 indexed citations

Capinha, César, Ana Ceia‐Hasse, Sergio de‐Miguel, et al.. (2024). Using citizen science data for predicting the timing of ecological phenomena across regions. BioScience. 74(6). 383–392. 7 indexed citations

Santana, Joana, Neftalí Sillero, Joana Ribeiro, et al.. (2024). Predicting the expansion of invasive species: how much data do we need?. NeoBiota. 95. 109–132. 2 indexed citations

Soto, Ismael, Giovanni Vimercati, César Capinha, et al.. (2024). Potential distribution, observed impacts, and invasion risk of two non-native snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina and Macrochelys temminckii. Biological Invasions. 26(9). 2883–2900.

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Capinha, César, et al.. (2023). Negative and positive impacts of alien macrofungi: a global scale database. NeoBiota. 85. 23–42. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Guogui, César Capinha, Shing Yip Lee, et al.. (2023). Large‐scale changes in macrobenthic biodiversity driven by mangrove afforestation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(10). 2066–2078. 11 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra, César Capinha, & Jorge Rocha. (2023). Predicting the time of arrival of the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) to new countries based on trade patterns of tyres and plants. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(11). 2362–2374. 4 indexed citations

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Capinha, César, et al.. (2022). The current and future distribution of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) on Madeira Island. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(9). e0010715–e0010715. 9 indexed citations

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Kourantidou, Melina, Ross N. Cuthbert, Phillip J. Haubrock, et al.. (2021). Economic costs of invasive alien species in the Mediterranean basin. NeoBiota. 67. 427–458. 53 indexed citations

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Capinha, César, et al.. (2021). Introduction, spread, and impacts of invasive alien mammal species in Europe. Mammal Review. 52(2). 252–266. 30 indexed citations

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Cuthbert, Ross N., Zarah Pattison, Nigel G. Taylor, et al.. (2021). Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species. The Science of The Total Environment. 775. 145238–145238. 231 indexed citations breakdown →

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Capinha, César, et al.. (2020). Human‐induced globalization of insular herpetofaunas. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(8). 1328–1349. 28 indexed citations

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Capinha, César, et al.. (2020). Dengue importation into Europe: A network connectivity-based approach. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230274–e0230274. 14 indexed citations

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Tiago, Patrícia, Maria João Gouveia, César Capinha, Margarida Santos‐Reis, & Henrique M. Pereira. (2017). The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities. Nature Conservation. 18. 61–78. 60 indexed citations

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Capinha, César, Hanno Seebens, Phillip Cassey, et al.. (2017). Diversity, biogeography and the global flows of alien amphibians and reptiles. Diversity and Distributions. 23(11). 1313–1322. 99 indexed citations

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