Daniel Fernando

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Daniel Fernando is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Fernando has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 11 papers in Aquatic Science and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Fernando's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (10 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers). Daniel Fernando is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (10 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers). Daniel Fernando collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Daniel Fernando's co-authors include Malcolm P. Francis, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Guy M. W. Stevens, Joshua D. Stewart, Andrea D. Marshall, Rima W. Jabado, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Sonja V. Fordham and Peter M. Kyne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Fernando

28 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

2021 480 citations Nathan Pacoureau, Cassandra L. Rigby et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Fernando United Kingdom	15	968	552	396	263	173	33	1.2k
Ivone Figueiredo Portugal	24	838 0.9×	412 0.7×	747 1.9×	436 1.7×	166 1.0×	81	1.3k
Rima W. Jabado Australia	20	1.4k 1.4×	560 1.0×	574 1.4×	595 2.3×	346 2.0×	69	1.7k
Edward J. Brooks United States	20	806 0.8×	564 1.0×	397 1.0×	239 0.9×	68 0.4×	46	1.1k
Taylor K. Chapple United States	18	993 1.0×	644 1.2×	499 1.3×	185 0.7×	119 0.7×	44	1.2k
Riley A. Pollom Canada	10	634 0.7×	302 0.5×	322 0.8×	304 1.2×	118 0.7×	16	851
Sarah Fowler United Kingdom	11	1.7k 1.8×	623 1.1×	741 1.9×	725 2.8×	241 1.4×	18	1.9k
Michael Maia Mincarone Brazil	14	762 0.8×	357 0.6×	325 0.8×	464 1.8×	111 0.6×	56	1.1k
Hugo Verreycken Belgium	16	510 0.5×	513 0.9×	177 0.4×	261 1.0×	68 0.4×	37	752
Aaron C. Henderson United States	19	842 0.9×	346 0.6×	343 0.9×	404 1.5×	181 1.0×	52	997
Bernardo R. Quintella Portugal	21	1.1k 1.1×	735 1.3×	268 0.7×	441 1.7×	53 0.3×	80	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Fernando

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Fernando

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Fernando

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

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Cardeñosa, Diego, Elizabeth A. Babcock, Stanley K. H. Shea, et al.. (2025). International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade. Science Advances. 11(45). eadz2821–eadz2821.

Laglbauer, Betty J. L., Melissa R. Cronin, Sarah Fowler, et al.. (2024). Global assessment of manta and devil ray gill plate and meat trade: conservation implications and opportunities. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 108(4). 611–638. 3 indexed citations

Humble, Emily, Gary R. Carvalho, Mark de Bruyn, et al.. (2023). Comparative population genomics of manta rays has global implications for management. Molecular Ecology. 34(4). e17220–e17220. 3 indexed citations

Kyne, Peter M., Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Emiliano García‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2023). Important Shark and Ray Areas: a new tool to optimize spatial planning for sharks. Oryx. 57(2). 146–147. 11 indexed citations

Pacoureau, Nathan, Cassandra L. Rigby, Peter M. Kyne, et al.. (2021). Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays. Nature. 589(7843). 567–571. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

Fernando, Daniel & Joshua D. Stewart. (2021). High bycatch rates of manta and devil rays in the “small-scale” artisanal fisheries of Sri Lanka. PeerJ. 9. e11994–e11994. 37 indexed citations

Caira, Janine N., et al.. (2021). Three new species of 'tetraphyllidean' cestodes from an undescribed bamboo shark (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae) in Sri Lanka. Folia Parasitologica. 68. 2 indexed citations

Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di, Sylvain Adnet, M. B. Bennett, et al.. (2019). Taxonomic status, biological notes, and conservation of the longhorned pygmy devil ray Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849). Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(1). 104–122. 20 indexed citations

Fernando, Daniel, Rosalind M. K. Bown, Akshay Tanna, et al.. (2019). New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa. 4585(2). zootaxa.4585.2.1–zootaxa.4585.2.1. 23 indexed citations

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Stevens, Guy M. W., Daniel Fernando, Marc Dando, & Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara. (2019). Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World. Princeton University Press eBooks. 34 indexed citations

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Stewart, Joshua D., Christoph A. Rohner, Glauber Ribeiro de Sousa Araújo, et al.. (2017). Trophic overlap in mobulid rays: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 580. 131–151. 43 indexed citations

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Fernando, Daniel, et al.. (2017). A first record of Halodule pinifolia Miki den Hartog, and new locality of nationally endangered Halophila beccarii Asch, from the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. International journal of aquatic biology. 5(5). 328–335. 10 indexed citations

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Lawson, Julia M., Sonja V. Fordham, Mary O’Malley, et al.. (2017). Sympathy for the devil: a conservation strategy for devil and manta rays. PeerJ. 5. e3027–e3027. 89 indexed citations

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Coelho, Rui, Demian D. Chapman, Edward J. Brooks, et al.. (2016). Structure and Genetic Variability of the Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, Determined Using Mitochondrial DNA. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155623–e0155623. 24 indexed citations

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Fernando, Daniel, Nishan Perera, & David A. Ebert. (2015). First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) from Sri Lanka, northern Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity Records. 8. 11 indexed citations

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Fernando, Daniel. (2015). Words from the ‘Margins’: exploring Sri Lankan English borrowing in the classroom. 1 indexed citations

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Poortvliet, Marloes, Jørn Olsen, Donald A. Croll, et al.. (2014). A dated molecular phylogeny of manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) based on mitogenome and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83. 72–85. 52 indexed citations

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Morris, James P., Sven Thatje, Juliette Ravaux, et al.. (2014). Acute combined pressure and temperature exposures on a shallow-water crustacean: Novel insights into the stress response and high pressure neurological syndrome. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 181. 9–17. 24 indexed citations

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Fernando, Daniel, et al.. (2010). The Role of Music in Young Learners' Oral Production in English. PROFILE Issues in Teachers Professional Development. 12(1). 141–157. 12 indexed citations

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Fernando, Daniel, et al.. (1980). South American leaf blight resistance studies on Hevea brasiliensis selections in Sri Lanka.. 57. 41–47. 1 indexed citations

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