Fábio Muniz

470 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 254 citations indexed

About

Fábio Muniz is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fábio Muniz has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 254 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 15 papers in Paleontology and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Fábio Muniz's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (14 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (11 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers). Fábio Muniz is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (14 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (11 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers). Fábio Muniz collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Fábio Muniz's co-authors include Zilca Campos, Izeni Pires Farias, William E. Magnusson, Tomas Hrbek, Klement Tockner, Pedro Bittencourt, Christiane Zarfl, Fengzhi He, Sonja C. Jähnig and Jens‐Christian Svenning and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, PeerJ and Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Fábio Muniz

19 papers receiving 247 citations

Hit Papers

Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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.

  1. Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity
    2024 60 citations Fengzhi He, Christiane Zarfl et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fábio Muniz Brazil 9 137 93 82 58 51 21 254
Mateus Ferreira Brazil 7 121 0.9× 41 0.4× 107 1.3× 77 1.3× 30 0.6× 11 228
Michael D. Burns United States 11 180 1.3× 68 0.7× 59 0.7× 49 0.8× 30 0.6× 26 300
J. du G. Harrison South Africa 12 59 0.4× 96 1.0× 83 1.0× 38 0.7× 37 0.7× 24 260
Sidnei de Melo Dantas Brazil 8 127 0.9× 22 0.2× 106 1.3× 48 0.8× 44 0.9× 14 211
Boris Marioni Brazil 12 210 1.5× 102 1.1× 174 2.1× 56 1.0× 54 1.1× 26 360
Sergio A. Balaguera‐Reina United States 9 119 0.9× 71 0.8× 100 1.2× 43 0.7× 34 0.7× 47 220
Fabio Germán Cupul‐Magaña Mexico 8 84 0.6× 77 0.8× 110 1.3× 55 0.9× 56 1.1× 102 262
Nicolás Martínez Switzerland 6 182 1.3× 15 0.2× 261 3.2× 19 0.3× 54 1.1× 12 328
Ian R. McFadden Switzerland 8 103 0.8× 20 0.2× 100 1.2× 30 0.5× 52 1.0× 14 220
Joe N. Fries United States 9 123 0.9× 13 0.1× 106 1.3× 18 0.3× 115 2.3× 24 254

Countries citing papers authored by Fábio Muniz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fábio Muniz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fábio Muniz. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Fábio Muniz. The network helps show where Fábio Muniz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fábio Muniz

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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He, Fengzhi, Christiane Zarfl, Klement Tockner, et al.. (2024). Hydropower impacts on riverine biodiversity. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5(11). 755–772. 60 indexed citations breakdown →
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Muniz, Fábio, et al.. (2023). Phylogenetic identity and population structure of the dwarf caimans Paleosuchus spp. in the Orinoco basin of Colombia and Venezuela: filling gaps. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142(1). 68–80. 1 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, Fábio Muniz, Guilherme Mourão, et al.. (2022). Geographic variation in colour and spot patterns in Dwarf Caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Cuvier, 1807) in Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia. 43(4). 347–355. 1 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, et al.. (2022). DIREÇÕES PARA MITIGAR OS IMPACTOS DA SECA EXTREMA NAS POPULAÇÕES DE JACARÉS (Caiman yacare) NO PANTANAL. Oecologia Australis. 26(3). 403–410.
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Campos, Zilca, Fábio Muniz, William E. Magnusson, & Guilherme Mourão. (2021). Effects of the Belo Monte hydro-electric-dam complex on crocodilians in the Xingu River, Brazilian Amazonia. Amphibia-Reptilia. 42(4). 419–426. 2 indexed citations
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Muniz, Fábio, Zilca Campos, Pedro Bittencourt, Tomas Hrbek, & Izeni Pires Farias. (2021). Report of poaching of dwarf caimans Paleosuchus spp. (Alligatoridae: Caimaninae) for meat consumption in northern Brazilian Amazon.. Herpetology notes. 14. 661–665.
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Muniz, Fábio, et al.. (2021). Conflicts between humans and crocodilians in urban areas across Brazil: a new approach to support management and conservation. Ethnobiology and Conservation. 10. 7 indexed citations
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Marioni, Boris, Fábio Muniz, Zilca Campos, et al.. (2021). Science and conservation of Amazonian crocodilians: a historical review. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(5). 1056–1067. 14 indexed citations
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Roberto, Igor Joventino, Pedro Bittencourt, Fábio Muniz, et al.. (2020). Unexpected but unsurprising lineage diversity within the most widespread Neotropical crocodilian genusCaiman(Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 18(4). 377–395. 37 indexed citations
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Bittencourt, Pedro, Zilca Campos, Fábio Muniz, et al.. (2019). Evidence of cryptic lineages within a small South American crocodilian: the Schneider’s dwarf caimanPaleosuchus trigonatus(Alligatoridae: Caimaninae). PeerJ. 7. e6580–e6580. 29 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, Fábio Muniz, & William E. Magnusson. (2019). Asynchronous reproduction in three species of crocodilians in south-eastern Amazonia. Journal of Natural History. 53(9-10). 585–593. 4 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, William E. Magnusson, & Fábio Muniz. (2019). Schneider's smooth-fronted caiman Paleosuchus trigonatus.. infoteca-e (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). 1 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, Fábio Muniz, & William E. Magnusson. (2018). Where are the black caimans, Melanosuchus niger (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae), in the Xingu River basin, Brazil?. Herpetology notes. 11. 1021–1024. 2 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, Fábio Muniz, Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez, & William E. Magnusson. (2016). Predation on eggs of Schneider’s dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus (Schneider, 1807), by armadillos and other predators. Journal of Natural History. 50(25-26). 1543–1548. 13 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, Fábio Muniz, Izeni Pires Farias, & Tomas Hrbek. (2015). Conservation status of the dwarf Caiman Paleosuchus Palpebrosus in the region of the Araguaia-Tocantins basin, Brazil.. Americanae (AECID Library). 2 indexed citations
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Campos, Zilca, Tânia Margarete Sanaiotti, Fábio Muniz, Izeni Pires Farias, & William E. Magnusson. (2012). Parental care in the dwarf caiman,Paleosuchus palpebrosusCuvier, 1807 (Reptilia: Crocodilia: Alligatoridae). Journal of Natural History. 46(47-48). 2979–2984. 15 indexed citations
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Muniz, Fábio, Ronis Da Silveira, Zilca Campos, et al.. (2011). Multiple paternity in the Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) population in the Anavilhanas National Park, Brazilian Amazonia. Amphibia-Reptilia. 32(3). 428–434. 17 indexed citations

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