Fernando Mayer Pelicice

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Fernando Mayer Pelicice is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando Mayer Pelicice has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 75 papers in Aquatic Science and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Fernando Mayer Pelicice's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (100 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (84 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (75 papers). Fernando Mayer Pelicice is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (100 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (84 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (75 papers). Fernando Mayer Pelicice collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Australia. Fernando Mayer Pelicice's co-authors include Ângelo Antônio Agostinho, Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, Luiz Carlos Gomes, Valter M. Azevedo‐Santos, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Carlos Sérgio Agostinho, Dilermando P. Lima‐Junior, Mário Luís Orsi, Sidinei Magela Thomaz and André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, BioScience and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Fernando Mayer Pelicice

107 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Large reservoirs as ecological barriers to downstream mov... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Large reservoirs as ecological barriers to downstream movements of Neotropical migratory fish
    2014 296 citations Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Paulo dos Santos Pompeu et al. profile →
  2. Fish assemblages in Neotropical reservoirs: Colonization patterns, impacts and management
    2015 268 citations Ângelo Antônio Agostinho, Luiz Carlos Gomes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fernando Mayer Pelicice Brazil 37 3.8k 2.7k 1.3k 409 408 111 4.6k
Miguel Petrere Brazil 30 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 620 1.5× 175 0.4× 141 3.7k
Luiz Carlos Gomes Brazil 43 5.6k 1.5× 3.9k 1.5× 1.8k 1.4× 570 1.4× 755 1.9× 174 6.6k
Paulo dos Santos Pompeu Brazil 35 3.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 1.9k 1.5× 639 1.6× 148 0.4× 187 4.6k
Charles P. Madenjian United States 39 4.0k 1.0× 1.0k 0.4× 3.2k 2.5× 1.4k 3.4× 586 1.4× 181 5.1k
David B. Bunnell United States 34 2.7k 0.7× 744 0.3× 2.4k 1.9× 981 2.4× 601 1.5× 117 3.5k
Tomas O. Höök United States 31 2.1k 0.5× 514 0.2× 1.9k 1.4× 871 2.1× 852 2.1× 145 3.7k
Zeb Hogan United States 21 1.6k 0.4× 798 0.3× 1.2k 0.9× 562 1.4× 75 0.2× 65 2.4k
Craig P. Paukert United States 30 2.7k 0.7× 892 0.3× 2.3k 1.8× 839 2.1× 204 0.5× 133 3.6k
Roberto Esser dos Reis Brazil 26 3.4k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 674 0.5× 268 0.7× 63 0.2× 129 4.0k
Michael Goulding Brazil 17 2.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 790 0.6× 343 0.8× 89 0.2× 27 2.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Haase, Peter, Fengzhi He, Tinotenda Mangadze, et al.. (2025). Successes and failures of conservation actions to halt global river biodiversity loss. 1(2). 104–118. 6 indexed citations
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Magalhães, André Lincoln Barroso, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Jiří Patoka, et al.. (2024). Taxonomic and functional differentiation in Brazilian creeks driven by the mass introduction of ornamental fish. Hydrobiologia. 852(8-9). 2471–2491. 4 indexed citations
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Agostinho, Ângelo Antônio, et al.. (2023). An overview of fish stocking in Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology. 21(3). 4 indexed citations
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Ândrade, Marcelo, Felipe Polivanov Ottoni, Raimunda Nonata Fortes Carvalho Neta, et al.. (2023). Fisheries monitoring in Brazil: How can the 2030 agenda be met without fisheries statistics?. Biota Neotropica. 23(2). 2 indexed citations
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Pelicice, Fernando Mayer, Ângelo Antônio Agostinho, Valter M. Azevedo‐Santos, et al.. (2022). Ecosystem services generated by Neotropical freshwater fishes. Hydrobiologia. 850(12-13). 2903–2926. 33 indexed citations
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Azevedo‐Santos, Valter M., Vanessa S. Daga, Fernando Mayer Pelicice, & Raoul Henry. (2021). Drifting in a free-flowing river: Distribution of fish eggs and larvae in a small tributary of a Neotropical reservoir. Biota Neotropica. 21(4). 8 indexed citations
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Dias, Rosa Maria, Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Gustavo Henrique Zaia Alves, et al.. (2021). Brazil’s leading environmental agency and aquatic biodiversity threatened by federal decree. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 93(4). 3 indexed citations
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Pelicice, Fernando Mayer, Andréa Bialetzki, Priscila Camelier, et al.. (2021). Human impacts and the loss of Neotropical freshwater fish diversity. Neotropical Ichthyology. 19(3). 26 indexed citations
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Kovalenko, Katya E., Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Lee B. Kats, Jonne Kotta, & Sidinei Magela Thomaz. (2021). Aquatic invasive species: introduction to the Special Issue and dynamics of public interest. Hydrobiologia. 848(9). 1939–1953. 11 indexed citations
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Agostinho, Ângelo Antônio, Diego Corrêa Alves, Luiz Carlos Gomes, et al.. (2021). Fish die-off in river and reservoir: A review on anoxia and gas supersaturation. Neotropical Ichthyology. 19(3). 24 indexed citations
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Magalhães, André Lincoln Barroso, Luis Artur Valões Bezerra, Vanessa S. Daga, et al.. (2021). Biotic differentiation in headwater creeks after the massive introduction of non-native freshwater aquarium fish in the Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology. 19(3). 19 indexed citations
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Azevedo‐Santos, Valter M., Marlene Sofía Arcifa, Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes de Brito, et al.. (2021). Negative impacts of mining on Neotropical freshwater fishes. Neotropical Ichthyology. 19(3). 32 indexed citations
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Azevedo‐Santos, Valter M., Robert M. Hughes, & Fernando Mayer Pelicice. (2021). Ghost nets: A poorly known threat to Brazilian freshwater biodiversity. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 94(1). e20201189–e20201189. 11 indexed citations
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Pelicice, Fernando Mayer, et al.. (2021). Long-term responses of fish diversity to river regulation: a multi-metric approach. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 104(1). 71–84. 13 indexed citations
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Azevedo‐Santos, Valter M., Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes de Brito, Pedro Sartori Manoel, et al.. (2021). Plastic pollution: A focus on freshwater biodiversity. AMBIO. 50(7). 1313–1324. 124 indexed citations
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Lima‐Junior, Dilermando P., et al.. (2020). Extemporaneous environmental legislation: an analysis of the conflicts underlying Law 3824/1960 on coarse wood removal in Brazilian artificial reservoirs. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia. 32. 1 indexed citations
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Petry, Ana Cristina, et al.. (2020). When a freshwater invader meets the estuary: the peacock bass and fish assemblages in the São João River, Brazil. Biological Invasions. 23(1). 167–179. 11 indexed citations
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Daga, Vanessa S., Valter M. Azevedo‐Santos, Fernando Mayer Pelicice, et al.. (2019). Water diversion in Brazil threatens biodiversity. AMBIO. 49(1). 165–172. 48 indexed citations
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Pelicice, Fernando Mayer, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Dilermando P. Lima‐Junior, Mário Luís Orsi, & Ângelo Antônio Agostinho. (2013). A Serious New Threat to Brazilian Freshwater Ecosystems: The Naturalization of Nonnative Fish by Decree. Conservation Letters. 7(1). 55–60. 121 indexed citations

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