Gavin Gouws

972 total citations
60 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Gavin Gouws is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin Gouws has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 33 papers in Aquatic Science and 33 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gavin Gouws's work include Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (33 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (31 papers) and Crustacean biology and ecology (19 papers). Gavin Gouws is often cited by papers focused on Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (33 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (31 papers) and Crustacean biology and ecology (19 papers). Gavin Gouws collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United States. Gavin Gouws's co-authors include B. A. Stewart, Savel R. Daniels, Ernst R. Swartz, Albert Chakona, Keith A. Crandall, Franz Uiblein, Nasreen Peer, Renzo Perissinotto, Monica Mwale and Emmanuel Tessier and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Marine Ecology Progress Series and Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gavin Gouws

57 papers receiving 729 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gavin Gouws South Africa 17 462 434 302 254 162 60 763
Daisy Wowor Indonesia 13 436 0.9× 318 0.7× 354 1.2× 153 0.6× 159 1.0× 71 763
Benjamin D. Cook Australia 15 392 0.8× 408 0.9× 193 0.6× 295 1.2× 71 0.4× 25 653
Erik García‐Machado Cuba 14 270 0.6× 261 0.6× 201 0.7× 227 0.9× 336 2.1× 41 653
Harald Ahnelt Austria 15 249 0.5× 415 1.0× 307 1.0× 116 0.5× 165 1.0× 79 689
Anthony C. Gill Australia 14 260 0.6× 601 1.4× 366 1.2× 128 0.5× 213 1.3× 82 849
William B. Ludt United States 12 215 0.5× 291 0.7× 131 0.4× 212 0.8× 186 1.1× 23 612
Thierry B. Hoareau South Africa 19 344 0.7× 302 0.7× 360 1.2× 208 0.8× 191 1.2× 36 828
Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima Brazil 17 218 0.5× 568 1.3× 423 1.4× 202 0.8× 160 1.0× 85 856
Ning Labbish Chao Brazil 14 177 0.4× 426 1.0× 272 0.9× 193 0.8× 150 0.9× 31 660
Brian S Dyer Chile 11 246 0.5× 472 1.1× 239 0.8× 123 0.5× 85 0.5× 20 671

Countries citing papers authored by Gavin Gouws

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gavin Gouws

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gavin Gouws

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

All Works

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Daniels, Savel R., et al.. (2021). Surveys of Afrotemperate forests yields two new freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838) from South Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy. 782. 82–107. 7 indexed citations
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Russell, Barry C. & Gavin Gouws. (2020). A new species of Nemipterus (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the Western Indian Ocean . Zootaxa. 4895(4).
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Daniels, Savel R., Nicola C. James, & Gavin Gouws. (2020). Phylogeographic structure and continued surveys of a Vulnerable South African freshwater crab (Potamonautidae, Potamonautes lividus): Implications for the IUCN Red Listing of the Afrotropical fauna. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(12). 2221–2239. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, David G., et al.. (2020). A taxonomic revision of Gymnothorax undulatus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) in the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species. Zootaxa. 4767(1). zootaxa.4767.1.7–zootaxa.4767.1.7. 1 indexed citations
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Gouws, Gavin, et al.. (2019). Mating System, Reproductive Success, and Sexual Selection in Bluntnose Klipfishes (Clinus cottoides). Journal of Heredity. 110(3). 351–360.
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Gouws, Gavin, et al.. (2019). Molecular and morphological evidence reveals hybridisation between two endemic cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology. 96(5). 1234–1250. 6 indexed citations
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Stern, Nir, Gavin Gouws, Daniel Golani, Menachem Goren, & Ofer Gon. (2019). Champsodontidae (Pisces: Trachinoidei) in the Eastern Mediterranean: how many species are there?. Journal of Natural History. 53(47-48). 2869–2881. 5 indexed citations
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Gouws, Gavin, et al.. (2018). DNA barcoding as a tool to facilitate the taxonomy of hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38(6). 780–793. 14 indexed citations
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Leslie, R. W., Ofer Gon, & Gavin Gouws. (2018). The taxonomic status of the South African straptail, Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macruronidae). Zootaxa. 4374(1). 91–98. 1 indexed citations
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Peer, Nasreen, Gavin Gouws, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem, Renzo Perissinotto, & Nelson A. F. Miranda. (2017). Redescription of Potamonautes sidneyi (Rathbun, 1904) (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) and description of a new congeneric species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ZooKeys. 657(657). 1–28. 13 indexed citations
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Peer, Nasreen, Renzo Perissinotto, Gavin Gouws, & Nelson A. F. Miranda. (2015). Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838, from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. ZooKeys. 503(503). 23–43. 20 indexed citations
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Muths, Delphine, Gavin Gouws, Monica Mwale, Emmanuel Tessier, & Jérôme Bourjea. (2012). Genetic connectivity of the reef fishLutjanus kasmiraat the scale of the western Indian Ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 69(5). 842–853. 24 indexed citations
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Gouws, Gavin, Conrad A. Matthee, & B. A. Stewart. (2010). A multiple data set phylogeny for the endemic South African freshwater phreatoicidean isopod genus Mesamphisopus: Taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(2). 541–551. 13 indexed citations
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Close, Paul & Gavin Gouws. (2007). Cryptic estuarine gobiid fish larvae (Pisces: Gobiidae) identified as Pseudogobius olorum using allozyme markers. Journal of Fish Biology. 71(sb). 288–293. 2 indexed citations
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Gouws, Gavin, B. A. Stewart, & Conrad A. Matthee. (2005). Lack of taxonomic differentiation in an apparently widespread freshwater isopod morphotype (Phreatoicidea: Mesamphisopidae: Mesamphisopus) from South Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37(1). 289–305. 10 indexed citations

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