Guilherme C. Lessa

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Guilherme C. Lessa is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guilherme C. Lessa has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 19 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Guilherme C. Lessa's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (19 papers), Geological formations and processes (15 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers). Guilherme C. Lessa is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (19 papers), Geological formations and processes (15 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers). Guilherme C. Lessa collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Spain and Australia. Guilherme C. Lessa's co-authors include Rodolfo José Angulo, Maria Cristina de Souza, Mauro Cirano, Gerd Masselink, Paulo César Fonseca Giannini, A.C.S.P. Bittencourt, José Maria Landim Domínguez, Carlos Augusto França Schettini, Bastiaan Knoppers and Björn Kjerfve and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable Energy, Marine Pollution Bulletin and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Guilherme C. Lessa

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

A critical review of mid- to late-Holocene sea-level fluctuations on the eastern Brazilian coastline

2005 414 citations Rodolfo José Angulo, Guilherme C. Lessa et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guilherme C. Lessa Brazil	17	633	577	562	435	199	47	1.5k
Rodolfo José Angulo Brazil	20	997 1.6×	699 1.2×	921 1.6×	357 0.8×	95 0.5×	92	1.8k
David Amblàs Spain	22	621 1.0×	590 1.0×	871 1.5×	452 1.0×	290 1.5×	53	1.8k
Helenice Vital Brazil	19	645 1.0×	350 0.6×	492 0.9×	277 0.6×	128 0.6×	110	1.3k
P.S. Roy Australia	17	1.2k 1.9×	1.0k 1.7×	761 1.4×	338 0.8×	292 1.5×	28	2.0k
Paulo César Fonseca Giannini Brazil	27	906 1.4×	644 1.1×	927 1.6×	229 0.5×	120 0.6×	125	2.0k
Alberto G. Figueiredo Brazil	19	780 1.2×	539 0.9×	596 1.1×	390 0.9×	123 0.6×	69	1.4k
Felipe García‐Rodríguez Uruguay	25	289 0.5×	608 1.1×	621 1.1×	545 1.3×	237 1.2×	95	1.7k
Philippe Dussouillez France	18	676 1.1×	683 1.2×	417 0.7×	154 0.4×	236 1.2×	38	1.5k
Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa Brazil	22	428 0.7×	612 1.1×	896 1.6×	667 1.5×	131 0.7×	74	1.5k
Gerhard Daut Germany	29	672 1.1×	552 1.0×	1.7k 3.0×	291 0.7×	231 1.2×	71	2.1k

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Angulo, Rodolfo José, Maria Cristina de Souza, Maria Luiza Corrêa da Câmara Rosa, et al.. (2022). Mid- to Late Holocene sealevel changes at Abrolhos Archipelago and Bank, southwestern Atlantic, Brazil. Marine Geology. 450. 106841–106841. 1 indexed citations

Marta‐Almeida, Martinho, et al.. (2019). Realistic modelling of shelf-estuary regions. Ocean Dynamics. 69(11-12). 1311–1331. 7 indexed citations

Lessa, Guilherme C., et al.. (2019). Variability of the Thermohaline Field in a Large Tropical, Well-Mixed Estuary: the Influence of an Extreme Draught Event. Estuaries and Coasts. 42(8). 2020–2037. 6 indexed citations

Teixeira, Carlos Eduardo Peres, et al.. (2018). The Impact of Different Forcing Agents on the Residual Circulation in a Tropical Estuary (Baía de Todos os Santos, Brazil). Journal of Coastal Research. 34(3). 544–544. 13 indexed citations

Angulo, Rodolfo José, Paulo César Fonseca Giannini, Maria Cristina de Souza, & Guilherme C. Lessa. (2018). Reply to Castro et al. 2018 on “Holocene paleo-sea level changes along the coast of Rio de Janeiro, southern Brazil”.. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 90(2). 1377–1380. 5 indexed citations

Valle–Levinson, Arnoldo, et al.. (2018). Ocean-estuary exchange variability in a large tropical estuary. Continental Shelf Research. 172. 33–49. 8 indexed citations

Marta‐Almeida, Martinho, Mauro Cirano, C. Guedes Soares, & Guilherme C. Lessa. (2017). A numerical tidal stream energy assessment study for Baía de Todos os Santos, Brazil. Renewable Energy. 107. 271–287. 29 indexed citations

Roth, Florian, Guilherme C. Lessa, Christian Wild, Ruy Kenji Papa de Kikuchi, & Malik S. Naumann. (2016). Impacts of a high-discharge submarine sewage outfall on water quality in the coastal zone of Salvador (Bahia, Brazil). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 106(1-2). 43–48. 44 indexed citations

Lessa, Guilherme C., et al.. (2015). Twenty-six years of uneven changes in low flows due to different uses and operation of a large dam in a semiarid river. Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos. 20(2). 523–532. 7 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C., et al.. (2010). Avaliação dos impactos da barragem de Santa Helena no trecho estuarino do rio Jacuípe, litoral norte da Bahia - Brasil. Latin American Theatre Review (The University of Kansas). 2(1-2). 4 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C., et al.. (2009). Varying Patterns of water circulation in Canal de Cotegipe, Baía de Todos os Santos. Brazilian Journal of Geophysics. 27(1). 7 indexed citations

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Filho, Pedro Walfir Martins e Souza, et al.. (2006). Holocene coastal evolution and facies model of the Bragança macrotidal flat on the Amazon Mangrove Coast, Northern Brazil. 32 indexed citations

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Burone, Letícia, et al.. (2006). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages and morphological abnormalities in the Subaé estuarine system, Bahia - Brazil. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências. 29(1). 405–406.

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Villwock, Jorge Alberto, Guilherme C. Lessa, Kenitiro Suguío, Rodolfo José Angulo, & Sérgio R. Dillenburg. (2005). Geologia e geomorfologia de regiões costeiras. 378. 20 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C., et al.. (2001). The fresh-water discharge in Todos os Santos Bay (BA) an its significance to the general water circulation. Pesquisas em Geociências. 28(2). 85–85. 3 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C.. (2000). Morphodynamic controls on tides and tidal currents in two macrotidal shallow estuaries, NE Australia. Journal of Coastal Research. 16(4). 976–989. 8 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C., Stephen R. Meyers, & Eduardo Marone. (1998). Holocene stratigraphy in the Paranagua Bay estuary, southern Brazil. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 68(6). 1060–1076. 39 indexed citations

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Kjerfve, Björn, et al.. (1996). Hydrology and Salt Balance in a Large, Hypersaline Coastal Lagoon: Lagoa de Araruama, Brazil. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 42(6). 701–725. 106 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C. & Gerd Masselink. (1995). Morphodynamic evolution of a macrotidal barrier estuary. Marine Geology. 129(1-2). 25–46. 46 indexed citations

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Lessa, Guilherme C.. (1991). DINÂMICA DE MARÉ E TRANSPORTE DE SEDIMENTOS NO CANAL DE ITAJURU - LAGUNA DE ARARUAMA (RJ). Brazilian Journal of Geology. 21(4). 378–386. 3 indexed citations

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