Joana S. Costa

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 878 citations indexed

About

Joana S. Costa is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Joana S. Costa has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 878 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Joana S. Costa's work include Avian ecology and behavior (6 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). Joana S. Costa is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (6 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). Joana S. Costa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Iceland and Switzerland. Joana S. Costa's co-authors include João Pedro de Magalhães, George M. Church, José A. Alves, Steffen Hahn, Tamara Emmenegger, Jaroslav Koleček, Silke Bauer, Félix Liechti, Martins Briedis and Petr Procházka and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and The Journals of Gerontology Series A.

In The Last Decade

Joana S. Costa

13 papers receiving 859 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 database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life‐history traits

2009 406 citations João Pedro de Magalhães, Joana S. Costa Journal of Evolutionary Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joana S. Costa Portugal	8	454	245	185	161	113	14	878
Miriam J. Hercus Australia	12	482 1.1×	332 1.4×	186 1.0×	172 1.1×	336 3.0×	13	1.3k
Tonia S. Schwartz United States	22	376 0.8×	486 2.0×	136 0.7×	252 1.6×	356 3.2×	73	1.3k
Matthew D. McGee United States	19	368 0.8×	297 1.2×	130 0.7×	356 2.2×	516 4.6×	37	1.4k
Wayne A. Van Voorhies United States	21	543 1.2×	439 1.8×	603 3.3×	319 2.0×	384 3.4×	30	1.7k
Floriane Plard France	18	786 1.7×	455 1.9×	83 0.4×	227 1.4×	337 3.0×	38	1.4k
Suzanne Estes United States	18	189 0.4×	298 1.2×	333 1.8×	385 2.4×	708 6.3×	33	1.2k
Charles-A. Darveau Canada	16	556 1.2×	356 1.5×	26 0.1×	154 1.0×	268 2.4×	26	1.0k
Annalise B. Paaby United States	14	307 0.7×	316 1.3×	261 1.4×	392 2.4×	651 5.8×	25	1.3k
Martin I. Lind Sweden	20	313 0.7×	625 2.6×	116 0.6×	70 0.4×	370 3.3×	38	1.1k
Vérane Berger Russia	11	313 0.7×	292 1.2×	149 0.8×	58 0.4×	170 1.5×	33	798

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Klein, John L., et al.. (2025). CONECTADOS, MAS DEPENDENTES? REFLEXÕES SOBRE OS DILEMAS DA EDUCAÇÃO NA ERA DIGITAL. Aracê.. 7(6). 32456–32474.

Costa, Joana S., et al.. (2024). Connected impacts: combining migration tracking data with species distribution models reveals the complex potential impacts of climate change on European bee-eaters. Journal für Ornithologie. 165(4). 1063–1076. 2 indexed citations

Costa, Joana S., Steffen Hahn, Pedro M. Araújo, et al.. (2021). Linking migratory performance to breeding phenology and productivity in an Afro-Palearctic long-distance migrant. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23258–23258. 9 indexed citations

Hahn, Steffen, José A. Alves, Joana S. Costa, et al.. (2020). Range‐wide migration corridors and non‐breeding areas of a northward expanding Afro‐Palaearctic migrant, the European Bee‐eater Merops apiaster. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Briedis, Martins, Silke Bauer, Peter Adamík, et al.. (2020). Broad‐scale patterns of the Afro‐Palaearctic landbird migration. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(4). 722–735. 58 indexed citations

Costa, Joana S., Steffen Hahn, Afonso D. Rocha, et al.. (2020). The discriminant power of biometrics for sex determination in European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster. Bird Study. 67(1). 19–28. 2 indexed citations

Emmenegger, Tamara, José A. Alves, Afonso D. Rocha, et al.. (2020). Population- and age-specific patterns of haemosporidian assemblages and infection levels in European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster). International Journal for Parasitology. 50(14). 1125–1131. 10 indexed citations

Costa, Joana S., Afonso D. Rocha, Ricardo A. Correia, & José A. Alves. (2020). Developing and validating a nestling photographic aging guide for cavity-nesting birds: an example with the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster). Avian Research. 11(1). 3 indexed citations

Hahn, Steffen, José A. Alves, Joana S. Costa, et al.. (2019). Range‐wide migration corridors and non‐breeding areas of a northward expanding Afro‐Palaearctic migrant, the European Bee‐eater Merops apiaster. Ibis. 162(2). 345–355. 14 indexed citations

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Briedis, Martins, Silke Bauer, Peter Adamík, et al.. (2019). A full annual perspective on sex-biased migration timing in long-distance migratory birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1897). 20182821–20182821. 59 indexed citations

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Briedis, Martins, Silke Bauer, Peter Adamík, et al.. (2019). Supplementary figures from A full annual perspective on sex-biased migration timing in long-distance migratory birds. OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University). 1 indexed citations

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Catry, Teresa, Pedro M. Lourenço, Ricardo J. Lopes, et al.. (2015). Structure and functioning of intertidal food webs along an avian flyway: a comparative approach using stable isotopes. Functional Ecology. 30(3). 468–478. 51 indexed citations

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Magalhães, João Pedro de & Joana S. Costa. (2009). A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life‐history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22(8). 1770–1774. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Magalhães, João Pedro de, Joana S. Costa, & George M. Church. (2007). An Analysis of the Relationship Between Metabolism, Developmental Schedules, and Longevity Using Phylogenetic Independent Contrasts. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 62(2). 149–160. 262 indexed citations

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