Maurice Kottelat

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Maurice Kottelat is a scholar working on Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurice Kottelat has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Aquatic Science, 136 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 43 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Maurice Kottelat's work include Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (155 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (84 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (66 papers). Maurice Kottelat is often cited by papers focused on Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (155 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (84 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (66 papers). Maurice Kottelat collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Switzerland and United States. Maurice Kottelat's co-authors include Jörg Freyhof, Tony Whitten, Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo, Heok Hee Ng, Anthony J. Whitten, Edward O. Murdy, Ralf Britz, Walter J. Rainboth, Tyson R. Roberts and Davut Turan and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Maurice Kottelat

146 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of European freshwater fishes 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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. Handbook of European freshwater fishes
    2007 1.8k citations Maurice Kottelat, Jörg Freyhof profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maurice Kottelat Singapore 28 3.8k 3.7k 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 164 5.5k
Jörg Freyhof Germany 32 2.3k 0.6× 3.0k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 116 4.7k
Gordon H. Copp United Kingdom 49 3.6k 1.0× 6.2k 1.7× 5.1k 3.3× 756 0.6× 556 0.5× 221 8.3k
Kent E. Carpenter United States 41 2.0k 0.5× 3.0k 0.8× 3.3k 2.2× 1.5k 1.2× 784 0.7× 119 6.6k
Kjetil Hindar Norway 38 1.5k 0.4× 3.8k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 600 0.5× 2.6k 2.4× 119 5.6k
Jean‐Dominique Durand France 29 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 962 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 130 2.8k
John R. Waldman United States 35 1.1k 0.3× 3.0k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 592 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 112 4.3k
Alain J. Crivellì France 36 1.6k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 323 0.3× 734 0.7× 175 4.2k
Eugene K. Balon Canada 34 2.8k 0.7× 4.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.3× 186 0.1× 436 0.4× 87 5.3k
Roberto Esser dos Reis Brazil 26 2.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 674 0.4× 360 0.3× 228 0.2× 129 4.0k
Charles C. Krueger United States 40 1.4k 0.4× 4.3k 1.2× 3.0k 1.9× 256 0.2× 1.1k 1.0× 170 5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurice Kottelat

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All Works

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Šlechtová, Vendula, Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat, et al.. (2025). Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Šlechtová, Vendula, Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat, et al.. (2024). Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations
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Turan, Davut, Maurice Kottelat, & Çüneyt Kaya. (2022). The trouts of the upper Kura and Aras rivers in Turkey, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Zootaxa. 5150(1). 43–64. 8 indexed citations
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Ng, Heok Hee & Maurice Kottelat. (2021). Pseudobagarius eustictus, a new species of catfish from northern Laos (Siluriformes: Akysidae). Zootaxa. 4996(2). 322–330.
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Šlechtová, Vendula, Zuzana Musilová, Heok Hui Tan, Maurice Kottelat, & Jörg Bohlen. (2021). One northward, one southward: Contrasting biogeographical history in two benthic freshwater fish genera across Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Cobitoidea: Nemacheilus, Pangio). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 161. 107139–107139. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Xiaofu Pan, & Maurice Kottelat. (2005). Species of Garra and Discogobio (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Yuanjiang (Upper Red River) drainage of Yunnan Province, China with description of a new species. Zoological studies. 44(4). 445–453. 20 indexed citations
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Freyhof, Jörg, Maurice Kottelat, & Arne W. Nolte. (2005). Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei : Cottidae). Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 16(2). 107–172. 68 indexed citations
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Robalo, Joana I., Ignacio Doadrio, Vítor C. Almada, & Maurice Kottelat. (2005). Chondrostoma oligolepis, new replacement name for Leuciscus macrolepidotus Steindachner, 1866 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 47–48. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, I-Shiung, et al.. (2002). A New Genus of Freshwater Sleeper (Teleostei: Odontobutididae) from Southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia. 臺灣水產學會刊. 29(3). 229–235. 12 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice, et al.. (2000). Cranoglanis henrici (Vaillant, 1893), a valid species of cranoglanidid catfish from Indochina (Teleostei, Cranoglanididae). Zoosystema. 22(4). 847–852. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, I-Shiung, Maurice Kottelat, & Peter J. Miller. (1999). Freshwater Gobies of the Genus Rhinogobius from the Mekong Basin in Thailand and Laos, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Zoological studies. 38(1). 19–32. 17 indexed citations
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Watson, Ronald E. & Maurice Kottelat. (1995). Gobies of the genus Stiphodon from Leyte, Philippines, with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Sicydiinae). 6(1). 1–16. 17 indexed citations
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Lim, Kelvin K. P. & Maurice Kottelat. (1995). Carinotetraodon salivator, a New Species of Pufferfish from Sarawak, Malaysia (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 41(4). 359–365. 4 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice. (1994). Rediscovery of Sewellia lineolata in Annam, Viet Nam (Teleostei: Balitoridae). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 68(11). 109–112. 1 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice. (1994). Vaillantella cinnamomea, a New Species of Balitorid Loach from Eastern Borneo. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 40(4). 427–431. 4 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice. (1989). Zoogeography of the fishes from Indochinese Inland waters with an annotated check-list. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 12(1). 1–55. 99 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice. (1984). A new Rasbora s.l. (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Northern Thailand. Revue suisse de zoologie. 91. 717–723. 6 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice. (1984). Revision of the Indonesian and Malaysian loaches of the subfamily noemacheilinae. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 31(3). 225–260. 30 indexed citations
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Kottelat, Maurice. (1982). A New Noemacheiline Loach from Thailand and Burma. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 29(2). 169–172. 4 indexed citations

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