Paulo Branco

2.8k total citations
64 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Paulo Branco is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paulo Branco has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 42 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Paulo Branco's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (54 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (23 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (19 papers). Paulo Branco is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (54 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (23 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (19 papers). Paulo Branco collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Austria and Argentina. Paulo Branco's co-authors include María Teresa Ferreira, José Maria Santos, Pedro Segurado, António N. Pinheiro, Christos Katopodis, Susana D. Amaral, Filipe Romão, Ana L. Quaresma, Ramiro Neves and Carina Almeida and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Paulo Branco

59 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paulo Branco Portugal 27 1.2k 1.0k 349 270 225 64 1.6k
José Maria Santos Portugal 32 2.0k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 654 1.9× 400 1.5× 261 1.2× 89 2.4k
Melanie Mueller Germany 26 1.1k 1.0× 991 1.0× 362 1.0× 238 0.9× 206 0.9× 47 1.6k
Joachim Pander Germany 29 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 447 1.3× 382 1.4× 283 1.3× 77 2.1k
Mark S. Bevelhimer United States 23 851 0.7× 657 0.6× 224 0.6× 371 1.4× 363 1.6× 44 1.4k
Karen E. Smokorowski Canada 21 984 0.8× 839 0.8× 222 0.6× 218 0.8× 290 1.3× 64 1.3k
Kevin R. Bestgen United States 26 1.8k 1.5× 1.5k 1.4× 568 1.6× 437 1.6× 412 1.8× 73 2.2k
Hervé Capra France 21 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 246 0.7× 523 1.9× 227 1.0× 48 1.6k
John M. Nestler United States 20 1.0k 0.9× 881 0.9× 131 0.4× 409 1.5× 264 1.2× 68 1.3k
Joseph E. Merz United States 23 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 185 0.5× 475 1.8× 452 2.0× 65 1.6k
Tommi Linnansaari Canada 22 1.0k 0.9× 880 0.9× 197 0.6× 359 1.3× 288 1.3× 78 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Paulo Branco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paulo Branco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paulo Branco

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santos, José Maria, Ana L. Quaresma, Filipe Romão, et al.. (2025). Fishways in Portugal: Status, Main Findings and Research Needs. Water. 17(19). 2898–2898.
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Segurado, Pedro, Florian Borgwardt, Andrea Funk, et al.. (2025). River Restoration Units: Riverscape Units for European Freshwater Ecosystem Management. Data. 10(4). 46–46.
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Fuentes‐Pérez, Juan Francisco, et al.. (2024). The effect of hydrological variability on stepped fishways. Journal of Hydrology. 643. 132001–132001. 2 indexed citations
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Branco, Paulo, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Water Ecosystem Services Using Environmental Zoning in Land Use Planning. Sustainability. 16(11). 4803–4803. 1 indexed citations
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Branco, Paulo, Filipe Romão, Ana L. Quaresma, et al.. (2023). Vertical Slot Fishways: Incremental Knowledge to Define the Best Solution. Biology. 12(11). 1431–1431. 2 indexed citations
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Branco, Paulo, Pedro Segurado, José Maria Santos, et al.. (2022). River Network Connectivity—An Holistic Approach to Improve the Sustainability of Fish Populations. 105–105. 1 indexed citations
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Romão, Filipe, Ana L. Quaresma, José Maria Santos, et al.. (2021). Multislot Fishway Improves Entrance Performance and Fish Transit Time over Vertical Slots. Water. 13(3). 275–275. 14 indexed citations
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Torgersen, Christian E., Céline Le Pichon, Aimee H. Fullerton, et al.. (2021). Riverscape approaches in practice: perspectives and applications. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(2). 481–504. 72 indexed citations
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Amaral, Susana D., Paulo Branco, Filipe Romão, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Low-Head Ramped Weirs for a Potamodromous Cyprinid: Effects of Substrate Addition and Discharge on Fish Passage Performance, Stress and Fatigue. Water. 13(6). 765–765. 5 indexed citations
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Amaral, Susana D., Ana L. Quaresma, Paulo Branco, et al.. (2019). Assessment of Retrofitted Ramped Weirs to Improve Passage of Potamodromous Fish. Water. 11(12). 2441–2441. 20 indexed citations
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Romão, Filipe, Ana L. Quaresma, José Maria Santos, Paulo Branco, & António N. Pinheiro. (2019). Cyprinid passage performance in an experimental multislot fishway across distinct seasons. Marine and Freshwater Research. 70(6). 881–890. 22 indexed citations
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Amaral, Susana D., Paulo Branco, Filipe Romão, et al.. (2018). The effect of weir crest width and discharge on passage performance of a potamodromous cyprinid. Marine and Freshwater Research. 69(12). 1795–1804. 8 indexed citations
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Segurado, Pedro, Tiago Oliveira, Gertrud Haidvogl, et al.. (2018). The River Network Toolkit – RivTool. Ecography. 42(3). 549–557. 15 indexed citations
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Romão, Filipe, Paulo Branco, Ana L. Quaresma, Susana D. Amaral, & António N. Pinheiro. (2018). Effectiveness of a multi-slot vertical slot fishway versus a standard vertical slot fishway for potamodromous cyprinids. Hydrobiologia. 816(1). 153–163. 38 indexed citations
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Romão, Filipe, José Maria Santos, Christos Katopodis, António N. Pinheiro, & Paulo Branco. (2018). How Does Season Affect Passage Performance and Fatigue of Potamodromous Cyprinids? An Experimental Approach in a Vertical Slot Fishway. Water. 10(4). 395–395. 24 indexed citations
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Moreira, Miguel, et al.. (2018). One millennium of historical freshwater fish occurrence data for Portuguese rivers and streams. Scientific Data. 5(1). 5 indexed citations
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Santos, José Maria, et al.. (2018). Does short-term salinization of freshwater alter the behaviour of the Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus bocagei, Steindachner 1864)?. The Science of The Total Environment. 651(Pt 1). 648–655. 15 indexed citations
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Segurado, Pedro, Carina Almeida, Ramiro Neves, María Teresa Ferreira, & Paulo Branco. (2017). Understanding multiple stressors in a Mediterranean basin: Combined effects of land use, water scarcity and nutrient enrichment. The Science of The Total Environment. 624. 1221–1233. 55 indexed citations

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