Robson G. Santos

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robson G. Santos is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Robson G. Santos has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 14 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Robson G. Santos's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (25 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (8 papers). Robson G. Santos is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (25 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (8 papers). Robson G. Santos collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Australia. Robson G. Santos's co-authors include Ryan Andrades, Agnaldo Silva Martins, Gabriel E. Machovsky‐Capuska, Paulo Antunes Horta, Douglas Zeppelini, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Jean‐Christophe Joyeux, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Thierry M. Work and Cecília Baptistotte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robson G. Santos

35 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding

2021 317 citations Robson G. Santos, Gabriel E. Machovsky‐Capuska et al. profile →
Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs

2023 122 citations Hudson T. Pinheiro, Chancey MacDonald et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robson G. Santos Brazil	19	877	510	467	395	189	38	1.5k
Qamar Schuyler Australia	16	1.1k 1.3×	353 0.7×	599 1.3×	328 0.8×	110 0.6×	29	1.5k
Ryan Andrades Brazil	18	855 1.0×	254 0.5×	472 1.0×	368 0.9×	156 0.8×	49	1.3k
Maíra Proietti Brazil	22	1.9k 2.1×	381 0.7×	1.2k 2.5×	471 1.2×	285 1.5×	48	2.6k
T. Todd Jones United States	12	871 1.0×	417 0.8×	714 1.5×	402 1.0×	185 1.0×	25	1.7k
Robin Snape United Kingdom	17	300 0.3×	569 1.1×	171 0.4×	361 0.9×	381 2.0×	38	946
Emily M. Duncan United Kingdom	13	1.1k 1.2×	215 0.4×	678 1.5×	156 0.4×	62 0.3×	20	1.2k
Christopher K. Pham Portugal	25	813 0.9×	204 0.4×	461 1.0×	596 1.5×	464 2.5×	73	1.6k
Françoise Claro France	13	508 0.6×	118 0.2×	286 0.6×	141 0.4×	105 0.6×	24	760
Wayne J. Fuller United Kingdom	19	257 0.3×	979 1.9×	142 0.3×	626 1.6×	635 3.4×	36	1.4k
Matthew McHugh United Kingdom	15	1.5k 1.8×	382 0.7×	1.2k 2.6×	311 0.8×	362 1.9×	24	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robson G. Santos

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Murphy, Erin L., Britta R. Baechler, Lauren Roman, et al.. (2025). A quantitative risk assessment framework for mortality due to macroplastic ingestion in seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2415492122–e2415492122.

Normande, Iran C., João Carlos Gomes Borges, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, et al.. (2024). Long‐term tracking reveals the influence of body size and habitat type on the home range of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus). Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(6). 1 indexed citations

Neves, Lucas Melo, et al.. (2024). Elevating Software Quality in Agile Environments: The Role of Testing Professionals in Unit Testing. 293–296. 1 indexed citations

Santos, Robson G., et al.. (2023). Improving the knowledge management of marine megafauna strandings. Journal of Environmental Management. 351. 119815–119815. 3 indexed citations

Mott, Tamí, et al.. (2023). Hybridization and genetic characterization of sea turtles in Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. Marine Biology. 170(2). 1 indexed citations

Pinheiro, Hudson T., Chancey MacDonald, Robson G. Santos, et al.. (2023). Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs. Nature. 619(7969). 311–316. 122 indexed citations breakdown →

Vanstreels, Ralph Eric Thijl, et al.. (2023). Exploring the relationship between environmental drivers and the manifestation of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in eastern Brazil. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0290312–e0290312. 4 indexed citations

Miranda, Ricardo J., Cláudio Luís Santos Sampaio, Robson G. Santos, et al.. (2022). Oil Spill Disaster in Southwest Atlantic Coast: an Evaluation of Short-Term Effects on Coral Reef Benthic Assemblages. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 94(suppl 2). 6 indexed citations

Santos, Robson G., et al.. (2021). Sex ratios and natal origins of green turtles from feeding grounds in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(5). 1840–1848. 4 indexed citations

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Andrades, Ryan, et al.. (2020). Niche partitioning between sea turtles in waters of a protected tropical island. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 39. 101439–101439. 10 indexed citations

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Andrades, Ryan, Tamyris Pegado, Bruno Spacek Godoy, et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic litter on Brazilian beaches: Baseline, trends and recommendations for future approaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 151. 110842–110842. 63 indexed citations

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Santos, Robson G., et al.. (2020). Exploring plastic-induced satiety in foraging green turtles. Environmental Pollution. 265(Pt B). 114918–114918. 36 indexed citations

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Santos, Robson G., Hudson T. Pinheiro, Agnaldo Silva Martins, et al.. (2016). The anti-predator role of within-nest emergence synchrony in sea turtle hatchlings. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1834). 20160697–20160697. 63 indexed citations

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Santos, Robson G., et al.. (2016). Marine debris ingestion and Thayer's law – The importance of plastic color. Environmental Pollution. 214. 585–588. 112 indexed citations

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Sánchez‐Sarmiento, Angélica María, et al.. (2016). Challenges in Evaluating the Severity of Fibropapillomatosis: A Proposal for Objective Index and Score System for Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Brazil. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167632–e0167632. 21 indexed citations

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Andrades, Ryan, et al.. (2016). Origin of marine debris is related to disposable packs of ultra-processed food. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 109(1). 192–195. 41 indexed citations

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Santos, Robson G., et al.. (2015). Debris ingestion by juvenile marine turtles: An underestimated problem. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 93(1-2). 37–43. 128 indexed citations

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Andrades, Ryan, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Robson G. Santos, Agnaldo Silva Martins, & Paulo A. S. Costa. (2012). A new record of whale shark Rhincodon typus in Brazilian waters: a report of association with Caranx crysos. Journal of Fish Biology. 81(6). 2092–2094. 8 indexed citations

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Pinheiro, Hudson T., Carlos Eduardo Leite Ferreira, Jean‐Christophe Joyeux, Robson G. Santos, & Paulo Antunes Horta. (2011). Reef fish structure and distribution in a south-western Atlantic Ocean tropical island. Journal of Fish Biology. 79(7). 1984–2006. 43 indexed citations

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Santos, Robson G., et al.. (2004). Plastic debris ingestion by sea turtle in Paraıba, Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 49(4). 354–355. 102 indexed citations

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