Sebastián Heilpern

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 620 citations indexed

About

Sebastián Heilpern is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastián Heilpern has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 620 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 9 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sebastián Heilpern's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (10 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers). Sebastián Heilpern is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (10 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers). Sebastián Heilpern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Sebastián Heilpern's co-authors include Kathryn J. Fiorella, Shahid Naeem, Elizabeth P. Anderson, Carlos Cañas, Clinton N. Jenkins, Harriet Okronipa, Fernando M. Carvajal‐Vallejos, Javier A. Maldonado‐Ocampo, Andrea C. Encalada and Pablo A. Tedesco and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Sebastián Heilpern

24 papers receiving 603 citations

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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.

Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams

2018 253 citations Elizabeth P. Anderson, Clinton N. Jenkins et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastián Heilpern United States	11	290	233	173	144	105	29	620
Gunjan Karnatak India	15	412 1.4×	277 1.2×	421 2.4×	200 1.4×	76 0.7×	53	684
Andrew M. Deines United States	9	381 1.3×	464 2.0×	177 1.0×	234 1.6×	60 0.6×	14	773
Vittoria Elliott United States	11	257 0.9×	239 1.0×	99 0.6×	180 1.3×	139 1.3×	16	555
Mishal Puthiyottil‬ India	15	304 1.0×	271 1.2×	347 2.0×	127 0.9×	91 0.9×	51	636
Harry Gorfine Australia	16	254 0.9×	303 1.3×	146 0.8×	469 3.3×	41 0.4×	69	759
Chris Barlow Australia	13	437 1.5×	250 1.1×	431 2.5×	189 1.3×	121 1.2×	24	879
Raymond Laë France	20	395 1.4×	458 2.0×	343 2.0×	287 2.0×	39 0.4×	45	931
G. Marmulla Italy	10	645 2.2×	374 1.6×	325 1.9×	228 1.6×	134 1.3×	17	908
Ahmet Alp Türkiye	15	522 1.8×	222 1.0×	429 2.5×	136 0.9×	92 0.9×	56	752
Timothy E. Walsworth United States	14	364 1.3×	484 2.1×	121 0.7×	314 2.2×	87 0.8×	35	775

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastián Heilpern

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastián Heilpern

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20 of 20 papers shown

Athayde, Simone, et al.. (2025). Interdependencies between Indigenous peoples, local communities, and freshwater systems in a changing Amazon. Conservation Biology. 39(3). e70034–e70034. 2 indexed citations

Jane, Stephen F., Sebastián Heilpern, J. Thomas Brenna, et al.. (2025). Climate-Driven Deoxygenation of Lakes Alters the Nutrient-Toxin Profile of a Food Fish. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(19). 9486–9496.

Jenkins, Clinton N., Simone Athayde, Sandra Bibiana Correa, et al.. (2025). Global importance of Amazonian freshwaters. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 23(10).

Heilpern, Sebastián. (2025). Dietary species richness for healthy people and ecosystems. Nature Food. 6(6). 531–532.

Hecht, Susanna B., Marianne Schmink, Rebecca Neaera Abers, et al.. (2024). Amazonia in motion: Changing politics, development strategies, peoples, landscapes and livelihoods. Acta Amazonica. 54(spe1).

Espinoza, Jhan Carlo, Simone Athayde, Sandra Bibiana Correa, et al.. (2024). The Andes–Amazon–Atlantic pathway: A foundational hydroclimate system for social–ecological system sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(22). e2306229121–e2306229121. 7 indexed citations

Costa, Francisco de Assis, Eduardo Delgado Assad, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, et al.. (2024). Complex, diverse and changing agribusiness and livelihood systems in the Amazon. Acta Amazonica. 54(spe1). 3 indexed citations

Couto, Thiago B. A., Clinton N. Jenkins, Sebastián Heilpern, et al.. (2024). Translating science into actions to conserve Amazonian freshwaters. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(11). 5 indexed citations

Fiorella, Kathryn J., Elizabeth Bageant, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, & Sebastián Heilpern. (2024). Commercially traded fish portfolios mask household utilization of biodiversity in wild food systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(30). e2403691121–e2403691121. 3 indexed citations

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Heilpern, Sebastián, et al.. (2023). Species trait diversity sustains multiple dietary nutrients supplied by freshwater fisheries. Ecology Letters. 26(11). 1887–1897. 5 indexed citations

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Heilpern, Sebastián, et al.. (2023). Nutritional challenges of substituting farmed animals for wild fish in human diets. Environmental Research Letters. 18(11). 114030–114030. 7 indexed citations

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Herrera‐R, Guido A., Sebastián Heilpern, Thiago B. A. Couto, et al.. (2023). A synthesis of the diversity of freshwater fish migrations in the Amazon basin. Fish and Fisheries. 25(1). 114–133. 16 indexed citations

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Heilpern, Sebastián, Suresh A. Sethi, Ronaldo Borges Barthem, et al.. (2022). Biodiversity underpins fisheries resilience to exploitation in the Amazon river basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1976). 20220726–20220726. 19 indexed citations

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Heilpern, Sebastián, et al.. (2022). CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA PESCA Y EL APORTE NUTRICIONAL DEL RECURSO PESQUERO EN LA COMUNIDAD SANTA ROSA DEL ARIPARI, CUENCA DEL RÍO CAHUAPANAS. Folia Amazónica. 31(1). 103–120. 1 indexed citations

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Heilpern, Sebastián, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Carlos Cañas, et al.. (2021). Substitution of inland fisheries with aquaculture and chicken undermines human nutrition in the Peruvian Amazon. Nature Food. 2(3). 192–197. 27 indexed citations

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Fiorella, Kathryn J., et al.. (2021). Contemporary aquaculture: implications for human nutrition. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 70. 83–90. 81 indexed citations

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Anderson, Elizabeth P., Clinton N. Jenkins, Sebastián Heilpern, et al.. (2018). Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams. Science Advances. 4(1). eaao1642–eaao1642. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heilpern, Sebastián & J. Timothy Wootton. (2018). Process catalyzers in Amazonian rivers: large woody debris modifies ecosystem processes across freshwater habitats. Ecosphere. 9(1). 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard C., Santiago Claramunt, Sebastián Heilpern, et al.. (2016). Peru, Medio Putumayo-Algodon. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Álvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Diana Alvira, Giussepe Gagliardi‐Urrutia, et al.. (2014). Peru : Tapiche-Blanco. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution).

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