Sovan Lek

14.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
239 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Sovan Lek is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sovan Lek has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 121 papers in Ecology and 92 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Sovan Lek's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (145 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (85 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (43 papers). Sovan Lek is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (145 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (85 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (43 papers). Sovan Lek collaborates with scholars based in France, China and United States. Sovan Lek's co-authors include Ioannis Dimopoulos, Jean‐François Guégan, Muriel Gevrey, Gaël Grenouillet, Sébastien Brosse, Young‐Seuk Park, J.L. Giraudel, Thierry Oberdorff, Laëtitia Buisson and Wilfried Thuiller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Sovan Lek

234 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Review and comparison of methods to study the contribution of variables in artificial neural network models

2003 974 citations Muriel Gevrey, Sovan Lek et al. profile →
Artificial neural networks as a tool in ecological modelling, an introduction

1999 681 citations Sovan Lek, Jean‐François Guégan profile →
Application of neural networks to modelling nonlinear relationships in ecology

1996 570 citations Sovan Lek et al. profile →
Uncertainty in ensemble forecasting of species distribution

2009 524 citations Sovan Lek, Gaël Grenouillet et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sovan Lek

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Declining fish sizes across the Lower Mekong Basin highlights urgent conservation needs 2025 ·Biological Conservation ·(unknown), Zeb Hogan, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek, Sudeep Chandra, Peng Bun Ngor	0
2	Acute waterborne cadmium exposure induces liver ferroptosis in Channa argus 2024 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Xingyu Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Shangong Wu, Shouqi Xie, Jian Xiong, (unknown), (unknown), Zhengxiang Wang, Sovan Lek, (unknown), Mette Sørensen, Lei Pan, Dong Liu	6
3	Length-based stock assessment for Procambarus clarkii aquaculture management in China: An alarming of ongoing recruitment overfishing 2023 ·Aquaculture ·Shiyu Jin, (unknown), Junru Li, Zhiqiang Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Jun Ding, Xiangqian Li, Zhaoyu Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Tanglin Zhang, Sovan Lek, Meng Zhu, Si Luo	4
4	Declines in the Mekong’s Megadiverse Larval Fish Assemblages: Implications for Sustainable Development 2023 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Zeb Hogan, (unknown), Sudeep Chandra, (unknown), (unknown), Sovan Lek, Peng Bun Ngor	4
5	Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) invasion impacts trophic position and resource use of commercially harvested piscivorous fishes in a large subtropical river 2023 ·Ecological Processes ·Fangmin Shuai, (unknown), Sovan Lek	8
6	Patterns of Mekong Mollusc Biodiversity: Identification of Emerging Threats and Importance to Management and Livelihoods in a Region of Globally Significant Biodiversity and Endemism 2020 ·Water ·(unknown), Peng Bun Ngor, Pieter Boets, Peter Goethals, Sovan Lek, Zeb Hogan, Young‐Seuk Park	18
7	Species range shifts in response to climate change and human pressure for the world's largest amphibian 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Peng Zhang, (unknown), Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek, Yichen Zheng, Jianbo Chang	32
8	Seasonal variations in diet composition, diet breadth and dietary overlap between three commercially important fish species within a flood-pulse system: The Tonle Sap Lake (Cambodia) 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Mathieu Chevalier, Sovan Lek, Pascal Laffaille	22
9	Spatial organization of macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Lower Mekong Basin 2017 ·Limnologica ·(unknown), Pieter Boets, Ratha Chea, Peter Goethals, Sovan Lek	21
10	Behavioral response of juvenile rainbow trout exposed to an herbicide mixture 2014 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Cândida Shinn, Miguel M. Santos, Sovan Lek, Gaël Grenouillet	22
11	Trophic niche differences between two congeneric goby species: evidence for ontogenetic diet shift and habitat use 2013 ·Aquatic Biology ·(unknown), Jia Liu, Sovan Lek, Zhongjie Li, Feng Zhu, (unknown), Julien Cucherousset	20
12	Impact de Ligula intestinalis (L.1758) (Cestode) sur la croissance de Barbus setivimensis (Cyprinidae) dans un système lacustre Algérien 2012 ·Comptes Rendus Biologies ·(unknown), (unknown), Sithan Lek‐Ang, Sovan Lek	3
13	Strengthening the link between climate, hydrological and species distribution modeling to assess the impacts of climate change on freshwater biodiversity 2012 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Clément Tisseuil, Mathieu Vrac, Gaël Grenouillet, Andrew J. Wade, Muriel Gevrey, Thierry Oberdorff, (unknown), Sovan Lek	34
14	Predicting fish assemblages and diversity in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin 2011 ·Limnologica ·Cheng Lin, Sovan Lek, Sithan Lek‐Ang, Zhongjie Li	39
15	Patterning and predicting aquatic insect richness in four West-African coastal rivers using artificial neural networks 2010 ·Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems ·(unknown), Muriel Gevrey, (unknown), Sébastien Brosse, Germain Gourène, Sovan Lek	8
16	Patterning ecological risk of pesticide contamination at the river basin scale 2010 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Leslie Faggiano, Dick de Zwart, Emili García‐Berthou, Sovan Lek, Muriel Gevrey	43
17	Concordance among stream assemblages and spatial autocorrelation along a fragmented gradient 2007 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Gaël Grenouillet, Sébastien Brosse, Loïc Tudesque, Sovan Lek, (unknown), Géraldine Loot	78
18	The effects of the ectoparasite Tracheliastes polycolpus (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on the fins of rostrum dace (Leuciscus leuciscus burdigalensis) 2004 ·Parasitology Research ·Géraldine Loot, Nicolas Poulet, Yorick Reyjol, Simon Blanchet, Sovan Lek	26
19	Abundance, diversity, and structure of freshwater invertebrates and fish communities: An artificial neural network approach 2001 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Sébastien Brosse, Sovan Lek, Colin R. Townsend	30
20	PHENOTYPIC MODIFICATION OF ROACH (RUTILUS RUTILUSL.) INFECTED WITHLIGULA INTESTINALISL. (CESTODA: PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA) 2001 ·Journal of Parasitology ·Géraldine Loot, Sovan Lek, Sam P. Brown, Jean‐François Guégan	28

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