Vera G. Fonseca

2.8k total citations
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Vera G. Fonseca is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera G. Fonseca has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Vera G. Fonseca's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (22 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers). Vera G. Fonseca is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (22 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers). Vera G. Fonseca collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and Germany. Vera G. Fonseca's co-authors include Deborah M. Power, Simon Creer, Gary R. Carvalho, Way Sung, P.J.D. Lambshead, Mark Blaxter, Simon P. Neill, W. Kelley Thomas, Margaret Packer and Harriet F. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vera G. Fonseca

38 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
Vera G. Fonseca United Kingdom 20 1.2k 829 239 184 111 38 1.5k
J. T. Boehm United States 8 1.1k 0.9× 773 0.9× 117 0.5× 203 1.1× 32 0.3× 9 1.3k
Cathryn L. Abbott Canada 21 1.2k 1.0× 690 0.8× 86 0.4× 239 1.3× 78 0.7× 51 1.5k
Ryuji J. Machida Taiwan 19 1.9k 1.6× 1.5k 1.8× 380 1.6× 320 1.7× 65 0.6× 43 2.4k
Detlef Bernhard Germany 19 718 0.6× 735 0.9× 195 0.8× 208 1.1× 92 0.8× 35 1.3k
Galina V. Aglyamova United States 15 1.0k 0.9× 518 0.6× 543 2.3× 426 2.3× 186 1.7× 23 1.8k
David Stanković Slovenia 16 515 0.4× 348 0.4× 87 0.4× 118 0.6× 90 0.8× 40 902
Amélia Viricel France 17 602 0.5× 327 0.4× 151 0.6× 185 1.0× 39 0.4× 33 934
Adrián Munguía‐Vega United States 18 654 0.5× 271 0.3× 163 0.7× 337 1.8× 112 1.0× 75 1.1k
Anaïs Lacoursière‐Roussel Canada 15 2.3k 1.9× 1.8k 2.2× 140 0.6× 385 2.1× 47 0.4× 29 2.6k
Matthieu Leray United States 24 2.7k 2.3× 1.8k 2.2× 438 1.8× 540 2.9× 69 0.6× 50 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vera G. Fonseca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vera G. Fonseca

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vera G. Fonseca. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vera G. Fonseca 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 Vera G. Fonseca. Vera G. Fonseca 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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Peters, Ralph S., et al.. (2025). Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive DNA Metabarcoding Approach. Ecology and Evolution. 15(1). e70770–e70770. 1 indexed citations
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Astrin, Jonas J., et al.. (2024). Arthropod diversity in the alpine tundra using metabarcoding: Spatial and temporal differences in alpha‐ and beta‐diversity. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e10969–e10969. 5 indexed citations
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Layton, Kara K S, Marine Servane Ono Brieuc, Rita Castilho, et al.. (2024). Predicting the future of our oceans—Evaluating genomic forecasting approaches in marine species. Global Change Biology. 30(3). e17236–e17236. 5 indexed citations
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Briscoe, Andrew G., et al.. (2024). Microbial, holobiont, and Tree of Life eDNA/eRNA for enhanced ecological assessment. Trends in Microbiology. 33(1). 48–65. 4 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G., Phil I. Davison, Véronique Créach, et al.. (2023). The Application of eDNA for Monitoring Aquatic Non-Indigenous Species: Practical and Policy Considerations. Diversity. 15(5). 631–631. 28 indexed citations
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Graves, Carolyn, Lisa Benson, John Aldridge, et al.. (2022). Sedimentary carbon on the continental shelf: Emerging capabilities and research priorities for Blue Carbon. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 17 indexed citations
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Bourlat, Sarah J., et al.. (2021). Metabarcoding Malaise traps and soil eDNA reveals seasonal and local arthropod diversity shifts. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10498–10498. 39 indexed citations
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Batista, Frederico M., James Lowther, Vera G. Fonseca, et al.. (2020). Whole Genome Sequencing of Hepatitis A Virus Using a PCR-Free Single-Molecule Nanopore Sequencing Approach. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 874–874. 16 indexed citations
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Hatfield, Robert G., Frederico M. Batista, Vera G. Fonseca, et al.. (2020). The Application of Nanopore Sequencing Technology to the Study of Dinoflagellates: A Proof of Concept Study for Rapid Sequence-Based Discrimination of Potentially Harmful Algae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 844–844. 23 indexed citations
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Morley, Simon A., Vera G. Fonseca, Anna М. Jażdżewska, et al.. (2019). Spatial and temporal dynamics of Antarctic shallow soft-bottom benthic communities: ecological drivers under climate change. BMC Ecology. 19(1). 27–27. 28 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G., Frédéric Sinniger, John M. Gaspar, et al.. (2017). Revealing higher than expected meiofaunal diversity in Antarctic sediments: a metabarcoding approach. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6094–6094. 41 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G. & Delphine Lallias. (2016). Metabarcoding Marine Sediments: Preparation of Amplicon Libraries. Methods in molecular biology. 1452. 183–196. 12 indexed citations
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Lallias, Delphine, Jan Geert Hiddink, Vera G. Fonseca, et al.. (2014). Environmental metabarcoding reveals heterogeneous drivers of microbial eukaryote diversity in contrasting estuarine ecosystems. The ISME Journal. 9(5). 1208–1221. 102 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G., Ben Nichols, Delphine Lallias, et al.. (2012). Sample richness and genetic diversity as drivers of chimera formation in nSSU metagenetic analyses. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(9). e66–e66. 72 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G., Gary R. Carvalho, Way Sung, et al.. (2010). Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity. Nature Communications. 1(1). 98–98. 280 indexed citations
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Creer, Simon, Vera G. Fonseca, Dorota L. Porazinska, et al.. (2010). Ultrasequencing of the meiofaunal biosphere: practice, pitfalls and promises. Molecular Ecology. 19(s1). 4–20. 267 indexed citations
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Batista, Frederico M., Radhouan Ben‐Hamadou, Vera G. Fonseca, et al.. (2008). Comparative study of shell shape and muscle scar pigmentation in the closely related cupped oystersCrassostrea angulata,C. gigasand their reciprocal hybrids. Aquatic Living Resources. 21(1). 31–38. 20 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G., et al.. (2007). Identification of an osteopontin‐like protein in fish associated with mineral formation. FEBS Journal. 274(17). 4428–4439. 21 indexed citations
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Batista, Frederico M., Alexandra Leitão, Vera G. Fonseca, et al.. (2007). Individual relationship between aneuploidy of gill cells and growth rate in the cupped oysters Crassostrea angulata, C. gigas and their reciprocal hybrids. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 352(1). 226–233. 30 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Vera G., et al.. (2004). Patterns of association and habitat use by migrating shorebirds on intertidal mudflats and saltworks on the Tavira Estuary, Ria Formosa, southern Portugal. 8 indexed citations

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