Verónica Ferreira

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Verónica Ferreira is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Verónica Ferreira has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 29 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Verónica Ferreira's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (77 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (29 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (26 papers). Verónica Ferreira is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (77 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (29 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (26 papers). Verónica Ferreira collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and Brazil. Verónica Ferreira's co-authors include Manuel A. S. Graça, Éric Chauvet, Vladislav Gulis, Cristina Canhoto, Andrea C. Encalada, Julia Koricheva, Jesús Pozo, Luz Boyero, Bastien Castagneyrol and Ana Lúcia Gonçalves and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Verónica Ferreira

88 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Impacts of hypoxic events surpass those of future ocean warming and acidification
    2021 166 citations Eduardo Sampaio, Catarina Pereira Santos et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers

Verónica Ferreira
Natalie A. Griffiths United States
Arturo Elosegi Spain
Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen Denmark
Tenna Riis Denmark
Daryl L. Nielsen Australia
Nikolai Friberg Denmark
Vladislav Gulis United States
Cristina Canhoto Portugal
Wyatt F. Cross United States
Nigel Willby United Kingdom
Natalie A. Griffiths United States
Verónica Ferreira
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Countries citing papers authored by Verónica Ferreira

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Fields of papers citing papers by Verónica Ferreira

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Verónica Ferreira. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Verónica Ferreira. The network helps show where Verónica Ferreira may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Verónica Ferreira

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Verónica Ferreira. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Verónica Ferreira 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 Verónica Ferreira. Verónica Ferreira 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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Keck, François, et al.. (2025). A Global Synthesis on Land‐Cover Changes in Watersheds Shaping Freshwater Detrital Food Webs. Global Change Biology. 31(8). e70380–e70380. 1 indexed citations
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Boyero, Luz, et al.. (2024). Dieback and Replacement of Riparian Trees May Impact Stream Ecosystem Functioning. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 32–32. 4 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, et al.. (2024). Multiple‐stressor effects on leaf litter decomposition in freshwater ecosystems: A meta‐analysis. Functional Ecology. 38(7). 1523–1536. 5 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, et al.. (2024). Invasion of temperate riparian forests by Acacia dealbata affects macroinvertebrate community structure in streams. Limnetica. 44(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, Luis Maurício Bini, María de los Ángeles González Sagrario, et al.. (2023). Aquatic ecosystem services: an overview of the Special Issue. Hydrobiologia. 850(12-13). 2473–2483. 12 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica. (2023). Macroplastic litter colonization by stream macroinvertebrates relative to that of plant litter: A meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 342. 123108–123108. 5 indexed citations
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Brauns, Mario, Daniel C. Allen, Iola G. Boëchat, et al.. (2022). A global synthesis of human impacts on the multifunctionality of streams and rivers. Global Change Biology. 28(16). 4783–4793. 51 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica. (2022). A floresta ripária. Revista de Ciência Elementar. 10(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, et al.. (2021). Invasion of temperate deciduous broadleaf forests by N‐fixing tree species – consequences for stream ecosystems. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(3). 877–902. 27 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, et al.. (2021). Nutrient enrichment does not affect diet selection by a tropical shredder species in a mesocosm experiment. Limnologica. 89. 125883–125883. 7 indexed citations
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Sampaio, Eduardo, Catarina Pereira Santos, Inês C. Rosa, et al.. (2021). Impacts of hypoxic events surpass those of future ocean warming and acidification. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(3). 311–321. 166 indexed citations breakdown →
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Raposeiro, Pedro M., et al.. (2020). Aquatic Hyphomycetes from streams on Madeira Island (Portugal). ZooKeys. 8. e53690–e53690. 3 indexed citations
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Sabater, Sergi, Francesco Bregoli, Vicenç Acuña, et al.. (2018). Effects of human-driven water stress on river ecosystems: a meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11462–11462. 124 indexed citations
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Graça, Manuel A. S., et al.. (2017). Nutrient enrichment in water more than in leaves affects aquatic microbial litter processing. Oecologia. 184(2). 555–568. 35 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica & Manuel A. S. Graça. (2016). Effects of whole-stream nitrogen enrichment and litter species mixing on litter decomposition and associated fungi. Limnologica. 58. 69–77. 19 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Adriana O., Marcos Callisto, Manuel A. S. Graça, et al.. (2015). Microbial colonisation and litter decomposition in a Cerrado stream are limited by low dissolved nutrient concentrations. Limnetica. 34(2). 283–292. 10 indexed citations
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Graça, Manuel A. S., Verónica Ferreira, Cristina Canhoto, et al.. (2015). A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams. International Review of Hydrobiology. 100(1). 1–12. 168 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica & Éric Chauvet. (2011). Future increase in temperature more than decrease in litter quality can affect microbial litter decomposition in streams. Oecologia. 167(1). 279–291. 87 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, Ana Lúcia Gonçalves, João Pratas, & Cristina Canhoto. (2010). Contamination by uranium mine drainages affects fungal growth and interactions between fungal species and strains. Mycologia. 102(5). 1004–1011. 25 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Verónica, Vladislav Gulis, & Manuel A. S. Graça. (2006). Whole-stream nitrate addition affects litter decomposition and associated fungi but not invertebrates. Oecologia. 149(4). 718–729. 192 indexed citations

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