2026 Daniel Pauly: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	149	30	30	1	1	748	113946

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
2019 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 - Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Generalitat de Catalunya
2006 - Volvo Environment Prize
2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Daniel Pauly is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications totaling 230. Key subfields of study include Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research extensively covers the following topics:

Marine and fisheries research
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Coastal and Marine Management

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Daniel Pauly include:

"Valuing invisible catches: Estimating the global contribution by women to small-scale marine capture fisheries production" (2020, PLoS ONE)
"The gill-oxygen limitation theory (GOLT) and its critics" (2021, Science Advances)
"The urgent need for integrated science to fight COVID-19 pandemic and beyond" (2020, Journal of Translational Medicine)
"Fishery biomass trends of exploited fish populations in marine ecoregions, climatic zones and ocean basins" (2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)
"Illicit trade in marine fish catch and its effects on ecosystems and people worldwide" (2020, Science Advances)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Daniel Pauly has co-authored many works with:

Maria Lourdes D. Palomares
Rainer Froese
Cui Liang
Dirk Zeller
U. Rashid Sumaila

Their work has been published in several notable venues, including:

Frontiers in Marine Science
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Fishes
Marine Policy
Science Advances

Daniel Pauly has also contributed to published books under these publishers:

UNESCO: "Fisheries catches for the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem since 1950" (2021)
Frontiers Media: "The Status of Marine Fisheries in East Asia" (2022)

Awards and honors received include:

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2013)
Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Generalitat de Catalunya (2008)
Volvo Environment Prize (2006)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science (2003)

Best Publications

Fishing Down Marine Food Webs

Daniel Pauly;Villy Christensen;Johanne Dalsgaard;Rainer Froese

6516
Citations
Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

5915
Citations
On the interrelationships between natural mortality, growth parameters, and mean environmental temperature in 175 fish stocks

Daniel Pauly

4789
Citations
Towards sustainability in world fisheries

Daniel Pauly;Villy Christensen;Sylvie Guénette;Tony J. Pitcher

4329
Citations
FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication

R Froese;D Pauly

3489
Citations
Anecdotes and the shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries.

Daniel Pauly

3251
Citations
Primary production required to sustain global fisheries

D. Pauly;V. Christensen

2694
Citations
Fish population dynamics in tropical waters: A manual for use with programmable calculators

D Pauly

2051
Citations
ECOPATH II − a software for balancing steady-state ecosystem models and calculating network characteristics

V. Christensen;D. Pauly

2039
Citations
Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios

William W.L. Cheung;Vicky W.Y. Lam;Jorge Louis Sarmiento;Kelly Kearney

2011
Citations
Once more on the comparison of growth in fish and invertebrates

D. Pauly;J.L. Munro

1751
Citations
Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change

William W L Cheung;William W L Cheung;Vicky W Y Lam;Jorge L. Sarmiento;Kelly Kearney

1506
Citations
Ecopath, Ecosim, and Ecospace as tools for evaluating ecosystem impact of fisheries

Daniel Pauly;Villy Christensen;Carl Walters

1467
Citations
Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining

Daniel Pauly;Dirk Zeller

1432
Citations
Structuring dynamic models of exploited ecosystems from trophic mass-balance assessments

Carl Walters;Villy Christensen;Daniel Pauly

1432
Citations
An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean

Benjamin S. Halpern;Catherine Longo;Darren Hardy;Karen L. McLeod

1079
Citations
Systematic distortions in world fisheries catch trends

Reg Watson;Daniel Pauly

1069
Citations
A selection of simple methods for the assessment of tropical fish stocks.

D Pauly

1065
Citations
Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

William W. L. Cheung;Reg Watson;Daniel Pauly

1050
Citations
Global trends in world fisheries: impacts on marine ecosystems and food security

Daniel Pauly;Reg Watson;Jackie Alder

1048
Citations
Ecology of tropical oceans

Alan R. Longhurst;D. Pauly

1036
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Zeller University of Western Australia

Reg Watson University of Tasmania

Villy Christensen University of British Columbia

William W. L. Cheung University of British Columbia

U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia

Tony J. Pitcher University of British Columbia

Didier Gascuel Institut Agro, France

Philippe Cury Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Marta Coll Spanish National Research Council

Kristin Kaschner University of Freiburg

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