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2026

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149
Citations
113946
World Ranking
29
National Ranking
1

Daniel Pauly publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel Pauly sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 748 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Daniel Pauly D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel Pauly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 149 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

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

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

    Daniel Pauly

  • Towards sustainability in world fisheries

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

  • FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication

    R Froese;D Pauly

  • Anecdotes and the shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries.

    Daniel Pauly

  • Primary production required to sustain global fisheries

    D. Pauly;V. Christensen

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

    D Pauly

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

    V. Christensen;D. Pauly

  • Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios

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

  • Once more on the comparison of growth in fish and invertebrates

    D. Pauly;J.L. Munro

  • 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

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

    Daniel Pauly;Villy Christensen;Carl Walters

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

    Daniel Pauly;Dirk Zeller

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

    Carl Walters;Villy Christensen;Daniel Pauly

  • An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean

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

  • Systematic distortions in world fisheries catch trends

    Reg Watson;Daniel Pauly

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

    D Pauly

  • Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

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

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

    Daniel Pauly;Reg Watson;Jackie Alder

  • Ecology of tropical oceans

    Alan R. Longhurst;D. Pauly

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Zeller
Dirk Zeller University of Western Australia
Reg Watson
Reg Watson University of Tasmania
Villy Christensen
Villy Christensen University of British Columbia
William W. L. Cheung
William W. L. Cheung University of British Columbia
U. Rashid Sumaila
U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia
Tony J. Pitcher
Tony J. Pitcher University of British Columbia
Didier Gascuel
Didier Gascuel Institut Agro, France
Philippe Cury
Philippe Cury Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marta Coll
Marta Coll Spanish National Research Council
Kristin Kaschner
Kristin Kaschner University of Freiburg

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