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Filipe O. Costa

Filipe O. Costa

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4486
World Ranking
7620
National Ranking
73

Filipe O. Costa 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 Filipe O. Costa sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 97 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Filipe O. Costa 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 Filipe O. Costa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Filipe O. Costa is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant concentration in Ecology and Molecular Biology subfields. Other areas of study include Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, as well as Marine and Coastal Plant Biology.

Frequently publishing in various venues, Filipe O. Costa has contributed extensively to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ARPHA Conference Abstracts
  • Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Diversity

They have also collaborated closely with several co-authors, including:

  • Pedro E. Vieira
  • Sofia Duarte
  • Marcos A. L. Teixeira
  • Ana S. Lavrador
  • Barbara R. Leite

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Integration of DNA-Based Approaches in Aquatic Ecological Assessment Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates," 2021, Water
  • "DNA Metabarcoding Methods for the Study of Marine Benthic Meiofauna: A Review," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The Future of DNA Barcoding: Reflections from Early Career Researchers," 2021, Diversity
  • "BAGS: An automated Barcode, Audit & Grade System for DNA barcode reference libraries," 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources

Filipe O. Costa has also published several books in 2024 with Home Editora eBooks, including:

  • Doenças Infecciosas Emergentes em Cães e Gatos: Um desafio para saúde animal
  • Distúrbios Metabólicos em Ruminantes
  • Doenças Infecciosas Emergentes em Ruminantes e Equídeos: Impactos na Saúde Animal e Pública
  • Doenças Parasitárias em Ruminantes e Equídeos do Nordeste

Best Publications

  • DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work.

    Hannah Weigand;Arne J Beermann;Fedor Čiampor;Filipe O. Costa

  • Systematic and evolutionary insights derived from mtDNA COI barcode diversity in the Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca).

    Joana Matzen da Silva;Joana Matzen da Silva;Simon Creer;Antonina dos Santos;Ana C. Costa

  • Enhanced primers for amplification of DNA barcodes from a broad range of marine metazoans

    Jorge Lobo;Jorge Lobo;Pedro M. Costa;Marcos A. L. Teixeira;Maria S. G. Ferreira

  • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods.

    J. Pawlowski;J. Pawlowski;K. Bruce;K. Panksep;K. Panksep;F.I. Aguirre

  • Why We Need Sustainable Networks Bridging Countries, Disciplines, Cultures and Generations for Aquatic Biomonitoring 2.0: A Perspective Derived From the DNAqua-Net COST Action

    Florian Leese;Agnes Bouchez;Kessy Abarenkov;Florian Altermatt

  • Probing marine Gammarus (Amphipoda) taxonomy with DNA barcodes

    Filipe Oliveira Costa;C.M. Henzler;D.H. Lunt;Nia Whiteley

  • DNA Barcoding for Species Assignment: The Case of Mediterranean Marine Fishes

    Monica Landi;Mark Dimech;Marco Arculeo;Girolama Biondo

  • A Ranking System for Reference Libraries of DNA Barcodes: Application to Marine Fish Species from Portugal

    Filipe O. Costa;Monica Landi;Rogelia Martins;Maria H. Costa

  • A reliable DNA barcode reference library for the identification of the North European shelf fish fauna.

    Thomas Knebelsberger;Monica Landi;Hermann Neumann;Matthias Kloppmann

  • DNA barcoding of shared fish species from the North Atlantic and Australasia: minimal divergence for most taxa, but Zeus faber and Lepidopus caudatus each probably constitute two species

    Robert D. Ward;Filipe O. Costa;Bronwyn H. Holmes;Dirk Steinke

  • DNA barcodes of fish of the Scotia Sea, Antarctica indicate priority groups for taxonomic and systematics focus

    J. Rock;F.O. Costa;D.I. Walker;A.W. North

  • The Barcode of Life Initiative: synopsis and prospective societal impacts of DNA barcoding of Fish

    Filipe O Costa;Gary R Carvalho

  • Acute marine sediment toxicity: a potential new test with the amphipod Gammarus locusta.

    F.O. Costa;A.D. Correia;M.H. Costa

  • Life history of the amphipod Gammarus locusta in the Sado estuary (Portugal)

    Filipe O. Costa;Maria Helena Costa

  • DNA metabarcoding for high-throughput monitoring of estuarine macrobenthic communities.

    Jorge Lobo;Shadi Shokralla;Maria Helena Costa;Mehrdad Hajibabaei

  • Multi-level assessment of chronic toxicity of estuarine sediments with the amphipod Gammarus locusta: I. Biochemical endpoints.

    Teresa Neuparth;Ana D. Correia;Filipe O. Costa;Gláucia Lima

  • Starting a DNA barcode reference library for shallow water polychaetes from the southern European Atlantic coast.

    Jorge Lobo;Jorge Lobo;Marcos André Machado Lima Teixeira;Luisa M. S. Borges;Maria S. G. Ferreira

  • Multi-level assessment of chronic toxicity of estuarine sediments with the amphipod Gammarus locusta: II. Organism and population-level endpoints.

    Filipe O. Costa;Teresa Neuparth;Ana D. Correia;Maria Helena Costa

  • Investigating the taxonomy and systematics of marine wood borers (Bivalvia : Teredinidae) combining evidence from morphology, DNA barcodes and nuclear locus sequences

    L. M. S. Borges;H. Sivrikaya;A. le Roux;J. R. Shipway

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Marina R. Cunha
Marina R. Cunha University of Aveiro
Ronaldo Sousa
Ronaldo Sousa University of Minho
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University
Henrique Queiroga
Henrique Queiroga University of Aveiro
Florian Leese
Florian Leese University of Duisburg-Essen
Agnès Bouchez
Agnès Bouchez Université Savoie Mont Blanc
João Lúcio de Azevedo
João Lúcio de Azevedo Universidade de São Paulo

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