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Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
7304
World Ranking
5607
National Ranking
32

Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Vitule's work extensively covers topics related to fish ecology and management, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, as well as marine ecology and invasive species. Other main research areas include aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Frequent publication venues for Vitule include:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
  • Neotropical Ichthyology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Their recent scientific papers highlight various aspects of freshwater biodiversity and the ecological impacts of environmental changes. Notable works include:

  • "Thresholds of freshwater biodiversity in response to riparian vegetation loss in the Neotropical region" (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • "A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research" (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • "The Use of Barriers to Limit the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Animal Species: A Global Review" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin" (2021, Environmental Management)
  • "RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series to study global change ecology in riverine systems" (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)

Vitule collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, which includes André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Larissa Faria, Almir Manoel Cunico, Mário Luís Orsi, and Natali Oliva Roman Miiller.

Best Publications

  • Introduction of non‐native freshwater fish can certainly be bad

    Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule;Carolina Arruda Freire;Daniel Simberloff

  • Neotropical freshwater fishes imperilled by unsustainable policies

    Fernando M Pelicice;Valter M Azevedo‐Santos;Jean R S Vitule;Mário L Orsi

  • Homogenization of freshwater fish faunas after the elimination of a natural barrier by a dam in Neotropics

    Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule;Felipe Skóra;Vinícius Abilhoa

  • Thresholds of freshwater biodiversity in response to riparian vegetation loss in the Neotropical region

    Renato B. Dala-Corte;Adriano S. Melo;Tadeu Siqueira;Luis M. Bini

  • Feeding ecology of fishes: an overview of worldwide publications

    Raul Rennó Braga;Hugo Bornatowski;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • A Serious New Threat to Brazilian Freshwater Ecosystems: The Naturalization of Nonnative Fish by Decree

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule;Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior;Mário Luis Orsi

  • Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Renata G. Frederico;Camila K. Fagundes;Paulo S. Pompeu

  • Introduction of the African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) into Southern Brazil

    J. R. S. Vitule;S. C. Umbria;J. M. R. Aranha

  • Invasive aquatic pets: failed policies increase risks of harmful invasions

    Jiří Patoka;André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães;Antonín Kouba;Zen Faulkes

  • Removing the abyss between conservation science and policy decisions in Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Philip M. Fearnside;Caroline S. Oliveira;André A. Padial

  • Muscle water control in crustaceans and fishes as a function of habitat, osmoregulatory capacity, and degree of euryhalinity

    Carolina A. Freire;Enelise M. Amado;Luciana R. Souza;Marcos P.T. Veiga

  • Homogenization dynamics of the fish assemblages in Neotropical reservoirs: comparing the roles of introduced species and their vectors

    Vanessa Salete Daga;Felipe Skóra;André Andrian Padial;Vinícius Abilhoa

  • A call for an end to calls for the end of invasion biology

    Daniel Simberloff;Jean R. S. Vitule

  • Non-native species and invasion biology in a megadiverse country: scientometric analysis and ecological interactions in Brazil

    Fabrício de Andrade Frehse;Raul Rennó Braga;Gabriel Augusto Nocera;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

  • Revisiting the potential conservation value of non-native species.

    Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule;Carolina A. Freire;Diego P. Vazquez;Martin A. Nuñez

  • Structuring evidence for invasional meltdown: broad support but with biases and gaps

    Raul Rennó Braga;Raul Rennó Braga;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Tina Heger;Tina Heger;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

  • Climate change as a driver of biotic homogenization of woody plants in the Atlantic Forest

    Victor P. Zwiener;Andrés Lira‐Noriega;Charles J. Grady;André A. Padial

  • Fishes of the Atlantic Rain Forest Streams: Ecological Patterns and Conservation

    Vinícius Abilhoa;Raul R. Braga;Hugo Bornatowski;Jean R. S. Vitule

  • The use of barriers to limit the spread of aquatic invasive animal species: a global review

    Peter E. Jones;Jeroen S. Tummers;Shams M. Galib;Shams M. Galib;Darragh J. Woodford;Darragh J. Woodford

  • Shark mislabeling threatens biodiversity.

    Hugo Bornatowski;Raul Rennó Braga;Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

  • Introdução de peixes em ecossistemas continentais brasileiros: revisão, comentários e sugestões de ações contra o inimigo quase invisível

    Jean Ricardo Simoes Vitule

Frequent Co-Authors

André Andrian Padial
André Andrian Padial Federal University of Paraná
Fernando Mayer Pelicice
Fernando Mayer Pelicice Federal University of Tocantins
Angelo Antonio Agostinho
Angelo Antonio Agostinho State University of Maringa
Daniel Simberloff
Daniel Simberloff University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Paulo Santos Pompeu
Paulo Santos Pompeu Federal University of Lavras
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Philip M. Fearnside
Philip M. Fearnside National Institute of Amazonian Research
Olaf L. F. Weyl
Olaf L. F. Weyl South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Sidinei Magela Thomaz State University of Maringa

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