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João Miguel Dias

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Earth Science
Portugal
2026

João Miguel Dias publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where João Miguel Dias sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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João Miguel Dias D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where João Miguel Dias sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

João Miguel Dias is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Marine and fisheries research

Their publication record includes recent papers covering diverse aspects of environmental and marine sciences. Selected publications include:

  • "Global and regional evolution of sea surface temperature under climate change" (2020), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Assessing salt marsh extent and condition changes with 35 years of Landsat imagery: Tagus Estuary case study" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Modelling the distribution of microplastics released by wastewater treatment plants in Ria de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula)" (2021), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Exploring Gender and Climate Change Nexus, and Empowering Women in the South Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh for Adaptation and Mitigation" (2022), published in Climate
  • "Synoptic Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Photosynthetic Productivity of Microphytobenthos and Phytoplankton in a Tidal Estuary" (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science

João Miguel Dias frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Ana Picado, Magda C. Sousa, Humberto Pereira, Américo Soares Ribeiro, and Carina L. Lopes.

Their work appears often in journals such as the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In addition to journal articles, João Miguel Dias has contributed to books, including a publication through Springer Nature titled "Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition)" in 2021.

Best Publications

  • SPHysics - development of a free-surface fluid solver - Part 1: Theory and formulations

    M. Gomez-Gesteira;B. D. Rogers;A. J. C. Crespo;R. A. Dalrymple

  • Applicability of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for estimation of sea wave impact on coastal structures

    Corrado Altomare;Alejandro J.C. Crespo;Jose M. Domínguez;Moncho Gómez-Gesteira

  • Long-crested wave generation and absorption for SPH-based DualSPHysics model

    Corrado Altomare;J.M. Domínguez;A.J.C. Crespo;J. González-Cao

  • Tidal propagation in Ria de Aveiro Lagoon, Portugal

    J.M. Dias;J.F. Lopes;I. Dekeyser

  • Factors influencing recent benthic foraminifera distribution on the Guadiana shelf (Southwestern Iberia)

    I. Mendes;R. Gonzalez;J.M.A. Dias;F. Lobo

  • SPHysics - development of a free-surface fluid solver - Part 2: Efficiency and test cases

    M. Gomez-Gesteira;A. J. C. Crespo;B. D. Rogers;R. A. Dalrymple

  • Hydrological characterisation of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal, in early summer

    João Miguel Dias;JoséFortes Lopes;Ivan Dekeyser

  • Numerical modelling of armour block sea breakwater with smoothed particle hydrodynamics

    C. Altomare;A. J. C. Crespo;B. D. Rogers;J. M. Dominguez

  • Fundão Dam collapse: Oceanic dispersion of River Doce after the greatest Brazilian environmental accident.

    Martinho Marta-Almeida;Renato Mendes;Fabiola N. Amorim;Mauro Cirano

  • Implementation and assessment of hydrodynamic, salt and heat transport models: The case of Ria de Aveiro Lagoon (Portugal)

    J. M. Dias;J. F. Lopes

  • SPH simulation of floating structures with moorings

    José M. Domínguez;Alejandro J.C. Crespo;Matthew Hall;Corrado Altomare

  • A multiproxy approach of the Holocene evolution of shelf-slope circulation on the NW Iberian Continental Shelf

    Virgínia Martins;Jesús Dubert;Jean-Marie Jouanneau;Olivier Weber

  • Singular spectrum analysis and forecasting of hydrological time series

    C.A.F. Marques;J.A. Ferreira;A. Rocha;J.M. Castanheira

  • Spatiotemporal evolution of upwelling regime along the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula

    Ines Alvarez;Ines Alvarez;Moncho Gomez-Gesteira;Maite deCastro;João Miguel Dias

  • Dispersal and deposition of suspended sediment on the shelf off the Tagus and Sado estuaries, S.W. Portugal

    J.M. Jouanneau;C. Garcia;A. Oliveira;A. Rodrigues

  • Classification of washover dynamics in barrier islands

    Ana Matias;Óscar Ferreira;Ana Vila-Concejo;Tiago Garcia

  • Towards simulating floating offshore oscillating water column converters with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

    A.J.C. Crespo;Corrado Altomare;J.M. Domínguez;J. González-Cao

  • Comparative analysis of upwelling influence between the western and northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula

    I. Alvarez;I. Alvarez;M. Gomez-Gesteira;M. deCastro;M.N. Lorenzo

  • Numerical modeling of the impact of the Ancão Inlet relocation (Ria Formosa, Portugal)

    J. M. Dias;M. C. Sousa;X. Bertin;A. B. Fortunato

  • Monitoring Sandy Shores Morphologies by DGPS—A Practical Tool to Generate Digital Elevation Models

    P. Baptista;L. Bastos;C. Bernardes;T. Cunha

Frequent Co-Authors

Moncho Gómez-Gesteira
Moncho Gómez-Gesteira Universidade de Vigo
André B. Fortunato
André B. Fortunato National Laboratory for Civil Engineering
Isabel Caçador
Isabel Caçador University of Lisbon
Ana I. Lillebø
Ana I. Lillebø University of Aveiro
Bernardo Duarte
Bernardo Duarte University of Lisbon
João Borges de Sousa
João Borges de Sousa University of Porto
Fernando Rocha
Fernando Rocha University of Aveiro
Adelaide Almeida
Adelaide Almeida University of Aveiro
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro

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