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João Miguel Dias

João Miguel Dias

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Earth Science
Portugal
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 55 2576 2345 2 2 279 10224

João Miguel Dias publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by João Miguel Dias between 1990 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. João Miguel Dias published across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026, averaging 14.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 47 publications in 2013. 12 of the 536 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 47. Peak 47 publications in 2013. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 29 publications 2013: 47 publications 2014: 37 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 37 publications 2019: 35 publications 2020: 28 publications 2021: 34 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
1990 2026

536 publications in total across all disciplines

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João Miguel Dias: publications per year, 1990 to 2026
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 3
2000 1
2001 4
2002 7
2003 7
2004 9
2005 10
2006 10
2007 18
2008 13
2009 14
2010 15
2011 30
2012 29
2013 47
2014 37
2015 26
2016 25
2017 32
2018 37
2019 35
2020 28
2021 34
2022 16
2023 15
2024 19
2025 11
2026 1
Total 536
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 278–287 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 279 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128 279
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117 55
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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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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