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Maria João Feio

Maria João Feio

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
4175
World Ranking
7424
National Ranking
69

Maria João Feio 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 Maria João Feio sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 111 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria João Feio 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 Maria João Feio sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maria João Feio is a researcher affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on freshwater ecosystems. Their work covers several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Biomaterials.

Their research addresses key topics such as freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, diatoms and algae research, and land use and ecosystem services.

Maria João Feio's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Salomé F.P. Almeida, Sónia R. Q. Serra, Ana Raquel Calapez, Andreia Mortágua, and Marcos Callisto.

The researcher has contributed significantly to multiple scientific journals. The venues where they have published most frequently include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Water
  • Hydrobiologia
  • ARPHA Conference Abstracts

Key recent publications featuring Maria João Feio include:

  • The Biological Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World's Rivers: An Overview, 2021, Water
  • Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers, 2022, Global Change Biology

Additional notable papers relevant to their field but authored by others include:

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt, 2023, Nature
  • Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European-wide introduced species, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Urban stream assessment system (UsAs): An integrative tool to assess biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services, 2020, Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

    Jan Pawlowski;Mary Kelly-Quinn;Florian Altermatt;Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • The Biological Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World’s Rivers: An Overview

    Maria João Feio;Robert M. Hughes;Marcos Callisto;Susan J. Nichols

  • Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers

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  • Functional indicators of stream health: a river-basin approach

    M. J. Feio;T. Alves;M. Boavida;A. Medeiros

  • Least Disturbed Condition for European Mediterranean rivers

    M.J. Feio;F.C. Aguiar;S.F.P. Almeida;J. Ferreira

  • A comparison between biotic indices and predictive models in stream water quality assessment based on benthic diatom communities

    Maria J. Feio;Salomé F.P. Almeida;Sandra C. Craveiro;António J. Calado

  • Synthesising the trait information of European Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera): Towards a new database

    Sónia R.Q. Serra;Fernando Cobo;Manuel A.S. Graça;Sylvain Dolédec

  • Integration of invertebrate traits into predictive models for indirect assessment of stream functional integrity: A case study in Portugal

    Maria João Feio;Sylvain Dolédec

  • Diatoms and macroinvertebrates provide consistent and complementary information on environmental quality

    Maria J. Feio;Salomé F.P. Almeida;Sandra C. Craveiro;Antó nio J. Calado

  • Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European‐wide introduced species

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  • The Iberian Rivers

    Sergi Sabater;Isabel Muñoz;Maria João Feio;Anna M. Romaní

  • Chironomidae traits and life history strategies as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance.

    Sónia R.Q. Serra;Manuel A.S. Graça;Sylvain Dolédec;Maria João Feio

  • Choosing the best method for stream bioassessment using macrophyte communities: Indices and predictive models

    Francisca C. Aguiar;Maria João Feio;Maria Teresa Ferreira

  • Urban stream assessment system (UsAs): An integrative tool to assess biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services

    Elina Ranta;Maria Rosario Vidal-Abarca;Ana Raquel Calapez;Maria João Feio

  • Applicability of DNA metabarcoding approach in the bioassessment of Portuguese rivers using diatoms

    Andreia Mortágua;Valentin Vasselon;Ricardo Oliveira;Carmen Elias

  • Integration of DNA-Based Approaches in Aquatic Ecological Assessment Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates

    Sofia Duarte;Barbara R. Leite;Maria João Feio;Filipe O. Costa

  • The influence of extreme climatic events and human disturbance on macroinvertebrate community patterns of a Mediterranean stream over 15 y

    Maria João Feio;Carlos Nuno Coimbra;Manuel A. S. Graça;Susan J. Nichols

  • The influence of taxonomic level on the performance of a predictive model for water quality assessment

    Maria J. Feio;Trefor B. Reynoldson;Manuel A. S. Graca

  • Water quality assessment of Portuguese streams: Regional or national predictive models?

    M.J. Feio;R.H. Norris;M.A.S. Graça;S. Nichols

  • Modelling technical and biological biases in macroinvertebrate community assessment from bulk preservative using multiple metabarcoding markers.

    Filipa M. S. Martins;Miguel Porto;Miguel Porto;Maria J. Feio;Bastian Egeter

  • Food consumption by the larvae of Sericostoma vittatum (Trichoptera), an endemic species from the Iberian Peninsula

    M. J. Feio;M. A. S. Graça

  • A taxonomy-free approach based on machine learning to assess the quality of rivers with diatoms.

    Maria João Feio;Sónia R.Q. Serra;Andreia Mortágua;Agnès Bouchez

  • Defining and Testing Targets for the Recovery of Tropical Streams Based on Macroinvertebrate Communities and Abiotic Conditions

    M. J. Feio;W. R. Ferreira;D. R. Macedo;D. R. Macedo;A. P. Eller

  • Comparability of ecological quality boundaries in the Mediterranean basin using freshwater benthic invertebrates. Statistical options and implications.

    M.J. Feio;J. Ferreira;A. Buffagni;S. Erba

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel A. S. Graça
Manuel A. S. Graça University of Coimbra
Sylvain Dolédec
Sylvain Dolédec Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Marcos Callisto
Marcos Callisto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Maria Teresa Ferreira
Maria Teresa Ferreira University of Lisbon
Trefor B. Reynoldson
Trefor B. Reynoldson Acadia University
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra
Pedro Beja
Pedro Beja University of Porto
Frédéric Rimet
Frédéric Rimet Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Agnès Bouchez
Agnès Bouchez Université Savoie Mont Blanc

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