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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 34 1814 1669 1 1 168 15145

Maurice Kottelat publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Maurice Kottelat between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Maurice Kottelat published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2025. 15 of the 192 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2025. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 5 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 9 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 6 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 11 publications
1976 2025

192 publications in total across all disciplines

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Maurice Kottelat: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 2
1983 1
1984 5
1985 1
1986 2
1987 2
1988 6
1989 4
1990 0
1991 2
1992 1
1993 2
1994 3
1995 3
1996 1
1997 1
1998 9
1999 6
2000 3
2001 5
2002 1
2003 4
2004 4
2005 7
2006 7
2007 9
2008 8
2009 5
2010 6
2011 5
2012 7
2013 9
2014 3
2015 2
2016 2
2017 6
2018 2
2019 4
2020 1
2021 6
2022 9
2023 10
2024 4
2025 11
Total 192
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Maurice Kottelat publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maurice Kottelat sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 84 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 29–33 to 442+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 109. Most scientists, 109, have 119–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 164–168 publications, is where this scientist sits. 29–33 publications: 1 scientist 34–38 publications: 6 scientists 39–43 publications: 17 scientists 44–48 publications: 23 scientists 49–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–58 publications: 44 scientists 59–63 publications: 66 scientists 64–68 publications: 75 scientists 69–73 publications: 71 scientists 74–78 publications: 85 scientists 79–83 publications: 108 scientists 84–88 publications: 105 scientists 89–93 publications: 84 scientists 94–98 publications: 103 scientists 99–103 publications: 97 scientists 104–108 publications: 95 scientists 109–113 publications: 89 scientists 114–118 publications: 88 scientists 119–123 publications: 109 scientists 124–128 publications: 93 scientists 129–133 publications: 89 scientists 134–138 publications: 95 scientists 139–143 publications: 92 scientists 144–148 publications: 80 scientists 149–153 publications: 75 scientists 154–158 publications: 74 scientists 159–163 publications: 67 scientists 164–168 publications: 53 scientists 169–173 publications: 62 scientists 174–178 publications: 63 scientists 179–183 publications: 50 scientists 184–188 publications: 55 scientists 189–193 publications: 50 scientists 194–198 publications: 27 scientists 199–203 publications: 44 scientists 204–208 publications: 31 scientists 209–213 publications: 28 scientists 214–218 publications: 38 scientists 219–223 publications: 33 scientists 224–228 publications: 36 scientists 229–233 publications: 29 scientists 234–238 publications: 35 scientists 239–243 publications: 23 scientists 244–248 publications: 24 scientists 249–253 publications: 29 scientists 254–258 publications: 28 scientists 259–263 publications: 21 scientists 264–268 publications: 25 scientists 269–273 publications: 11 scientists 274–278 publications: 18 scientists 279–283 publications: 13 scientists 284–288 publications: 18 scientists 289–293 publications: 10 scientists 294–298 publications: 12 scientists 299–303 publications: 11 scientists 304–308 publications: 15 scientists 309–313 publications: 14 scientists 314–318 publications: 14 scientists 319–323 publications: 8 scientists 324–328 publications: 8 scientists 329–333 publications: 13 scientists 334–338 publications: 14 scientists 339–343 publications: 13 scientists 344–348 publications: 10 scientists 349–353 publications: 11 scientists 354–358 publications: 5 scientists 359–363 publications: 8 scientists 364–368 publications: 8 scientists 369–373 publications: 6 scientists 374–378 publications: 7 scientists 379–383 publications: 8 scientists 384–388 publications: 3 scientists 389–393 publications: 4 scientists 394–398 publications: 5 scientists 399–403 publications: 8 scientists 404–408 publications: 5 scientists 409–413 publications: 4 scientists 414–418 publications: 3 scientists 419–423 publications: 8 scientists 424–428 publications: 5 scientists 429–433 publications: 3 scientists 434–438 publications: 5 scientists 439–441 publications: 5 scientists 442+ publications: 99 scientists
29–33 publications 442+

This scientist: 168 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
29–33 1
34–38 6
39–43 17
44–48 23
49–53 28
54–58 44
59–63 66
64–68 75
69–73 71
74–78 85
79–83 108
84–88 105
89–93 84
94–98 103
99–103 97
104–108 95
109–113 89
114–118 88
119–123 109
124–128 93
129–133 89
134–138 95
139–143 92
144–148 80
149–153 75
154–158 74
159–163 67
164–168 53 168
169–173 62
174–178 63
179–183 50
184–188 55
189–193 50
194–198 27
199–203 44
204–208 31
209–213 28
214–218 38
219–223 33
224–228 36
229–233 29
234–238 35
239–243 23
244–248 24
249–253 29
254–258 28
259–263 21
264–268 25
269–273 11
274–278 18
279–283 13
284–288 18
289–293 10
294–298 12
299–303 11
304–308 15
309–313 14
314–318 14
319–323 8
324–328 8
329–333 13
334–338 14
339–343 13
344–348 10
349–353 11
354–358 5
359–363 8
364–368 8
369–373 6
374–378 7
379–383 8
384–388 3
389–393 4
394–398 5
399–403 8
404–408 5
409–413 4
414–418 3
419–423 8
424–428 5
429–433 3
434–438 5
439–441 5
442+ 99
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Maurice Kottelat D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maurice Kottelat sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 77+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 158. Most scientists, 158, have 31 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 34 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 5
21 22
22 31
23 44
24 53
25 66
26 80
27 101
28 106
29 116
30 154
31 158
32 143
33 137
34 126 34
35 134
36 112
37 115
38 105
39 111
40 107
41 87
42 74
43 62
44 61
45 41
46 51
47 43
48 28
49 47
50 40
51 34
52 33
53 43
54 16
55 32
56 21
57 18
58 28
59 33
60 17
61 21
62 18
63 21
64 9
65 20
66 11
67 16
68 12
69 17
70 13
71 15
72 11
73 11
74 14
75 5
76 6
77+ 100
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Overview

Maurice Kottelat is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research career focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, molecular biology, general health professions, and ecology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues

Kottelat has authored various papers published in notable scientific venues. Among their recent publications are:

  • "One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction," 2025, Nature
  • "Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication," 2023, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice," 2023, PLoS Biology
  • "One northward, one southward: Contrasting biogeographical history in two benthic freshwater fish genera across Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Cobitoidea: Nemacheilus, Pangio)," 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "The genus Gobio in France, with redescription of G. gobio and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)," 2021, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • eLife

Kottelat has collaborated with several researchers on multiple occasions. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Heok Hee Ng
  • Vendula Šlechtová
  • Jörg Bohlen
  • Jörg Freyhof
  • Tomáš Dvořák

Best Publications

  • Handbook of European freshwater fishes

    Maurice. Kottelat;Jörg. Freyhof

  • Freshwater fishes of western Indonesia and Sulawesi

    Maurice. Kottelat;Anthony J. Whitten;Sri Nurani. Kartikasari;Soetikno. Wirjoatmodjo

  • Fishes of Laos

    Maurice Kottelat

  • European freshwater fishes

    Maurice Kottelat

  • So Many Fishes, So Little Time: An Overview of Recent Ichthyological Discovery in Continental Waters

    John G. Lundberg;Maurice Kottelat;Gerald R. Smith;Melanie L. J. Stiassny

  • Spatial heterogeneity in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot affects barcoding accuracy of its freshwater fishes.

    M. F. Geiger;F. Herder;M. T. Monaghan;V. Almada

  • Conspectus cobitidum : an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)

    Maurice Kottelat

  • European freshwater fishes: An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-systematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation

    Maurice Kottelat

  • Zoogeography of the fishes from Indochinese Inland waters with an annotated check-list

    Maurice Kottelat

  • Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate.

    Lukas Rüber;Maurice Kottelat;Heok Hui Tan;Peter K L Ng

  • Indochinese nemacheilines : a revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam

    Walter J. Rainboth;Maurice Kottelat

  • Paedocypris, a new genus of Southeast Asian cyprinid fish with a remarkable sexual dimorphism, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate

    Maurice Kottelat;Ralf Britz;Tan Heok Hui;Kai-Erik Witte

  • Freshwater Fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi

    Edward O. Murdy;Maurice Kottelat;Anthony J. Whitten;Nurani Kartikasari

  • Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei : Cottidae)

    Jörg Freyhof;Maurice Kottelat;Arne Nolte

  • The identity of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758), with the designation of a neotype (Teleostei: Clariidae)

    Heok Hee Ng;Maurice Kottelat

  • Two new species of trouts, resident and migratory, sympatric in streams of northern Anatolia (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae)

    Davut Turan;Maurice Kottelat;Semih Engin

  • A review of Capoeta tinca, with descriptions of two new species from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

    Davut Turan;Maurice. Kottelat;F. Güler Ekmekçi;H Oguz Imamoglu

  • REVISION OF THE ASIAN CATFISH GENUS HEMIBAGRUS BLEEKER, 1862 (TELEOSTEI: SILURIFORMES: BAGRIDAE)

    Heok Hee Ng;Maurice Kottelat

  • Fishes of Mongolia: a check-list of the fishes known to occur in Mongolia with comments on systematics and nomenclature

    Maurice Kottelat

  • The Glyptothorax of Sundaland: a revisionary study (Teleostei: Sisoridae)

    Heok Hee Ng;Maurice Kottelat

  • Fresh-water fishes of Kampuchea. A provisory annotated check-list

    Maurice Kottelat

  • Freshwater Fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi: Ikan Air Tawar Indonesia Bagian Barat dan Sulawesi

    Maurice Kottelat;Tony Whitten;Sri Nurani Kartikasari;Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo

  • The Freshwater Fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia)

    Maurice Kottelat;T. R. Roberts

  • European Freshwater Fishes

    Miles Coburn;Maurice Kottelat

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Britz
Ralf Britz Natural History Museum
Jörg Freyhof
Jörg Freyhof Leibniz Association
Peter K. L. Ng
Peter K. L. Ng National University of Singapore
Nicholas E. Mandrak
Nicholas E. Mandrak University of Toronto
Ignacio Doadrio
Ignacio Doadrio Spanish National Research Council
Eric Wikramanayake
Eric Wikramanayake World Wide Fund for Nature
Peter J. Unmack
Peter J. Unmack University of Canberra
Vítor Carvalho Almada
Vítor Carvalho Almada International Sleep Products Association
Xiao-Yong Chen
Xiao-Yong Chen East China Normal University
Gerald R. Smith
Gerald R. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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