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D-Index
34
Citations
15145
World Ranking
1814
National Ranking
1

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.

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29 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.

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.

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.

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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