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Nicholas E. Mandrak

Nicholas E. Mandrak

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
14514
World Ranking
4330
National Ranking
292

Nicholas E. Mandrak 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 Nicholas E. Mandrak sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 242 publications — 84th percentile

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

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

Nicholas E. Mandrak 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 Nicholas E. Mandrak sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicholas E. Mandrak is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with extensive contributions to subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their academic work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine and fisheries research

Mandrak has published in several scholarly venues, with a significant number of publications in:

  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Biological Invasions
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Fisheries
  • FACETS

Among recent papers, the following stand out:

  • "Scientists' warning on invasive alien species," 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Trends in the detection of aquatic non-indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50-year perspective," 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • "Knowledge co-production: A pathway to effective fisheries management, conservation, and governance," 2020, Fisheries
  • "Linking genomics and fish conservation decision making: a review," 2020, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • "The International Vertebrate Pet Trade Network and Insights from US Imports of Exotic Pets," 2021, BioScience

Frequent collaborators in Mandrak's research include:

  • Rowshyra A. Castañeda
  • Alexander Van Nynatten
  • D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Thaïs A. Bernos
  • Nathan R. Lovejoy

Best Publications

  • Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

    Robin Abell;Michele L. Thieme;Carmen Revenga;Mark Bryer

  • Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

    Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

  • Conservation status of imperiled north American freshwater and diadromous fishes

    Howard L. Jelks;Stephen J. Walsh;Noel M. Burkhead;Salvador Contreras‐Balderas

  • Identifying Canadian Freshwater Fishes through DNA Barcodes

    Nicolas Hubert;Robert Hanner;Erling Holm;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

    Wayne Dawson;Dietmar Moser;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Holger Kreft

  • Potential impacts of climate change on the distributions of several common and rare freshwater fishes in Canada

    Cindy Chu;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Charles K. Minns

  • Impacts of alien invasive species on freshwater fauna at risk in Canada.

    Alan J. Dextrase;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • When pets become pests: the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals

    Julie L. Lockwood;Dustin J. Welbourne;Christina M. Romagosa;Phillip Cassey

  • Risk Analysis and Bioeconomics of Invasive Species to Inform Policy and Management

    David M. Lodge;David M. Lodge;Paul W. Simonin;Stanley W. Burgiel;Reuben P. Keller

  • Postglacial dispersal of freshwater fishes into Ontario

    Nicholas E. Mandrak;E. J. Crossman

  • PREDICTING OCCURRENCES AND IMPACTS OF SMALLMOUTH BASS INTRODUCTIONS IN NORTH TEMPERATE LAKES

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Julian D. Olden;James H. Thorne;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Trends in the detection of aquatic non‐indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50‐year perspective

    Sarah A. Bailey;Lyndsay Brown;Marnie L. Campbell;João Canning-Clode

  • Confronting the wicked problem of managing biological invasions

    Darragh J. Woodford;David M. Richardson;Hugh J. MacIsaac;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Ecology of Freshwater Baitfish Use in Canada and the United States

    Matthew K. Litvak;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Potential Invasion of the Great Lakes by Fish Species Associated with Climatic Warming

    Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Knowledge co‐production: A pathway to effective fisheries management, conservation, and governance

    Steven J. Cooke;Vivian M. Nguyen;Jacqueline M. Chapman;Andrea J. Reid;Andrea J. Reid

  • Environmental DNA detection of rare and invasive fish species in two Great Lakes tributaries.

    Katherine D. Balasingham;Ryan P. Walter;Ryan P. Walter;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Daniel D. Heath

  • Comparative distribution and invasion risk of snakehead (Channidae) and Asian carp (Cyprinidae) species in North America

    Leif-Matthias Herborg;Nicholas E Mandrak;Becky C Cudmore;Hugh J MacIsaac

  • The ROM Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Ontario

    Erling Holm;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Mary E. Burridge

  • A Comparison of Methods for Sampling Fish Diversity in Shallow Offshore Waters of Large Rivers

    Nicolas W. R. Lapointe;Lynda D. Corkum;Nicholas E. Mandrak

  • Predicting Invasiveness of Species in Trade: Climate Match, Trophic Guild and Fecundity Influence Establishment and Impact of Non-Native Freshwater Fishes

    Jennifer G. Howeth;Crysta A. Gantz;Paul L. Angermeier;Emmanuel A. Frimpong

  • Preadaptation and Naturalization of Nonnative Species: Darwin's Two Fundamental Insights into Species Invasion.

    Marc W. Cadotte;Sara E. Campbell;Shao-peng Li;Darwin S. Sodhi

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel D. Heath
Daniel D. Heath University of Windsor
Lynda D. Corkum
Lynda D. Corkum University of Windsor
Nathan R. Lovejoy
Nathan R. Lovejoy University of Toronto
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Chris C. Wilson
Chris C. Wilson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
Lauren J. Chapman
Lauren J. Chapman University of Florida
Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
Olaf L. F. Weyl
Olaf L. F. Weyl South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna

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