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Paulo Santos Pompeu

Paulo Santos Pompeu

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
7495
World Ranking
5296
National Ranking
95

Paulo Santos Pompeu 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 Paulo Santos Pompeu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 168 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paulo Santos Pompeu 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 Paulo Santos Pompeu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paulo Santos Pompeu is affiliated with the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil. Their research focuses primarily on freshwater ecosystems, with considerable work in nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, and ecology. Subfields of particular interest include plant science and the broader areas of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as fish biology, ecology, and behavior, which represent a major part of their work. Additional research areas cover fish biology and ecology studies, fish ecology and management studies, ichthyology and marine biology, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, isotope analysis in ecology, and plant diversity and evolution.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Jansen Zuanon, Carla Simone Pavanelli, Leandro Melo de Sousa, Marcelo Salles Rocha, and Rosana Souza Lima.

Their published research appears regularly in several venues, with the highest number of works featured in Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio. Other common publication venues include Water Biology and Security, Neotropical Ichthyology, Environmental Biology of Fishes, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Paulo Santos Pompeu include:

  • Thresholds of freshwater biodiversity in response to riparian vegetation loss in the Neotropical region, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species, 2020, Science
  • Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages reveal extensive degradation of the world's rivers, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, 2021, Environmental Management
  • Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability, 2022, Water Biology and Security

Best Publications

  • The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice

    Ana T. Silva;Martyn C. Lucas;Theodore Castro-Santos;Christos Katopodis

  • Large reservoirs as ecological barriers to downstream movements of Neotropical migratory fish

    Fernando M Pelicice;Paulo S Pompeu;Angelo A Agostinho

  • EXISTING AND FUTURE CHALLENGES: THE CONCEPT OF SUCCESSFUL FISH PASSAGE IN SOUTH AMERICA

    P. S. Pompeu;A. A. Agostinho;F. M. Pelicice

  • Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

    J. Ferreira;L. E. O. C. Aragao;Jos Barlow;P. Barreto

  • Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams

    Rafael P. Leitão;Jansen Zuanon;David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Cecília G. Leal

  • Neotropical freshwater fishes imperilled by unsustainable policies

    Fernando M Pelicice;Valter M Azevedo‐Santos;Jean R S Vitule;Mário L Orsi

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Thresholds of freshwater biodiversity in response to riparian vegetation loss in the Neotropical region

    Renato B. Dala-Corte;Adriano S. Melo;Tadeu Siqueira;Luis M. Bini

  • Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

    Cecília G Leal;Cecília G Leal;Paulo S Pompeu;Toby A Gardner;Rafael P Leitão

  • Deep barcode divergence in Brazilian freshwater fishes: the case of the São Francisco River basin

    Daniel C de Carvalho;Denise A A Oliveira;Paulo Santos Pompeu;Cecília Gontijo Leal

  • Towards environmentally sustainable agriculture in Brazil: challenges and opportunities for applied ecological research

    Joice Ferreira;Renata Pardini;Jean Paul Metzger;Carlos Roberto Fonseca

  • Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Renata G. Frederico;Camila K. Fagundes;Paulo S. Pompeu

  • Removing the abyss between conservation science and policy decisions in Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Philip M. Fearnside;Caroline S. Oliveira;André A. Padial

  • The relative influence of catchment and site variables on fish and macroinvertebrate richness in cerrado biome streams

    Diego R. Macedo;Diego R. Macedo;Robert M. Hughes;Robert M. Hughes;Raphael Ligeiro;Wander R. Ferreira

  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species

    Cecília G. Leal;Cecília G. Leal;Gareth D. Lennox;Silvio F. B. Ferraz;Joice Ferreira

  • Effects of Oil Palm Plantations on the Habitat Structure and Biota of Streams in Eastern Amazon

    L. Juen;E. J. Cunha;F. G. Carvalho;M. C. Ferreira

  • Effects of human disturbance and riparian conditions on Odonata (Insecta) assemblages in eastern Amazon basin streams

    José Max Barbosa de Oliveira-Junior;José Max Barbosa de Oliveira-Junior;Paulo De Marco Junior;Karina Dias-Silva;Rafael Pereira Leitão;Rafael Pereira Leitão

  • The Effects of Urbanization on Biodiversity and Water Quality in the Rio das Velhas Basin, Brazil

    Paulo S. Pompeu;Carlos Bernardo M. Alves;Marcos C Allisto

  • One Hundred Pressing Questions on the Future of Global Fish Migration Science, Conservation, and Policy

    Robert J. Lennox;Craig P. Paukert;Kim Aarestrup;Marie Auger-Méthé

  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin.

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Alberto Akama;José Dilermando Andrade Filho

  • Land Use Influences Niche Size and the Assimilation of Resources by Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Tropical Headwater Streams.

    Diego Marcel Parreira de Castro;Débora Reis de Carvalho;Paulo dos Santos Pompeu;Marcelo Zacharias Moreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos Callisto
Marcos Callisto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Robert M. Hughes
Robert M. Hughes Oregon State University
Jansen Zuanon
Jansen Zuanon National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Marcelo Zacharias Moreira
Marcelo Zacharias Moreira Universidade de São Paulo
Leandro Juen
Leandro Juen Federal University of Para
Angelo Antonio Agostinho
Angelo Antonio Agostinho State University of Maringa
Fernando Mayer Pelicice
Fernando Mayer Pelicice Federal University of Tocantins
Luke Parry
Luke Parry Lancaster University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute

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