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4974
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Pedro Afonso 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 Pedro Afonso sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pedro Afonso 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 Pedro Afonso 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

Pedro Afonso is affiliated with the University of the Azores in Portugal and has a research focus rooted primarily in Environmental Science. Their work spans significant subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Aquatic Science.

Themes central to Pedro Afonso's research encompass Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Pedro Afonso has contributed to multiple publications across prominent venues in the marine and environmental sciences. Frequent publication venues include Marine Ecology Progress Series, Frontiers in Marine Science, Animal Biotelemetry, Biodiversity Data Journal, and Fisheries Research.

Their recent papers reflect a focus on marine species conservation, ecological impacts, and the interaction between marine biology and environmental factors. Among the recent publications are the following:

  • "Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?" (2020) published in Marine Policy
  • "Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark" (2021) published in eLife
  • "The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators" (2021) published in Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Global-Scale Environmental Niche and Habitat of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) by Size and Sex: A Pivotal Step to Improving Stock Management" (2022) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking" (2022) published in Global Change Biology

Pedro Afonso collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Jorge Fontes, Bruno C. L. Macena, Nuno Queiroz, David Milla-Figueras, and Camrin D. Braun, indicating active engagement in team-oriented marine research.

Best Publications

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • Marine reserves: fish life history and ecological traits matter.

    J Claudet;J Claudet;C W Osenberg;P Domenici;F Badalamenti

  • Length-weight relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic

    Telmo Morato;Pedro Afonso;Paula Lourinho;João P. Barreiros

  • Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta-analytical approach

    Frederic Vandeperre;Ruth M. Higgins;Julio Sanchez-Meca;Francesc Maynou

  • Restructuring of the 'Macaronesia' biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach.

    Rui Freitas;Rui Freitas;Maria Romeiras;Maria Romeiras;Luís Silva;Ricardo Cordeiro

  • Feeding ecology of the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, in the Azores

    Miguel Figueiredo;Telmo Morato;João P. Barreiros;Pedro Afonso

  • Movements of Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) across Their Life History

    Frederic Vandeperre;Alexandre Aires-da-Silva;Jorge Fontes;Marco Santos

  • Social status determines behaviour and habitat usage in a temperate parrotfish: implications for marine reserve design

    Pedro Afonso;Jorge Fontes;Kim N. Holland;Ricardo S. Santos

  • Extreme diving behaviour in devil rays links surface waters and the deep ocean

    Simon R. Thorrold;Pedro Afonso;Jorge Fontes;Camrin D. Braun;Camrin D. Braun

  • Multi-scale patterns of habitat use in a highly mobile reef fish, the white trevally Pseudocaranx dentex, and their implications for marine reserve design

    Pedro Afonso;Jorge Fontes;Kim N. Holland;Ricardo S. Santos

  • Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss

    Paul G Fernandes;Gina M Ralph;Ana Nieto;Mariana García Criado

  • Habitat suitability of the Atlantic bluefin tuna by size class: An ecological niche approach

    Jean-Noël Druon;Jean-Marc Fromentin;Alex R. Hanke;Haritz Arrizabalaga

  • European Red List of Marine Fishes

    A. Nieto;G.M. Ralph;M.T. Comeros-Raynal;J. Kemp

  • Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?

    Yvonne J. Sadovy de Mitcheson;Christi Linardich;João Pedro Barreiros;Gina M. Ralph

  • Reproductive biology and recruitment of the white sea bream in the Azores

    T. Morato;P. Afonso;P. Lourinho;R. D. M. Nash

  • The Functional and Ecological Significance of Deep Diving by Large Marine Predators.

    Camrin D Braun;Camrin D Braun;Martin C Arostegui;Martin C Arostegui;Simon R Thorrold;Yannis P Papastamatiou

  • Coastal marine fishes of São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea).

    Pedro Afonso;Filipe M. Porteiro;Ricardo S. Santos;João P. Barreiros

  • Small marine reserves can offer long term protection to an endangered fish

    Pedro Afonso;Jorge Fontes;Ricardo S. Santos

  • Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark.

    Marisa Vedor;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Gonzalo Mucientes;Gonzalo Mucientes;Ana Couto

  • Marine Conservation in the Azores: Evaluating Marine Protected Area Development in a Remote Island Context

    Rita C. Abecasis;Pedro Afonso;Ana Colaço;Nancy Longnecker

  • Corrigendum: Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss

    Paul G. Fernandes;Gina M. Ralph;Ana Nieto;Mariana García Criado

  • Short communication Length-weight relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic

    T. Morato;P. Afonso;P. Lourinho

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo S. Santos
Ricardo S. Santos University of the Azores
Telmo Morato
Telmo Morato University of the Azores
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Nuno Queiroz
Nuno Queiroz University of Porto
Karim Erzini
Karim Erzini University of Algarve
Bradley M. Wetherbee
Bradley M. Wetherbee University of Rhode Island
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
Yuuki Y. Watanabe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Simon R. Thorrold
Simon R. Thorrold Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gregory B. Skomal
Gregory B. Skomal Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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