Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
Fish biology, ecology, and behavior is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the biogeography, conservation, and ecological dynamics of Neotropical freshwater fishes, with an emphasis on the Amazon River system. It covers topics such as fish biodiversity, impacts of hydropower dams, aging research using short-lived fish species, tropical river fisheries, electroreception in fishes, and the effects of habitat degradation on fish assemblages. The papers also explore the historical biogeography and evolutionary history of Neotropical freshwater fishes.
- Freshwater Ecoregions
- Fish Biodiversity
- Amazon River System
- Hydropower Dams
- Neotropical Fish Assemblages
- Aging Research
- Tropical River Fisheries
- Electroreception in Fishes
- Habitat Degradation
- Biogeographical Patterns
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fish biology, ecology, and behavior research?
By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 431 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Fish biology, ecology, and behavior research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Ibagué publishes the most Fish biology, ecology, and behavior research, followed by Universidade Federal do Pará and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 111 works
- 2 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 81 works
- 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 69 works
- 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 53 works
- 5 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 52 works
- 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 52 works
- 7 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaBrazil 45 works
- 8 Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil 35 works
- 9 Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáBrazil 32 works
- 10 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 30 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fish biology, ecology, and behavior?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior include Lawrence M. Page.
- 1 Lawrence M. Page United States 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fish biology, ecology, and behavior research done?
The largest centres of Fish biology, ecology, and behavior research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Belém (Brazil), Manaus (Brazil) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué, Santarém and Manaus.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 228 works
- 2 Belém Brazil 140 works
- 3 Manaus Brazil 124 works
- 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 121 works
- 5 Ibagué Colombia 114 works
- 6 Brasília Brazil 71 works
- 7 Recife Brazil 60 works
- 8 Curitiba Brazil 44 works
- 9 Belo Horizonte Brazil 41 works
- 10 São Luís Brazil 41 works
Where it is the local speciality
- IbaguéCO · 114.0 works251×
- SantarémBR · 32.0 works160×
- ManausBR · 123.9 works70×
- BelémBR · 139.5 works48×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fish biology, ecology, and behavior than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fish biology, ecology, and behavior?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Pará, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará and Universidade Federal do Amazonas score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil | 59.7 | 7.9% | 52.2× | 81 | +80.3% |
| 2 | Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáBrazil | 59.7 | 6.9% | 159.6× | 32 | +956.7% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil | 56.2 | 6.2% | 61.5× | 52 | +111.9% |
| 4 | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil | 55.3 | 8.3% | 21.5× | 69 | +14.0% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil | 54.3 | 9.5% | 18.0× | 53 | +15.2% |
| 6 | Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil | 53.7 | 12.5% | 36.2× | 35 | +15.5% |
| 7 | Universidade Federal de RondôniaBrazil | 52.5 | 4.3% | 55.7× | 20 | +401.8% |
| 8 | Universidade Federal do MaranhãoBrazil | 51.9 | 5.9% | 23.6× | 18 | +172.8% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil | 51.8 | 18.1% | 23.6× | 15 | -17.2% |
| 10 | Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do ParáBrazil | 51.5 | 9.4% | 45.4× | 9 | +328.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Fish biology, ecology, and behavior research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Fish biology, ecology, and behavior.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.