Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique
Publicated to:ZOOTAXA. 4359 (1): 1-133 - 2017-12-04 4359(1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1
Authors: Tibirica, Yara; Pola, Marta; Lucas Cervera, Juan
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Abstract
This paper provides the first comprehensive annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura from Mozambique. A total of 267 species are recorded, including 61 putative new species, documented over a period of seven years from several localities along the coast. At least 20 species need further investigation through molecular and taxomic analysis. Of the 186 confirmed described species, 118 are new records for the Mozambican fauna. Sampling was carried in tidal reefs and depths up to 60m on the subtropical and tropical coast of Mozambique. The most representative families were Chromodorididae (69 species), Discodorididae (30 species), Facelinidae (23 species) and Phyllididae (16 species). Nevertheless, a vast area of Mozambique remains unexplored, thus it is likely that the species documented here represent only a fraction of the true Nudipleura diversity of the country.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal ZOOTAXA, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q3 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Zoology, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.91. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)
This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:
- Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 2.62 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
- Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 4.1 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-10, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 29
- Scopus: 33
- Europe PMC: 1
- Google Scholar: 40
- OpenCitations: 2026
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This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Mozambique.