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Javier Sánchez Hernández
Titular de Universidad
2
Quinquenios
2024
1
Docentia
2021-22
2
Sexenios investigación
2019

Centro

E.S. CC. Experimentales y Tecnología

Departamento

Biología

Área

Ecología

Grupo de investigación

Grupo de Alto Rendimiento en Biodiversidad y ecología de las aguas dulces de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Grupo docente

Grupo de Innovación Docente Consolidado en Metodologías Activas para el fomento del aprendizaje significativo en el ámbito de la Biología

Centro/Instituto de investigación

Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Contacto

javier.sanchezh@urjc.es
Presentación

  • I am a freshwater ecologist interested in exploring global change impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Much of my research has a strong focus on trophic ecology, with a particular interest in ontogenetic niche shifts, niche variation and competitive mechanisms to better understand the stability of animal communities and ecosystem functioning. I am also particularly fascinated by aquatic-terrestrial linkages enabling ecosystem coupling. Currently, the exploration of how food webs respond to ecological and environmental gradients is a major, but not exclusive, focus of my research, aiming to explore how freshwater ecosystems may response to climate change and human-induced pressures. Thus, my research covers the exploration of impacts of global change on biodiversity and functioning of freshwater ecosystems.

    I have made substantial contributions to the generation of ideas, knowledge, hypotheses and results, providing significant scientific advances in understanding the structure and functioning of freshwater systems, particularly in the fields of trophic ecology theory and freshwater ecology. This work is reflected in a strong publication record, with 68 JCR-indexed papers since 2010, including 51 (75%) led as first author.

    Research lines:
    • Global change impacst on ecosystem structure and functioning.
    • Trophic ecology.
    • Stable isotopes as indicators of ecological processes.
    • Competitive interactions and food resource partitioning.
    • Food web structure.
    • Biogeographic patterns in feeding.

    Office:
    249 (Departmental II)

    https://biodiversas.org/
    https://iicg-urjc.es/

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Agencia Nº documentos Nº citas Índice H Q1 D1 IFNB IFNESI
Logo de la agencia 'Web of Science' Web of Science 67 1078 17 22 8 2,09 0,98
Logo de la agencia 'Scopus' Scopus 66 1173 17 33 16 1,39 -
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  • Autor de 68 artículos científicos en revistas internacionales incluidas en el Journal Citation Reports (JCR). A continuación se muestran publicaciones seleccionadas y representativas de las líneas de investigación:

    1.Sánchez-Hernández, J. (2025). Climate-induced shifts in ontogenetic niches threaten ecosystem coupling. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 4: 224-227. (factor de impacto: 17.3; 1/197 en Ecology)
    2.Sánchez-Hernández, J., Nunn, A.D., Adams, C. & Amundsen, P.-A. (2019). Causes and consequences of ontogenetic dietary shifts: a global synthesis using fish models. Biological Reviews, 94: 539-554. (factor de impacto: 10.701; 2/93 en "Biology")
    3. Sánchez-Hernández, J., Hayden, B., Harrod, C. & Kahilainen, K.K. (2021). Population niche breadth and individual trophic specialisation of fish along a climate-productivity gradient. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 31: 1025-1043. (factor de impacto: 6.845; 3/113 en "Marine & Freshwater Biology" y 4/54 en "Fisheries")
    4. Sánchez-Hernández, J. & Amundsen, P.-A. (2018). Ecosystem type shapes trophic position and omnivory in fishes. Fish and Fisheries, 19: 103-115. (factor de impacto: 6.655; 2/52 en "Fisheries")
    5. Sánchez-Hernández, J., Prati, S., Henriksen, E.H., Smalås, A., Knudsen, R., Klemetsen, A. & Amundsen, P-A. (2022). Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32:1141-1155 (factor de impacto: 6.2; 3/109 en "Marine & Freshwater Biology" y 4/55 en "Fisheries")
    6. Sánchez-Hernández, J. (2023). Fresh perspectives on the River Continuum Concept require trophic ecology approaches focussed on food web structure and energy mobilisation routes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92: 957-964. (factor de impacto: 3.5; 8/181 en "Zoology" y 48/197 en "Ecology")*Recognised as a top cited paper in Journal of Animal Ecology among work published between 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
    7. Sánchez-Hernández, J., Finstad, A.G., Arnekleiv, J.V., Kjærstad, G. & Amundsen P.-A. (2021). Beyond ecological opportunity: prey diversity rather than abundance shapes predator niche variation. Freshwater Biology, 1: 44-61. (factor de impacto: 3.538;  17/113 en "Marine & Freshwater Biology") *Recognised as a top cited paper in Freshwater Biology among work published in an issue between 1 January 2021 - 15 December 2022
    8. Amundsen, P-A. & Sánchez-Hernández, J. (2019). Feeding studies take guts - critical review and recommendations of methods for stomach contents analysis in fish. Journal of  Fish Biology, 95: 1364-1373 (factor de impacto: 2.038; 24/53 en "Fisheries" y 50/106 en "Marine & Freshwater Biology") *Article recommended by the Editorial Broad (https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.14195)
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