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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
8487
World Ranking
5551
National Ranking
148

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
45
Citations
7525
World Ranking
5529
National Ranking
131

Almudena Hospido publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Almudena Hospido sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 73 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Almudena Hospido D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Almudena Hospido sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Almudena Hospido is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with particular focus on various subfields such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomaterials, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, and Food Science.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Recent publications by Almudena Hospido demonstrate a focus on environmental impact assessment and sustainability in areas related to wastewater, food systems, and waste treatment. Notable papers include:

  • "The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review," 2020, published in Water Research
  • "Perspectives from CO+RE: How COVID-19 changed our food systems and food security paradigms," 2020, published in Current Research in Food Science
  • "Life cycle environmental impacts of sewage sludge treatment methods for resource recovery considering ecotoxicity of heavy metals and pharmaceutical and personal care products," 2020, published in Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Evaluation and optimization of the environmental performance of PHA downstream processing," 2020, published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Analysing the interaction between the dairy sector and climate change from a life cycle perspective: A review," 2021, published in Trends in Food Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Almudena Hospido include Miguel Mauricio-Iglesias, Mateo Saavedra del Oso, Alba Roibás-Rozas, Anuska Mosquera-Corral, and Paola Guzmán-Luna.

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in several venues, illustrating a broad engagement with environmental and scientific communities. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Life cycle assessment applied to wastewater treatment: State of the art

    L.-L. Corominas;J. Foley;J. S. Guest;A. Hospido

  • Monitoring and diagnosis of energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants. A state of the art and proposals for improvement

    Stefano Longo;Benedetto Mirko d’Antoni;Michael Bongards;Antonio Chaparro

  • Testing the assertion that ‘local food is best’: the challenges of an evidence-based approach

    Gareth Edwards-Jones;Llorenç Milà i Canals;Natalia Hounsome;Monica Truninger

  • The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review.

    Lluís Corominas;Diana M. Byrne;Jeremy S. Guest;Almudena Hospido

  • Environmental and economic profile of six typologies of wastewater treatment plants.

    G. Rodriguez-Garcia;M. Molinos-Senante;A. Hospido;F. Hernández-Sancho

  • Simplified life cycle assessment of galician milk production

    A. Hospido;M.T. Moreira;G. Feijoo

  • Environmental Evaluation of Different Treatment Processes for Sludge from Urban Wastewater Treatments: Anaerobic Digestion versus Thermal Processes (10 pp)

    Almudena Hospido;Teresa Moreira;María Martín;Miquel Rigola

  • Environmental performance of wastewater treatment plants for small populations

    Alejandro Gallego;Almudena Hospido;Maria Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Life cycle environmental impacts of Spanish tuna fisheries

    Almudena Hospido;Peter Tyedmers

  • Benchmarking environmental and operational parameters through eco-efficiency criteria for dairy farms

    Diego Iribarren;Almudena Hospido;María Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Perspectives from CO+RE: How COVID-19 changed our food systems and food security paradigms

    Serafim Bakalis;Serafim Bakalis;Vasilis P. Valdramidis;Dimitrios Argyropoulos;Lilia Ahrne

  • Environmental assessment of anaerobically digested sludge reuse in agriculture: potential impacts of emerging micropollutants.

    Almudena Hospido;Marta Carballa;Maite Moreira;Francisco Omil

  • Environmental Performance of a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

    Almudena Hospido;Ma Teresa Moreira;Mercedes Fernández-Couto;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Life Cycle Inventory of Particleboard: A Case Study in the Wood Sector (8 pp)

    Beatriz Rivela;Almudena Hospido;Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • A comparison of municipal wastewater treatment plants for big centres of population in Galicia (Spain)

    Almudena Hospido;Ma Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Life cycle assessment of raw materials for non-wood pulp mills: Hemp and flax

    S. González-García;A. Hospido;G. Feijoo;M.T. Moreira

  • Environmental assessment of canned tuna manufacture with a life-cycle perspective

    A. Hospido;M.E. Vazquez;A. Cuevas;G. Feijoo

  • A review of methodological issues affecting LCA of novel food products.

    Almudena Hospido;Almudena Hospido;Jennifer Davis;Johanna Berlin;Ulf Sonesson

  • The role of seasonality in lettuce consumption: a case study of environmental and social aspects

    A. Hospido;A. Hospido;L. Mila I Canals;S. McLaren;S. McLaren;M. Truninger

  • Should We Pretreat Solid Waste Prior to Anaerobic Digestion? An Assessment of Its Environmental Cost

    Marta Carballa;Cecilia Duran;Almudena Hospido

Frequent Co-Authors

Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
Maria Teresa Moreira
Maria Teresa Moreira University of Santiago de Compostela
Francesco Fatone
Francesco Fatone Marche Polytechnic University
Ian Vázquez-Rowe
Ian Vázquez-Rowe Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Sara González-García
Sara González-García University of Santiago de Compostela
Nicola Frison
Nicola Frison University of Verona
Diego Iribarren
Diego Iribarren Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
Ulf Sonesson
Ulf Sonesson RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Juan M. Lema
Juan M. Lema University of Santiago de Compostela
Jeremy S. Guest
Jeremy S. Guest University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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