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Biology and Biochemistry
Portugal
2026
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Environmental Sciences
Portugal
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 95 474 448 3 3 828 39120
Biology and Biochemistry 95 1881 1698 4 4 840 39259

Amadeu M.V.M. Soares publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Amadeu M.V.M. Soares between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Amadeu M.V.M. Soares published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 27.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 85 publications in 2016. 67 of the 1,024 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 85. Peak 85 publications in 2016. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 19 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 35 publications 2011: 36 publications 2012: 33 publications 2013: 36 publications 2014: 44 publications 2015: 65 publications 2016: 85 publications 2017: 74 publications 2018: 48 publications 2019: 72 publications 2020: 61 publications 2021: 60 publications 2022: 53 publications 2023: 55 publications 2024: 40 publications 2025: 27 publications
1989 2025

1,024 publications in total across all disciplines

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Amadeu M.V.M. Soares: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 0
1991 3
1992 1
1993 2
1994 2
1995 7
1996 5
1997 3
1998 10
1999 9
2000 13
2001 6
2002 11
2003 8
2004 14
2005 23
2006 14
2007 19
2008 20
2009 29
2010 35
2011 36
2012 33
2013 36
2014 44
2015 65
2016 85
2017 74
2018 48
2019 72
2020 61
2021 60
2022 53
2023 55
2024 40
2025 27
Total 1,024
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Amadeu M.V.M. Soares publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amadeu M.V.M. Soares sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 690+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 828 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100 828
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Amadeu M.V.M. Soares D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amadeu M.V.M. Soares sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 95 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24 95
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Amadeu M.V.M. Soares is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and specializes in Environmental Science. Their body of work encompasses a wide range of topics, focusing primarily on environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, marine biology and environmental chemistry, microplastics and plastic pollution, mercury impact and mitigation studies, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, and heavy metals in the environment.

Their research contributions include numerous publications in several well-regarded scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Among their recent papers are:

  • Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microplastics in landfill leachates: The need for reconnaissance studies and remediation technologies (2020) published in Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • Caffeine as a contaminant of concern: A review on concentrations and impacts in marine coastal systems (2021) published in Chemosphere
  • Phthalates' exposure leads to an increasing concern on cardiovascular health (2023) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs in the marine environment: Bioconcentration, metabolism and sub-lethal effects in marine bivalves (2020) published in Environmental Pollution

Frequent collaborators in their research include Rosa Freitas, Eduarda Pereira, Susana Loureiro, Carlo Pretti, and Andreia C. M. Rodrigues.

The major fields of study relevant to their work center on Environmental Science. Subfields with notable focus include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Ecology; Molecular Biology; and Ocean Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Interactions between effects of environmental chemicals and natural stressors: A review

    Martin Holmstrup;Anne-Mette Bindesbøl;Gertie Janneke Oostingh;Albert Duschl

  • Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment.

    Ana L. Patrício Silva;Joana C. Prata;Tony R. Walker;Diana Campos

  • Metal-based nanoparticles in soil: fate, behavior, and effects on soil invertebrates.

    Paula S. Tourinho;Cornelis A. M. van Gestel;Stephen Lofts;Claus Svendsen

  • Physiological responses of the European cockle Cerastoderma edule (Bivalvia: Cardidae) as indicators of coastal lagoon pollution.

    Jeamylle Nilin;João Luís Teixeira Pestana;Nuno Gonçalo Ferreira;Susana Loureiro

  • Beyond taxonomy: a review of macroinvertebrate trait‐based community descriptors as tools for freshwater biomonitoring

    Salomé Menezes;Donald J. Baird;Amadeu M. V. M. Soares

  • Acute effects of copper and mercury on the estuarine fish Pomatoschistus microps: linking biomarkers to behaviour.

    L.R. Vieira;C. Gravato;A.M.V.M. Soares;F. Morgado

  • Effects of nanoplastics on Mytilus galloprovincialis after individual and combined exposure with carbamazepine.

    I. Brandts;M. Teles;A.P. Gonçalves;A. Barreto

  • Effects of triclosan on zebrafish early-life stages and adults

    Rhaul Oliveira;Inês Domingues;Cesar Koppe Grisolia;Amadeu M. V. M. Soares

  • Lactate dehydrogenase activity as an effect criterion in toxicity tests with Daphnia magna straus

    Teresa C. Diamantino;Elisabete Almeida;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares;Lúcia Guilhermino

  • Should the use of inhibition of cholinesterases as a specific biomarker for organophosphate and carbamate pesticides be questioned

    Lucia Guilhermino;Piedade Barros;M. C. Silva;Amadeu M. V. M. Soares

  • Biochemical responses of the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis to petrochemical environmental contamination along the North-western coast of Portugal

    Inês Lima;Susana M. Moreira;Jaime Rendón-Von Osten;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares

  • Terrestrial avoidance behaviour tests as screening tool to assess soil contamination.

    Susana Loureiro;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares;António J.A. Nogueira

  • Acute toxicity test with Daphnia magna: an alternative to mammals in the prescreening of chemical toxicity?

    Lúcia Guilhermino;Teresa Diamantino;M. Carolina Silva;A.M.V.M. Soares

  • The Daphnia bioassay: a critique

    Donald J. Baird;Ian Barber;Mairead Bradley;Peter Calow

  • Silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate induce high toxicity to Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, Daphnia magna and Danio rerio.

    Fabianne Ribeiro;Julián Alberto Gallego-Urrea;Kerstin Jurkschat;Alison Crossley

  • Toxicity of binary mixtures of metals and pyrethroid insecticides to Daphnia magna Straus. Implications for multi-substance risks assessment

    Carlos Barata;D.J. Baird;A.J.A. Nogueira;A.M.V.M. Soares

  • A comparative study of genotype sensitivity to acute toxic stress using clones of Daphnia magna Straus

    Donald J. Baird;Ian Barber;Mairead Bradley;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares

  • In vivo evaluation of three biomarkers in the mosquitofish (Gambusia yucatana) exposed to pesticides

    J. Rendón-von Osten;A. Ortíz-Arana;L. Guilhermino;L. Guilhermino;A.M.V.M. Soares

  • Macroinvertebrate response to acid mine drainage: community metrics and on-line behavioural toxicity bioassay.

    A Gerhardt;L Janssens de Bisthoven;A.M.V.M Soares

  • Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Juveniles of Daphnia magna Straus

    L. Guilhermino;M. C. Lopes;A. P. Carvalho;A. M. V. M. Soares

  • Effect of Endosulfan and Parathion on Energy Reserves and Physiological Parameters of the Terrestrial Isopod Porcellio dilatatus

    Sónia Ribeiro;J.P. Sousa;A.J.A. Nogueira;A.M.V.M. Soares

Frequent Co-Authors

Susana Loureiro
Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro
Rosa Freitas
Rosa Freitas University of Aveiro
Etelvina Figueira
Etelvina Figueira University of Aveiro
Carlos Barata
Carlos Barata Spanish National Research Council
Lúcia Guilhermino
Lúcia Guilhermino University of Porto
António J.A. Nogueira
António J.A. Nogueira University of Aveiro
Rui Ribeiro
Rui Ribeiro University of Coimbra
Fernando Gonçalves
Fernando Gonçalves University of Aveiro
Isabel Lopes
Isabel Lopes University of Aveiro
Carlos Gravato
Carlos Gravato University of Lisbon

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