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47
Citations
7892
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5818
National Ranking
155

Avelino Núñez-Delgado 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 Avelino Núñez-Delgado sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 191 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Avelino Núñez-Delgado 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 Avelino Núñez-Delgado sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Avelino Núñez-Delgado is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, encompassing a substantial body of work related to pollution, water science and technology, soil science, infectious diseases, and renewable energy within the context of sustainability and the environment.

Their frequent research topics include:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, among the most frequent are Esperanza Álvarez-Rodríguez, Manuel Arias-Estévez, María J. Fernández-Sanjurjo, David Fernández-Calviño, and Raquel Cela-Dablanca.

Avelino Núñez-Delgado has contributed to a variety of journals during their career. Key venues include:

  • Environmental Research
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Processes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Selected recent papers by the scientist include:

  • Soil aggregation and soil aggregate stability regulate organic carbon and nitrogen storage in a red soil of southern China (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Removal of caffeine, nicotine and amoxicillin from (waste)waters by various adsorbents. A review (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Photocatalytic degradation of xanthate in flotation plant tailings by TiO2/graphene nanocomposites (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Tetracycline and Sulfonamide Antibiotics in Soils: Presence, Fate and Environmental Risks (2020, Processes)
  • Phytotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons: Sources, impacts and remediation strategies (2021, Environmental Research)

In addition to journal articles, Núñez-Delgado has a published book titled Emerging Pollutants in Sewage Sludge and Soils, released in 2022 by Springer Nature.

Best Publications

  • A concise review of biochar application to agricultural soils to improve soil conditions and fight pollution.

    Muhammad Shaaban;Lukas Van Zwieten;Saqib Bashir;Aneela Younas

  • Soil aggregation and soil aggregate stability regulate organic carbon and nitrogen storage in a red soil of southern China.

    Adnan Mustafa;Xu Minggang;Syed Atizaz Ali Shah;Muhammad Mohsin Abrar

  • Removal of caffeine, nicotine and amoxicillin from (waste)waters by various adsorbents. A review.

    Ioannis Anastopoulos;Ioannis Pashalidis;Alexios G. Orfanos;Ioannis D. Manariotis

  • A review on halloysite-based adsorbents to remove pollutants in water and wastewater

    Ioannis Anastopoulos;Alok Mittal;Muhammad Usman;Muhammad Usman;Jyoti Mittal

  • Agricultural biomass/waste as adsorbents for toxic metal decontamination of aqueous solutions

    Ioannis Anastopoulos;Ioannis Pashalidis;Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei;Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis

  • Tetracycline and Sulfonamide Antibiotics in Soils: Presence, Fate and Environmental Risks

    Manuel Conde-Cid;Avelino Núñez-Delgado;María José Fernández-Sanjurjo;Esperanza Álvarez-Rodríguez

  • Phytotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons: Sources, impacts and remediation strategies.

    Fasih Ullah Haider;Mukkaram Ejaz;Sardar Alam Cheema;Muhammad Imran Khan

  • Occurrence of tetracyclines and sulfonamides in manures, agricultural soils and crops from different areas in Galicia (NW Spain)

    Manuel Conde-Cid;Cristina Álvarez-Esmorís;Remigio Paradelo-Núñez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Enhanced adsorption of aqueous Pb(II) by modified biochar produced through pyrolysis of watermelon seeds.

    Waqas Ahmed;Sajid Mehmood;Avelino Núñez-Delgado;Sehrish Ali

  • Highly efficient uranium (VI) capture from aqueous solution by means of a hydroxyapatite-biochar nanocomposite: Adsorption behavior and mechanism.

    Waqas Ahmed;Avelino Núñez-Delgado;Sajid Mehmood;Sehrish Ali

  • What do we know about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the environment?

    Avelino Núñez-Delgado

  • Combined application of biochar and sulfur regulated growth, physiological, antioxidant responses and Cr removal capacity of maize (Zea mays L.) in tannery polluted soils.

    Muhammad Asaad Bashir;Muhammad Naveed;Zahoor Ahmad;Bin Gao

  • Cadmium mediated phytotoxic impacts in Brassica napus: Managing growth, physiological and oxidative disturbances through combined use of biochar and Enterobacter sp. MN17.

    Asma Sabir;Asma Sabir;Muhammad Naveed;Muhammad Asaad Bashir;Azhar Hussain

  • Utilization of Citrullus lanatus L. seeds to synthesize a novel MnFe2O4-biochar adsorbent for the removal of U(VI) from wastewater: Insights and comparison between modified and raw biochar.

    Waqas Ahmed;Sajid Mehmood;Avelino Núñez-Delgado;Sehrish Ali

  • Pine bark as bio-adsorbent for Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn: Batch-type and stirred flow chamber experiments

    L. Cutillas-Barreiro;L. Ansias-Manso;D. Fernández-Calviño;M. Arias-Estévez

  • Oxidized biochar obtained from rice straw as adsorbent to remove uranium (VI) from aqueous solutions

    Waqas Ahmed;Sajid Mehmood;Muhammad Qaswar;Sehrish Ali

  • Simultaneous adsorption of ciprofloxacin and Cu2+ using Fe and N co-doped biochar: Competition and selective separation.

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  • Biochar synthesis from sweet lime peel for hexavalent chromium remediation from aqueous solution

    Amita Shakya;Avelino Núñez-Delgado;Tripti Agarwal

  • Competitive adsorption/desorption of tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline on two acid soils: Stirred flow chamber experiments.

    David Fernández-Calviño;Alipio Bermúdez-Couso;Manuel Arias-Estévez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Competitive adsorption of tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline on soils with different pH value and organic matter content.

    Manuel Conde-Cid;Gustavo Ferreira-Coelho;Avelino Núñez-Delgado;David Fernández-Calviño

  • Arsenic, chromium and mercury removal using mussel shell ash or a sludge/ashes waste mixture.

    Natalia Seco-Reigosa;Susana Peña-Rodríguez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz;Manuel Arias-Estévez

  • Phosphorus removal from wastewater using mussel shell: Investigation on retention mechanisms

    R. Paradelo;M. Conde-Cid;L. Cutillas-Barreiro;M. Arias-Estévez

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Arias-Estévez
Manuel Arias-Estévez Universidade de Vigo
Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz
Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz Universidade de Vigo
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña Spanish National Research Council
Yaoyu Zhou
Yaoyu Zhou Hunan Agricultural University
Diyun Chen
Diyun Chen Guangzhou University
José L. Domingo
José L. Domingo Rovira i Virgili University
Ning Han
Ning Han KU Leuven
Ioannis Anastopoulos
Ioannis Anastopoulos University of Ioannina
Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Zahir Ahmad Zahir University of Faisalabad
Shaomin Liu
Shaomin Liu Tianjin Polytechnic University

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