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D-Index
45
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7663
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6410
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179

Carles M. Borrego 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 Carles M. Borrego sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 124 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Carles M. Borrego 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 Carles M. Borrego sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Carles M. Borrego is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain. The research work primarily focuses on areas spanning medicine and physics and astronomy, with significant contributions to the subfields of infectious diseases, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and radiation. Their interests also extend to molecular biology and ecology.

The scientist's research topics encompass SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, radiation detection and scintillator technologies, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, biosensors and analytical detection, and gut microbiota and health.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Evaluation of two rapid ultrafiltration-based methods for SARS-CoV-2 concentration from wastewater, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • New insights on the combined removal of antibiotics and ARGs in urban wastewater through the use of two configurations of vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Faecal microbiota and antibiotic resistance genes in migratory waterbirds with contrasting habitat use, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Monitoring waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: Inferences from WWTPs of different sizes, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The relevance of environment vs. composition on dissolved organic matter degradation in freshwaters, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Carles M. Borrego include:

  • Sílvia Bofill-Mas
  • Lluís Corominas
  • Marta Rusiñol
  • Marta Itarte
  • Sandra Martínez-Puchol

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river.

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Sara Chamorro;Elisabet Marti;Belinda Huerta

  • The role of biofilms as environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance

    José L. Balcázar;Jéssica Subirats;Carles M. Borrego;Carles M. Borrego

  • Occurrence and persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in river biofilms after wastewater inputs in small rivers.

    Lorenzo Proia;Lorenzo Proia;Daniel von Schiller;Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió;Sergi Sabater

  • Metagenomic analysis reveals that bacteriophages are reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes.

    Jéssica Subirats;Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió;Carles M. Borrego;José Luis Balcázar

  • Connecting biodiversity and potential functional role in modern euxinic environments by microbial metagenomics

    Tomàs Llorens-Marès;Shibu Yooseph;Johannes Goll;Jeff Hoffman

  • Stream Biofilm Responses to Flow Intermittency: From Cells to Ecosystems

    Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater;Xisca Timoner;Carles Borrego;Carles Borrego;Vicenç Acuña

  • Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in five municipal wastewater treatment plants in the Monastir Governorate, Tunisia.

    Ikbel Denden Rafraf;Itziar Lekunberri;Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió;Mahjoub Aouni

  • Sewers as potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance.

    Olga Auguet;Maite Pijuan;Carles M. Borrego;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Exploring the contribution of bacteriophages to antibiotic resistance.

    Itziar Lekunberri;Jèssica Subirats;Carles M. Borrego;José Luis Balcázar

  • Antibiotic resistance along an urban river impacted by treated wastewaters.

    Lorenzo Proia;Adriana Anzil;Jessica Subirats;Carles Borrego

  • Contribution of bacteriophage and plasmid DNA to the mobilization of antibiotic resistance genes in a river receiving treated wastewater discharges.

    Itziar Lekunberri;Marta Villagrasa;José Luis Balcázar;Carles M. Borrego

  • Separation of bacteriochlorophyll homologues from green photosynthetic sulfur bacteria by reversed-phase HPLC.

    C. M. Borrego;L. J. Garcia-Gil

  • Insights in the ecology and evolutionary history of the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group lineage

    Mireia Fillol;Jean-Christophe Auguet;Emilio O Casamayor;Carles M Borrego;Carles M Borrego

  • Vertical Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Crenarchaeota and Methanogens in the Epipelagic Waters of Lake Kivu (Rwanda-Democratic Republic of the Congo)

    Marc Llirós;Frederic Gich;Anna Plasencia;Jean-Christophe Auguet

  • High archaeal richness in the water column of a freshwater sulfurous karstic lake along an interannual study

    Marc Llirós;Emilio O. Casamayor;Carles M. Borrego

  • Light intensity effects on pigment composition and organisation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

    Carles M. Borrego;Paolo D. Gerola;Mette Miller;Raymond P. Cox

  • Rearrangement of light harvesting bacteriochlorophyll homologues as a response of green sulfur bacteria to low light intensities.

    C. M. Borrego;L. J. Garcia-Gil

  • Marked seasonality of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the coastal NW Mediterranean Sea as revealed by cell abundance, pigment concentration and pyrosequencing of pufM gene

    Isabel Ferrera;Carles M. Borrego;Guillem Salazar;Josep M. Gasol

  • Emerging contaminants and nutrients synergistically affect the spread of class 1 integron-integrase (intI1) and sul1 genes within stable streambed bacterial communities.

    Jèssica Subirats;Xisca Timoner;Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió;José Luis Balcázar

  • Evaluation of two rapid ultrafiltration-based methods for SARS-CoV-2 concentration from wastewater.

    Eva Forés;Sílvia Bofill-Mas;Marta Itarte;Sandra Martínez-Puchol

  • Availability of glucose and light modulates the structure and function of a microbial biofilm

    Irene Ylla;Carles Borrego;Anna M. Romaní;Sergi Sabater;Sergi Sabater

  • Determination of the topography and biometry of chlorosomes by atomic force microscopy

    Asunción Martínez-Planells;Juan B. Arellano;Carles M. Borrego;Carmen López-Iglesias

  • Internal Structure of Chlorosomes from Brown-Colored Chlorobium Species and the Role of Carotenoids in Their Assembly

    Jakub Pšenčík;Juan B. Arellano;Teemu P. Ikonen;Carles M. Borrego

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Balcázar
José Luis Balcázar Catalan Institute for Water Research
Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Emilio O. Casamayor
Emilio O. Casamayor Spanish National Research Council
François Darchambeau
François Darchambeau University of Liège
Pierre Servais
Pierre Servais Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alberto Borges
Alberto Borges University of Liège
Rafael Marcé
Rafael Marcé Catalan Institute for Water Research
Jean-Pierre Descy
Jean-Pierre Descy University of Liège
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Maite Pijuan
Maite Pijuan Catalan Institute for Water Research

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