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2026

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D-Index
70
Citations
14252
World Ranking
1717
National Ranking
7

Carlos Vale 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 Carlos Vale sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 309 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carlos Vale 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 Carlos Vale sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Carlos Vale is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research work covers several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Carlos Vale has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Eduarda Pereira, Bruno Henriques, João Pinto, Daniela Tavares, and Elaine Fabre.

Their research has been published primarily in these venues:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Water Air & Soil Pollution

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • Microplastics in fishes from an estuary (Minho River) ending into the NE Atlantic Ocean, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • A green method based on living macroalgae for the removal of rare-earth elements from contaminated waters, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Major characteristics of microplastics in mussels from the Portuguese coast, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Influence of salinity and rare earth elements on simultaneous removal of Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni and Pb from contaminated waters by living macroalgae, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Nutshells as Efficient Biosorbents to Remove Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury from Contaminated Solutions, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Carlos Vale has also contributed to book publications, including the title A PSICANÁLISE E O CONTEMPORÂNEO: Questões clínicas, teóricas e sociais, published by Editora BAGAI eBooks in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure

    Luís Gabriel A. Barboza;Clara Lopes;Patrícia Oliveira;Filipa Bessa

  • Halogenated compounds from marine algae.

    Maria Teresa Cabrita;Carlos Vale;Amélia Pilar Rauter

  • Evaluation of eutrophication in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon, Portugal

    Alice Newton;John Icely;Manuela Falcão;A. Nobre

  • Accumulation of Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr and Ni in Sediments Between Roots of the Tagus Estuary Salt Marshes, Portugal

    Isabel Ca çador;Carlos Vale;Fernando Catarino

  • Sediment loads in the Amazon River

    Robert H. Meade;Carl F. Nordin;William F. Curtis;Flavio M. Costa Rodrigues

  • Metal Remobilisation during Resuspension of Anoxic Contaminated Sediment: Short-Term Laboratory Study

    Miguel Caetano;Maria-João Madureira;Carlos Vale

  • Histological biomarkers in liver and gills of juvenile Solea senegalensis exposed to contaminated estuarine sediments: A weighted indices approach

    Pedro M. Costa;Mário S. Diniz;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Jorge Lobo

  • Metal-rich concretions on the roots of salt marsh plants: Mechanism and rate of formation

    Bjørn Sundby;Carlos Vale;Zsabel Caçador;Fernando Catarino

  • Accumulation and biological cycling of heavy metal in four salt marsh species, from Tagus estuary (Portugal).

    B. Duarte;M. Caetano;P.R. Almeida;C. Vale

  • Seasonal Variation of Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd Concentrations in the Root-Sediment System of Spartina Maritima and Halimione Portulacoides From Tagus Estuary Salt Marshes

    I Caçador;C Vale;F Catarino

  • Mercury and selenium in blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius, L. 1758) from two areas of the Atlantic Ocean

    Vasco Branco;Carlos Vale;João Canário;Miguel Neves dos Santos

  • Suspended sediment fluctuations in the Tagus estuary on semi-diurnal and fortnightly time scales

    Carlos Vale;Bjørn Sundby

  • Major and trace elements in soils and ashes of eucalypt and pine forest plantations in Portugal following a wildfire.

    Isabel Campos;Nelson Abrantes;Jan Jacob Keizer;Carlos Vale

  • Chromium removal from contaminated waters using nanomaterials – A review

    Joana C. Almeida;Celso E.D. Cardoso;Daniela S. Tavares;Rosa Freitas

  • Stock and losses of trace metals from salt marsh plants.

    Isabel Caçador;Miguel Caetano;Bernardo Duarte;Carlos Vale

  • Organochlorine contaminants in flounder (Platichthys flesus) and mullet (Mugil cephalus) from Douro estuary, and their use as sentinel species for environmental monitoring.

    M. Ferreira;P. Antunes;O. Gil;C. Vale

  • Distribution of monomethylmercury and mercury in surface sediments of the Tagus Estuary (Portugal).

    J. Canário;C. Vale;M. Caetano

  • Recovery of Rare Earth Elements by Carbon-Based Nanomaterials—A Review

    Celso E D Cardoso;Joana C Almeida;Cláudia B Lopes;Tito Trindade

  • Accumulation of Mercury in Sea Bass from a Contaminated Lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

    S.N Abreu;E Pereira;C Vale;A.C Duarte

  • Monitoring of coastal and transitional waters under the E.U. Water Framework Directive

    J. G. Ferreira;C. Vale;C. V. Soares;F. Salas

  • An estimation of industrial mercury stored in sediments of a confined area of the lagoon of aveiro (Portugal)

    M. E. Pereira;A. C. Duarte;G. E. Millward;S. N. Abreu

  • Accumulation of Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr and Ni in sediments between roots of the Tagus estuary salt marshes, Portugal

    I. Cacador;C. Vale;F. Catarino

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Caetano
Miguel Caetano Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Eduarda Pereira
Eduarda Pereira University of Aveiro
Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro
João Canário
João Canário Instituto Superior Técnico
Sandra Caeiro
Sandra Caeiro Universidade Aberta
Ricardo Prego
Ricardo Prego Spanish National Research Council
Marta Martins
Marta Martins Trinity College Dublin
Mário Pacheco
Mário Pacheco University of Aveiro
Isabel Caçador
Isabel Caçador University of Lisbon
Paulo Antunes
Paulo Antunes University of Aveiro

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