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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
7777
World Ranking
5587
National Ranking
3

Elías Razo-Flores 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 Elías Razo-Flores sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elías Razo-Flores 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 Elías Razo-Flores sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 Mexico Leader Award

Best Publications

  • Sulfide oxidation under chemolithoautotrophic denitrifying conditions

    Ricardo Beristain Cardoso;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Pieter Rowlette;Elias Razo Flores

  • Simultaneous biological removal of nitrogen, carbon and sulfur by denitrification.

    Jesús Reyes-Avila;Elı́as Razo-Flores;Jorge Gomez

  • Chemolithotrophic denitrification with elemental sulfur for groundwater treatment.

    Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Margarita Salazar;Jorge Gómez

  • Biodegradation of selected azo dyes under methanogenic conditions

    Elías Razo-Flores;Maurice Luijten;Brian Donlon;Gatze Lettinga

  • Fermentative hydrogen production in batch experiments using lactose, cheese whey and glucose: Influence of initial substrate concentration and pH

    Gustavo Davila-Vazquez;Felipe Alatriste-Mondragón;Antonio de León-Rodríguez;Elías Razo-Flores

  • Continuous biohydrogen production using cheese whey: Improving the hydrogen production rate

    Gustavo Davila-Vazquez;Ciria Berenice Cota-Navarro;Luis Manuel Rosales-Colunga;Antonio de León-Rodríguez

  • Stability problems in the hydrogen production by dark fermentation: Possible causes and solutions

    Elena Castelló;Antonio Djalma Nunes Ferraz-Junior;Cristiane Andreani;Melida del Pilar Anzola-Rojas

  • Complete biodegradation of the azo dye azodisalicylate under anaerobic conditions.

    ElÍas Razo-Flores;Maurice Luijten;Brian A. Donlon;Gatze Lettinga

  • Toxicity of N-substituted aromatics to acetoclastic methanogenic activity in granular sludge.

    B A Donlon;E Razo-Flores;J A Field;G Lettinga

  • Fermentative biohydrogen production: trends and perspectives

    Gustavo Davila-Vazquez;Sonia Arriaga;Felipe Alatriste-Mondragón;Antonio de León-Rodríguez

  • Continuous detoxification, transformation, and degradation of nitrophenols in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors

    Brian A. Donlon;Elías Razo-Flores;Gatze Lettinga;Jim A. Field

  • Detoxification and partial mineralization of the azo dye mordant orange 1 in a continuous upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket reactor

    B. Donlon;E. Razo-Flores;M. Luijten;H. Swarts

  • Biotransformation and biodegradation of N‐substituted aromatics in methanogenic granular sludge

    Elías Razo-Flores;Elías Razo-Flores;Brian Donlon;Gatze Lettinga;Jim A. Field

  • Precipitation and recovery of metal sulfides from metal containing acidic wastewater in a sulfidogenic down-flow fluidized bed reactor.

    Marisol Gallegos-Garcia;Lourdes B. Celis;René Rangel-Méndez;Elías Razo-Flores

  • Arsenic mobility controlled by solid calcium arsenates: A case study in Mexico showcasing a potentially widespread environmental problem

    Nadia Martínez-Villegas;Roberto Briones-Gallardo;José A. Ramos-Leal;Miguel Avalos-Borja

  • Hydrogen sulfide oxidation by a microbial consortium in a recirculation reactor system: sulfur formation under oxygen limitation and removal of phenols.

    Sergio Alcantara;Antonio Velasco;Ana Muñoz;Juan Cid

  • Continuous hydrogen and methane production from Agave tequilana bagasse hydrolysate by sequential process to maximize energy recovery efficiency.

    Virginia Montiel Corona;Elías Razo-Flores

  • Microbial communities from 20 different hydrogen-producing reactors studied by 454 pyrosequencing

    Claudia Etchebehere;Elena Castelló;Jorge Wenzel;Mélida del Pilar Anzola-Rojas

  • Dark-fermentative biohydrogen pathways and microbial networks in continuous stirred tank reactors: Novel insights on their control

    Rodolfo Palomo-Briones;Elías Razo-Flores;Nicolas Bernet;Eric Trably

  • Biodegradability of N-substituted aromatics and alkylphenols under methanogenic conditions using granular sludge.

    Elías Razo-Flores;Brian Donlon;Jim Field;Gatze Lettinga

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim A. Field
Jim A. Field University of Arizona
Francisco J. Cervantes
Francisco J. Cervantes National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gatze Lettinga
Gatze Lettinga Wageningen University & Research
Germán Buitrón
Germán Buitrón National Autonomous University of Mexico
Eric Trably
Eric Trably INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nicolas Bernet
Nicolas Bernet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Reyes Sierra-Alvarez
Reyes Sierra-Alvarez University of Arizona
Marcelo Zaiat
Marcelo Zaiat Universidade de São Paulo
Sergio Revah
Sergio Revah UAM Cuajimalpa
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research

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