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Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
8189
World Ranking
5287
National Ranking
139

Emilio Fernández 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 Emilio Fernández sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Emilio Fernández 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 Emilio Fernández sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Emilio Fernández is affiliated with the Universidade de Vigo in Spain and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Rheumatology.

Key topics covered in their research comprise:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Emilio Fernández has published extensively, with frequent contributions in venues such as:

  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • Environmental Microbiology

Among the recent papers attributed to Fernández are the following:

  • Integration of the circular economy paradigm under the just and safe operating space narrative: Twelve operational principles based on circularity, sustainability and resilience, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Rapid bacterioplankton transcription cascades regulate organic matter utilization during phytoplankton bloom progression in a coastal upwelling system, 2022, The ISME Journal
  • Cobalamin and microbial plankton dynamics along a coastal to offshore transect in the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Response of prokaryote community composition to riverine and atmospheric nutrients in a coastal embayment: Role of organic matter on Vibrionales, 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Microbial Plankton Community Structure and Function Responses to Vitamin B 12 and B 1 Amendments in an Upwelling System, 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Collaborative relationships have been established with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Eva Teira (17 publications)
  • Gonzalo Méndez Martínez (11 publications)
  • Sandra Martínez-García (6 publications)
  • Vanessa Joglar (6 publications)
  • Jarone Pinhassi (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Operational principles of circular economy for sustainable development: Linking theory and practice

    Brais Suárez-Eiroa;Emilio Fernández;Gonzalo Méndez-Martínez;David Soto-Oñate;David Soto-Oñate

  • A biogeochemical study of the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, in the North Atlantic

    Patrick M. Holligan;Emilio Fernández;James Aiken;William M. Balch

  • A model system approach to biological climate forcing : The example of Emiliania huxleyi

    Peter Westbroek;Christopher W Brown;Judith van Bleijswijk;Colin Brownlee

  • The impact of a coccolithophore bloom on oceanic carbon uptake in the northeast Atlantic during summer 1991

    J.E. Robertson;J.E. Robertson;C. Robinson;D.R. Turner;P. Holligan

  • Production Of Organic And Inorganic Carbon Within A Large-Scale Coccolithophore Bloom In The Northeast Atlantic-Ocean

    E Fernandez;PW Boyd;PM Holligan;DS Harbour

  • Phytoplankton size structure and primary production in a highly dynamic coastal ecosystem (Ria de Vigo, NW-Spain): Seasonal and short-time scale variability

    Pedro Cermeño;Emilio Marañón;Emilio Marañón;Valesca Pérez;Pablo Serret

  • Viral activity in relation to Emiliania huxleyi blooms: a mechanism of DMSP release?

    Bratbak G;Levasseur M;Michaud S;Cantin G

  • Effect of a simulated oil spill on natural assemblages of marine phytoplankton enclosed in microcosms

    José González;F. G. Figueiras;María Aranguren-Gassis;B. G. Crespo;B. G. Crespo

  • Significance and mechanisms of photosynthetic production of dissolved organic carbon in a coastal eutrophic ecosystem

    Emilio Marañón;Pedro Cermeño;Emilio Fernández;Jaime Rodríguez

  • Dissolved organic carbon production by microbial populations in the Atlantic Ocean

    Eva Teira;María José Pazó;Pablo Serret;Emilio Fernández

  • Degree of oligotrophy controls the response of microbial plankton to Saharan dust

    Emilio Marañén;Ana Fernández;Beatriz Mouriño-Carballido;Sandra MartÍnez-GarcÍa

  • The 1991 coccolithophore bloom in the central North Atlantic. 2. Relating optics to coccolith concentration

    William M. Balch;Katherine A. Kilpatrick;Patrick Holligan;Derek Harbour

  • Size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass and primary production in the Gerlache and south Bransfield Straits (Antarctic Peninsula) in Austral summer 1995–1996

    Manuel Varela;Emilio Fernandez;Pablo Serret;Pablo Serret

  • A persistent upwelling off the Central Cantabrian Coast (Bay of Biscay)

    J.A. Botas;E. Fernandez;A. Bode;R. Anadon

  • Plankton distribution across a slope current-induced front in the southern Bay of Biscay

    E. Fernández;J. Cabal;J.L. Acuña;A. Bode

  • Large-sized phytoplankton sustain higher carbon-specific photosynthesis than smaller cells in a coastal eutrophic ecosystem

    Pedro Cermeño;Emilio Marañón;Jaime Rodríguez;Emilio Fernández

  • Variability and seasonality of physical and biological fields at the Great Meteor Tablemount (subtropical NE Atlantic)

    Beatriz Mouriño;Emilio Fernández;Pablo Serret;Derek Harbour

  • Vertical distribution of phytoplankton biomass, production and growth in the Atlantic subtropical gyres

    Valesca Pérez;Emilio Fernández;Emilio Marañón;Xosé Anxelu G. Morán

  • Seasonal compensation of microbial production and respiration in a temperate sea

    Pablo Serret;Emilio Fernández;Jorge A. Sostres;Ricardo Anadón

  • Phytoplankton size-structure, particulate and dissolved organic carbon production and oxygen fluxes through microbial communities in the NW Iberian coastal transition zone

    Eva Teira;Pablo Serret;Emilio Fernández

  • Production of DMSP and DMS during a mesocosm study of an Emiliania huxleyi bloom: influence of bacteria and Calanus finmarchicus grazing

    M. Levasseur;S. Michaud;J. Egge;G. Cantin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Teira
Eva Teira Universidade de Vigo
Emilio Marañón
Emilio Marañón Universidade de Vigo
Antonio Bode
Antonio Bode Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Ricardo Beiras
Ricardo Beiras Universidade de Vigo
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán Spanish Institute of Oceanography
William M. Balch
William M. Balch Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
D. S. Harbour
D. S. Harbour Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Francisco G. Figueiras
Francisco G. Figueiras Spanish National Research Council
Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
Manuel F. Varela
Manuel F. Varela Eastern New Mexico University

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