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Gianluigi Buttiglieri 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 Gianluigi Buttiglieri sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 74 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Gianluigi Buttiglieri 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 Gianluigi Buttiglieri sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gianluigi Buttiglieri is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work has addressed diverse topics, notably Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Buttiglieri span a range of environmental and water resource themes:

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A review of nature-based solutions for urban water management in European circular cities: a critical assessment based on case studies and literature, 2020, Blue-Green Systems
  • Nature-based solutions as enablers of circularity in water systems: A review on assessment methodologies, tools and indicators, 2020, Water Research
  • Nature-based solutions coupled with advanced technologies: An opportunity for decentralized water reuse in cities, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Management of Urban Waters with Nature-Based Solutions in Circular Cities-Exemplified through Seven Urban Circularity Challenges, 2021, Water

Buttiglieri frequently collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors, including Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Joaquím Comas, Marc Castaño-Trias, Sandra Babić, and Esther Mendoza.

Publication venues that commonly feature Buttiglieri's research include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Blue-Green Systems, and Water.

Best Publications

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19.

    Aaron Bivins;Devin North;Arslan Ahmad;Warish Ahmed

  • A review of nature-based solutions for urban water management in European circular cities: a critical assessment based on case studies and literature

    Hasan Volkan Oral;Pedro Carvalho;Magdalena Gajewska;Nadia Ursino

  • Enhanced sulfamethoxazole degradation through ammonia oxidizing bacteria co-metabolism and fate of transformation products

    Elissavet Kassotaki;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Laura Ferrando-Climent;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • Pharmaceuticals occurrence in a WWTP with significant industrial contribution and its input into the river system.

    N. Collado;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;M. Gros;A. Rubirola

  • Comprehensive study of ibuprofen and its metabolites in activated sludge batch experiments and aquatic environment.

    Laura Ferrando-Climent;Neus Collado;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Meritxell Gros

  • Effect of oxygen concentration on biological nitrification and microbial kinetics in a cross-flow membrane bioreactor (MBR) and moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) treating old landfill leachate

    Roberto Canziani;Valeria Emondi;Massimiliano Garavaglia;Francesca Malpei

  • Effects on activated sludge bacterial community exposed to sulfamethoxazole

    N. Collado;G. Buttiglieri;E. Marti;L. Ferrando-Climent

  • Characterization of metoprolol biodegradation and its transformation products generated in activated sludge batch experiments and in full scale WWTPs.

    A. Rubirola;M. Llorca;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;N. Casas

  • Optimized MBR for greywater reuse systems in hotel facilities.

    Natasa Atanasova;Montserrat Dalmau;Joaquim Comas;Manel Poch

  • Nature-based solutions as enablers of circularity in water systems: A review on assessment methodologies, tools and indicators.

    C.E. Nika;L. Gusmaroli;M. Ghafourian;N. Atanasova

  • Environmental occurrence and degradation of the herbicide n-chloridazon

    Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Manuela Peschka;Tobias Frömel;Jutta Müller

  • Nature-based solutions coupled with advanced technologies: An opportunity for decentralized water reuse in cities

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  • Denitrification of drinking water sources by advanced biological treatment using a membrane bioreactor

    Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Francesca Malpei;Emilio Daverio;Mauro Melchiori

  • Analysis of microplastics in the environment: Identification and quantification of trace levels of common types of plastic polymers using pyrolysis-GC/MS

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  • Removal of ibuprofen and its transformation products: Experimental and simulation studies

    N. Collado;G. Buttiglieri;L. Ferrando-Climent;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Management of Urban Waters with Nature-Based Solutions in Circular Cities—Exemplified through Seven Urban Circularity Challenges

    Hasan Volkan Oral;Matej Radinja;Anacleto Rizzo;Katharina Kearney

  • Long term decentralized greywater treatment for water reuse purposes in a tourist facility by vertical ecosystem

    Andrea Zraunig;Miquel Estelrich;Heinz Gattringer;Johannes Kisser

  • Microalgae-based removal of contaminants of emerging concern: Mechanisms in Chlorella vulgaris and mixed algal-bacterial cultures

    Franja Prosenc;Justyna Piechocka;Justyna Piechocka;David Škufca;Ester Heath

  • Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Treatment: Conventional Activated Sludge Treatment

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  • Unravelling the performance of UV/H2O2 on the removal of pharmaceuticals in real industrial, hospital, grey and urban wastewaters.

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  • Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and UV filters in swimming pools and spas

    Yuli Ekowati;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Giuliana Ferrero;Jennifer Valle-Sistac

  • Combining biological processes with UV/H2O2 for metoprolol and metoprolol acid removal in hospital wastewater

    Adrián Jaén-Gil;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Aleix Benito;Josep Anton Mir-Tutusaus

  • Automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors

    Giuliana Ferrero;Hector Monclús;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Joaquim Comas

  • Online monitoring of membrane fouling in submerged MBRs

    H. Monclús;G. Ferrero;G. Buttiglieri;J. Comas

  • Perspectives of persistent organic pollutants (POPS) removal in an MBR pilot plant

    Hélène Bouju;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Francesca Malpei

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda University of Girona
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Joaquim Comas
Joaquim Comas University of Girona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Maite Pijuan
Maite Pijuan Catalan Institute for Water Research
Maria D. Kennedy
Maria D. Kennedy IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Meritxell Gros
Meritxell Gros Catalan Institute for Water Research
Montserrat Sarrà
Montserrat Sarrà Autonomous University of Barcelona
Carles M. Borrego
Carles M. Borrego Catalan Institute for Water Research

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