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Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda

Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
8395
World Ranking
4798
National Ranking
121

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
50
Citations
8250
World Ranking
4139
National Ranking
91

Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 182 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda is affiliated with the University of Girona in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on water treatment processes, membrane technologies, and the environmental impacts of pollutants.

Their recent publications include studies on various aspects of water treatment and environmental sustainability. Key papers are:

  • Integrated assessment of sulfate-based AOPs for pharmaceutical active compound removal from wastewater, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Climate change impact on EU rivers' dilution capacity and ecological status, 2021, Water Research
  • Biological processes modelling for MBR systems: A review of the state-of-the-art focusing on SMP and EPS, 2023, Water Research
  • Transformation tools enabling the implementation of nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city, 2020, Blue-Green Systems
  • Management actions to mitigate the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in river networks in a global change context, 2020, Environment International

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Gaëtan Blandin
  • Joaquím Comas
  • Marc Héran
  • Wolfgang Gernjak
  • Morgan Abily

The scientist publishes regularly in a number of venues focused on water and environmental research. These include:

  • Water Research
  • Membranes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Desalination
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Their work spans the main fields of study of Environmental Science and Engineering, with subfields emphasizing Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Best Publications

  • Comparison of removal of pharmaceuticals in MBR and activated sludge systems

    Jan Sipma;Begoña Osuna;Neus Collado;Hector Monclús

  • Position paper: Environmental decision support systems (EDSS) development - Challenges and best practices

    B. S. McIntosh;J. C. Ascough;M. Twery;J. Chew

  • Designing and building real environmental decision support systems

    Manel Poch;Joaquim Comas;Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda;Miquel Sànchez-Marrè

  • Removal of emerging contaminants from municipal wastewater with an integrated membrane system, MBR-RO.

    Davor Dolar;Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Jordi Moreno

  • 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

  • Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Decision Support Systems

    U. Cortés;M. Sànchez-Marrè;L. Ceccaroni;I. R-Roda

  • Biological nutrient removal in an MBR treating municipal wastewater with special focus on biological phosphorus removal

    Hector Monclús;Jan Sipma;Giuliana Ferrero;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • Effects on activated sludge bacterial community exposed to sulfamethoxazole

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

  • Advanced biological activated carbon filter for removing pharmaceutically active compounds from treated wastewater

    Luca Sbardella;Joaquim Comas;Joaquim Comas;Alessio Fenu;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • Multi-criteria evaluation of wastewater treatment plant control strategies under uncertainty.

    Xavier Flores-Alsina;Xavier Flores-Alsina;Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda;Gürkan Sin;Krist V. Gernaey

  • Efficiently Combining Water Reuse and Desalination through Forward Osmosis-Reverse Osmosis (FO-RO) Hybrids: A Critical Review.

    Gaetan Blandin;Arne R.D. Verliefde;Joaquim Comas;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • 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

  • Instrumentation, Control and Automation in wastewater - from London 1973 to Narbonne 2013

    G. Olsson;Bengt Carlsson;J. Comas;J. Copp

  • Removal of microbial indicators from municipal wastewater by a membrane bioreactor (MBR)

    Elisabet Marti;Hector Monclús;Juan Jofre;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • Prediction of the bulking phenomenon in wastewater treatment plants

    L. Belanche;J.J. Valdés;J. Comas;I.R. Roda

  • Optimized MBR for greywater reuse systems in hotel facilities.

    Natasa Atanasova;Montserrat Dalmau;Joaquim Comas;Manel Poch

  • Risk assessment modelling of microbiology-related solids separation problems in activated sludge systems

    J. Comas;I. Rodríguez-Roda;K. V. Gernaey;C. Rosen

  • Multiple-objective evaluation of wastewater treatment plant control alternatives

    Xavier Flores-Alsina;Alejandro Gallego;Gumersindo Feijoo;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • A comparative study on the use of similarity measures in case-based reasoning to improve the classification of environmental system situations

    Héctor Núñez;Miquel Sànchez-Marrè;Ulises Cortés;Joaquim Comas

Frequent Co-Authors

Joaquim Comas
Joaquim Comas University of Girona
Manel Poch
Manel Poch University of Girona
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Gianluigi Buttiglieri
Gianluigi Buttiglieri Catalan Institute for Water Research
Ulises Cortés
Ulises Cortés Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Jean-Philippe Steyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Krist V. Gernaey
Krist V. Gernaey Technical University of Denmark
Ulf Jeppsson
Ulf Jeppsson Lund University
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research

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