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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
58
Citations
11708
World Ranking
3283
National Ranking
83

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
57
Citations
11319
World Ranking
2675
National Ranking
54

Ivet Ferrer 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 Ivet Ferrer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 92 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivet Ferrer 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 Ivet Ferrer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

Ivet Ferrer is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with an emphasis on sustainability, renewable energy, and wastewater treatment technologies. The scientist's work spans multiple specialized subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomedical engineering, nutrition and dietetics, and water science and technology.

The main research topics for Ivet Ferrer involve:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Wastewater treatment and reuse
  • Selenium in biological systems
  • Biodiesel production and applications
  • Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Enzyme catalysis and immobilization

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on microalgae applications for wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Notable works include:

  • Natural pigments from microalgae grown in industrial wastewater, 2020, published in Bioresource Technology
  • Life cycle assessment of microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery: Natural pigments, biofertilizer and biogas, 2022, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Can high rate algal ponds be used as post-treatment of UASB reactors to remove micropollutants?, 2020, published in Chemosphere
  • Microalgae harvesting for wastewater treatment and resources recovery: A review, 2023, published in New Biotechnology
  • Natural Pigments and Biogas Recovery from Microalgae Grown in Wastewater, 2020, published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

This selection of papers reflects collaboration with several frequent co-authors, highlighting a network of researchers working on related environmental and bioengineering challenges. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marianna Garfí
  • Piet N.L. Lens
  • Fabiana Passos
  • Say Chye Joachim Loo
  • Gijs Du Laing

The scientific venues where Ivet Ferrer most commonly publishes are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • ACS Sustainable Resource Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bioresource Technology

Best Publications

  • Pretreatment methods to improve sludge anaerobic degradability: a review.

    H. Carrère;C. Dumas;A. Battimelli;D.J. Batstone

  • Review of feedstock pretreatment strategies for improved anaerobic digestion: From lab-scale research to full-scale application.

    Hélène Carrere;Georgia Antonopoulou;Rim Affes;Fabiana Passos

  • Capability of microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems to remove emerging organic contaminants: A pilot-scale study

    Víctor Matamoros;Raquel Gutiérrez;Ivet Ferrer;Joan García

  • Effects of thermal and mechanical pretreatments of secondary sludge on biogas production under thermophilic conditions

    Mavi Climent;Ivet Ferrer;Ma del Mar Baeza;Adriana Artola

  • Pretreatment of microalgae to improve biogas production: a review.

    Fabiana Passos;Enrica Uggetti;Hélène Carrère;Ivet Ferrer

  • Increasing biogas production by thermal (70 °C) sludge pre-treatment prior to thermophilic anaerobic digestion

    Ivet Ferrer;Sergio Ponsá;Felícitas Vázquez;Xavier Font

  • Life Cycle Assessment of wastewater treatment systems for small communities: Activated sludge, constructed wetlands and high rate algal ponds

    Marianna Garfí;Laura Flores;Ivet Ferrer

  • Biogas production from microalgae grown in wastewater: Effect of microwave pretreatment

    Fabiana Passos;Maria Solé;Joan García;Ivet Ferrer

  • Life cycle assessment of high rate algal ponds for wastewater treatment and resource recovery.

    Larissa Terumi Arashiro;Neus Montero;Ivet Ferrer;Francisco Gabriel Acién

  • Influence of hydrothermal pretreatment on microalgal biomass anaerobic digestion and bioenergy production

    Fabiana Passos;Ivet Ferrer

  • Comparing pretreatment methods for improving microalgae anaerobic digestion: Thermal, hydrothermal, microwave and ultrasound

    Fabiana Passos;Javier Carretero;Ivet Ferrer

  • Household anaerobic digesters for biogas production in Latin America: a review

    Marianna Garfí;Jaime Martí-Herrero;Anna Garwood;Ivet Ferrer

  • Biogas production in low-cost household digesters at the Peruvian Andes

    Ivet Ferrer;Marianna Garfí;Enrica Uggetti;Laia Ferrer-Martí

  • Sludge treatment wetlands: a review on the state of the art.

    Enrica Uggetti;Ivet Ferrer;Esther Llorens;Joan García

  • Microalgae Conversion to Biogas: Thermal Pretreatment Contribution on Net Energy Production

    Fabiana Passos;Ivet Ferrer

  • Long term operation of a thermophilic anaerobic reactor: Process stability and efficiency at decreasing sludge retention time

    Ivet Ferrer;Felícitas Vázquez;Xavier Font

  • Life Cycle Assessment of drinking water: comparing conventional water treatment, reverse osmosis and mineral water in glass and plastic bottles.

    Marianna Garfí;Erasmo Cadena;David Sanchez-Ramos;Ivet Ferrer

  • Impact of low temperature pretreatment on the anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass

    Fabiana Passos;Joan García;Ivet Ferrer

  • Long-term anaerobic digestion of microalgae grown in HRAP for wastewater treatment. Effect of microwave pretreatment.

    Fabiana Passos;Mariona Hernández-Mariné;Joan García;Ivet Ferrer

  • The use of magnetic iron oxide based nanoparticles to improve microalgae harvesting in real wastewater.

    Ahmad Abo Markeb;Jordi Llimós-Turet;Ivet Ferrer;Paqui Blánquez

  • Optimization of the hydrolytic–acidogenic anaerobic digestion stage (55 °C) of sewage sludge: Influence of pH and solid content

    Sergio Ponsá;Ivet Ferrer;Felícitas Vázquez;Xavier Font

Frequent Co-Authors

Marianna Garfí
Marianna Garfí Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Joan García
Joan García Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Enrica Uggetti
Enrica Uggetti Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Hélène Carrère
Hélène Carrère University of Montpellier
Xavier Font
Xavier Font Autonomous University of Barcelona
Gijs Du Laing
Gijs Du Laing Ghent University
Víctor Matamoros
Víctor Matamoros Spanish National Research Council
Cigdem Eskicioglu
Cigdem Eskicioglu University of British Columbia
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Stijn Van Hulle
Stijn Van Hulle Ghent University

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