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Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 207 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Pollution, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work concentrates on topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Heavy metals in the environment, Marine and coastal plant biology, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

They have published papers in several scientific journals, frequently contributing to Marine Pollution Bulletin, The Science of The Total Environment, CATENA, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Quaternary Geochronology.

  • Challenges and limitations of the 210Pb sediment dating method: Results from an IAEA modelling interlaboratory comparison exercise, 2020, Quaternary Geochronology
  • Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Microplastic contamination and fluxes in a touristic area at the SE Gulf of California, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Comparing classical and Bayesian 210Pb dating models in human-impacted aquatic environments, 2020, Quaternary Geochronology
  • Rapid surface water warming and impact of the recent (2013-2016) temperature anomaly in shallow coastal waters at the eastern entrance of the Gulf of California, 2022, Progress In Oceanography

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández, Libia Hascibe Pérez-Bernal, José Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano, María Luisa Machain-Castillo, and Jorge Feliciano Ontiveros-Cuadras.

Best Publications

  • 210Pb sediment radiochronology: An integrated formulation and classification of dating models

    J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza;J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza;A.C. Ruiz-Fernández

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • 210Pb and210Po analysis in sediments and soils by microwave acid digestion

    J. A. Sanchez-Cabeza;P. Masqué;I. Ani-Ragolta

  • Provenance and depositional history of continental slope sediments in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico unraveled by geochemical analysis

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;María Luisa Machain-Castillo;Leticia Rosales-Hoz;Arturo Carranza-Edwards

  • Metal concentrations, fluxes, inventories and chronologies in sediments from Sepetiba and Ribeira Bays: A comparative study

    Franciane de Carvalho Gomes;José Marcus Godoy;Maria Luiza D.P. Godoy;Zenildo Lara de Carvalho

  • Sediment accumulation rates in the southern Barcelona continental margin (NW Mediterranean Sea) derived from 210Pb and 137Cs chronology

    Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza;Pere Masqué;I. Ani-Ragolta;Juan Merino

  • Environmental status of the Gulf of California: A pollution review

    Federico Páez-Osuna;Saúl Álvarez-Borrego;Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández;Jacqueline García-Hernández

  • Balance and residence times of 210Pb and 210Po in surface waters of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    P. Masqué;J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza;J.M. Bruach;E. Palacios

  • Natural and artificial radioactivity in surface waters of the Ebro river basin (Northeast Spain)

    Ll. Pujol;J.A. Sanchez-Cabeza

  • Accumulation rates of major constituents of hemipelagic sediments in the deep Alboran Sea: a centennial perspective of sedimentary dynamics

    P Masqué;J Fabres;M Canals;J.A Sanchez-Cabeza

  • Heavy metals in particulate matter and sediments in the southern Barcelona sedimentation system (North-Western Mediterranean)

    Pere Puig;Albert Palanques;Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza;Pere Masqué

  • Reference Material for Radionuclides in Sediment, IAEA-384 (Fangataufa Lagoon Sediment)

    Pavel P. Povinec;Mai Khanh Pham;J. A. Sanchez-Cabeza;G. Barci-Funel

  • One century sedimentary record of Hg and Pb pollution in the Sagua estuary (Cuba) derived from 210Pb and 137Cs chronology.

    M. Díaz-Asencio;C.M. Alonso-Hernández;Y. Bolanos-Álvarez;M. Gómez-Batista

  • Perturbation in the 240Pu239Pu global fallout ratio in local sediments following the nuclear accidents at Thule (Greenland) and Palomares (Spain)

    P.I. Mitchell;L.León Vintró;H. Dahlgaard;C. Gascó

  • Sediment accumulation rates and carbon fluxes to bottom sediments at the western Bransfield Strait (Antarctica)

    Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Enrique Isla;Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza;Albert Palanques

  • Monte Carlo uncertainty calculation of 210Pb chronologies and accumulation rates of sediments and peat bogs

    Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza;Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández;Jorge Feliciano Ontiveros-Cuadras;Libia Hascibe Pérez Bernal

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of heavy metal concentrations and enrichment in the southern Gulf of Mexico

    Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández;J. A. Sanchez-Cabeza;L. H. Pérez-Bernal;Adolfo Gracia

  • Preliminary estimates of cumulative caesium and plutonium deposition in the Irish terrestrial environment

    P. I. Mitchell;J. A. Sanchez-Cabeza;T. P. Ryan;A. T. McGarry

  • Historical Variations in Lead Fluxes in the Pyrenees (Northeast Spain) from a Dated Lake Sediment Core

    L. Camarero;P. Masqué;W. Devos;I. Ani-Ragolta

  • Recent observations on the physico-chemical speciation of plutonium in the Irish Sea and the western Mediterranean

    P.I. Mitchell;J. Vives i. Batlle;A.B. Downes;O.M. Condren

  • Cross equator transport of 137Cs from North Pacific Ocean to South Pacific Ocean (BEAGLE2003 cruises)

    M. Aoyama;M. Fukasawa;K. Hirose;Y. Hamajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández
Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández National Autonomous University of Mexico
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Pavel P. Povinec
Pavel P. Povinec Comenius University
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
Albert Palanques
Albert Palanques Spanish National Research Council
Federico Páez-Osuna
Federico Páez-Osuna National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jordi Garcia-Orellana
Jordi Garcia-Orellana Autonomous University of Barcelona
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Michio Aoyama
Michio Aoyama University of Tsukuba
Alejandro Cearreta
Alejandro Cearreta University of the Basque Country

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