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D-Index
113
Citations
45152
World Ranking
175
National Ranking
6

Joan O. Grimalt 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 Joan O. Grimalt sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 853 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joan O. Grimalt 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 Joan O. Grimalt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Joan O. Grimalt is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science, with a publication record encompassing 108 works in this main field. The scientist's research focuses extensively on several subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Plant Science, and Ecology. These areas reflect a broad engagement with environmental and biological factors affecting health and ecosystems.

The main topics explored in Grimalt's research include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and the Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. Such topics indicate a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding environmental contaminants and their consequences.

Joan O. Grimalt has contributed to numerous recent papers, some of which are:

  • Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital areas, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Conflicts of Interest in the Assessment of Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Extreme glacial cooling likely led to hominin depopulation of Europe in the Early Pleistocene, 2023, Science
  • Exposure to metals and metalloids among pregnant women from Spain: Levels and associated factors, 2021, Chemosphere
  • We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste, 2021, Science

Collaboration has played a significant role in Grimalt's scientific output. Frequent co-authors include Barend L. van Drooge, Pilar Fernández, Raimon M. Prats, Adonina Tardón, and Mercè Garí, with whom Grimalt has published multiple studies.

Key publication venues for Grimalt's work are Environmental Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Environment International, ISEE Conference Abstracts, and Quaternary Science Reviews. These journals and conferences align with the environmental and toxicological nature of the scientist's research.

In addition to articles, Grimalt has published books, including one with Springer International Publishing titled Mapping Musical Signification in 2020.

Best Publications

  • East Asian monsoon climate during the Late Pleistocene: high-resolution sediment records from the south China Sea

    L. Wang;M. Sarnthein;H. Erlenkeuser;JO Grimalt

  • Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in different sized aerosols over the Mediterranean Sea: Occurrence and origin

    M.A. Sicre;J.C. Marty;A. Saliot;X. Aparicio

  • Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event imprints in Alboran Sea paleotemperatures

    Isabel Cacho;Joan O Grimalt;Carles Pelejero;Miquel Canals

  • Four Climate Cycles of Recurring Deep and Surface Water Destabilizations on the Iberian Margin

    Belen Martrat;Joan O. Grimalt;Nicholas J. Shackleton;Lucia de Abreu

  • Global distribution and budget of PCBs and HCB in background surface soils: implications for sources and environmental processes.

    Sandra N. Meijer;Wendy Ockenden;A. J. Sweetman;K. Breivik

  • Bladder Cancer and Exposure to Water Disinfection By-Products through Ingestion, Bathing, Showering, and Swimming in Pools

    Cristina M. Villanueva;Kenneth P. Cantor;Joan O. Grimalt;Nuria Malats

  • Cohort Profile: The INMA—INfancia y Medio Ambiente—(Environment and Childhood) Project

    Mònica Guxens;Ferran Ballester;Mercedes Espada;Mariana F Fernández

  • Interglacials of the last 800,000 years

    A. Berger;M. Crucifix;D.A. Hodell

  • Variability of the western Mediterranean Sea surface temperature during the last 25,000 years and its connection with the Northern Hemisphere climatic changes

    Isabel Cacho;Joan O. Grimalt;Miquel Canals;Laura Sbaffi

  • Assessment of fecal sterols and ketones as indicators of urban sewage inputs to coastal waters

    Joan O. Grimalt;Pilar Fernandez;Josep M. Bayona;Joan Albaiges

  • Abrupt Temperature Changes in the Western Mediterranean over the Past 250,000 Years

    Belen Martrat;Joan O. Grimalt;Constancia López-Martínez;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho

  • The mine tailing accident in Aznalcollar.

    Joan O Grimalt;Miguel Ferrer;Enrique Macpherson

  • Synchroneity between marine and terrestrial responses to millennial scale climatic variability during the last glacial period in the Mediterranean region

    M. F. Sanchez Goni;I. Cacho;J.-L. Turon;J. Guiot

  • Cyclic terpenoids of contemporary resinous plant detritus and of fossil woods, ambers and coals

    B.R.T. Simoneit;J.O. Grimalt;T.-G. Wang;R.E. Cox

  • What’s in the Pool? A Comprehensive Identification of Disinfection By-Products and Assessment of Mutagenicity of Chlorinated and Brominated Swimming Pool Water

    Susan D. Richardson;David M. DeMarini;Manolis Kogevinas;Pilar Fernandez

  • Evidence for enhanced Mediterranean thermohaline circulation during rapid climatic coolings

    Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho;Joan O. Grimalt;Francisco J. Sierro;Nick Shackleton

  • The Historical Record of Atmospheric Pyrolytic Pollution over Europe Registered in the Sedimentary PAH from Remote Mountain Lakes

    Pilar Fernández;Rosa M. Vilanova;Carolina Martínez;Peter Appleby

  • Sources and occurrence of C12C22n-alkane distributions with even carbon-number preference in sedimentary environments

    Joan Grimalt;Joan Albaigés

  • Selective trapping of organochlorine compounds in mountain lakes of temperate areas.

    Joan O. Grimalt;Pilar Fernandez;Lourdes Berdie;Rosa M. Vilanova

  • The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records

    Ana Moreno;Ana Pérez;Jaime Frigola;Vanesa Nieto-Moreno

  • High resolution U37K sea surface temperature reconstruction in the Norwegian Sea during the Holocene

    Eva Calvo;Joan Grimalt;Eystein Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Pilar Fernández
Pilar Fernández Spanish National Research Council
Joan Albaigés
Joan Albaigés Spanish National Research Council
Markus Kienast
Markus Kienast Dalhousie University
Michael Sarnthein
Michael Sarnthein Kiel University
Belen Martrat
Belen Martrat Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
José-Abel Flores
José-Abel Flores University of Salamanca
Pieter Meiert Grootes
Pieter Meiert Grootes Kiel University
Helmut Erlenkeuser
Helmut Erlenkeuser Kiel University

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