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D-Index
53
Citations
9450
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4283
National Ranking
110

José Luis Sanz 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 José Luis Sanz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 236 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

José Luis Sanz 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 José Luis Sanz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

José Luis Sanz is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, focusing on topics such as biofuel production, bioconversion, and microbial metabolic engineering.

The scientist has contributed to several notable publications, including:

  • Strengthen "the sustainable farm" concept via efficacious conversion of farm wastes into methane, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Electron donor addition for stimulating the microbial degradation of 1,4 dioxane by sequential batch membrane bioreactor: A techno-economic approach, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Harnessing Cu@Fe3O4 core shell nanostructure for biogas production from sewage sludge: Experimental study and microbial community shift, 2022, Renewable Energy
  • Coupled C, H, N, S and Fe biogeochemical cycles operating in the continental deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, 2022, Environmental Microbiology
  • Biological production of H 2 , CH 4 and CO 2 in the deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, 2021, Environmental Microbiology

Frequent co-authors working closely with José Luis Sanz include:

  • Patricia Rojas (8 co-authored papers)
  • Ricardo Amils (5 co-authored papers)
  • Núria Rodríguez (5 co-authored papers)
  • Daniel Carrizo (4 co-authored papers)
  • Lourdinha Florêncio (4 co-authored papers)

José Luis Sanz publishes regularly in specific venues such as:

  • Environmental Microbiology (2 papers)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2 papers)
  • Bioresource Technology (1 paper)
  • Chemosphere (1 paper)
  • Renewable Energy (1 paper)

Their main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science (19 publications)
  • Engineering (10 publications)

Within these areas, subfields of focus include:

  • Pollution (7 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (7 publications)
  • Biomedical Engineering (6 publications)
  • Building and Construction (4 publications)
  • Ecology (4 publications)

The principal research topics covered by José Luis Sanz are:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion (10 publications)
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (8 publications)
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 publications)
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 publications)
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (6 publications)
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (6 publications)
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Sulfate reduction at low pH to remediate acid mine drainage.

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Jose Luis Sanz;Martijn F. M. Bijmans;Alfons Johannes Maria Stams

  • Molecular biology techniques used in wastewater treatment: An overview

    José L. Sanz;Thorsten Köchling

  • A unique multitoothed ornithomimosaur dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

    Bernardino P. Pérez-Moreno;José Luis Sanz;Angela D. Buscalioni;José J. Moratalla

  • Microbial diversity in anaerobic sediments at Rio Tinto, a naturally acidic environment with a high heavy metal content.

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Nuria Rodríguez;Ricardo Amils;Ricardo Amils;José Luis Sanz

  • Phenotypic properties and microbial diversity of methanogenic granules from a full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor treating brewery wastewater.

    Emiliano E. Díaz;Alfons J. M. Stams;Ricardo Amils;José L. Sanz

  • Extreme environments as Mars terrestrial analogs: The Rio Tinto case

    Ricardo Amils;Ricardo Amils;Elena González-Toril;David Fernández-Remolar;Felipe Gómez

  • An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight

    José L. Sanz;Luis M. Chiappe;Bernardino P. Pérez-Moreno;Angela D. Buscalioni

  • The fossil vertebrates from Lano (Basque Country, Spain); new evidence on the composition and affinities of the Late Cretaceous continental faunas of Europe

    H. Astibia;E. Buffetaut;A.D. Buscalioni;H. Cappetta

  • A bizarre, humped Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

    Francisco Ortega;Fernando Escaso;Fernando Escaso;José L. Sanz

  • Isolation and genetic identification of PAH degrading bacteria from a microbial consortium

    M. Carmen Molina;Natalia González;L. Fernando Bautista;Raquel Sanz

  • Analysis of Microbial Community during Biofilm Development in an Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Reactor

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  • The mineralization of dinosaur soft tissue in the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain

    Derek E. G. Briggs;Philip R. Wilby;Bernardino P. Pérez-Moreno;José Luis Sanz

  • Microbial community dynamics in a chemolithotrophic denitrification reactor inoculated with methanogenic granular sludge.

    Nuria Fernández;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;James A. Field;Ricardo Amils

  • A Nestling Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: Implications for Avian Skull and Neck Evolution

    José L. Sanz;Luis M. Chiappe;Bernardino P. Pérez-Moreno;José J. Moratalla

  • Enrichment and isolation of acidophilic sulfate‐reducing bacteria from Tinto River sediments

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Alfons J. M. Stams;Ricardo Amils;José Luis Sanz

  • Unusual Early Cretaceous birds from Spain

    J.L. Sanz;J.F. Bonapartet;A. Lacasa

  • Dinosaurios del Cretácico inferior de Galve (Teruel, España)

    J. L. Sanz;A. D. Buscalioni;M. L. Casanovas;J. V. Santafé

  • Analysis of microbial community structure and composition in leachates from a young landfill by 454 pyrosequencing

    Thorsten Köchling;José Luis Sanz;Sávia Gavazza;Lourdinha Florencio

  • A new bird from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain, and the early radiation of birds

    J L Sanz;A D Buscalioni

  • Quantification of Tinto River sediment microbial communities: importance of sulfate-reducing bacteria and their role in attenuating acid mine drainage.

    Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Irene Sánchez-Andrea;Katrin Knittel;Rudolf Amann;Ricardo Amils

  • Soehngenia saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Clostridium amygdalinum sp. nov., two novel anaerobic, benzaldehyde-converting bacteria.

    Sofia N. Parshina;Robbert Kleerebezem;Jose Luis Sanz;Gatze Lettinga

  • An Early Cretaceous faunal and floral continental assemblage: Las Hoyas fossil site (Cuenca, Spain)

    José Luis Sanz;Sylvie Wenz;Alfonso Yebenes;Richard Estes

  • The osteology of Concornis lacustris (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and a reexamination of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum novitates ; no. 3133

    José L. Sanz;Luis M. Chiappe;Angela D. Buscalioni

  • New evidence of shared dinosaur across Upper Jurassic Proto-North Atlantic: Stegosaurus from Portugal.

    Fernando Escaso;Francisco Ortega;Pedro Dantas;Elisabete Malafaia

  • Anaerobic biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors.

    José L. Sanz;Elayne Culubret;Juan de Ferrer;Alfonso Moreno

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Ortega
Francisco Ortega Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Ricardo Amils
Ricardo Amils Spanish National Research Council
Nuria Rodríguez
Nuria Rodríguez Autonomous University of Madrid
Luis M. Chiappe
Luis M. Chiappe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Juan J. Rodriguez
Juan J. Rodriguez Autonomous University of Madrid
Angel F. Mohedano
Angel F. Mohedano Autonomous University of Madrid
Xabier Pereda Suberbiola
Xabier Pereda Suberbiola University of the Basque Country
Pablo A. Lara-Martín
Pablo A. Lara-Martín University of Cádiz
Paul Palmqvist
Paul Palmqvist University of Malaga
Teófilo Rojo
Teófilo Rojo University of the Basque Country

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