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Environmental Sciences 53 4285 4103 110 110 236 9450

José Luis Sanz publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by José Luis Sanz between 1982 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. José Luis Sanz published across 45 years, from 1982 to 2026, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2017. 2 of the 276 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2017. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 5 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 11 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication 2026: 1 publication
1982 2026

276 publications in total across all disciplines

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José Luis Sanz: publications per year, 1982 to 2026
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 2
1984 6
1985 1
1986 5
1987 8
1988 11
1989 4
1990 3
1991 2
1992 2
1993 3
1994 7
1995 4
1996 7
1997 6
1998 5
1999 5
2000 3
2001 7
2002 4
2003 4
2004 7
2005 5
2006 5
2007 8
2008 6
2009 7
2010 8
2011 13
2012 15
2013 10
2014 11
2015 10
2016 10
2017 18
2018 9
2019 8
2020 6
2021 10
2022 3
2023 4
2024 1
2025 1
2026 1
Total 276
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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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 231–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 236 publications — 75th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220 236
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217 53
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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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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