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Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
4363
World Ranking
9184
National Ranking
288

Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz 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 Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 116 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz 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 Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz is affiliated with the Universidade de Vigo in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research focuses heavily on environmental contamination, especially concerning heavy metals and their interactions within soil and ecosystems.

The main fields of study covered by their work include Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Soil Science, Ecology, and Transportation. This concentration reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how pollutants and toxins affect environmental and human health.

Key research topics addressed by Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz encompass:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Chromium effects and bioremediation
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Melissa Méndez-López, Manuel Arias-Estévez, Antía Gómez-Armesto, F.A. Vega, and Andrea Parente-Sendín.

Their publications appear in a variety of scientific journals, with repeated contributions to Environmental Research and The Science of The Total Environment. Other venues include Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Environmental Pollution, and the Journal of Environmental Management.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Modelling Hg mobility in podzols: Role of soil components and environmental implications, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Litterfall Hg deposition to an oak forest soil from southwestern Europe, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • The role of afforestation species as a driver of Hg accumulation in organic horizons of forest soils from a Mediterranean mountain area in SW Europe, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Changes in Cu accumulation and fractionation along soil depth in acid soils of vineyards and abandoned vineyards (now forests), 2022, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Quality changes of fluvial sediments impacted by urban effluents in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, southernmost Patagonia, 2020, Environmental Earth Sciences

Best Publications

  • Mercury in a spanish peat bog: archive of climate change and atmospheric metal deposition

    A. Martı́nez-Cortizas;X. Pontevedra-Pombal;E. Garcı́a-Rodeja;J. C. Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Effect of lead stress on mineral content and growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea) seedlings

    Mostafa Lamhamdi;Ouiam El Galiou;Ahmed Bakrim;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Occurrence of tetracyclines and sulfonamides in manures, agricultural soils and crops from different areas in Galicia (NW Spain)

    Manuel Conde-Cid;Cristina Álvarez-Esmorís;Remigio Paradelo-Núñez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Seasonal distributions of fungicides in soils and sediments of a small river basin partially devoted to vineyards.

    A. Bermúdez-Couso;M. Arias-Estévez;J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;E. López-Periago

  • Copper accumulation and fractionation in vineyard soils from temperate humid zone (NW Iberian Peninsula).

    David Fernández-Calviño;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz;Montserrat Díaz-Raviña;Manuel Arias-Estévez

  • Copper distribution and acid‐base mobilization in vineyard soils and sediments from Galicia (NW Spain)

    D. Fernández-Calviño;M. Pateiro-Moure;E. López-Periago;M. Arias-Estévez

  • Pine bark as bio-adsorbent for Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn: Batch-type and stirred flow chamber experiments

    L. Cutillas-Barreiro;L. Ansias-Manso;D. Fernández-Calviño;M. Arias-Estévez

  • Mercury accumulation in upland acid forest ecosystems nearby a coal-fired power-plant in southwest Europe (Galicia, NW Spain).

    J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;X. Pontevedra-Pombal;A. Martínez-Cortizas;E. García-Rodeja Gayoso

  • Influence of organic matter removal on competitive and noncompetitive adsorption of copper and zinc in acid soils

    C. Pérez-Novo;M. Pateiro-Moure;F. Osorio;J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Competitive adsorption/desorption of tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline on two acid soils: Stirred flow chamber experiments.

    David Fernández-Calviño;Alipio Bermúdez-Couso;Manuel Arias-Estévez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Total copper content and its distribution in acid vineyards soils developed from granitic rocks

    Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz;José Manuel G. Queijeiro;Daniel Blanco-Ward;Cristalina Álvarez-Olleros

  • Five thousand years of atmospheric Ni, Zn, As, and Cd deposition recorded in bogs from NW Iberia: prehistoric and historic anthropogenic contributions

    Xabier Pontevedra-Pombal;Tim M. Mighall;Juan C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;Eva Peiteado-Varela

  • Degradation of sulfadiazine, sulfachloropyridazine and sulfamethazine in aqueous media.

    M. Conde-Cid;D. Fernández-Calviño;J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;M. Arias-Estévez

  • Quaternary herbicides retention by the amendment of acid soils with a bentonite-based waste from wineries.

    M. Pateiro-Moure;J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;M. Arias-Estévez;E. López-Periago

  • Changes in copper content and distribution in young, old and abandoned vineyard acid soils due to land use changes

    D. Fernández‐Calviño;J. C. Nóvoa‐Muñoz;E. López‐Periago;M. Arias‐Estévez

  • Arsenic, chromium and mercury removal using mussel shell ash or a sludge/ashes waste mixture.

    Natalia Seco-Reigosa;Susana Peña-Rodríguez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz;Manuel Arias-Estévez

  • Phosphorus removal from wastewater using mussel shell: Investigation on retention mechanisms

    R. Paradelo;M. Conde-Cid;L. Cutillas-Barreiro;M. Arias-Estévez

  • Zinc distribution and acid–base mobilisation in vineyard soils and sediments

    David Fernández-Calviño;Mirian Pateiro-Moure;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz;Beatriz Garrido-Rodríguez

  • Experimental data and model prediction of tetracycline adsorption and desorption in agricultural soils.

    M. Conde-Cid;D. Fernández-Calviño;J.C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;A. Núñez-Delgado

  • Kinetics of tetracycline, oxytetracycline, and chlortetracycline adsorption and desorption on two acid soils

    David Fernández-Calviño;Alipio Bermúdez-Couso;Manuel Arias-Estévez;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Adsorption and desorption kinetics of carbofuran in acid soils.

    Alipio Bermúdez-Couso;David Fernández-Calviño;Miriam Pateiro-Moure;Juan Carlos Nóvoa-Muñoz

  • Cr(VI) Adsorption and Desorption on Soils and Biosorbents

    M. T. Fernández-Pazos;B. Garrido-Rodriguez;J. C. Nóvoa-Muñoz;M. Arias-Estévez

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Arias-Estévez
Manuel Arias-Estévez Universidade de Vigo
Avelino Núñez-Delgado
Avelino Núñez-Delgado University of Santiago de Compostela
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña Spanish National Research Council
Jesús Simal-Gándara
Jesús Simal-Gándara Universidade de Vigo
Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio
Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio National Technological University
Jonatan Klaminder
Jonatan Klaminder Umeå University
William Shotyk
William Shotyk University of Alberta
Johannes Rousk
Johannes Rousk Lund University

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