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Juan R. Castillo

Juan R. Castillo

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
8605
World Ranking
15211
National Ranking
603

Juan R. Castillo publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juan R. Castillo sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 245 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Juan R. Castillo D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juan R. Castillo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Juan R. Castillo was affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Their research primarily focused on fields involving engineering and chemistry.

The main areas of scientific inquiry included electrochemistry, analytical chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, biomedical engineering, and materials chemistry. These subfields supported a research profile centered on practical and theoretical aspects of chemical and biomedical sciences.

The research topics addressed by Juan R. Castillo encompassed:

  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Notable recent publications include:

  • About detectability and limits of detection in single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (2020), published in Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • Towards the Removal of Antibiotics Detected in Wastewaters in the POCTEFA Territory: Occurrence and TiO2 Photocatalytic Pilot-Scale Plant Performance (2020), published in Water
  • Evaluation of hydrodynamic chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for speciation of dissolved and nanoparticulate gold and silver (2021), published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Voltammetric sensing of silver nanoparticles on electrodes modified with selective ligands by using covalent and electropolymerization procedures. Discrimination between silver(I) and metallic silver (2020), published in Microchimica Acta
  • Detection, size characterization and quantification of silver nanoparticles in consumer products by particle collision coulometry (2021), published in Microchimica Acta

Juan R. Castillo frequently published in journals such as Microchimica Acta, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, Water, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, and Polymers.

Frequent collaborators included Francisco Laborda, Ana C. Giménez-Ingalaturre, Eduardo Bolea, Josefina Pérez-Arantegui, and Juan C. Vidal, reflecting sustained research partnerships and joint contributions in related scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • Selective identification, characterization and determination of dissolved silver(I) and silver nanoparticles based on single particle detection by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Francisco Laborda;Javier Jiménez-Lamana;Eduardo Bolea;Juan R. Castillo

  • Detection, characterization and quantification of inorganic engineered nanomaterials: A review of techniques and methodological approaches for the analysis of complex samples

    Francisco Laborda;Eduardo Bolea;Gemma Cepriá;María T. Gómez

  • Critical considerations for the determination of nanoparticle number concentrations, size and number size distributions by single particle ICP-MS

    Francisco Laborda;Javier Jiménez-Lamana;Eduardo Bolea;Juan R. Castillo

  • Electrochemical affinity biosensors for detection of mycotoxins: A review.

    Juan C. Vidal;Laura Bonel;Alba Ezquerra;Susana Hernández

  • An electrochemical competitive biosensor for ochratoxin A based on a DNA biotinylated aptamer

    Laura Bonel;Juan C. Vidal;Patricia Duato;Juan R. Castillo

  • In situ preparation of a cholesterol biosensor: entrapment of cholesterol oxidase in an overoxidized polypyrrole film electrodeposited in a flow system: Determination of total cholesterol in serum

    Juan C. Vidal;Esperanza Garcı́a;Juan R. Castillo

  • Recent Advances in Electropolymerized Conducting Polymers in Amperometric Biosensors

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  • Direct determination of uric acid in serum by a fluorometric-enzymatic method based on uricase.

    Javier Galbán;Yolanda Andreu;M.J Almenara;Susana de Marcos

  • Electrochemical hydride generation as a sample-introduction technique in atomic spectrometry: fundamentals, interferences, and applications

    Francisco Laborda;Eduardo Bolea;Juan R. Castillo

  • Amperometric cholesterol biosensors based on the electropolymerization of pyrrole and the electrocatalytic effect of Prussian-Blue layers helped with self-assembled monolayers.

    Juan-C Vidal;Javier Espuelas;Esperanza Garcia-Ruiz;Juan-R Castillo

  • Size characterization and quantification of silver nanoparticles by asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    E. Bolea;J. Jiménez-Lamana;F. Laborda;J. R. Castillo

  • Multielement characterization of metal-humic substances complexation by size exclusion chromatography, asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation, ultrafiltration and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry detection: A comparative approach

    E. Bolea;M.P. Gorriz;M. Bouby;F. Laborda

  • Comparison of biosensors based on entrapment of cholesterol oxidase and cholesterol esterase in electropolymerized films of polypyrrole and diaminonaphthalene derivatives for amperometric determination of cholesterol.

    J. C. Vidal;E. Garcia-Ruiz;J. Espuelas;T. Aramendia

  • About detectability and limits of detection in single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Francisco Laborda;Ana C. Gimenez-Ingalaturre;Eduardo Bolea;Juan R. Castillo

  • Electropolymerization of pyrrole and immobilization of glucose oxidase in a flow system: influence of the operating conditions on analytical performance

    Juan-C. Vidal;Esperanza Garcia;Juan-R. Castillo

  • A comparative study of immobilization methods of a tyrosinase enzyme on electrodes and their application to the detection of dichlorvos organophosphorus insecticide.

    Juan C. Vidal;Silvia Esteban;Javier Gil;Juan R. Castillo

  • Semiquantitative simultaneous determination of metals in olive oil using direct emulsion nebulization

    Juan R. Castillo;María S. Jiménez;L. Ebdon

  • IN SITU PREPARATION OF OVEROXIDIZED PPY/OPPD BILAYER BIOSENSORS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GLUCOSE AND CHOLESTEROL IN SERUM

    J.C Vidal;E Garcı́a;J.R Castillo

  • Ochratoxin A nanostructured electrochemical immunosensors based on polyclonal antibodies and gold nanoparticles coupled to the antigen

    L. Bonel;Juan C. Vidal;P. Duato;Juan R. Castillo

  • Evaluation of number concentration quantification by single-particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: microsecond vs. millisecond dwell times

    Isabel Abad-Álvaro;Isabel Abad-Álvaro;Elena Peña-Vázquez;Eduardo Bolea;Pilar Bermejo-Barrera

  • Amperometric cholesterol biosensor based on in situ reconstituted cholesterol oxidase on an immobilized monolayer of flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor.

    Juan-C. Vidal;Javier Espuelas;Juan-R. Castillo

  • Electrochemical hydride generation for the simultaneous determination of hydride forming elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry

    E Bolea;F Laborda;J.R Castillo;R.E Sturgeon

  • Use of polyclonal antibodies to ochratoxin A with a quartz–crystal microbalance for developing real-time mycotoxin piezoelectric immunosensors

    J. C. Vidal;P. Duato;L. Bonel;J. R. Castillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Bendicho
Carlos Bendicho Universidade de Vigo
Martín Resano
Martín Resano University of Zaragoza
Lluís Arola
Lluís Arola Rovira i Virgili University
Pilar Bermejo-Barrera
Pilar Bermejo-Barrera University of Santiago de Compostela
Joseph A. Caruso
Joseph A. Caruso Wayne State University
Ralph E. Sturgeon
Ralph E. Sturgeon National Research Council Canada
M. D. Luque de Castro
M. D. Luque de Castro University of Córdoba
Joanna Szpunar
Joanna Szpunar University of Pau and the Adour Region
Jean-Michel Mermet
Jean-Michel Mermet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Miguel de la Guardia
Miguel de la Guardia University of Valencia

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