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Luiz Drude de Lacerda

Luiz Drude de Lacerda

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Environmental Sciences
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
70
Citations
14337
World Ranking
1718
National Ranking
6

Luiz Drude de Lacerda 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 Luiz Drude de Lacerda sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 275 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Luiz Drude de Lacerda 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 Luiz Drude de Lacerda sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Luiz Drude de Lacerda is affiliated with the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil. Their research focuses broadly on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Pollution, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Luiz Drude de Lacerda has published numerous research articles with notable recent papers such as:

  • "20-Years Cumulative Impact From Shrimp Farming on Mangroves of Northeast Brazil," 2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "An Arctic Paradox: Response of Fluvial Hg Inputs and Bioavailability to Global Climate Change in an Extreme Coastal Environment," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Mangrove Trace Metal Biogeochemistry Response to Global Climate Change," 2022, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research with Luiz Drude de Lacerda include:

  • Moisés Fernandes Bezerra
  • Alcídes N. Sial
  • Raymond D. Ward
  • Alexander Cesar Ferreira
  • Carlos Eduardo de Rezende

The scientist regularly publishes in several specialized venues such as:

  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Luiz Drude de Lacerda was recognized as a Fellow by The World Academy of Sciences in 2013, which highlights distinctions awarded during their career.

Best Publications

  • Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection

    W. J. Junk;M. T. F. Piedade;R. Lourival;F. Wittmann

  • Mercury from gold and silver mining: a chemical time bomb?

    Luiz Drude de Lacerda;W. Salomons

  • Mercury inputs into the Amazon Region, Brazil

    W. C. Pfeiffer;L. Drude de Lacerda

  • Global mercury emissions from gold and silver mining

    L. D. Lacerda

  • Elevated mercury concentrations in soils, sediments, water, and fish of the Madeira River basin, Brazilian Amazon: a function of natural enrichments?

    P J Lechler;J R Miller;L D Lacerda;D Vinson

  • The biogeochemistry and trace metals distribution of mangrove rhizospheres

    L. D. Lacerda;C. E. V. Carvalho;K. F. Tanizaki;A. R. C. Ovalle

  • Metals reservoir in a red mangrove forest.

    Carlos Augusto R. Silva;Luiz D. Lacerda;Carlos E. Rezende

  • Mercury in the environment and riverside population in the Madeira River Basin, Amazon, Brazil.

    Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos;João Paulo Oliveira Gomes;Ronaldo Cavalcante Oliveira;Ronaldo Almeida

  • Environmental changes in Sepetiba Bay, SE Brazil

    M. M. Molisani;R. V. Marins;W. Machado;H. H. M. Paraquetti

  • Mercury, zinc, and copper accumulation in mangrove sediments surrounding a large landfill in southeast Brazil.

    W. Machado;M. Moscatelli;L.G. Rezende;L.D. Lacerda

  • Mercury concentrations in inland waters of gold-mining areas in Rondônia, Brazil.

    Wolfgang C. Pfeiffer;Luiz Drude de Lacerda;Olaf Malm;Cristina Maria M. Souza

  • Biogeochemistry of Mangrove Soil Organic Matter: a Comparison BetweenRhizophoraandAvicenniaSoils in South-eastern Brazil

    L.D. Lacerda;V. Ittekkot;S.R. Patchineelam

  • Degradation and conservation of Brazilian mangroves, status and perspectives

    Alexander Cesar Ferreira;Luiz Drude Lacerda

  • Mercury anomaly, Deccan volcanism, and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Eric Font;Thierry Adatte;Alcides Nobrega Sial;Luiz Drude de Lacerda

  • Trace metal retention in mangrove ecosystems in Guanabara Bay, SE Brazil.

    W Machado;E.V Silva-Filho;R.R Oliveira;L.D Lacerda

  • Metal concentrations, fluxes, inventories and chronologies in sediments from Sepetiba and Ribeira Bays: A comparative study

    Franciane de Carvalho Gomes;José Marcus Godoy;Maria Luiza D.P. Godoy;Zenildo Lara de Carvalho

  • Environmental fate of mercury from gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon

    W. C. Pfeiffer;L. D. Lacerda;W. Salomons;O. Malm

  • Mangroves Response to Climate Change: A Review of Recent Findings on Mangrove Extension and Distribution

    Mario Duarte Pinto Godoy;Luiz Drude de Lacerda

  • Factors affecting the hydrochemistry of a mangrove tidal creek, Sepetiba Bay, Brazil

    A.R.C. Ovalle;C.E. Rezende;L.D. Lacerda;C.A.R. Silva

  • Mangrove ecosystem studies in Latin America and Africa

    Björn Kjerfve;Luiz Drude de. Lacerda;El Hadji Malick Diop

  • Mercury Contaminated Sites

    Ralf Ebinghaus;Ralph R. Turner;Luiz D. Lacerda;O. Vasiliev

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Eduardo de Rezende
Carlos Eduardo de Rezende State University of Norte Fluminense
Wim Salomons
Wim Salomons Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Alcides N. Sial
Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco
Bruno Turcq
Bruno Turcq Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques
Olaf Malm
Olaf Malm Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Valderez P. Ferreira
Valderez P. Ferreira Federal University of Pernambuco
Wolfgang C. Pfeiffer
Wolfgang C. Pfeiffer Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Björn Kjerfve
Björn Kjerfve University of South Carolina
Christovam Barcellos
Christovam Barcellos Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Luiz Antonio Martinelli
Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo

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