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2023

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D-Index
59
Citations
14003
World Ranking
3071
National Ranking
77

Marta Carballa 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 Marta Carballa sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 123 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marta Carballa 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 Marta Carballa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Marta Carballa is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research spans several fields of study, primarily focused on Environmental Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's subfields of work include Molecular Biology, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Building and Construction, and Biomedical Engineering.

The core topics of Marta Carballa's research involve Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, Water Treatment and Disinfection, and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies.

Marta Carballa has published extensively in multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bioresource Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent publications by Marta Carballa cover a range of topics related to anaerobic digestion, enzymatic biotransformations, and organic micropollutants in wastewater treatment. Notable recent papers include:

  • Principles, Advances, and Perspectives of Anaerobic Digestion of Lipids (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Protein composition determines the preferential consumption of amino acids during anaerobic mixed-culture fermentation (2020, Water Research)
  • Enzymatic cometabolic biotransformation of organic micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants: A review (2021, Bioresource Technology)
  • The organic loading rate affects organic micropollutants' cometabolic biotransformation kinetics under heterotrophic conditions in activated sludge (2020, Water Research)
  • Heterotrophic enzymatic biotransformations of organic micropollutants in activated sludge (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Marta Carballa frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Miguel Mauricio-Iglesias
  • Juan M. Lema
  • Riccardo Bevilacqua
  • Juan Iglesias-Riobó
  • Sabela Balboa

Best Publications

  • Behavior of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and hormones in a sewage treatment plant

    Marta Carballa;Francisco Omil;Juan M Lema;Marı́a Llompart

  • Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests.

    Christof Holliger;M. Madalena Alves;Diana Andrade;Irini Angelidaki

  • How are pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) removed from urban wastewaters

    Sonia Suárez;Marta Carballa;Francisco Omil;Juan M. Lema

  • Minimizing losses in bio-electrochemical systems: the road to applications

    Peter Clauwaert;Peter Aelterman;Liesje De Schamphelaire

  • Fate of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) during anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge.

    Marta Carballa;Francisco Omil;Thomas Ternes;Juan M. Lema

  • Aggregate size and architecture determine microbial activity balance for one-stage partial nitritation and anammox.

    Siegfried E. Vlaeminck;Akihiko Terada;Barth F. Smets;Haydée De Clippeleir

  • Removal of cosmetic ingredients and pharmaceuticals in sewage primary treatment

    Marta Carballa;Francisco Omil;Juan M. Lema

  • Microbial management of anaerobic digestion: exploiting the microbiome-functionality nexus.

    Marta Carballa;Leticia Regueiro;Juan M Lema

  • Determination of the solid-water distribution coefficient (Kd) for pharmaceuticals, estrogens and musk fragrances in digested sludge.

    Marta Carballa;Guido Fink;Francisco Omil;Juan M. Lema

  • Influence of nitrifying conditions on the biodegradation and sorption of emerging micropollutants.

    E. Fernandez-Fontaina;F. Omil;J.M. Lema;M. Carballa

  • Enhanced biomethanation of kitchen waste by different pre-treatments

    Jingxing Ma;Thu Hang Duong;Marianne Smits;Willy Verstraete

  • Relationship between microbial activity and microbial community structure in six full-scale anaerobic digesters

    Leticia Regueiro;Patricia Veiga;Mónica Figueroa;Jorge Alonso-Gutierrez

  • Nitrogen removal from digested black water by one-stage partial nitritation and anammox.

    Siegfried E. Vlaeminck;Akihiko Terada;Barth F. Smets;Davy Van der Linden

  • Comparison of predicted and measured concentrations of selected pharmaceuticals, fragrances and hormones in Spanish sewage

    Marta Carballa;Francisco Omil;Juan M. Lema

  • Influence of ozone pre-treatment on sludge anaerobic digestion: removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products.

    Marta Carballa;Garbiñe Manterola;Luis Larrea;Thomas Ternes

  • Environmental assessment of anaerobically digested sludge reuse in agriculture: potential impacts of emerging micropollutants.

    Almudena Hospido;Marta Carballa;Maite Moreira;Francisco Omil

  • Phosphate removal in agro-industry: pilot- and full-scale operational considerations of struvite crystallization.

    Wim Moerman;Marta Carballa;Andy Vandekerckhove;Dirk Derycke

  • Diclofenac oxidation by biogenic manganese oxides.

    Ilse Forrez;Marta Carballa;Kim Verbeken;Lynn Vanhaecke

  • Status of hormones and painkillers in wastewater effluents across several European states-considerations for the EU watch list concerning estradiols and diclofenac.

    P. Schröder;B. Helmreich;B. Škrbić;M. Carballa

  • Is anaerobic digestion effective for the removal of organic micropollutants and biological activities from sewage sludge

    L. Gonzalez-Gil;M. Papa;D. Feretti;E. Ceretti

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan M. Lema
Juan M. Lema University of Santiago de Compostela
Francisco Omil
Francisco Omil University of Santiago de Compostela
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Siegfried E. Vlaeminck
Siegfried E. Vlaeminck University of Antwerp
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Thomas A. Ternes
Thomas A. Ternes Federal Institute of Hydrology
Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark
Almudena Hospido
Almudena Hospido University of Santiago de Compostela
Sara González-García
Sara González-García University of Santiago de Compostela
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research

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