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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
11807
World Ranking
2962
National Ranking
74

Marta Estrada 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 Estrada sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 212 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Marta Estrada 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 Estrada sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Marta Estrada is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Within these broad fields, their research concentrates on oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, and molecular biology.

The main topics Marta Estrada has explored include marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, marine toxins and detection methods, marine and fisheries research, protist diversity and phylogeny, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Estrada has contributed to multiple research publications. Recent papers include the following:

  • "Primary Production, an Index of Climate Change in the Ocean: Satellite-Based Estimates over Two Decades" (2020), published in Remote Sensing
  • "Major imprint of surface plankton on deep ocean prokaryotic structure and activity" (2020), published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation" (2023), published in Earth System Science Data
  • "Sea Ice Microbiota in the Antarctic Peninsula Modulates Cloud-Relevant Sea Spray Aerosol Production" (2022), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Distribution and Drivers of Marine Isoprene Concentration across the Southern Ocean" (2020), published in Atmosphere

Frequent coauthors of Marta Estrada include:

  • M. Montserrat Sala
  • Elisa Berdalet
  • Dolors Vaqué
  • Rafel Simó
  • Ken Furuya

The researcher has published notably in venues such as Remote Sensing, Progress In Oceanography, Scientia Marina, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)), and Molecular Ecology.

Marta Estrada was recognized as a member of the Academia Europaea in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek;Kristin Kaschner

  • Primary production in the northwestern Mediterranean

    Marta Estrada

  • Role for urea in nitrification by polar marine Archaea.

    Laura Alonso-Saéz;Allison S Waller;Daniel R Mende;Kevin Bakker

  • Marine ecological processes (2nd edn): by I. Valiela Springer-Veriag, 1995. DM98.00 hbk (xiv + 686 pages) ISBN 0 387 943218

    Jordi Camp;Marta Estrada

  • Variability of deep chlorophyll maximum characteristics in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Marta Estrada;Cèlia Marrasé;Mikel Latasa;Elisa Berdalet

  • Functional morphology of organisms involved in red tides, as adapted to decaying turbulence

    Ramón Margalef;Marta Estrada;Dolors Blasco

  • Ubiquitous healthy diatoms in the deep sea confirm deep carbon injection by the biological pump

    Susana Agusti;J. I. González-Gordillo;D. Vaqué;M. Estrada

  • Phytoplankton in a turbulent world

    Marta Estrada;Elisa Berdalet

  • Dissolved Primary Production and the Strength of Phytoplankton– Bacterioplankton Coupling in Contrasting Marine Regions

    Xosé Anxelu G. Morán;Marta Estrada;Josep M. Gasol;Carlos Pedrós-Alió

  • Unveiling the role and life strategies of viruses from the surface to the dark ocean.

    Elena Lara;Elena Lara;Dolors Vaqué;Elisabet Laia Sà;Julia A. Boras

  • Bacterioplankton and phytoplankton biomass and production during summer stratification in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Carlos Pedrós-Alió;Juan-Isidro Calderón-Paz;Núria Guixa-Boixereu;Marta Estrada

  • Phytoplankton size distribution and growth rates in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean): short term variability related to mesoscale hydrodynamics

    Laura Arin;Xosé Anxelu G. Morán;Marta Estrada

  • Primary production, an index of climate change in the Ocean: satellite-based estimates over two decades

    Gemma Kulk;Trevor Platt;James Dingle;Thomas Jackson

  • Large-scale ocean connectivity and planktonic body size

    Ernesto Villarino;James R. Watson;Bror Jönsson;Josep M. Gasol

  • Relative grazing impact of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton on a bloom of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum

    Albert Calbet;Dolors Vaqué;Jordi Felipe;Magda Vila

  • Diversity of planktonic photoautotrophic microorganisms along a salinity gradient as depicted by microscopy, flow cytometry, pigment analysis and DNA-based methods

    Marta Estrada;Peter Henriksen;Josep M. Gasol;Emilio O. Casamayor

  • Physical-biological coupling in the Algerian Basin (SW Mediterranean): Influence of mesoscale instabilities on the biomass and production of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton

    Xosé Anxelu G Morán;Isabelle Taupier-Letage;Evaristo Vázquez-Domı́nguez;Simón Ruiz

  • Relationship between the phytoplankton distribution and composition and the hydrography in the northwest African upwelling region near Cabo Corbeiro

    Dolors Blasco;Marta Estrada;Burton Jones

  • Modelling allelopathy among marine algae

    Jordi Solé;Emilio García-Ladona;Piet Ruardij;Marta Estrada

  • Short-term variability of photosynthetic parameters and particulate and dissolved primary production in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean)

    Xosé Anxelu G. Morán;Marta Estrada

  • Phytoplankton across Tropical and Subtropical Regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans

    Marta Estrada;Maximino Delgado;Dolors Blasco;Mikel Latasa

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep M. Gasol
Josep M. Gasol Spanish National Research Council
Cèlia Marrasé
Cèlia Marrasé Spanish National Research Council
Elisa Berdalet
Elisa Berdalet Spanish National Research Council
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mikel Latasa
Mikel Latasa Spanish National Research Council
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Susana Agustí
Susana Agustí King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Miquel Alcaraz
Miquel Alcaraz Spanish National Research Council
Dolors Vaqué
Dolors Vaqué Spanish National Research Council
Rafel Simó
Rafel Simó Spanish National Research Council

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