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D-Index
69
Citations
17806
World Ranking
1780
National Ranking
80

Mercedes Ballesteros 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 Mercedes Ballesteros sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mercedes Ballesteros 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 Mercedes Ballesteros sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 199 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 19 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

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

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

Best Publications

  • Pretreatment technologies for an efficient bioethanol production process based on enzymatic hydrolysis: A review

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  • Ethanol from lignocellulosic materials by a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process (SFS) with Kluyveromyces marxianus CECT 10875

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  • Ethanol Production From Steam-Explosion Pretreated Wheat Straw

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  • Optimizing Liquid Hot Water pretreatment conditions to enhance sugar recovery from wheat straw for fuel-ethanol production

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  • Evaluation of steam explosion pre-treatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of sunflower stalks.

    Encarnación Ruiz;Cristóbal Cara;Paloma Manzanares;Mercedes Ballesteros

  • Production of fuel ethanol from steam-explosion pretreated olive tree pruning

    Cristóbal Cara;Encarnación Ruiz;Mercedes Ballesteros;Paloma Manzanares

  • Comparison of SHF and SSF processes from steam-exploded wheat straw for ethanol production by xylose-fermenting and robust glucose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains.

    Elia Tomás-Pejó;Jose M. Oliva;Mercedes Ballesteros;Lisbeth Olsson

  • Hydrothermal pretreatment conditions to enhance ethanol production from poplar biomass

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  • Extrusion as a pretreatment for lignocellulosic biomass: Fundamentals and applications

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  • Effect of inhibitors released during steam-explosion pretreatment of barley straw on enzymatic hydrolysis.

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  • Enzymic hydrolysis of steam exploded herbaceous agricultural waste (Brassica carinata) at different particule sizes

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  • A review of biological delignification and detoxification methods for lignocellulosic bioethanol production

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  • Linking microalgae and cyanobacteria culture conditions and key-enzymes for carbohydrate accumulation.

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  • Effect of lignocellulosic degradation compounds from steam explosion pretreatment on ethanol fermentation by thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus.

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  • Biotechnological advances in lactic acid production by lactic acid bacteria: lignocellulose as novel substrate

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  • Enhancing methane production of Chlorella vulgaris via thermochemical pretreatments.

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  • Microalgae autoflocculation: an alternative to high-energy consuming harvesting methods

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  • Acclimation to extremely high ammonia levels in continuous biomethanation process and the associated microbial community dynamics.

    Hailin Tian;Ioannis A. Fotidis;Enrico Mancini;Laura Treu

  • Hydrothermal Pretreatment Conditions to Enhance Ethanol Production from Poplar Biomass

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  • Effect of chip size on steam explosion pretreatment of softwood.

    I. Ballesteros;J. M. Oliva;A. A. Navarro;A. González

Frequent Co-Authors

Eulogio Castro
Eulogio Castro University of Jaén
Lisbeth Olsson
Lisbeth Olsson Chalmers University of Technology
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark
Matti Siika-aho
Matti Siika-aho VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Panagiotis Grammelis
Panagiotis Grammelis Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Omar Masera
Omar Masera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Raúl Muñoz
Raúl Muñoz University of Valladolid
José Luis Sanz
José Luis Sanz Autonomous University of Madrid
Carlos Martín
Carlos Martín Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Cristóbal N. Aguilar
Cristóbal N. Aguilar Autonomous University of Coahuila

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