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48
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15179
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5404
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145

Meritxell Gros 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 Meritxell Gros sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 80 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Meritxell Gros 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 Meritxell Gros sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Meritxell Gros is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain and has established a research profile primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research topics focus on key areas such as Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, and Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies.

Meritxell Gros has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers published in renowned journals. Recent publications include:

  • Groundwater antibiotic pollution and its relationship with dissolved organic matter: Identification and environmental implications, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Antibiotics, antibiotic resistance and associated risk in natural springs from an agroecosystem environment, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Additionally, Gros was involved in other collaborative research works such as:

  • Occurrence and assessment of environmental risks of endocrine disrupting compounds in drinking, surface and wastewaters in Serbia, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Extended suspect screening to identify contaminants of emerging concern in riverine and coastal ecosystems and assessment of environmental risks, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Impacts of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) discharge waters on planktonic biological indicators, 2023, Marine Pollution Bulletin

The scientist's contributions are frequently published in journals including:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • MethodsX
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Meritxell Gros collaborates regularly with several researchers including:

  • Mira Petrović
  • Mira Čelić
  • José Luís Balcázar
  • Anna Lunde Hermansson
  • Elisa García-Gómez

Best Publications

  • Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river.

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Sara Chamorro;Elisabet Marti;Belinda Huerta

  • Occurrence, partition and removal of pharmaceuticals in sewage water and sludge during wastewater treatment.

    Aleksandra Jelic;Meritxell Gros;Antoni Ginebreda;Raquel Cespedes-Sánchez

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals during wastewater treatment and environmental risk assessment using hazard indexes

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Antoni Ginebreda;Damià Barceló

  • Development of a multi-residue analytical methodology based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for screening and trace level determination of pharmaceuticals in surface and wastewaters.

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Mira Petrović;Damiá Barceló

  • Fast and comprehensive multi-residue analysis of a broad range of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and some of their metabolites in surface and treated waters by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry.

    Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Contribution of hospital effluents to the load of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewaters: Identification of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals

    Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos;Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Cristina Delerue-Matos

  • Rapid analysis of multiclass antibiotic residues and some of their metabolites in hospital, urban wastewater and river water by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry.

    Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Tracing pharmaceutical residues of different therapeutic classes in environmental waters by using liquid chromatography/quadrupole-linear ion trap mass spectrometry and automated library searching.

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Damià Barceló

  • Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for aquatic contamination by pharmaceuticals in the Ebro river basin (Northeast Spain)

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Damià Barceló

  • Exploring the links between antibiotic occurrence, antibiotic resistance, and bacterial communities in water supply reservoirs

    Belinda Huerta;Elisabet Marti;Meritxell Gros;Pilar López

  • Multi-residue analysis of pharmaceuticals in wastewater by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Mira Petrovic;Meritxell Gros;Damia Barcelo

  • Occurrence and fate of emerging wastewater contaminants in Western Balkan Region.

    Senka Terzić;Ivan Senta;Marijan Ahel;Meritxell Gros

  • Simplified procedures for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, sediments and mussels

    Elena Martinez;Meritxell Gros;Sílvia Lacorte;Damià Barceló

  • Removal of emerging contaminants from municipal wastewater with an integrated membrane system, MBR-RO.

    Davor Dolar;Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Jordi Moreno

  • Multi-residue analytical methods using LC-tandem MS for the determination of pharmaceuticals in environmental and wastewater samples: a review

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Damià Barceló

  • Pharmaceuticals occurrence in a WWTP with significant industrial contribution and its input into the river system.

    N. Collado;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;M. Gros;A. Rubirola

  • Seasonal distribution of pharmaceuticals in marine water and sediment from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (SE Spain).

    R. Moreno-González;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;M. Gros;D. Barceló

  • Comprehensive study of ibuprofen and its metabolites in activated sludge batch experiments and aquatic environment.

    Laura Ferrando-Climent;Neus Collado;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Meritxell Gros

  • Critical review: Grand challenges in assessing the adverse effects of contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic food webs

    Elena Nilsen;Kelly L Smalling;Lutz Ahrens;Meritxell Gros;Meritxell Gros

  • Chronic impact of tetracycline on the biodegradation of an organic substrate mixture under anaerobic conditions.

    Z. Cetecioglu;B. Ince;Meritxell Gros;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Fate and removal of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in conventional and membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plants and by riverbank filtration.

    Mira Petrovic;Mira Petrovic;Maria Jose Lopez de Alda;Silvia Diaz-Cruz;Cristina Postigo

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Karin Wiberg
Karin Wiberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lutz Ahrens
Lutz Ahrens Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Antoni Ginebreda
Antoni Ginebreda Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Postigo
Cristina Postigo University of Granada
Miren López de Alda
Miren López de Alda Spanish National Research Council
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda University of Girona
José Luis Balcázar
José Luis Balcázar Catalan Institute for Water Research

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