2026 Paulo Pereira: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	57	3441	3290	1	1	224	12037

Overview

Paulo Pereira is affiliated with Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their primary research focuses on global and planetary change, soil science, ecology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law related to environmental topics.

The scientist's work frequently addresses important topics including:

Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Urban Green Space and Health
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Aeolian processes and effects
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Among the notable recent papers associated with this scientist are:

"Agricultural land systems importance for supporting food security and sustainable development goals: A systematic review," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
"Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs," 2020, Air Soil and Water Research
"Loess Plateau: from degradation to restoration," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
"Future land-use changes and its impacts on terrestrial ecosystem services: A review," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
"Future scenarios impact on land use change and habitat quality in Lithuania," 2021, Environmental Research

Paulo Pereira's frequent coauthors include Wenwu Zhao, Miguel Inácio, Igor Bogunović, Marius Kalinauskas, and Damià Barceló. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of studies within their expertise.

Their publications appear most commonly in the following venues:

The Science of The Total Environment
CATENA
Geography and sustainability
Agronomy
Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

Wildland fire ash: Production, composition and eco-hydro-geomorphic effects

Merche B. Bodí;Merche B. Bodí;Deborah A. Martin;Victoria N. Balfour;Cristina Santín

724
Citations
Higher Education For Sustainability: A Global Perspective

Inga Žalėnienė;Paulo Pereira

562
Citations
Agricultural land systems importance for supporting food security and sustainable development goals: A systematic review.

Cláudia M. Viana;Dulce Freire;Patrícia Abrantes;Jorge Rocha

512
Citations
Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards

Saskia Keesstra;Paulo Pereira;Paulo Pereira;Agata Novara;Eric C. Brevik

494
Citations
Soil ecosystem services, sustainability, valuation and management

Paulo Pereira;Igor Bogunovic;Miriam Muñoz-Rojas;Miriam Muñoz-Rojas;Eric C. Brevik

355
Citations
Soil mapping, classification, and pedologic modeling: History and future directions

Eric C. Brevik;Constanza Calzolari;Bradley A. Miller;Paulo Pereira

337
Citations
Recent regional climate cooling on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated impacts on the cryosphere.

Marc Oliva;F. Navarro;F. Hrbáček;A. Hernández

307
Citations
Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs:

Eric C Brevik;Lindsey Slaughter;Bal Ram Singh;Joshua J Steffan

283
Citations
Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall events

Artemi Cerdà;Óscar González-Pelayo;Antonio Giménez-Morera;Antonio Jordán

261
Citations
Loess Plateau: from degradation to restoration.

Yang Yu;Wenwu Zhao;Juan F. Martinez-Murillo;Paulo Pereira

252
Citations
Tillage management impacts on soil compaction, erosion and crop yield in Stagnosols (Croatia)

Igor Bogunovic;Paulo Pereira;Ivica Kisic;Krunoslav Sajko

251
Citations
Future land-use changes and its impacts on terrestrial ecosystem services: A review.

Eduardo Gomes;Miguel Inácio;Katažyna Bogdzevič;Marius Kalinauskas

242
Citations
Fire severity effects on ash chemical composition and water-extractable elements

Paulo Pereira;Xavier Úbeda;Deborah A. Martin

231
Citations
Effects of fire temperature on the physical and chemical characteristics of the ash from two plots of cork oak (Quercus suber)

X. Úbeda;P. Pereira;L. Outeiro;D. A. Martin

203
Citations
Post-fire soil management

Paulo Pereira;Marcos Francos;Eric C. Brevik;Xavier Ubeda

189
Citations
Future scenarios impact on land use change and habitat quality in Lithuania.

Eduardo Gomes;Miguel Inácio;Katažyna Bogdzevič;Marius Kalinauskas

157
Citations
Prioritizing sustainable development goals and linking them to ecosystem services: A global expert's knowledge evaluation

Siqi Yang;Wenwu Zhao;Yanxu Liu;Francesco Cherubini

151
Citations
Modeling soil cation exchange capacity in multiple countries

Yones Khaledian;Eric C. Brevik;Paulo Pereira;Artemi Cerdà

146
Citations
Modelling the Impacts of Wildfire on Ash Thickness in a Short-Term Period

P. Pereira;A. Cerdà;X. Úbeda;J. Mataix-Solera

142
Citations
Climate change impacts on agricultural suitability and yield reduction in a Mediterranean region

Sameh K. Abd-Elmabod;Miriam Muñoz-Rojas;Miriam Muñoz-Rojas;Antonio Jordán;Mariá Anaya-Romero

129
Citations
Spatial distribution of soil chemical properties in an organic farm in Croatia

Igor Bogunovic;Paulo Pereira;Eric C. Brevik

123
Citations
Atmospheric BTEX concentrations in the vicinity of the crude oil refinery of the Baltic region

Pranas Baltrėnas;Edita Baltrėnaitė;Vaida Šerevičienė;Paulo Pereira

123
Citations
Spatial models for monitoring the spatio-temporal evolution of ashes after fire – a case study of a burnt grassland in Lithuania

P. Pereira;A. Cerdà;X. Úbeda;J. Mataix-Solera

119
Citations
Spatial distribution of heavy metals released from ashes after a wildfire

Paulo Pereira;Xavier Úbeda

118
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia

Eric C. Brevik Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Antonio Jordán University of Seville

Agata Novara University of Palermo

Wenwu Zhao Beijing Normal University

Saskia Keesstra Wageningen University & Research

Marc Oliva University of Barcelona

Jorge Mataix-Solera Miguel Hernandez University

Miriam Muñoz-Rojas University of New South Wales

António Ferreira Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

External Links

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