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Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez

Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
15005
World Ranking
2751
National Ranking
214

Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez 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 Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez 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 Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez is affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom and primarily conducts research in the fields of Environmental Science and Energy. Their work includes numerous publications that focus on water treatment, renewable energy, and sustainability techniques.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following areas of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Energy

Within these fields, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Some of the recent papers published by Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez are:

  • "A critical review on application of photocatalysis for toxicity reduction of real wastewaters," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Investigating the impact of UV-C/H2O2 and sunlight/H2O2 on the removal of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance determinants and toxicity present in urban wastewater," 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "A Review of Photoelectrocatalytic Reactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment," 2021, Water
  • "Hydrogen from wastewater by photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical treatment," 2020, Journal of Physics Energy
  • "A critical overview of household slow sand filters for water treatment," 2021, Water Research

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • John Byrne
  • Stuart McMichael
  • María Inmaculada Polo-López
  • Lyda Patrícia Sabogal-Paz
  • A. Tolosana-Moranchel

Regarding publication venues, Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez has multiple articles appearing in these outlets:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Water Research
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering

Best Publications

  • Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: Recent overview and trends

    S. Malato;P. Fernández-Ibáñez;M.I. Maldonado;J. Blanco

  • Solar photocatalysis: Materials, reactors, some commercial, and pre-industrialized applications. A comprehensive approach

    Danilo Spasiano;Raffaele Marotta;Sixto Malato;Pilar Fernandez-Ibañez

  • Solar water disinfection (SODIS): A review from bench-top to roof-top

    Kevin G. McGuigan;Ronán M. Conroy;Hans-Joachim Mosler;Martella du Preez

  • PHOTOCATALYTIC DECONTAMINATION AND DISINFECTION OF WATER WITH SOLAR COLLECTORS

    Sixto Malato;Julián Blanco;Diego C. Alarcón;Manuel I. Maldonado

  • Review of feasible solar energy applications to water processes

    J. Blanco;S. Malato;P. Fernández-Ibañez;D. Alarcón

  • Solar Photocatalytic Detoxification and Disinfection of Water: Recent Overview

    Julián Blanco-Galvez;Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez;Sixto Malato-Rodríguez

  • Application of the colloidal stability of TiO2 particles for recovery and reuse in solar photocatalysis

    P. Fernández-Ibáñez;J. Blanco;S. Malato;F.J.de las Nieves

  • Solar treatment (H2O2, TiO2-P25 and GO-TiO2 photocatalysis, photo-Fenton) of organic micropollutants, human pathogen indicators, antibiotic resistant bacteria and related genes in urban wastewater.

    Nuno F.F. Moreira;Carlos Narciso-da-Rocha;M. Inmaculada Polo-López;Luisa M. Pastrana-Martínez

  • Photocatalytic Enhancement for Solar Disinfection of Water: A Review

    J. Anthony Byrne;Pilar A. Fernandez-Ibañez;Patrick S. M. Dunlop;Dheaya M. A. Alrousan

  • A review of heterogeneous photocatalysis for water and surface disinfection.

    John Anthony Byrne;Patrick Stuart Morris Dunlop;Jeremy William John Hamilton;Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez

  • Bactericidal effect of solar water disinfection under real sunlight conditions.

    M. Boyle;C. Sichel;P. Fernández-Ibáñez;G. B. Arias-Quiroz

  • Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: The pilot plants of the Plataforma Solar de Almeria

    Sixto Malato;Manuel I. Maldonado;Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez;Isabel Oller

  • Degradation of pesticides in water using solar advanced oxidation processes

    Margarita Hincapié Pérez;Gustavo Peñuela;Manuel I. Maldonado;Octavio Malato

  • Enhancing biodegradability of priority substances (pesticides) by solar photo-Fenton.

    Milena Lapertot;César Pulgarín;Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez;Manuel I. Maldonado

  • Solar photo-Fenton treatment—Process parameters and process control

    W. Gernjak;M. Fuerhacker;P. Fernández-Ibañez;J. Blanco

  • Optimising solar photocatalytic mineralisation of pesticides by adding inorganic oxidising species; application to the recycling of pesticide containers

    S. Malato;J. Blanco;M.I. Maldonado;P. Fernández-Ibáñez

  • Effect of UV solar intensity and dose on the photocatalytic disinfection of bacteria and fungi

    C. Sichel;J. Tello;M. de Cara;P. Fernández-Ibáñez

  • Solar photocatalytic disinfection of water using titanium dioxide graphene composites

    Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez;M.I. Polo-López;S. Malato;S. Wadhwa

  • Solar photocatalytic disinfection of agricultural pathogenic fungi: Fusarium species

    C. Sichel;M. de Cara;J. Tello;J. Blanco

  • Solar disinfection of drinking water (SODIS): an investigation of the effect of UV-A dose on inactivation efficiency

    Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa;Christian Navntoft;M. Inmaculada Polo-López;Pilar Fernandez-Ibáñez

Frequent Co-Authors

Sixto Malato
Sixto Malato Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Isabel Oller
Isabel Oller University of Almería
Wolfgang Gernjak
Wolfgang Gernjak Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Julián Blanco
Julián Blanco Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Ana Agüera
Ana Agüera University of Almería
Elvira Ares-Mazás
Elvira Ares-Mazás University of Santiago de Compostela
Dionissios Mantzavinos
Dionissios Mantzavinos University of Patras
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Despo Fatta-Kassinos University of Cyprus
Luigi Rizzo
Luigi Rizzo University of Salerno
Jesús L. Romalde
Jesús L. Romalde University of Santiago de Compostela

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