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Purificación López-Mahía

Purificación López-Mahía

University of A Coruña
Spain

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
8574
World Ranking
15215
National Ranking
604

Purificación López-Mahía publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Purificación López-Mahía sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 220 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Purificación López-Mahía D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Purificación López-Mahía sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Purificación López-Mahía is affiliated with the University of A Coruña in Spain and focuses primarily on environmental science. Their research encompasses several key subfields, including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, analytical chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, emphasizing microplastics and plastic pollution, air quality and health impacts, toxic organic pollutants impact, recycling and waste management techniques, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, and the development of analytical chemistry methods.

Recent publications from 2020 to 2022 illustrate a concentration on microplastics and environmental pollutants. Notable papers include:

  • Impact of weathering on the chemical identification of microplastics from usual packaging polymers in the marine environment (2020, Analytica Chimica Acta)
  • Standardization of the minimum information for publication of infrared-related data when microplastics are characterized (2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin)
  • Misidentification of PVC microplastics in marine environmental samples (2022, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry)
  • Multi-class organic pollutants in atmospheric particulate matter (PM2.5) from a Southwestern Europe industrial area: Levels, sources and human health risk (2022, Environmental Research)
  • Monitorization of polyamide microplastics weathering using attenuated total reflectance and microreflectance infrared spectrometry (2021, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy)

Frequently published venues for this scientist include Marine Pollution Bulletin, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Analytica Chimica Acta.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo, Jorge Moreda-Piñeiro, Joel Sánchez-Piñero, J.M. Andrade, and Verónica Fernández-González.

Best Publications

  • Emerging pollutants in sewage, surface and drinking water in Galicia (NW Spain).

    Rosario Rodil;José Benito Quintana;José Benito Quintana;Estefanía Concha-Graña;Purificación López-Mahía

  • Multi-residue analytical method for the determination of emerging pollutants in water by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Rosario Rodil;José Benito Quintana;José Benito Quintana;Purificación López-Mahía;Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Multiresidue analysis of acidic and polar organic contaminants in water samples by stir-bar sorptive extraction–liquid desorption–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    José Benito Quintana;Rosario Rodil;Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo;Purificación López-Mahía

  • Slurry sampling for direct analysis of solid materials by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). A literature review from 1990 to 2000.

    M.J Cal-Prieto;M Felipe-Sotelo;A Carlosena;J.M Andrade

  • Multiclass Determination of Sunscreen Chemicals in Water Samples by Liquid Chromatography−Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    Rosario Rodil;José Benito Quintana;Purificación López-Mahía;Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of dissolved/dispersed aromatic hydrocarbons in seawater in the area affected by the Prestige oil spill.

    J.J. González;L. Viñas;M.A. Franco;J. Fumega

  • In-vivo and in-vitro testing to assess the bioaccessibility and the bioavailability of arsenic, selenium and mercury species in food samples

    Jorge Moreda-Piñeiro;Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro;Vanessa Romarís-Hortas;Carmen Moscoso-Pérez

  • Microwave-assisted extraction versus Soxhlet extraction in the analysis of 21 organochlorine pesticides in plants

    Mercedes Barriada-Pereira;E Concha-Graña;María J González-Castro;Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Strengths and weaknesses of in-tube solid-phase microextraction: A scoping review.

    M. Fernández-Amado;M.C. Prieto-Blanco;P. López-Mahía;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Tracers and impact of open burning of rice straw residues on PM in Eastern Spain

    M Viana;Jm Lopez;X Querol;A Alastuey

  • As, Hg, and Se flue gas sampling in a coal-fired power plant and their fate during coal combustion.

    José R. Otero-Rey;José M. Lopez-Vilarino;Jorge Moreda-Pineiro;Elia Alonso-Rodriguez

  • Occurrence, distribution and bioaccumulation of endocrine disrupting compounds in water, sediment and biota samples from a European river basin

    N. Salgueiro-González;I. Turnes-Carou;V. Besada;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Impact of weathering on the chemical identification of microplastics from usual packaging polymers in the marine environment

    V. Fernández-González;J.M. Andrade-Garda;P. López-Mahía;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Investigating the chlorination of acidic pharmaceuticals and by-product formation aided by an experimental design methodology.

    José Benito Quintana;Rosario Rodil;Rosario Rodil;Purificación López-Mahía;Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • Evaluation of HCH isomers and metabolites in soils, leachates, river water and sediments of a highly contaminated area.

    E. Concha-Graña;M.I. Turnes-Carou;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo;P. López-Mahía

  • Determination of alkylphenols and bisphenol A in seawater samples by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for compliance with environmental quality standards (Directive 2008/105/EC)

    N. Salgueiro-González;E. Concha-Graña;I. Turnes-Carou;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo

  • A practical comparison of single and multiple imputation methods to handle complex missing data in air quality datasets

    M.P. Gómez-Carracedo;J.M. Andrade;P. López-Mahía;S. Muniategui

  • Comparison of pressurized liquid extraction and microwave assisted extraction for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in vegetables.

    M. Barriada-Pereira;M.J. González-Castro;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo;P. López-Mahía

  • Trends in analytical methodologies for the determination of alkylphenols and bisphenol A in water samples.

    N Salgueiro-González;N Salgueiro-González;S Muniategui-Lorenzo;P López-Mahía;D Prada-Rodríguez

  • Solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Towards the European Union water directive 2006/0129 EC.

    V. Fernández-González;E. Concha-Graña;S. Muniategui-Lorenzo;P. López-Mahía

  • Organochlorine pesticides accumulation and degradation products in vegetation samples of a contaminated area in Galicia (NW Spain).

    Mercedes Barriada-Pereira;María J. González-Castro;Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo;Purificación López-Mahía

Frequent Co-Authors

Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo
Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo University of A Coruña
Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro
Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro University of Santiago de Compostela
Pilar Bermejo-Barrera
Pilar Bermejo-Barrera University of Santiago de Compostela
José Benito Quintana
José Benito Quintana University of Santiago de Compostela
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Rosario Rodil
Rosario Rodil University of Santiago de Compostela
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Begoña Artíñano
Begoña Artíñano Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Mar Viana
Mar Viana Spanish National Research Council

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