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Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
12458
World Ranking
7090
National Ranking
2106

Reyes Sierra-Alvarez 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 Reyes Sierra-Alvarez sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 233 publications — 44th percentile

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

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

Reyes Sierra-Alvarez 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 Reyes Sierra-Alvarez 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: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Reyes Sierra-Alvarez is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a substantial focus on Environmental Chemistry and Pollution as key subfields. Biomedical Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Materials Chemistry also represent significant areas of their work.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on environmental remediation and material science. Among notable papers are:

  • Enhanced removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by crosslinked polyaniline polymers (2022) published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Biosynthesis and Analytical Characterization of Iron Oxide Nanobiocomposite for In-Depth Adsorption Strategy for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Drinking Water (2022) in Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Effects of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide on acetoclastic, hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic methanogenesis (2020) in Biodegradation
  • Iron(II) monosulfide (FeS) minerals reductively transform the insensitive munitions compounds 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) (2021) in Chemosphere
  • Quinone Moieties Link the Microbial Respiration of Natural Organic Matter to the Chemical Reduction of Diverse Nitroaromatic Compounds (2022) in Environmental Science & Technology

Their research covers main topics such as:

  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Frequent coauthors contributing alongside Reyes Sierra-Alvarez include:

  • Jim A. Field
  • Jon Chorover
  • Leif Abrell
  • Osmar Menezes
  • Robert A. Root

Their work is published regularly in a group of journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Chemosphere
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Removal of perfluorinated surfactants by sorption onto granular activated carbon, zeolite and sludge.

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Sulfide oxidation under chemolithoautotrophic denitrifying conditions

    Ricardo Beristain Cardoso;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Pieter Rowlette;Elias Razo Flores

  • Microbial transformation and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls.

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Chemolithotrophic denitrification with elemental sulfur for groundwater treatment.

    Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Margarita Salazar;Jorge Gómez

  • Toxicity of copper(II) ions to microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment systems.

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Glendy León;Qais Banihani;Jim A. Field

  • Zero valent iron as an electron-donor for methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in anaerobic sludge.

    Srilakshmi Karri;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Jim A. Field

  • Anaerobic biotransformation of roxarsone and related N-substituted phenylarsonic acids

    Irail Cortinas;Jim A. Field;Mike Kopplin;John R. Garbarino

  • Inhibition of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) enrichment cultures by substrates, metabolites and common wastewater constituents

    José M. Carvajal-Arroyo;Wenjie Sun;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Jim A. Field

  • Biodegradability of chlorinated solvents and related chlorinated aliphatic compounds

    J.A Field;R Sierra-Alvarez

  • Microbial degradation of chlorinated phenols

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Reductive Defluorination of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Arpad Somogyi;Neil E. Jacobsen

  • Toxicity assessment of inorganic nanoparticles to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenic activity in anaerobic granular sludge.

    Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;James A. Field

  • Microbial degradation of chlorinated dioxins.

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • The effect of aromatic structure on the inhibition of acetoclastic methanogenesis in granular sludge.

    Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Gatze Lettinga

  • Microbial degradation of chlorinated benzenes.

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Toxicity of fluoride to microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment systems.

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Qais Banihani;Glendy León;Chandra Khatri

  • Microbial toxicity and biodegradability of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and shorter chain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Jim A. Field;Antonia Luna-Velasco;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • The methanogenic toxicity of bark tannins and the anaerobic biodegradability of water soluble bark matter.

    J.A. Field;M.J.H. Leyendeckers;R. Sierra-Alvarez;G. Lettinga

  • Toxicity of copper to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic activities of methanogens and sulfate reducers in anaerobic sludge

    Srilakshmi Karri;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Jim A. Field

  • Fate of cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles in municipal wastewater during activated sludge treatment.

    Francisco Gómez-Rivera;James A. Field;Dustin Brown;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Microbial community dynamics in a chemolithotrophic denitrification reactor inoculated with methanogenic granular sludge.

    Nuria Fernández;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;James A. Field;Ricardo Amils

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim A. Field
Jim A. Field University of Arizona
Jon Chorover
Jon Chorover University of Arizona
Maria Teresa Moreira
Maria Teresa Moreira University of Santiago de Compostela
Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
Gatze Lettinga
Gatze Lettinga Wageningen University & Research
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Elías Razo-Flores
Elías Razo-Flores Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Jim C. Spain
Jim C. Spain University of West Florida
Teris A. van Beek
Teris A. van Beek Wageningen University & Research
Holger Militz
Holger Militz University of Göttingen

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