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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
55
Citations
7354
World Ranking
3098
National Ranking
62

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
10565
World Ranking
2535
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Sustainability

Her main research concerns Life-cycle assessment, Waste management, Biofuel, Environmental engineering and Biomass. Her Life-cycle assessment study incorporates themes from Natural resource economics, Environmental impact assessment, Greenhouse gas and Agricultural science. Her Environmental impact assessment research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Agriculture and Agroforestry.

Her studies examine the connections between Waste management and genetics, as well as such issues in Raw material, with regards to Hardboard, Pulp mill and Pulp. Her Environmental engineering study which covers Eutrophication that intersects with Straw, Agrochemical, Paddy field and Environmental protection. Sara González-García combines subjects such as Willow and Renewable resource with her study of Biomass.

Her most cited work include:

  • PHF6 mutations in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (209 citations)
  • Anaerobic digestion of different feedstocks: impact on energetic and environmental balances of biogas process. (126 citations)
  • Anaerobic digestion of different feedstocks: impact on energetic and environmental balances of biogas process. (126 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Life-cycle assessment, Environmental impact assessment, Environmental engineering, Waste management and Greenhouse gas are her primary areas of study. Her Life-cycle assessment research includes elements of Biomass, Biofuel, Bioenergy, Renewable energy and Sustainability. In the subject of general Bioenergy, her work in Energy crop, Short rotation coppice and Short rotation forestry is often linked to Digestate, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

Her Environmental impact assessment research integrates issues from Agriculture, Environmental economics, Logging and Agricultural science. Her research in Environmental engineering intersects with topics in Biodegradable waste and Eutrophication. Her research investigates the link between Waste management and topics such as Raw material that cross with problems in Pulp and paper industry and Pulp.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Life-cycle assessment (78.86%)
  • Environmental impact assessment (53.14%)
  • Environmental engineering (31.43%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Life-cycle assessment (78.86%)
  • Environmental impact assessment (53.14%)
  • Sustainability (14.29%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Sara González-García mainly investigates Life-cycle assessment, Environmental impact assessment, Sustainability, Carbon footprint and Business. Her Life-cycle assessment research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Raw material, Pulp and paper industry, Ingredient and Renewable energy. Her Pulp and paper industry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Hemicellulose, Biofuel and Biogas.

Her Environmental impact assessment research incorporates elements of Crop rotation and Agricultural science. Her research in the fields of Industrial ecology overlaps with other disciplines such as Pecten maximus. She has included themes like Water use, Agricultural economics and Nutrient density in her Carbon footprint study.

Between 2019 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Dietary recommendations in Spain -affordability and environmental sustainability? (10 citations)
  • Production of flavonol quercetin and fructooligosaccharides from onion (Allium cepa L.) waste: an environmental life cycle approach. (10 citations)
  • Efficiency assessment of diets in the Spanish regions: A multi-criteria cross-cutting approach (7 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Sustainability

Sara González-García mainly focuses on Life-cycle assessment, Environmental impact assessment, Carbon footprint, Sustainability and Food processing. Sara González-García undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Life-cycle assessment and Scale through her works. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Food waste, Food systems and Nutrient density.

Her Carbon footprint research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Environmental economics and World population. Her Sustainability research includes elements of Agriculture, Crop rotation, Monoculture and Environmental health. Her Food processing study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Food products and Agricultural science.

Best Publications

  • PHF6 mutations in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Pieter van Vlierberghe;Pieter van Vlierberghe;Pieter van Vlierberghe;Teresa Palomero;Hossein Khiabanian;Joni van der Meulen

  • Anaerobic digestion of different feedstocks: impact on energetic and environmental balances of biogas process.

    Jacopo Bacenetti;Marco Negri;Marco Fiala;Sara González-García;Sara González-García

  • Substitution effects of wood-based products in climate change mitigation

    Pekka Leskinen;Giuseppe Cardellini;Sara González-García;Elias Hurmekoski

  • Carbon footprint and nutritional quality of different human dietary choices.

    Sara González-García;Xavier Esteve-Llorens;Maria Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Life cycle assessment of the production of the red antioxidant carotenoid astaxanthin by microalgae: from lab to pilot scale

    Paula Perez-Lopez;Sara Gonzalez-Garcia;Clayton Jeffryes;Spiros N. Agathos

  • CSL–MAML-dependent Notch1 signaling controls T lineage–specific IL-7Rα gene expression in early human thymopoiesis and leukemia

    Sara González-García;Marina García-Peydró;Enrique Martín-Gayo;Esteban Ballestar

  • COVID-19 mortality risk assessment: An international multi-center study.

    Dimitris Bertsimas;Galit Lukin;Luca Mingardi;Omid Nohadani

  • Life cycle assessment of raw materials for non-wood pulp mills: Hemp and flax

    S. González-García;A. Hospido;G. Feijoo;M.T. Moreira

  • Life Cycle Assessment of electricity production in Italy from anaerobic co-digestion of pig slurry and energy crops

    Lucía Lijó;Sara González-García;Jacopo Bacenetti;Marco Fiala

  • Life Cycle Assessment of broiler chicken production: a Portuguese case study

    Sara González-García;Sara González-García;Zaira Gomez-Fernández;Ana Cláudia Dias;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Life cycle assessment of two alternative bioenergy systems involving Salix spp. biomass: Bioethanol production and power generation

    Sara González-García;Sara González-García;Diego Iribarren;Ana Susmozas;Javier Dufour;Javier Dufour

  • Environmental assessment of green hardboard production coupled with a laccase activated system

    Sara González-García;Gumersindo Feijoo;Carol Heathcote;Andreas Kandelbauer

  • Environmental impacts of forest production and supply of pulpwood: Spanish and Swedish case studies

    Sara González-García;Staffan Berg;Gumersindo Feijoo;Ma Teresa Moreira

  • Comparative environmental performance of lignocellulosic ethanol from different feedstocks

    Sara González-García;M. Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Assessing the sustainability of Spanish cities considering environmental and socio-economic indicators

    Sara Gonzalez-Garcia;Rocío Manteiga;Maria Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo

  • Environmental performance assessment of hardboard manufacture

    Sara González-García;Gumersindo Feijoo;Petri Widsten;Andreas Kandelbauer

  • Fratricide-resistant CD1a-specific CAR T cells for the treatment of cortical T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Diego Sánchez-Martínez;Matteo L. Baroni;Francisco Gutierrez-Agüera;Heleia Roca-Ho

  • Environmental profile of ethanol from poplar biomass as transport fuel in Southern Europe

    Sara González-García;Carles M. Gasol;Xavier Gabarrell;Joan Rieradevall

  • Comparative life cycle assessment of ethanol production from fast-growing wood crops (black locust, eucalyptus and poplar)

    Sara González-García;Sara González-García;M. Teresa Moreira;Gumersindo Feijoo;Richard J. Murphy

  • The environmental effect of substituting energy crops for food waste as feedstock for biogas production

    Lucía Lijó;Sara González-García;Jacopo Bacenetti;Maria Teresa Moreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
Maria Teresa Moreira
Maria Teresa Moreira University of Santiago de Compostela
Xavier Gabarrell
Xavier Gabarrell Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jacopo Bacenetti
Jacopo Bacenetti University of Milan
Luís Arroja
Luís Arroja University of Aveiro
Blas Mola-Yudego
Blas Mola-Yudego University of Eastern Finland
Carles M. Gasol
Carles M. Gasol Autonomous University of Barcelona
Joan Rieradevall
Joan Rieradevall Autonomous University of Barcelona
Richard J. Murphy
Richard J. Murphy University of Surrey
Almudena Hospido
Almudena Hospido University of Santiago de Compostela

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