2026 Silvia Goyanes: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	47	11150	10772	8	8	183	7977

Overview

Silvia Goyanes is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on materials science with a strong emphasis on biomaterials, biomedical engineering, water science and technology, polymers and plastics, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Membrane Separation Technologies
Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Silvina Cerveny, Lucía Famá, Laura Ribba, Alicia Vergara-Rubio, and David Picón.

Silvia Goyanes publishes frequently in the following venues:

Polymers
Starch - Stärke
Carbohydrate Polymers
Food Hydrocolloids
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Selected recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research:

Effect of yerba mate extract on the performance of starch films obtained by extrusion and compression molding as active and smart packaging (2020) in Carbohydrate Polymers
Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations (2022) in Environmental Research Letters
Active bilayer films based on cassava starch incorporating ZnO nanorods and PVA electrospun mats containing rosemary extract (2020) in Food Hydrocolloids
Enhancing arsenic adsorption via excellent dispersion of iron oxide nanoparticles inside poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers (2020) in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Improvement of Andean Blueberries Postharvest Preservation Using Carvacrol/Alginate-Edible Coatings (2020) in Polymers

Best Publications

Edible cassava starch films carrying rosemary antioxidant extracts for potential use as active food packaging

Danyxa Piñeros-Hernandez;Carolina Medina-Jaramillo;Carolina Medina-Jaramillo;Alex López-Córdoba;Silvia Goyanes

550
Citations
Biodegradable and non-retrogradable eco-films based on starch-glycerol with citric acid as crosslinking agent.

Paula González Seligra;Carolina Medina Jaramillo;Lucia Mercedes Fama;Silvia Nair Goyanes

466
Citations
Biodegradability and plasticizing effect of yerba mate extract on cassava starch edible films.

Carolina Medina Jaramillo;Carolina Medina Jaramillo;Tomy J. Gutiérrez;Silvia Goyanes;Celina Raquel Bernal

394
Citations
Physical properties of tapioca-starch edible films: Influence of filmmaking and potassium sorbate

Silvia Flores;Silvia Flores;Lucía Famá;Lucía Famá;Ana M. Rojas;Silvia Goyanes;Silvia Goyanes

288
Citations
Effect of glycerol on the morphology of nanocomposites made from thermoplastic starch and starch nanocrystals

Nancy Lis Garcia;Laura Gabriela Ribba;Alain Dufresne;Mirta Ines Aranguren

285
Citations
Carboxylation treatment of multiwalled carbon nanotubes monitored by infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopies and scanning probe microscopy

S. Goyanes;G.R. Rubiolo;A. Salazar;A. Jimeno

265
Citations
Physico-Mechanical properties of biodegradable starch nanocomposites

Nancy Lis Garcia;Laura Gabriela Ribba;Alain Dufresne;Mirta Ines Aranguren

258
Citations
Mechanical properties of tapioca-starch edible films containing sorbates

Lucía Famá;Ana M. Rojas;Silvia Goyanes;Lía Gerschenson

216
Citations
A comparison between the physico-chemical properties of tuber and cereal starches

Nancy L. García;Lucia Famá;Alain Dufresne;Mirta Aranguren

150
Citations
Starch/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites with improved mechanical properties

Lucia Mercedes Fama;Lucia Mercedes Fama;Lucia Mercedes Fama;Valeria Pettarin;Valeria Pettarin;Silvia Nair Goyanes;Silvia Nair Goyanes;Celina Raquel Bernal;Celina Raquel Bernal

147
Citations
Carbon nanotubes grown on carbon fiber yarns by a low temperature CVD method: A significant enhancement of the interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber/epoxy matrix hierarchical composites

Marcos Daniel Vozer Felisberto;Lazaros Tzounis;Leandro Sacco;Manfred Stamm

126
Citations
Biofilms based on cassava starch containing extract of yerba mate as antioxidant and plasticizer

Carolina Medina Jaramillo;Paula Fabiana González Seligra;Silvia Nair Goyanes;Celina Raquel Bernal

125
Citations
Influence of extrusion process conditions on starch film morphology

Paula González-Seligra;Lucas Guz;Lucas Guz;Oswaldo Ochoa-Yepes;Silvia Goyanes

125
Citations
Starch-vegetable fibre composites to protect food products

Lucía Famá;Lía Gerschenson;Silvia Goyanes

122
Citations
Development and characterization of starch nanoparticles by gamma radiation: Potential application as starch matrix filler

Melisa Elsa Lamanna;Noé J. Morales;Nancy Lis Garcia;Silvia Nair Goyanes

121
Citations
Cure kinetics and shrinkage model for epoxy-amine systems

J.A. Ramos;N. Pagani;C.C. Riccardi;J. Borrajo

119
Citations
Carbon nanotubes as reinforcement of styrene–butadiene rubber

Alejandro De Falco;Silvia Goyanes;Silvia Goyanes;Gerardo H. Rubiolo;Gerardo H. Rubiolo;Iñaki Mondragon

118
Citations
Physical characterization of cassava starch biofilms with special reference to dynamic mechanical properties at low temperatures

Lucía Famá;Silvia K. Flores;Lía Gerschenson;Lía Gerschenson;Silvia Goyanes;Silvia Goyanes

113
Citations
Influence of process (extrusion/thermo-compression, casting) and lentil protein content on physicochemical properties of starch films.

Oswaldo Ochoa-Yepes;Luciana Di Giogio;Silvia Goyanes;Adriana Mauri

112
Citations
Influence of incorporation of starch nanoparticles in PBAT/TPS composite films

Paula González Seligra;Lídia Eloy Moura;Lucia Famá;Janice Izabel Druzian

108
Citations
Influence of storage time at room temperature on the physicochemical properties of cassava starch films

Lucía Famá;Silvia Goyanes;Lía Gerschenson

106
Citations
Dynamic mechanical analysis of particulate-filled epoxy resin

S. N. Goyanes;P. G. König;J. D. Marconi

102
Citations
Biodegradable starch based nanocomposites with low water vapor permeability and high storage modulus

Lucia Mercedes Fama;Piedad Gañan Rojo;Celina Raquel Bernal;Celina Raquel Bernal;Silvia Nair Goyanes;Silvia Nair Goyanes

99
Citations