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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
103
Citations
40090
World Ranking
313
National Ranking
9

Chemistry

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103
Citations
39869
World Ranking
1111
National Ranking
16

Sixto Malato 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 Sixto Malato sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 390 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sixto Malato 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 Sixto Malato sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Sixto Malato is affiliated with the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and energy, with significant contributions in the subfields of renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include advanced oxidation water treatment, advanced photocatalysis techniques, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, wastewater treatment and reuse, solar-powered water purification methods, and water quality monitoring and analysis.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Sixto Malato include:

  • Photo-Fenton applied to the removal of pharmaceutical and other pollutants of emerging concern (2021, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry)
  • Solar photocatalytic degradation of pesticides over TiO2-rGO nanocomposites at pilot plant scale (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Mitigating risks and maximizing sustainability of treated wastewater reuse for irrigation (2023, Water Research X)
  • Simultaneous removal of contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens from urban wastewater by homogeneous solar driven advanced oxidation processes (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Carbon-based cathodes degradation during electro-Fenton treatment at pilot scale: Changes in H2O2 electrogeneration (2021, Chemosphere)

Frequent coauthors in Sixto Malato's work include:

  • I. Oller
  • María Inmaculada Polo-López
  • Irene Salmerón
  • Luigi Rizzo
  • Alejandro Cabrera-Reina

The scientist has published research regularly in specific venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Catalysis Today
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemosphere

This body of work reflects a consistent focus on applying and improving photocatalytic and oxidation processes for environmental applications, particularly in water treatment and pollutant degradation.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Combination of Advanced Oxidation Processes and biological treatments for wastewater decontamination—A review

    I. Oller;S. Malato;J.A. Sánchez-Pérez

  • Advanced oxidation processes for water treatment: advances and trends for R & D

    Christos Comninellis;Agnieszka Kapalka;Sixto Malato;Simon A Parsons

  • Photocatalysis with solar energy at a pilot-plant scale: an overview

    Sixto Malato;Julián Blanco;Alfonso Vidal;Christoph Richter

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

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

  • Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater.

    Luigi Rizzo;Sixto Malato;Demet Antakyali;Vasiliki G. Beretsou

  • Photo-fenton degradation of diclofenac: identification of main intermediates and degradation pathway.

    Leónidas A Pérez-Estrada;Sixto Malato;Wolfgang Gernjak;Ana Agüera

  • Photocatalytic treatment of water-soluble pesticides by photo-Fenton and TiO2 using solar energy

    S Malato;J Blanco;J Cáceres;A.R Fernández-Alba

  • The photo-fenton reaction and the TiO2/UV process for waste water treatment − novel developments

    R. Bauer;G. Waldner;H. Fallmann;S. Hager

  • Degradation of sulfamethoxazole in water by solar photo-Fenton. Chemical and toxicological evaluation.

    Alam G. Trovo;Raquel Fernandes Pupo Nogueira;Ana Aguera;Amadeo R. Fernandez-Alba

  • Solar photocatalysis: a clean process for water detoxification.

    Didier Robert;Sixto Malato

  • Degradation and inactivation of tetracycline by TiO2 photocatalysis

    C. Reyes;J. Fernández;J. Freer;M.A. Mondaca

  • PHOTOCATALYTIC DECONTAMINATION AND DISINFECTION OF WATER WITH SOLAR COLLECTORS

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

  • Degradation of the antibiotic amoxicillin by photo-Fenton process - Chemical and toxicological assessment

    Alam G. Trovó;Raquel F. Pupo Nogueira;Ana Agüera;Amadeo R. Fernandez-Alba

  • Photocatalytic degradation of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents using immobilized TiO2 in a solar pilot plant

    N. Miranda-García;S. Suárez;B. Sánchez;J.M. Coronado

  • Applied studies in solar photocatalytic detoxification: an overview

    Sixto Malato;Julián Blanco;Alfonso Vidal;Diego Alarcón

  • Degradation of fifteen emerging contaminants at microg L(-1) initial concentrations by mild solar photo-Fenton in MWTP effluents.

    N. Klamerth;L. Rizzo;S. Malato;Manuel I. Maldonado

  • Decontamination industrial pharmaceutical wastewater by combining solar photo-Fenton and biological treatment.

    C. Sirtori;A. Zapata;I. Oller;W. Gernjak

  • Mature landfill leachate treatment by coagulation/flocculation combined with Fenton and solar photo-Fenton processes.

    Carlos Amor;Estefanía De Torres-Socías;José A. Peres;Manuel I. Maldonado

  • Application of solar AOPs and ozonation for elimination of micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents

    L. Prieto-Rodríguez;I. Oller;N. Klamerth;A. Agüera

  • Photo-Fenton treatment of water containing natural phenolic pollutants.

    Wolfgang Gernjak;Thomas Krutzler;Andreas Glaser;Sixto Malato

Frequent Co-Authors

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
Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez
Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez University of Ulster
Cesar Pulgarin
Cesar Pulgarin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
J.A. Sánchez Pérez
J.A. Sánchez Pérez University of Almería
Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba
Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba University of Almería
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
José Peral
José Peral Autonomous University of Barcelona

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