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Xosé Luis Otero 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 Xosé Luis Otero sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 147 publications — 40th percentile

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

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

Xosé Luis Otero 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 Xosé Luis Otero sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xosé Luis Otero is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as ecology, pollution, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and petrology, and earth-surface processes.

Themes that frequently appear in their work include heavy metals in the environment, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, geochemistry and elemental analysis, mine drainage and remediation techniques, coastal and marine dynamics, cassava research and cyanide, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Xosé Luis Otero has published extensively, contributing to a range of scientific journals. They have multiple papers in venues like SSRN Electronic Journal, CATENA, The Science of The Total Environment, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and Applied Sciences.

Some recent publications include:

  • "Manganese: The overlooked contaminant in the world largest mine tailings dam collapse" (2020) in Environment International
  • "Chemical characteristics of wildfire ash across the globe and their environmental and socio-economic implications" (2023) in Environment International
  • "Copper release from waste rocks in an abandoned mine (NE, Brazil) and its impacts on ecosystem environmental quality" (2020) in Chemosphere
  • "From sinks to sources: The role of Fe oxyhydroxide transformations on phosphorus dynamics in estuarine soils" (2020) in Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Assessment of cadmium and lead contamination in rice farming soils and rice (Oryza sativa L.) from Guayas province in Ecuador" (2020) in Environmental Pollution

Throughout their career, Xosé Luis Otero has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Tiago Osório Ferreira, Gabriel Nuto Nóbrega, Hermano Melo Queiroz, Amanda Duim Ferreira, and Valdomiro Severino de Souza Júnior.

Best Publications

  • The Samarco mine tailing disaster: A possible time-bomb for heavy metals contamination?

    Hermano M. Queiroz;Gabriel N. Nóbrega;Tiago O. Ferreira;Leandro S. Almeida

  • Geochemistry of iron and manganese in soils and sediments of a mangrove system, Island of Pai Matos (Cananeia — SP, Brazil)

    X.L. Otero;T.O. Ferreira;M.A. Huerta-Díaz;C.S.M. Partiti

  • Seabird colonies as important global drivers in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles

    Xosé Luis Otero;Saul De La Peña-Lastra;Augusto Pérez-Alberti;Tiago Osorio Ferreira

  • Effects of bioturbation by root and crab activity on iron and sulfur biogeochemistry in mangrove substrate

    T.O. Ferreira;X.L. Otero;P. Vidal-Torrado;F. Macías

  • Characterizing humic substances from estuarine soils and sediments by excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis

    C. Santín;Y. Yamashita;X. L. Otero;M. Á. Álvarez

  • Variation with depth and season in metal sulfides in salt marsh soils

    Xose L. Otero;Felipe Macias

  • Spatial patterns of soil attributes and components in a mangrove system in Southeast Brazil (São Paulo).

    Tiago Osório Ferreira;Xosé L. Otero;Valdomiro S. de Souza Junior;Pablo Vidal-Torrado

  • Manganese: The overlooked contaminant in the world largest mine tailings dam collapse.

    Hermano M. Queiroz;Samantha C. Ying;Macon Abernathy;Diego Barcellos

  • Quantity, composition and water contamination potential of ash produced under different wildfire severities.

    Cristina Santín;Stefan H. Doerr;Xosé L. Otero;Chris J. Chafer

  • A New Perspective in the Estimation of Postmortem Interval (PMI) Based on Vitreous [ K + ]

    José I. Muñoz;José M. Suárez-Peñaranda;Xosé L. Otero;Maria S. Rodríguez-Calvo

  • Spatial variation in pore water geochemistry in a mangrove system (Pai Matos island, Cananeia-Brazil)

    X.L. Otero;T.O. Ferreira;P. Vidal-Torrado;F. Macías

  • Are mangrove forest substrates sediments or soils? A case study in southeastern Brazil

    T.O. Ferreira;P. Vidal-Torrado;X.L. Otero;F. Macías

  • Edaphic factors controlling summer (rainy season) greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 and CH4) from semiarid mangrove soils (NE-Brazil)

    Gabriel N. Nóbrega;Tiago O. Ferreira;M. Siqueira Neto;Hermano M. Queiroz

  • Relationships between vegetation and environmental characteristics in a salt-marsh system on the coast of Northwest Spain

    J.M. Sánchez;X.L. Otero;J. Izco

  • Spatial variation in pyritization of trace metals in salt-marsh soils

    Xose L. Otero;Felipe Macias

  • Iron and sulfur geochemistry in semi-arid mangrove soils (Ceará, Brazil) in relation to seasonal changes and shrimp farming effluents.

    G. N. Nóbrega;T. O. Ferreira;R. E. Romero;A. G. B. Marques

  • The Effect of Nutrient-Rich Effluents from Shrimp Farming on Mangrove Soil Carbon Storage and Geochemistry Under Semi-Arid Climate Conditions in Northern Brazil

    M. Suárez-Abelenda;T.O. Ferreira;M. Camps-Arbestain;V.H. Rivera-Monroy

  • Redox Processes in Mangrove Soils under Rhizophora mangle in Relation to Different Environmental Conditions

    T. O. Ferreira;X. L. Otero;P. Vidal-Torrado;F. Macías

  • Chemical composition of wildfire ash produced in contrasting ecosystems and its toxicity to Daphnia magna

    Ashleigh R. Harper;Cristina Santin;Stefan H. Doerr;Cynthia A. Froyd

  • Phosphorus enriched effluents increase eutrophication risks for mangrove systems in northeastern Brazil

    Diego Barcellos;Hermano Melo Queiroz;Gabriel Nuto Nóbrega;Romildo Lopes de Oliveira Filho

  • 13C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy characterization of humic acids in spodosols under tropical rain forest in southeastern Brazil

    Martha González-Pérez;Martha González-Pérez;Pablo Vidal Torrado;Luiz A. Colnago;Ladislau Martin-Neto

  • Improved estimation of postmortem interval based on differential behaviour of vitreous potassium and hypoxantine in death by hanging

    José I Muñoz Barús;José M Suárez-Peñaranda;Xosé L Otero;Marı́a S Rodrı́guez-Calvo

Frequent Co-Authors

Felipe Macías
Felipe Macías University of Santiago de Compostela
Cristina Santín
Cristina Santín Swansea University
Stefan H. Doerr
Stefan H. Doerr Swansea University
Marc Oliva
Marc Oliva University of Barcelona
Conxita Avila
Conxita Avila University of Barcelona
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy Louisiana State University
Peter Buurman
Peter Buurman Wageningen University & Research
Antonio Quesada
Antonio Quesada Autonomous University of Madrid
Erik Kristensen
Erik Kristensen University of Southern Denmark
Rudolf Jaffé
Rudolf Jaffé Florida International University

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