Alejandra Cerda

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 942 citations indexed

About

Alejandra Cerda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandra Cerda has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 942 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biotechnology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alejandra Cerda's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (5 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers). Alejandra Cerda is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (5 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers). Alejandra Cerda collaborates with scholars based in Spain and Chile. Alejandra Cerda's co-authors include Antoni Sánchez, Teresa Gea, Raquel Barrena, Xavier Font, Adriana Artola, Mamdouh El-Bakry, María del Carmen Vargas-García, Juliana Abraham, Sergio Ponsá and Paula Lorenzo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alejandra Cerda

13 papers receiving 921 citations

Hit Papers

Composting of food wastes: Status and challenges 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Composting of food wastes: Status and challenges
    2017 431 citations Alejandra Cerda, Adriana Artola et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandra Cerda Spain 11 263 243 231 217 154 13 942
P. S. Bundela India 11 281 1.1× 185 0.8× 481 2.1× 352 1.6× 71 0.5× 23 1.0k
Sofia Mai Greece 19 465 1.8× 212 0.9× 53 0.2× 225 1.0× 149 1.0× 55 1.2k
Cuiyi Liang China 17 687 2.6× 366 1.5× 411 1.8× 279 1.3× 51 0.3× 47 1.3k
Rosa Marchetti Italy 20 208 0.8× 161 0.7× 95 0.4× 124 0.6× 146 0.9× 44 864
Sumit Kumar India 17 205 0.8× 385 1.6× 56 0.2× 120 0.6× 68 0.4× 47 985
Deniz Çekmecelioğlu Türkiye 18 497 1.9× 333 1.4× 75 0.3× 80 0.4× 194 1.3× 54 976
Norhayati Ramli Malaysia 18 230 0.9× 218 0.9× 140 0.6× 95 0.4× 43 0.3× 45 822
Umi Kalsom Md Shah Malaysia 17 601 2.3× 341 1.4× 85 0.4× 81 0.4× 74 0.5× 29 930
Jamaluddin Khan India 8 175 0.7× 121 0.5× 311 1.3× 195 0.9× 32 0.2× 10 617
Stanislava Voběrková Czechia 14 108 0.4× 129 0.5× 144 0.6× 150 0.7× 50 0.3× 26 699

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandra Cerda

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandra Cerda

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandra Cerda

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandra Cerda. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandra Cerda based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandra Cerda. Alejandra Cerda is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Cerda, Alejandra, et al.. (2024). Boron Recovery from Organic Solutions Used in Brine Treatment through a Water Stream. Minerals. 14(3). 265–265. 2 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, et al.. (2019). Valorisation of biowaste digestate through solid state fermentation to produce biopesticides from Bacillus thuringiensis. Waste Management. 93. 63–71. 55 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, Adriana Artola, Raquel Barrena, et al.. (2019). Innovative Production of Bioproducts From Organic Waste Through Solid-State Fermentation. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3. 73 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, Paula Lorenzo, Adriana Artola, et al.. (2018). Valorisation of digestate from biowaste through solid-state fermentation to obtain value added bioproducts: A first approach. Bioresource Technology. 271. 409–416. 58 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, et al.. (2018). Microbial Strategies for Cellulase and Xylanase Production through Solid-State Fermentation of Digestate from Biowaste. Sustainability. 10(7). 2433–2433. 38 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, Teresa Gea, María del Carmen Vargas-García, & Antoni Sánchez. (2017). Towards a competitive solid state fermentation: Cellulases production from coffee husk by sequential batch operation and role of microbial diversity. The Science of The Total Environment. 589. 56–65. 59 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, Adriana Artola, Xavier Font, et al.. (2017). Composting of food wastes: Status and challenges. Bioresource Technology. 248(Pt A). 57–67. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cerda, Alejandra, Mamdouh El-Bakry, Teresa Gea, & Antoni Sánchez. (2016). Long term enhanced solid-state fermentation: Inoculation strategies for amylase production from soy and bread wastes by Thermomyces sp. in a sequential batch operation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 4(2). 2394–2401. 39 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, María E. Martinez, Carmen Soto, María Elvira Zúñiga‐Hansen, & Paola Poirrier. (2015). Methanisation of spent maqui berry pomace via enzymatic treatment. Renewable Energy. 87. 326–331. 4 indexed citations
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El-Bakry, Mamdouh, Juliana Abraham, Alejandra Cerda, et al.. (2015). From Wastes to High Value Added Products: Novel Aspects of SSF in the Production of Enzymes. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 45(18). 1999–2042. 88 indexed citations
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Abraham, Juliana, Alejandra Cerda, Teresa Gea, et al.. (2014). Gaseous emissions during the solid state fermentation of different wastes for enzyme production at pilot scale. Bioresource Technology. 179. 211–218. 21 indexed citations
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Cerda, Alejandra, María E. Martinez, Carmen Soto, et al.. (2013). The enhancement of antioxidant compounds extracted from Thymus vulgaris using enzymes and the effect of extracting solvent. Food Chemistry. 139(1-4). 138–143. 32 indexed citations

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