Alicia Herrera

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alicia Herrera is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Alicia Herrera has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Pollution, 24 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Alicia Herrera's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (33 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (23 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (7 papers). Alicia Herrera is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (33 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (23 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (7 papers). Alicia Herrera collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Italy. Alicia Herrera's co-authors include May Gómez, Ico Martínez, Kevin Ugwu, Theodore T. Packard, Jorge Rapp, Octavio P. Luzardo, Andrea Acosta-Dacal, Ángelo Santana, María Dolores Samper and Luis Alberto Henríquez‐Hernández and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Alicia Herrera

40 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microplastics in marine biota: A review

2021 261 citations Kevin Ugwu, Alicia Herrera et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alicia Herrera Spain	17	1.4k	954	210	193	142	45	1.5k
Ico Martínez Spain	15	1.1k 0.8×	856 0.9×	173 0.8×	177 0.9×	101 0.7×	35	1.3k
Winnie Courtene‐Jones United Kingdom	12	1.3k 0.9×	856 0.9×	318 1.5×	117 0.6×	175 1.2×	20	1.5k
Lucia Pittura Italy	11	1.1k 0.8×	846 0.9×	257 1.2×	181 0.9×	156 1.1×	23	1.3k
Keiichi Uchida Japan	14	1.4k 1.0×	999 1.0×	317 1.5×	142 0.7×	190 1.3×	45	1.6k
Marianne Olsen Norway	12	1.2k 0.9×	948 1.0×	277 1.3×	118 0.6×	103 0.7×	28	1.3k
Amanda L. Dawson Australia	12	1.2k 0.9×	761 0.8×	264 1.3×	136 0.7×	129 0.9×	17	1.3k
Phillip R. Cowie United Kingdom	8	1.3k 1.0×	939 1.0×	272 1.3×	155 0.8×	267 1.9×	12	1.5k
Nian Wei China	16	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	290 1.4×	113 0.6×	90 0.6×	40	1.6k
Nicolas C. Ory Chile	13	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	246 1.2×	107 0.6×	167 1.2×	19	1.6k
V. Moschino Italy	12	1.1k 0.8×	774 0.8×	243 1.2×	318 1.6×	199 1.4×	17	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alicia Herrera

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alicia Herrera

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alicia Herrera. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alicia Herrera 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 Alicia Herrera. Alicia Herrera is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Edo, Carlos, Javier Hernández‐Borges, Daura Vega-Moreno, et al.. (2025). Chemometric discrimination of airborne fibres: microplastics, regenerated cellulose and natural fibres. Environmental Research. 282. 122082–122082.

Sosa‐Ferrera, Zoraida, Rayco Guedes-Alonso, Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda, et al.. (2025). Occurrence and assessment of emerging contaminants adsorbed onto microplastic debris in the Macaronesia region. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 220. 118447–118447. 2 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Beneharo, et al.. (2024). Seabird biomonitoring indicates similar plastic pollution throughout the Canary Current. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 211. 117424–117424. 2 indexed citations

Gunaalan, Kuddithamby, Maria Lund Paulsen, Alicia Herrera, et al.. (2024). Do weathered microplastics impact the planktonic community? A mesocosm approach in the Baltic Sea. Water Research. 255. 121500–121500. 7 indexed citations

Herrera, Alicia, et al.. (2024). Sustainability Potential of Kikuyu Grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) in Livestock Farming of Peru’s Highland Regions. Sustainability. 16(24). 11021–11021.

Almeda, Rodrigo, et al.. (2023). Searching for hotspots of neustonic microplastics in the Canary Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 192. 115057–115057. 10 indexed citations

Herrera, Alicia, Andrea Acosta-Dacal, Octavio P. Luzardo, et al.. (2023). Trophic transfer of DDE, BP-3 and chlorpyrifos from microplastics to tissues in Dicentrarchus labrax. The Science of The Total Environment. 882. 163295–163295. 5 indexed citations

Luzardo, Octavio P., et al.. (2022). Microplastics ingestion and chemical pollutants in seabirds of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 186. 114434–114434. 34 indexed citations

Herrera, Alicia, Andrea Acosta-Dacal, Octavio P. Luzardo, et al.. (2022). Bioaccumulation of additives and chemical contaminants from environmental microplastics in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). The Science of The Total Environment. 822. 153396–153396. 53 indexed citations

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Herrera, Alicia, et al.. (2022). First inventory of marine debris on Alegranza, an uninhabited island in the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 178. 113604–113604. 13 indexed citations

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Herrera, Alicia, et al.. (2021). How far has our waste gone?. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 174. 113168–113168.

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Rapp, Jorge, et al.. (2021). Microplastic ingestion in jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) in the North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 166. 112266–112266. 22 indexed citations

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Herrera, Alicia, Francesco Saliu, Ico Martínez, et al.. (2021). An annual study on plastic accumulation in surface water and sediment cores from the coastline of Tenerife (Canary Island, Spain). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173(Pt B). 113072–113072. 11 indexed citations

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Montero, Daniel, Simona Rimoldi, Silvia Torrecillas, et al.. (2021). Impact of polypropylene microplastics and chemical pollutants on European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) gut microbiota and health. The Science of The Total Environment. 805. 150402–150402. 101 indexed citations

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Herrera, Alicia, et al.. (2021). Evidence of microplastic ingestion by cultured European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 168. 112450–112450. 57 indexed citations

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Ugwu, Kevin, Alicia Herrera, & May Gómez. (2021). Microplastics in marine biota: A review. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 169. 112540–112540. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

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Herrera, Alicia, Ico Martínez, João Canning‐Clode, et al.. (2020). First evaluation of neustonic microplastics in the Macaronesian region, NE Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 153. 110999–110999. 52 indexed citations

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Herrera, Alicia, et al.. (2020). Plastic pollution on eight beaches of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): An annual study. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 151. 110847–110847. 56 indexed citations

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Rapp, Jorge, et al.. (2020). Study of plastic pollution and its potential sources on Gran Canaria Island beaches (Canary Islands, Spain). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 153. 110967–110967. 39 indexed citations

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Herrera, Alicia, et al.. (2017). Microplastic and tar pollution on three Canary Islands beaches: An annual study. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 129(2). 494–502. 115 indexed citations

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