Andrés Cózar

9.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Andrés Cózar is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrés Cózar has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Oceanography, 31 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Andrés Cózar's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (24 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers). Andrés Cózar is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (24 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (19 papers). Andrés Cózar collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Netherlands. Andrés Cózar's co-authors include Carlos M. Duarte, J. Ignacio González-Gordillo, Fidel Echevarrı́a, Xabier Irigoien, Bárbara Úbeda, Juan García‐de‐Lomas, Santiago Hernández‐León, M.L. Fernández-de-Puelles, Andrea Ruiz and Álvaro T. Palma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Andrés Cózar

66 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Plastic debris in the open ocean

2014 2.3k citations Andrés Cózar, J. Ignacio González-Gordillo et al. profile →
Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

2015 586 citations Andrés Cózar, Marina Sanz‐Martín et al. PLoS ONE profile →
The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

2017 447 citations Andrés Cózar, Elisa Martí et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrés Cózar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrés Cózar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrés Cózar 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 Andrés Cózar. Andrés Cózar 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatiotemporal differences in plastic biovectoring among three sympatric waterbirds 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Cosme López‐Calderón, Francisco Hortas, Víctor Martín‐Vélez, Marta I. Sánchez, (unknown), Andrés Cózar, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Wendt Müller, Chris B. Thaxter, Luc Lens, Eric Stienen, Manuela G. Forero, Isabel Afán, Julio Blas, Wolfgang Fiedler, Andy J. Green	0
2	Agricultural plastics as marine pollutants: Empirical evidence from inland and coastal field surveys 2025 ·iScience ·Carmen Morales‐Caselles, Josué Viejo, (unknown), Andrés Cózar	0
3	Proof of concept for a new sensor to monitor marine litter from space 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Andrés Cózar, Manuel Arias, Giuseppe Suaria, Josué Viejo, Stefano Aliani, Aristeidis Koutroulis, (unknown), (unknown), Diego Macías, Robin de Vries, (unknown), Carmen Morales‐Caselles, Antonio Turiel, Daniel González‐Fernández, Paolo Corradi	28
4	Leakage of plastics and other debris from landfills to a highly protected lake by wintering gulls 2024 ·Waste Management ·Víctor Martín‐Vélez, (unknown), (unknown), Cosme López‐Calderón, (unknown), Macarena Ros, Marta I. Sánchez, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Wendt Müller, Chris B. Thaxter, C.J. Camphuysen, Andrés Cózar, Andy J. Green	11
5	The dark side of artificial greening: Plastic turfs as widespread pollutants of aquatic environments 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·William P. de Haan, (unknown), César Vílas, Andrés Cózar, Miquel Canals, (unknown), Anna Sànchez‐Vidal	12
6	Artisanal trawl fisheries as a sentinel of marine litter pollution 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Josué Viejo, Andrés Cózar, (unknown), Elisa Martí, (unknown), (unknown), Gonzalo M. Arroyo, (unknown), Carmen Morales‐Caselles	8
7	Biovectoring of plastic by white storks from a landfill to a complex of salt ponds and marshes 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), Cosme López‐Calderón, Marta I. Sánchez, Francisco Hortas, (unknown), Víctor Martín‐Vélez, Macarena Ros, Andrés Cózar, Andy J. Green	12
8	The coastal waters of the south-east Bay of Biscay a dead-end for neustonic plastics 2022 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Oihane C. Basurko, (unknown), Anna Rubio, (unknown), (unknown), Andrés Cózar, Matteo Galli, (unknown), Joana Larreta	8
9	Characterization of microplastic litter from oceans by an innovative approach based on hyperspectral imaging 2018 ·Waste Management ·Silvia Serranti, Roberta Palmieri, Giuseppe Bonifazi, Andrés Cózar	157
10	Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Maria Luiza Pedrotti, Stéphanie Petit, Amanda Elineau, Stéphane Bruzaud, (unknown), (unknown), Elisa Martí, Gabriel Gorsky, Andrés Cózar	225
11	Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea breakdown → 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Andrés Cózar, Marina Sanz‐Martín, Elisa Martí, J. Ignacio González-Gordillo, Bárbara Úbeda, J. A. Gálvez, Xabier Irigoien, Carlos M. Duarte	586
12	Decadal Trends and Common Dynamics of the Bio-Optical and Thermal Characteristics of the African Great Lakes 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Steven Loiselle, Andrés Cózar, Enyew Adgo, Thomas J. Ballatore, Geoffrey Chavula, Jean‐Pierre Descy, David M. Harper, Frank Kansiime, Ismael A. Kimirei, Victor Langenberg, Ronghua Ma, Hugo Sarmento, Eric Odada	19
13	Basin-Scale Control on the Phytoplankton Biomass in Lake Victoria, Africa 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Andrés Cózar, Miguel Bruno, (unknown), Bárbara Úbeda, Luca Bracchini, Arduino Massimo Dattilo, Steven Loiselle	30
14	Assessing the optical changes in dissolved organic matter in humic lakes by spectral slope distributions 2010 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology ·Luisa Galgani, Antonio Tognazzi, Claudio Rossi, (unknown), J. A. Gálvez, Arduino Massimo Dattilo, Andrés Cózar, Luca Bracchini, Steven Loiselle	37
15	Invasiveness of Galenia pubescens (Aizoaceae): A new threat to Mediterranean-climate coastal ecosystems 2009 ·Acta Oecologica ·Juan García‐de‐Lomas, Andrés Cózar, Elías D. Dana, Ignacio Hernández, (unknown), Carlos M. García	7
16	Light Control Of The Productivity Of AquaticEcosystems 2005 ·WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment ·Andrés Cózar	2
17	The role of wetlands in the chromophoric dissolved organic matter release and its relation to aquatic ecosystems optical properties. A case of study: Katonga and Bunjako Bays (Victoria Lake; Uganda) 2005 ·Chemosphere ·Luca Bracchini, Andrés Cózar, Arduino Massimo Dattilo, Steven Loiselle, Antonio Tognazzi, (unknown), Claudio Rossi	21
18	The Spatial Distribution of Optical Properties in the Ultraviolet and Visible in an Aquatic Ecosystem¶ 2004 ·Photochemistry and Photobiology ·Luca Bracchini, Steven Loiselle, Arduino Massimo Dattilo, (unknown), Andrés Cózar, Claudio Rossi	38
19	Human-threatened ecosystem: new signs of groundwater connection between Yacyreta reservoir and Ibera wetland (South America) 2004 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Andrés Cózar, (unknown), Carlos M. García, J. A. Gálvez, Claudio Rossi	5
20	Analysis of extinction in ultraviolet and visible spectra of water bodies of the Paraguay and Brazil wetlands 2004 ·Chemosphere ·Luca Bracchini, Andrés Cózar, Arduino Massimo Dattilo, (unknown), (unknown), Steven Loiselle, Vincent Hull	16

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