C. Biel

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

C. Biel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Biel has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in C. Biel's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (27 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (10 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (8 papers). C. Biel is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (27 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (10 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (8 papers). C. Biel collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. C. Biel's co-authors include Robert Savé, Josep Peñuelas, Iolanda Filella, Lydia Serrano, Felicidad De Herralde, Xavier Aranda, A. Torrecillas, A.F.M. Olsthoorn, Mark R. Bakker and A.A. Pronk and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Cleaner Production and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

C. Biel

66 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The reflectance at the 950–970 nm region as an indicator ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 2007 250 500 750
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. The reflectance at the 950–970 nm region as an indicator of plant water status
    1993 878 citations C. Biel, Robert Savé et al. profile →
  2. Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change
    2007 525 citations Ivika Ostonen, Ülle Püttsepp et al. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Biel Spain 27 2.0k 1.3k 856 564 426 68 3.2k
Robert Savé Spain 27 2.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 938 1.1× 290 0.5× 288 0.7× 77 3.1k
John J. Read United States 27 1.4k 0.7× 618 0.5× 556 0.6× 550 1.0× 271 0.6× 81 2.4k
Emilio Nicolás Spain 39 2.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 528 0.6× 1.2k 2.1× 342 0.8× 106 3.9k
Raoul Lemeur Belgium 36 2.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.6× 537 0.6× 573 1.0× 625 1.5× 119 3.9k
David R. Smart United States 35 1.8k 0.9× 998 0.8× 515 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 217 0.5× 79 3.1k
Francisco M. Padilla Spain 34 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 975 1.1× 915 1.6× 1.5k 3.4× 71 3.9k
Cheng‐Yuan Xu Australia 34 1.6k 0.8× 663 0.5× 802 0.9× 1.6k 2.9× 626 1.5× 83 3.9k
Boris Rewald Austria 28 2.0k 1.0× 749 0.6× 423 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 718 1.7× 73 3.4k
Bruce Schaffer United States 32 2.2k 1.1× 744 0.6× 420 0.5× 476 0.8× 161 0.4× 223 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by C. Biel

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. Biel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Biel

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Subirats, Jéssica, Míriam Guivernau, Belén Fernández, et al.. (2025). Green solutions for treating groundwater polluted with nitrates, pesticides, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes for drinking water production. Journal of Environmental Management. 375. 124263–124263. 4 indexed citations
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Fernández, Belén, et al.. (2023). Acidification and solar drying of manure-based digestate to produce improved fertilizing products. Journal of Environmental Management. 336. 117664–117664. 14 indexed citations
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Biel, C., et al.. (2022). The use of recovered struvite and ammonium nitrate in fertigation in a horticultural rotation: agronomic and microbiological assessment. Environmental Technology. 47(7). 1126–1142. 8 indexed citations
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Casas, Mònica Escolà, Míriam Guivernau, Marc Viñas, et al.. (2022). Assessment of a novel microalgae-cork based technology for removing antibiotics, pesticides and nitrates from groundwater. Chemosphere. 301. 134777–134777. 19 indexed citations
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Funes, Inmaculada, Robert Savé, C. Biel, et al.. (2019). Blooming under Mediterranean Climate: Estimating Cultivar-Specific Chill and Heat Requirements of Almond and Apple Trees Using a Statistical Approach. Agronomy. 9(11). 760–760. 47 indexed citations
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Garcia‐Forner, Núria, et al.. (2016). Isohydric species are not necessarily more carbon limited than anisohydric species during drought. Tree Physiology. 37(4). 441–455. 50 indexed citations
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Garcia‐Forner, Núria, Anna Sala, C. Biel, Robert Savé, & Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta. (2016). Individual traits as determinants of time to death under extreme drought inPinus sylvestrisL.. Tree Physiology. 36(10). 1196–1209. 46 indexed citations
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Molina, Antonio J., Antoni Maria Claret Verdú González, Pilar Llorens, et al.. (2015). The role of soil characteristics, soil tillage and drip irrigation in the timber production of a wild cherry orchard under Mediterranean conditions. European Journal of Agronomy. 72. 20–27. 7 indexed citations
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Calderón-Preciado, Diana, Víctor Matamoros, C. Biel, Robert Savé, & Josep M. Bayona. (2013). Foliar sorption of emerging and priority contaminants under controlled conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 260. 176–182. 20 indexed citations
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Calderón-Preciado, Diana, et al.. (2013). Uptake of microcontaminants by crops irrigated with reclaimed water and groundwater under real field greenhouse conditions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20(6). 3629–3638. 58 indexed citations
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Plà, Eduard, et al.. (2010). Global change effects on a Mediterranean river flow in NE Spain. EGUGA. 11839. 1 indexed citations
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Alsina, María Mar, David R. Smart, Taryn L. Bauerle, et al.. (2010). Seasonal changes of whole root system conductance by a drought-tolerant grape root system. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(1). 99–109. 120 indexed citations
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Ostonen, Ivika, Ülle Püttsepp, C. Biel, et al.. (2007). Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 141(3). 426–442. 525 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herralde, Felicidad De, et al.. (2007). Effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide fertilization on biomass and secondary metabolites of some plant species with pharmacological interest under greenhouse conditions. Afinidad. 64(528). 237–241. 8 indexed citations
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Biel, C., Robert Savé, Abdessamad Habrouk, Josep María Espelta, & Javier Retana. (2004). Effects of Restricted Watering and CO2 Enrichment in the Morphology and Performance after Transplanting of Nursery-grown Pinus nigra Seedlings. HortScience. 39(3). 535–540. 12 indexed citations
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Savé, Robert, C. Biel, & Felicidad De Herralde. (2000). Leaf Pubescence, Water Relations and Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Two Subspecies of Lotus Creticus L.. Biologia Plantarum. 43(2). 239–244. 50 indexed citations
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Biel, C., et al.. (2000). Hormonal and Physiological Responses of Gerbera jamesonii to Flooding Stress. HortScience. 35(2). 222–225. 45 indexed citations

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