C. Pulgarín

21.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
307 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

C. Pulgarín is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Pulgarín has authored 307 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 149 papers in Water Science and Technology and 87 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in C. Pulgarín's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (130 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (122 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (104 papers). C. Pulgarín is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (130 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (122 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (104 papers). C. Pulgarín collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Colombia and Spain. C. Pulgarín's co-authors include J. Kiwi, Stefanos Giannakis, Christos Comninellis, Sami Rtimi, Angela-Guiovana Rincón, Ricardo A. Torres-Palma, Julián A. Rengifo‐Herrera, Paul Péringer, Christian Pétrier and A. G. Rincon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

C. Pulgarín

296 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Anodic oxidation of phenol for waste water treatment

1991 571 citations C. Pulgarín et al. profile →
Electrochemical oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using SnO2, anodes

1993 413 citations C. Pulgarín et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Pulgarín Switzerland	74	9.6k	8.4k	5.4k	3.2k	2.8k	307	18.0k
Adrián M.T. Silva Portugal	70	7.8k 0.8×	5.9k 0.7×	6.0k 1.1×	4.2k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	287	17.1k
Jin Jiang China	72	8.0k 0.8×	12.8k 1.5×	3.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	214	17.6k
Patrick Drogui Canada	61	4.9k 0.5×	5.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	3.4k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	286	14.2k
S. Malato Spain	86	16.1k 1.7×	15.3k 1.8×	5.5k 1.0×	7.5k 2.3×	5.3k 1.9×	341	27.9k
Chun Hu China	77	11.5k 1.2×	6.7k 0.8×	9.1k 1.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	370	19.7k
Jun Ma China	96	9.6k 1.0×	17.7k 2.1×	6.3k 1.2×	2.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	544	28.7k
Ching‐Hua Huang United States	68	4.2k 0.4×	8.2k 1.0×	2.2k 0.4×	5.1k 1.6×	1.8k 0.6×	204	15.7k
Pilar Fernández‐Ibañez Spain	59	8.0k 0.8×	5.4k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	170	12.7k
Yeomin Yoon South Korea	76	4.3k 0.5×	9.9k 1.2×	6.1k 1.1×	4.9k 1.5×	2.3k 0.8×	309	20.1k
M. Fernando R. Pereira Portugal	81	6.6k 0.7×	7.3k 0.9×	11.9k 2.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	426	26.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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Mercado, D. Fabio, Nancy Acelas, Lorena Mejía, et al.. (2025). Fe-Modified TiO ₂ Photocatalyst for Effective Indoor Bacterial Inactivation Using LED Light: Toward Safer Disinfection Technologies. ACS Omega. 10(50). 61658–61669.

Serna-Galvis, Efraím A., et al.. (2025). First evidence that antibiotic-resistant bacteria are inactivated by chemical species produced through the solar photosensitization of ciprofloxacin in water. The Science of The Total Environment. 963. 178442–178442. 3 indexed citations

Entenza, José M., et al.. (2024). Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton elimination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria bearing intracellular or extracellular resistance: Do resistance mechanisms interfere with disinfection pathways?. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(2). 112147–112147. 3 indexed citations

Feng, Ling, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic modelling of solar disinfection (SODIS) kinetics of Escherichia coli, enhanced with H2O2 – part 1: The dark side of peroxide. Chemical Engineering Journal. 439. 135709–135709. 9 indexed citations

Samoili, Sofia, Giulio Farinelli, Kevin G. McGuigan, et al.. (2021). Predicting the bactericidal efficacy of solar disinfection (SODIS): from kinetic modeling of in vitro tests towards the in silico forecast of E. coli inactivation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 427. 130866–130866. 9 indexed citations

Farinelli, Giulio, Marco Minella, Marco Pazzi, et al.. (2020). Natural iron ligands promote a metal-based oxidation mechanism for the Fenton reaction in water environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 393. 122413–122413. 62 indexed citations

Serna-Galvis, Efraím A., Stefanos Giannakis, Ricardo A. Torres-Palma, et al.. (2018). Photoinduced disinfection in sunlit natural waters: Measurement of the second order inactivation rate constants between E. coli and photogenerated transient species. Water Research. 147. 242–253. 31 indexed citations

Villegas-Guzmán, Paola, et al.. (2016). Selecting the best AOP for isoxazolyl penicillins degradation as a function of water characteristics: Effects of pH, chemical nature of additives and pollutant concentration. Journal of Environmental Management. 190. 72–79. 38 indexed citations

Giannakis, Stefanos, Milica Jović, Natalia Gasilova, et al.. (2016). Iohexol degradation in wastewater and urine by UV-based Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs): Process modeling and by-products identification. Journal of Environmental Management. 195(Pt 2). 174–185. 51 indexed citations

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Sienkiewicz, Andrzej, et al.. (2015). Bacterial inactivation with iron citrate complex: A new source of dissolved iron in solar photo-Fenton process at near-neutral and alkaline pH. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 180. 379–390. 70 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hongli, J. Kiwi, C. Pulgarín, & Jingkai Yang. (2013). Oxygen Distribution of Fluorine‐doped Tin Oxide Films Coated on Float Glass along Depth Before and After Heat Treatment. International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 4(3). 242–247. 12 indexed citations

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Moncayo‐Lasso, Alejandro, et al.. (2012). The detrimental influence of bacteria (E. coli, Shigella and Salmonella) on the degradation of organic compounds (and vice versa) in TiO2 photocatalysis and near-neutral photo-Fenton processes under simulated solar light. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 11(5). 821–827. 38 indexed citations

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Sanabria, Janeth, Julien Wist, & C. Pulgarín. (2011). PHOTOCATALYTIC DISINFECTION TREATMENTS: VIABILITY, CULTIVABILITY AND METABOLIC CHANGES OF E. coli USING DIFERENT MESUREMENTS METHODS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Torres, Ana E., C. Pulgarín, Anne Aimable, et al.. (2011). Innovative High Surface Area CuO Pretreated Cotton Effective in Bacterial Inactivation under Visible Light. 2 indexed citations

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Pétrier, Christian, et al.. (2010). Effects of sonochemical parameters and inorganic ions during the sonochemical degradation of crystal violet in water. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 18(1). 440–446. 97 indexed citations

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Benítez, Luis Norberto, et al.. (2010). Photo-Fenton degradation of resorcinol mediated by catalysts based on iron species supported on polymers. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 217(1). 201–206. 33 indexed citations

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Sarria, V., et al.. (2005). NUEVOS SISTEMAS ELECTROQUÍMICOS Y FOTOQUÍMICOS PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE AGUAS RESIDUALES Y DE BEBIDA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Moncayo‐Lasso, Alejandro, S. Parra, Lionel Ho, et al.. (2005). Development of a coupled solar-biological system for the disinfection and elimination of organic contaminants in drinking water in rural areas of Colombia. Blood. 94(9). 3169–77. 1 indexed citations

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Pulgarín, C., et al.. (1994). Integrated approach useful in the mineralization of nonbiodegradable, toxic p-nitrotoluenesulfoncic acid via photocatalytic-biological processes. New Journal of Chemistry. 18(7). 793–800. 14 indexed citations

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Pulgarín, C., Jean‐Paul Schwitzguébel, & R. Tabacchi. (1991). Utilization of wastes from coffee production.. Biofutur. 43–50. 5 indexed citations

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