Carlos Edo

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Carlos Edo is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos Edo has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Pollution, 15 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Carlos Edo's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (24 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (15 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (6 papers). Carlos Edo is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (24 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (15 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (6 papers). Carlos Edo collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Portugal. Carlos Edo's co-authors include Roberto Rosal, Francisca Fernández‐Piñas, Miguel González-Pleiter, Francisco Leganés, Antonio Quesada, David Velázquez, Gerardo Pulido‐Reyes, Ana K. Rodriguez, J.J.M. van der Steen and Amadeo R. Fernández‐Alba and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Carlos Edo

20 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental dispersion with effluent and sludge

2019 442 citations Carlos Edo, Miguel González-Pleiter et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carlos Edo Spain	14	1.5k	1.1k	303	181	118	25	1.6k
Anita Jemec Kokalj Slovenia	19	1.4k 1.0×	827 0.7×	444 1.5×	124 0.7×	254 2.2×	64	1.8k
Amanda R. McCormick United States	9	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	437 1.4×	153 0.8×	86 0.7×	15	1.9k
Ilaria Savino Italy	7	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	343 1.1×	227 1.3×	251 2.1×	9	1.8k
Amanda L. Dawson Australia	12	1.2k 0.8×	761 0.7×	264 0.9×	163 0.9×	136 1.2×	17	1.3k
Huiyan Tong China	11	591 0.4×	422 0.4×	144 0.5×	104 0.6×	113 1.0×	15	737
Claire Gwinnett United Kingdom	11	899 0.6×	694 0.6×	212 0.7×	57 0.3×	63 0.5×	26	1.1k
Martin Ogonowski Sweden	15	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	509 1.7×	124 0.7×	181 1.5×	22	1.9k
Noël J. Diepens Netherlands	15	1.1k 0.8×	610 0.5×	245 0.8×	122 0.7×	339 2.9×	24	1.3k
Nicolas Bériot Netherlands	11	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	713 2.4×	176 1.0×	81 0.7×	20	2.0k
Chiew-Yen Wong Malaysia	13	638 0.4×	343 0.3×	122 0.4×	164 0.9×	149 1.3×	31	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlos Edo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos Edo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlos Edo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlos Edo 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 Carlos Edo. Carlos Edo 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, et al.. (2025). Microplastics at the ocean-atmosphere interface in Mexican coastal areas of two major oceans. Marine Environmental Research. 210. 107288–107288.

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.

Edo, Carlos, et al.. (2024). Use of a nanoplastic carrier for assessing the aquatic toxicity of an organo-phosphite polymer additive. Environmental Pollution. 361. 124837–124837. 1 indexed citations

Pulido‐Reyes, Gerardo, Carlos Edo, Francisco Leganés, et al.. (2024). An improved method to generate secondary nanoplastics and oligomers: application in ecotoxicology. Environmental Science Nano. 12(2). 1150–1165.

Fonseca, Tainá G., Gilberto Dias de Alkimin, Joanna M. Gonçalves, et al.. (2024). Looking beyond the obvious: The ecotoxicological impact of the leachate from fishing nets and cables in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 473. 134479–134479. 8 indexed citations

Edo, Carlos, et al.. (2024). Mass concentration of plastic particles from two-dimensional images. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 173849–173849. 7 indexed citations

Edo, Carlos, Miguel González-Pleiter, Marina Albentosa, et al.. (2023). Occurrence and size distribution study of microplastics in household water from different cities in continental Spain and the Canary Islands. Water Research. 238. 120044–120044. 23 indexed citations

Fonseca, Tainá G., et al.. (2023). Impact of face masks weathering on the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

Díaz-Peña, Francisco J., Cintia Hernández-Sánchez, Javier González‐Sálamo, et al.. (2023). Beneath the water column: Uncovering microplastic pollution in the sublittoral coastal sediments of the Canary Islands, Spain. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133128–133128. 9 indexed citations

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Edo, Carlos, Miguel González-Pleiter, Francisca Fernández‐Piñas, et al.. (2022). Ageing and fragmentation of marine microplastics. The Science of The Total Environment. 827. 154438–154438. 104 indexed citations

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Edo, Carlos, Amadeo R. Fernández‐Alba, Flemming Vejsnæs, et al.. (2021). Honeybees as active samplers for microplastics. The Science of The Total Environment. 767. 144481–144481. 128 indexed citations

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Edo, Carlos, Francisca Fernández‐Piñas, & Roberto Rosal. (2021). Microplastics identification and quantification in the composted Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste. The Science of The Total Environment. 813. 151902–151902. 93 indexed citations

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González-Pleiter, Miguel, Gissell Lacerot, Carlos Edo, et al.. (2021). A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier. The cryosphere. 15(6). 2531–2539. 48 indexed citations

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Edo, Carlos, Miguel González-Pleiter, Francisca Fernández‐Piñas, et al.. (2021). Generation of nanoplastics during the photoageing of low-density polyethylene. Environmental Pollution. 289. 117919–117919. 55 indexed citations

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Edo, Carlos, Miguel González-Pleiter, Miguel Tamayo-Belda, et al.. (2020). Microplastics in sediments of artificially recharged lagoons: Case study in a Biosphere Reserve. The Science of The Total Environment. 729. 138824–138824. 44 indexed citations

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González-Pleiter, Miguel, Carlos Edo, Ángeles Aguilera, et al.. (2020). Occurrence and transport of microplastics sampled within and above the planetary boundary layer. The Science of The Total Environment. 761. 143213–143213. 180 indexed citations

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González-Pleiter, Miguel, Carlos Edo, David Velázquez, et al.. (2020). First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 161(Pt B). 111811–111811. 128 indexed citations

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González-Pleiter, Miguel, David Velázquez, Carlos Edo, et al.. (2020). Fibers spreading worldwide: Microplastics and other anthropogenic litter in an Arctic freshwater lake. The Science of The Total Environment. 722. 137904–137904. 158 indexed citations

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Edo, Carlos, Miguel González-Pleiter, Francisco Leganés, Francisca Fernández‐Piñas, & Roberto Rosal. (2019). Fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental dispersion with effluent and sludge. Environmental Pollution. 259. 113837–113837. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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Edo, Carlos, Miguel Tamayo-Belda, Keila Martín-Betancor, et al.. (2019). Occurrence and identification of microplastics along a beach in the Biosphere Reserve of Lanzarote. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 143. 220–227. 93 indexed citations

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