Clara Lopes

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Clara Lopes is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Clara Lopes has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Clara Lopes's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (8 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (6 papers). Clara Lopes is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (8 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (6 papers). Clara Lopes collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Clara Lopes's co-authors include Joana Raimundo, Miguel Caetano, Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Carlos Vale, Lúcia Guilhermino, Bruno Henriques, Filipa Bessa, Patrícia Oliveira, Vanessa Otero and Susana Garrido and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Clara Lopes

18 papers receiving 1.2k 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 wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure

2019 677 citations Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Clara Lopes et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clara Lopes Portugal	13	1.0k	713	230	174	153	18	1.2k
Abolfazl Naji Iran	16	1.4k 1.4×	960 1.3×	200 0.9×	306 1.8×	75 0.5×	39	1.6k
Abderrahmane Kamari France	10	702 0.7×	456 0.6×	182 0.8×	212 1.2×	77 0.5×	12	814
Paula S. Tourinho Portugal	13	1.2k 1.1×	658 0.9×	307 1.3×	210 1.2×	455 3.0×	20	1.5k
Duofei Hu China	11	785 0.8×	461 0.6×	111 0.5×	172 1.0×	191 1.2×	18	1.0k
Yudong Feng China	14	785 0.8×	419 0.6×	119 0.5×	218 1.3×	260 1.7×	20	1.2k
Xavier Bourrain France	6	1.2k 1.1×	778 1.1×	199 0.9×	267 1.5×	94 0.6×	7	1.3k
Yulai Wang China	13	644 0.6×	448 0.6×	93 0.4×	221 1.3×	120 0.8×	23	887
Nan Geng China	11	479 0.5×	349 0.5×	132 0.6×	145 0.8×	80 0.5×	19	870
Sirui Ma China	9	803 0.8×	507 0.7×	72 0.3×	287 1.6×	103 0.7×	12	925
Inger Lise Nerland Bråte Norway	12	1.5k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	409 1.8×	379 2.2×	114 0.7×	16	1.8k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Lopes, Clara, Cátia Figueiredo, Miguel Baptista, et al.. (2023). First evidence of microplastic ingestion in the ocean giant sunfish (Mola mola). Marine Environmental Research. 190. 106064–106064. 1 indexed citations

Lopes, Clara, Cátia Figueiredo, Miguel Caetano, et al.. (2023). Microplastic distribution in different tissues of small pelagic fish of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. The Science of The Total Environment. 901. 166050–166050. 24 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Cátia, Tiago F. Grilo, Inês João Ferreira, et al.. (2022). Single and combined ecotoxicological effects of ocean warming, acidification and lanthanum exposure on the surf clam (Spisula solida). Chemosphere. 302. 134850–134850. 22 indexed citations

Lopes, Clara, Fátima F. Pinto, Sílvia A. Sousa, et al.. (2022). LipNanoCar Technology – A Versatile and Scalable Technology for the Production of Lipid Nanoparticles. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1357. 43–82. 2 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Cátia, Tiago F. Grilo, Inês João Ferreira, et al.. (2022). Gadolinium ecotoxicity is enhanced in a warmer and acidified changing ocean as shown by the surf clam Spisula solida through a multibiomarker approach. Aquatic Toxicology. 253. 106346–106346. 13 indexed citations

Lopes, Clara, Verónica Fernández‐González, Soledad Muniategui‐Lorenzo, Miguel Caetano, & Joana Raimundo. (2022). Improved methodology for microplastic extraction from gastrointestinal tracts of fat fish species. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 181. 113911–113911. 16 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Cátia, Tiago F. Grilo, Clara Lopes, et al.. (2022). Lanthanum and Gadolinium availability in aquatic mediums: New insights to ecotoxicology and environmental studies. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 71. 126957–126957. 10 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Cátia, et al.. (2022). Rare earth elements biomonitoring using the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Portuguese coast: Seasonal variations. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 175. 113335–113335. 29 indexed citations

Pires, Rosa, Clara Lopes, Joana Raimundo, et al.. (2022). Assessing microplastic exposure of the Critically Endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) on a remote oceanic island. The Science of The Total Environment. 856(Pt 2). 159077–159077. 16 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Cátia, Tiago F. Grilo, Inês João Ferreira, et al.. (2022). A triple threat: Ocean warming, acidification, and rare earth elements exposure triggers a superior antioxidant response and pigment production in the adaptable Ulva rigida. Environmental Advances. 8. 100235–100235. 6 indexed citations

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Guilhermino, Lúcia, Alexandra Martins, Clara Lopes, et al.. (2021). Microplastics in fishes from an estuary (Minho River) ending into the NE Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173(Pt A). 113008–113008. 64 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Cátia, Tiago F. Grilo, Ana Rita Lopes, et al.. (2021). Differential tissue accumulation in the invasive Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, under two environmentally relevant lanthanum concentrations. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 194(1). 11–11. 2 indexed citations

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Galvão, Ana, et al.. (2020). Microplastics in wastewater: microfiber emissions from common household laundry. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(21). 26643–26649. 121 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Cátia, Joana Raimundo, Ana Rita Lopes, et al.. (2020). Warming enhances lanthanum accumulation and toxicity promoting cellular damage in glass eels (Anguilla anguilla). Environmental Research. 191. 110051–110051. 22 indexed citations

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Lopes, Clara, Joana Raimundo, Miguel Caetano, & Susana Garrido. (2020). Microplastic ingestion and diet composition of planktivorous fish. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 5(1). 103–112. 100 indexed citations

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Barboza, Luís Gabriel A., Clara Lopes, Patrícia Oliveira, et al.. (2019). Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure. The Science of The Total Environment. 717. 134625–134625. 677 indexed citations breakdown →

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Figueiredo, Cátia, Tiago F. Grilo, Clara Lopes, et al.. (2018). Accumulation, elimination and neuro-oxidative damage under lanthanum exposure in glass eels (Anguilla anguilla). Chemosphere. 206. 414–423. 45 indexed citations

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Pagter, Elena, Róisín Nash, Ian O’Connor, et al.. (2018). Standardised protocol for monitoring microplastics in sediments. Deliverable 4.2.. IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission). 13 indexed citations

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