Cristina Romera‐Castillo

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Cristina Romera‐Castillo is a scholar working on Oceanography, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristina Romera‐Castillo has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Oceanography, 13 papers in Pollution and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Cristina Romera‐Castillo's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (25 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers). Cristina Romera‐Castillo is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (25 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers). Cristina Romera‐Castillo collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Canada. Cristina Romera‐Castillo's co-authors include Xosé Antón Álvarez‐Salgado, Cèlia Marrasé, Josep M. Gasol, Hugo Sarmento, Maria Pinto, Gerhard J. Herndl, Rudolf Jaffé, Valentina Amaral, Jesús M. Forja and Yun-Kyung Lee 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

Cristina Romera‐Castillo

42 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

  1. Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean
    2018 541 citations Cristina Romera‐Castillo, Maria Pinto et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristina Romera‐Castillo Spain 27 1.5k 1.1k 886 843 318 44 3.0k
Jiangning Zeng China 26 836 0.6× 907 0.8× 362 0.4× 580 0.7× 181 0.6× 109 2.2k
Guoxiang Wang China 34 859 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 876 1.0× 913 1.1× 129 0.4× 231 4.1k
Jonathan Y.S. Leung Australia 31 732 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 522 0.6× 709 0.8× 222 0.7× 63 2.5k
Dipnarayan Ganguly India 21 364 0.3× 712 0.6× 539 0.6× 628 0.7× 129 0.4× 52 1.6k
Juan Santos-Echeandía Spain 26 318 0.2× 1.2k 1.1× 478 0.5× 332 0.4× 139 0.4× 87 2.2k
Yonghong Bi China 28 411 0.3× 986 0.9× 527 0.6× 514 0.6× 191 0.6× 134 2.9k
Roberta Bettinetti Italy 28 234 0.2× 1.1k 1.0× 496 0.6× 476 0.6× 158 0.5× 106 2.5k
Yaoyang Xu China 26 378 0.3× 719 0.6× 408 0.5× 405 0.5× 120 0.4× 94 2.1k
Chao Chai China 22 377 0.3× 799 0.7× 360 0.4× 233 0.3× 121 0.4× 45 2.1k
Qinghui Huang China 26 271 0.2× 1.0k 0.9× 484 0.5× 217 0.3× 151 0.5× 98 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Cristina Romera‐Castillo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristina Romera‐Castillo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cristina Romera‐Castillo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cristina Romera‐Castillo. The network helps show where Cristina Romera‐Castillo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristina Romera‐Castillo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristina Romera‐Castillo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristina Romera‐Castillo 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 Cristina Romera‐Castillo. Cristina Romera‐Castillo 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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Peters, Francesc, et al.. (2025). Modulation of biofilm growth by shear and fluctuations in turbulent environments. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 12460–12460. 3 indexed citations
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Romera‐Castillo, Cristina, et al.. (2024). Impact of coagulation characteristics on the aggregation of microplastics in upper-ocean turbulence. Advances in Water Resources. 193. 104798–104798. 1 indexed citations
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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
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Ribes, Marta, et al.. (2023). The removal of dissolved organic matter by marine sponges is a function of its composition and concentration: An in situ seasonal study of four Mediterranean species. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 161991–161991. 15 indexed citations
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Romera‐Castillo, Cristina, et al.. (2022). Leaching and bioavailability of dissolved organic matter from petrol-based and biodegradable plastics. Marine Environmental Research. 176. 105607–105607. 51 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Ramos, Rocío, et al.. (2022). Carbon metabolism and bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fluxes in seagrass communities are altered under the presence of the tropical invasive alga Halimeda incrassata. The Science of The Total Environment. 839. 156325–156325. 35 indexed citations
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Sebastián, Marta, et al.. (2022). Structure and activity of marine bacterial communities responding to plastic leachates. The Science of The Total Environment. 834. 155264–155264. 41 indexed citations
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Ortiz, David, Macarena Muñoz, Julia Nieto-Sandoval, et al.. (2022). Insights into the degradation of microplastics by Fenton oxidation: From surface modification to mineralization. Chemosphere. 309(Pt 2). 136809–136809. 94 indexed citations
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Amaral, Valentina, T. Ortega, Cristina Romera‐Castillo, & Jesús M. Forja. (2021). Linkages between greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, and N2O) and dissolved organic matter composition in a shallow estuary. The Science of The Total Environment. 788. 147863–147863. 96 indexed citations
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Amaral, Valentina, Cristina Romera‐Castillo, & Jesús M. Forja. (2021). Submarine mud volcanoes as a source of chromophoric dissolved organic matter to the deep waters of the Gulf of Cádiz. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3200–3200. 38 indexed citations
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Vighi, Marco, Javier Bayo, Francisca Fernández‐Piñas, et al.. (2021). Micro and nanoplastics in the environment: Research priorities for the near future. Acceda (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Yun-Kyung, Cristina Romera‐Castillo, Seongjin Hong, & Jin Hur. (2020). Characteristics of microplastic polymer-derived dissolved organic matter and its potential as a disinfection byproduct precursor. Water Research. 175. 115678–115678. 176 indexed citations
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Romera‐Castillo, Cristina, et al.. (2018). Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1430–1430. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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McKay, Garrett, et al.. (2017). Predicting Reactive Intermediate Quantum Yields from Dissolved Organic Matter Photolysis Using Optical Properties and Antioxidant Capacity. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(10). 5404–5413. 112 indexed citations
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Galí, Martí, David J. Kieber, Cristina Romera‐Castillo, et al.. (2016). CDOM Sources and Photobleaching Control Quantum Yields for Oceanic DMS Photolysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(24). 13361–13370. 24 indexed citations
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Marrasé, Cèlia, et al.. (2014). Does a general relationship exist between fluorescent dissolved organic matter and microbial respiration?—The case of the dark equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 89. 44–55. 19 indexed citations
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Timko, Stephen A., Cristina Romera‐Castillo, Rudolf Jaffé, & William J. Cooper. (2014). Photo-reactivity of natural dissolved organic matter from fresh to marine waters in the Florida Everglades, USA. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 16(4). 866–878. 84 indexed citations
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Romera‐Castillo, Cristina, Meilian Chen, Youhei Yamashita, & Rudolf Jaffé. (2014). Fluorescence characteristics of size-fractionated dissolved organic matter: Implications for a molecular assembly based structure?. Water Research. 55. 40–51. 118 indexed citations
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Romera‐Castillo, Cristina, Mar Nieto‐Cid, Carmen G. Castro, et al.. (2011). Fluorescence: Absorption coefficient ratio — Tracing photochemical and microbial degradation processes affecting coloured dissolved organic matter in a coastal system. Marine Chemistry. 125(1-4). 26–38. 26 indexed citations
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Romera‐Castillo, Cristina, Hugo Sarmento, Xosé Antón Álvarez‐Salgado, Josep M. Gasol, & Cèlia Marrasé. (2011). Net Production and Consumption of Fluorescent Colored Dissolved Organic Matter by Natural Bacterial Assemblages Growing on Marine Phytoplankton Exudates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(21). 7490–7498. 244 indexed citations

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