Fernando P. Carvalho

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Fernando P. Carvalho is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando P. Carvalho has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 65 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 42 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Fernando P. Carvalho's work include Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (72 papers), Radioactive contamination and transfer (64 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (33 papers). Fernando P. Carvalho is often cited by papers focused on Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (72 papers), Radioactive contamination and transfer (64 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (33 papers). Fernando P. Carvalho collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Monaco and Austria. Fernando P. Carvalho's co-authors include João M. Oliveira, Chantal Cattini, Margarida Malta, J. P. Villeneuve, Scott W. Fowler, Jean‐Pierre Villeneuve, Dang Duc Nhan, Ruth Pereira, Nguyễn Văn Mạnh and Imma Tolosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Fernando P. Carvalho

137 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Pesticides, environment, and food safety

2017 1.1k citations Fernando P. Carvalho profile →
Agriculture, pesticides, food security and food safety

2006 637 citations Fernando P. Carvalho profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fernando P. Carvalho Portugal	38	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	145	5.7k
Brit Salbu Norway	42	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	300 0.3×	274	6.2k
J.N.B. Bell United Kingdom	29	353 0.2×	506 0.4×	808 0.6×	341 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	109	3.0k
N.M.J. Crout United Kingdom	34	704 0.5×	392 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	973 0.8×	862 0.8×	131	3.6k
Fengchang Wu China	62	519 0.3×	3.3k 2.4×	754 0.6×	4.8k 4.0×	510 0.5×	426	13.4k
Fan Zhang China	48	219 0.1×	811 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	311 0.3×	461	9.7k
Michel Benarie France	38	442 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	709 0.6×	428 0.4×	186	5.4k
Nicholas A. Beresford United Kingdom	30	1.3k 0.9×	223 0.2×	1.9k 1.5×	160 0.1×	254 0.2×	121	3.0k
Philip J. White United Kingdom	79	480 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	2.3k 2.0×	20.7k 20.3×	429	29.4k
Jing Ding China	51	259 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	444 0.3×	3.6k 3.0×	609 0.6×	261	9.3k
Shihua Qi China	48	281 0.2×	5.6k 4.1×	994 0.8×	3.4k 2.9×	577 0.6×	333	9.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Fernando P. Carvalho

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fernando P. Carvalho

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando P. Carvalho

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Alomari, Ahmad H., et al.. (2025). Radiological Risk Assessment for Exposure to Indoor Radon in North of Jordan. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection. 13(3). 47–67.

Haneklaus, Nils, Ali Maged, Hendrik G. Brink, et al.. (2025). Bacterial Diversity Dynamics in Sandy Loam Soils in Tanzania Under Varying Fertilizer-Derived Uranium Concentrations. Microorganisms. 13(8). 1886–1886.

Atibu, Emmanuel K., Jean‐Paul Otamonga, Crispin K. Mulaji, et al.. (2024). Persistent organic pollutants in sediment of a tropical river: the case of N’djili River in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Discover Applied Sciences. 6(6). 1 indexed citations

Atibu, Emmanuel K., et al.. (2024). Ecotoxicological and Microbiological Risk Assessment of Groundwater from Dimba Cave, Democratic Republic of the Congo. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(8). 962–962. 2 indexed citations

Haneklaus, Nils, et al.. (2023). Influence of phosphate fertilizers on the radioactivity of agricultural soils and tobacco plants in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(34). 83004–83023. 10 indexed citations

Atibu, Emmanuel K., Philippe Arpagaus, Crispin K. Mulaji, et al.. (2022). High Environmental Radioactivity in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Minerals. 12(10). 1278–1278. 13 indexed citations

Belyaeva, Olga, et al.. (2019). Natural radioactivity in urban soils of mining centers in Armenia: Dose rate and risk assessment. Chemosphere. 225. 859–870. 53 indexed citations

Malta, Margarida, et al.. (2013). Radioactivity from Lisboa urban wastewater discharges in the Tejo River Estuary. Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada. 13(4). 399–408. 11 indexed citations

Malta, Margarida & Fernando P. Carvalho. (2011). Radionuclides in marine mammals off the Portuguese coast. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 102(5). 473–478. 6 indexed citations

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Lourenço, Joana, Ruth Pereira, Ana Silva, et al.. (2010). Genotoxic endpoints in the earthworms sub-lethal assay to evaluate natural soils contaminated by metals and radionuclides. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 186(1). 788–795. 61 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Fernando P., et al.. (2009). Ecological risk assessment of PCBs and other organic contaminant residues in Laguna de Terminos, Mexico. Ecotoxicology. 18(4). 403–416. 56 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Fernando P., João M. Oliveira, Anselmo Salles Paschoa, & Friedrich Steinhäusler. (2008). Radioactivity In Marine Organisms From Northeast Atlantic Ocean. AIP conference proceedings. 1034. 387–392. 8 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Fernando P., et al.. (2008). Naturally-Occurring Radionuclides In Drinking Water From Surface And Groundwater Reservoirs. AIP conference proceedings. 1034. 224–229. 4 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Fernando P., M.J. Madruga, Mário Reis, et al.. (2007). Radioactivity in the environment around past radium and uranium mining sites of Portugal. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 96(1-3). 39–46. 93 indexed citations

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Arnold, D., M. Benmansour, I. Bikit, et al.. (2007). Certified reference material for radionuclides in sediment sample IAEA-385 (Irish Sea sediment) In: Book of Extended Synopses. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Fernando P. & João M. Oliveira. (2006). Polonium in cigarette smoke and radiation exposure of lungs. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 56(S4). D697–D703. 16 indexed citations

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Villeneuve, Jean‐Pierre, Stephen J. de Mora, Chantal Cattini, & Fernando P. Carvalho. (2000). Determination of organochlorinated compounds and petroleum hydrocarbons in sediment sample IAEA-408. Results from a world-wide intercalibration exercise. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 2(5). 524–528. 19 indexed citations

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Nhan, Dang Duc, Nguyễn Văn Mạnh, Fernando P. Carvalho, J. P. Villeneuve, & Chantal Cattini. (1999). Organochlorine pesticides and PCBs along the coast of north Vietnam. The Science of The Total Environment. 237-238. 363–371. 80 indexed citations

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Parr, R. M., et al.. (1998). IAEA analytical quality assurance programmes to meet the present and future needs of developing countries. Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 360(3-4). 287–290. 9 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Fernando P.. (1997). Distribution, cycling and mean residence time of 226Ra, 210Pb and 210Po in the Tagus estuary. The Science of The Total Environment. 196(2). 151–161. 62 indexed citations

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