F.G. Acién

24.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
314 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

F.G. Acién is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, F.G. Acién has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 263 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 64 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in F.G. Acién's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (259 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (64 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (36 papers). F.G. Acién is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (259 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (64 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (36 papers). F.G. Acién collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Brazil. F.G. Acién's co-authors include E. Molina Grima, J.M. Fernández‐Sevilla, Yusuf Chisti, Emilio Molina, Cintia Gómez-Serrano, Cynthia Victoria González–López, F. García‐Camacho, J.M. Fernández, Alfonso Robles Medina and El‐Hassan Belarbi and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

F.G. Acién

308 papers receiving 16.7k 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.

Recovery of microalgal biomass and metabolites: process options and economics

2002 1.6k citations E. Molina Grima, F.G. Acién et al. profile →
Production cost of a real microalgae production plant and strategies to reduce it

2012 509 citations F.G. Acién, Emilio Molina et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F.G. Acién Spain	71	14.2k	3.4k	2.8k	2.6k	1.7k	314	17.3k
E. Molina Grima Spain	65	11.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	3.5k 1.3×	790 0.5×	237	14.7k
René H. Wijffels Netherlands	85	16.7k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	3.5k 1.3×	6.6k 2.5×	1.2k 0.7×	470	24.4k
Qiang Hu China	52	9.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	4.7k 1.8×	420 0.2×	177	12.0k
Hee‐Mock Oh South Korea	55	5.7k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.1×	3.4k 1.3×	859 0.5×	332	12.5k
Shih‐Hsin Ho China	82	12.1k 0.9×	6.7k 1.9×	1.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	340	23.0k
Yusuf Chisti New Zealand	73	15.8k 1.1×	11.6k 3.4×	3.1k 1.1×	9.1k 3.5×	982 0.6×	349	30.3k
Faizal Bux South Africa	54	6.2k 0.4×	3.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	295	11.9k
J.M. Fernández‐Sevilla Spain	50	6.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	665 0.4×	126	8.0k
Kit Wayne Chew Malaysia	65	5.5k 0.4×	3.6k 1.1×	634 0.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	226	13.2k
Roger Ruan United States	94	10.4k 0.7×	16.3k 4.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	5.2k 3.1×	693	33.9k

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Pérez‐López, Paula, Chakib Bouallou, Cristina González‐Fernández, et al.. (2025). Exploiting outcomes of life cycle costing to conduct coherent screening social life cycle assessments of emerging systems: a case study of microalgae biorefineries. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 30(4). 770–791. 1 indexed citations

Morillas‐España, Ainoa, Rebeca López-Serna, J.J. Jiménez, et al.. (2025). Microalgae wastewater treatment: Pharmaceutical removal and biomass valorization. Journal of Environmental Management. 380. 124942–124942. 6 indexed citations

Ferreira, Alice, Diego de Oliveira Corrêa, Belina Ribeiro, et al.. (2024). Bioprocess to produce biostimulants/biofertilizers based on microalgae grown using piggery wastewater as nutrient source. Bioresource Technology. 414. 131619–131619. 5 indexed citations

Acién, F.G., et al.. (2024). Tubular photobioreactor design based on mixing intensity. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 226. 109380–109380. 1 indexed citations

Dondi, Francesco, Daniel Scicchitano, Giorgia Palladino, et al.. (2024). The use of fishery and aquaculture by-products with Nannochloropsis sp. allows total dietary replacement of wild-caught fishmeal, fish oil and soy protein in European sea bass juveniles. Aquaculture. 590. 741015–741015. 4 indexed citations

Clagnan, Elisa, Ana Sánchez‐Zurano, N. Pichel, et al.. (2024). Exploring microbial growth dynamics in a pilot-scale microalgae raceway fed with urban wastewater: Insights into the effect of operational variables. Journal of Environmental Management. 369. 122385–122385. 6 indexed citations

Rörig, Leonardo Rubi, André Oliveira de Souza Lima, Ainoa Morillas‐España, et al.. (2024). Beyond the target species - Implications of microalgal succession and associated microbiome in industrial-scale photobioreactors. Algal Research. 83. 103692–103692. 1 indexed citations

Ferreira, Alice, et al.. (2023). Algaeculture for agriculture: from past to future. Frontiers in Agronomy. 5. 21 indexed citations

Clagnan, Elisa, Marta Dell’Orto, Tomáš Grivalský, et al.. (2023). Impact of photobioreactor design on microalgae-bacteria communities grown on wastewater: Differences between thin-layer cascade and thin-layer raceway ponds. Bioresource Technology. 374. 128781–128781. 9 indexed citations

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Acién, F.G., Félix L. Figueroa, Eduardo Martínez‐Manzanares, et al.. (2023). Effects of Chlorella fusca-supplemented diet on intestinal microbiota and gene expression related to metabolism, stress, and immune response in Chelon labrosus. Algal Research. 77. 103362–103362. 3 indexed citations

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Acién, F.G., et al.. (2023). Evaluation of sugarcane vinasse as a medium for enhanced Chlorella sp. growth, lipids production, and process integration. Journal of Applied Phycology. 35(2). 581–591. 6 indexed citations

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Guzmán, José Luís, et al.. (2022). An IoT Platform for Data Management in an Industrial-Scale Microalgae Cultivation Plant. IEEE Access. 10. 127128–127139. 8 indexed citations

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Morillas‐España, Ainoa, Ana Sánchez‐Zurano, Tomás Lafarga, et al.. (2021). Improvement of wastewater treatment capacity using the microalga Scenedesmus sp. and membrane bioreactors. Algal Research. 60. 102516–102516. 26 indexed citations

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Pawłowski, A., José Luís Guzmán, Manuel Berenguel, & F.G. Acién. (2019). Control System for pH in Raceway Photobioreactors Based on Wiener Models. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52(1). 928–933. 21 indexed citations

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Lafarga, Tomás, F.G. Acién, Massimo Castellari, et al.. (2019). Effect of microalgae incorporation on the physicochemical, nutritional, and sensorial properties of an innovative broccoli soup. LWT. 111. 167–174. 83 indexed citations

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Acién, F.G., J.M. Fernández‐Sevilla, & E. Molina Grima. (2018). Contribución de las microalgas al desarrollo de la bioeconomía. Mediterráneo económico. 309–331. 6 indexed citations

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Arashiro, Larissa T., et al.. (2017). Life cycle assessment of high rate algal ponds for wastewater treatment and resource recovery. The Science of The Total Environment. 622-623. 1118–1130. 166 indexed citations

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Carra, Irene, Lucas Santos‐Juanes, F.G. Acién, S. Malato, & J.A. Sánchez Pérez. (2014). New approach to solar photo-Fenton operation. Raceway ponds as tertiary treatment technology. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 279. 322–329. 71 indexed citations

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Costache, Teodor, F.G. Acién, María del Mar Morales-Amaral, et al.. (2013). Comprehensive model of microalgae photosynthesis rate as a function of culture conditions in photobioreactors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(17). 7627–7637. 139 indexed citations

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Acién, F.G., J.M. Fernández‐Sevilla, T. A. Egorova‐Zachernyuk, & E. Molina Grima. (2005). Cost-effective production of 13C, 15N stable isotope-labelled biomass from phototrophic microalgae for various biotechnological applications. Biomolecular Engineering. 22(5-6). 193–200. 24 indexed citations

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