Freylan Mena

566 total citations
26 papers, 426 citations indexed

About

Freylan Mena is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Freylan Mena has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 426 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 15 papers in Pollution and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Freylan Mena's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (22 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (10 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (9 papers). Freylan Mena is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (22 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (10 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (9 papers). Freylan Mena collaborates with scholars based in Costa Rica, Spain and United States. Freylan Mena's co-authors include Clemens Ruepert, Adarli Romero, Mario Espinoza, Silvia Echeverría-Sáenz, María Arias-Andrés, Cristiano V.M. Araújo, Elba de la Cruz, Enrique González‐Ortegón, Luisa E. Castillo and Carlos Barata and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Environment International.

In The Last Decade

Freylan Mena

24 papers receiving 416 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Freylan Mena Costa Rica	12	217	164	124	56	55	26	426
Pablo M. Demetrio Argentina	13	230 1.1×	262 1.6×	138 1.1×	71 1.3×	54 1.0×	26	471
Dante Rojas Argentina	13	152 0.7×	148 0.9×	122 1.0×	44 0.8×	30 0.5×	33	395
Shubhajit Saha India	17	386 1.8×	215 1.3×	87 0.7×	48 0.9×	69 1.3×	45	597
Laura Quinn South Africa	9	287 1.3×	180 1.1×	118 1.0×	46 0.8×	55 1.0×	19	539
Olga Malev Croatia	13	200 0.9×	169 1.0×	83 0.7×	75 1.3×	46 0.8×	26	512
Anneli Widenfalk Sweden	11	199 0.9×	234 1.4×	148 1.2×	48 0.9×	90 1.6×	18	544
Emanuela Cristina Freitas Brazil	13	289 1.3×	229 1.4×	51 0.4×	57 1.0×	45 0.8×	25	462
Luis Simón Monllor-Alcaraz Spain	7	137 0.6×	200 1.2×	50 0.4×	55 1.0×	54 1.0×	7	419
Elizabeth Mary John India	8	138 0.6×	230 1.4×	110 0.9×	40 0.7×	39 0.7×	9	554
Carolina M. Aronzon Argentina	14	275 1.3×	232 1.4×	61 0.5×	48 0.9×	28 0.5×	35	413

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Ruepert, Clemens, et al.. (2025). Physiological stress and habitat selection in earthworms (Amynthas gracilis) exposed to different pesticide regimes in a tropical horticultural area. Applied Soil Ecology. 214. 106353–106353.

Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2025). Exposure to an environmentally relevant concentration of chlorpyrifos induces transcriptional changes and neurotoxicity in Poecilia gillii without clear behavioral effects. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 292. 117900–117900. 2 indexed citations

Moreira, Raquel Aparecida, María Pilar González, Allan Pretti Ogura, et al.. (2024). Ecological consequences when organisms avoid a contaminated environment: A study evaluating the toxicity of fipronil. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171480–171480. 3 indexed citations

Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2024). Assessing habitat selection in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii using the model toxicant copper and colonization as a test endpoint: Does prior exposure determine biochemical and behavioral responses?. Aquatic Toxicology. 275. 107073–107073.

Brühl, Carsten A., Silvia Echeverría-Sáenz, Mirco Bundschuh, et al.. (2023). Pesticide use in banana plantations in Costa Rica – A review of environmental and human exposure, effects and potential risks. Environment International. 174. 107877–107877. 27 indexed citations

Mena, Freylan, Adarli Romero, Julián Blasco, & Cristiano V.M. Araújo. (2022). Can a mixture of agrochemicals (glyphosate, chlorpyrifos and chlorothalonil) mask the perception of an individual chemical? A hidden trap underlying ecological risk. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 230. 113172–113172. 11 indexed citations

González‐Ortegón, Enrique, et al.. (2022). Dissimilar behavioral and spatial avoidance responses by shrimps from tropical and temperate environments exposed to copper. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(10). 28023–28034. 9 indexed citations

Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2022). Biotransformation and oxidative stress responses in fish (Astyanax aeneus) inhabiting a Caribbean estuary contaminated with pesticide residues from agricultural runoff. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(8). 21481–21493. 7 indexed citations

Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2022). Effects of the insecticide β-endosulfan on tadpoles of Isthmohyla pseudopuma (Anura: Hylidae). Aquatic Toxicology. 250. 106231–106231. 2 indexed citations

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Arias-Andrés, María, et al.. (2021). Short-term exposure to benzalkonium chloride in bacteria from activated sludge alters the community diversity and the antibiotic resistance profile. Journal of Water and Health. 19(6). 895–906. 21 indexed citations

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Ruepert, Clemens, et al.. (2021). Accumulation of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Pb, Ni, Zn) in sediments, macroalgae (Cryptonemia crenulata) and sponge (Cinachyrella kuekenthali) of a coral reef in Moín, Limón, Costa Rica: An ecotoxicological approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173(Pt B). 113159–113159. 12 indexed citations

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Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2021). Transient exposure to sublethal concentrations of a pesticide mixture (chlorpyrifos–difenoconazole) caused different responses in fish species from different trophic levels of the same community. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 251. 109208–109208. 11 indexed citations

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Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2021). Early Toxic Effects in a Central American Native Fish (Parachromis dovii) Exposed to Chlorpyrifos and Difenoconazole. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 40(7). 1938–1947. 17 indexed citations

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Araújo, Cristiano V.M., Abdelmourhit Laissaoui, Daniel Clemente Vieira Rêgo da Silva, et al.. (2020). Not Only Toxic but Repellent: What Can Organisms’ Responses Tell Us about Contamination and What Are the Ecological Consequences When They Flee from an Environment?. Toxics. 8(4). 118–118. 32 indexed citations

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Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2020). The effect of the insecticide diazinon on the osmoregulation and the avoidance response of the white leg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) is salinity dependent. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 206. 111364–111364. 16 indexed citations

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Mena, Freylan, et al.. (2019). Neurotoxicity of organophosphate pesticides could reduce the ability of fish to escape predation under low doses of exposure. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10530–10530. 70 indexed citations

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Echeverría-Sáenz, Silvia, et al.. (2017). Risk assessment of agriculture impact on the Frío River watershed and Caño Negro Ramsar wetland, Costa Rica. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(14). 13347–13359. 29 indexed citations

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Echeverría-Sáenz, Silvia, Freylan Mena, María Arias-Andrés, et al.. (2016). In situ toxicity and ecological risk assessment of agro-pesticide runoff in the Madre de Dios River in Costa Rica. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(14). 13270–13282. 32 indexed citations

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Méndez, Michael, et al.. (2016). Acute, chronic and biochemical effects of chlorothalonil on Agalychnis callidryas, Isthmohyla pseudopuma and Smilisca baudinii tadpoles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(21). 21238–21248. 18 indexed citations

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Echeverría-Sáenz, Silvia, Freylan Mena, Clemens Ruepert, et al.. (2012). Environmental hazards of pesticides from pineapple crop production in the Río Jiménez watershed (Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica). The Science of The Total Environment. 440. 106–114. 55 indexed citations

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