Guilherme Malafaia

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
272 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Guilherme Malafaia is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Guilherme Malafaia has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Pollution, 65 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 48 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Guilherme Malafaia's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (65 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (44 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (38 papers). Guilherme Malafaia is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (65 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (44 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (38 papers). Guilherme Malafaia collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, India and Bangladesh. Guilherme Malafaia's co-authors include Amanda Pereira da Costa Araújo, Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues, Abraão Tiago Batista Guimarães, Thiarlen Marinho da Luz, Thiago Lopes Rocha, Mateus Flores Montalvão, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Julya Emmanuela de Andrade Vieira and Fernanda Neves Estrela and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Guilherme Malafaia

257 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

A critical review and prospect of NO2 and SO2 pollution o... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 25 50 75 100
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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. A critical review and prospect of NO2 and SO2 pollution over Asia: Hotspots, trends, and sources
    2023 111 citations Aniruddha Sarker, Guilherme Malafaia et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  2. A critical review of sustainable application of biochar for green remediation: Research uncertainty and future directions
    2023 104 citations Md Abdullah Al Masud, Won Sik Shin et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guilherme Malafaia Brazil 39 2.7k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 549 272 5.1k
Hua Zou China 32 2.1k 0.8× 782 0.6× 657 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 620 1.1× 105 4.1k
Francisco Leganés Spain 39 3.0k 1.1× 989 0.7× 760 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 685 1.2× 94 5.3k
Francisca Fernández‐Piñas Spain 41 3.4k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 859 0.7× 1.7k 1.6× 725 1.3× 110 5.9k
Isabel Lopes Portugal 35 4.1k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 2.0k 1.8× 778 1.4× 156 6.3k
Fengmin Li China 42 2.5k 0.9× 750 0.6× 670 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 749 1.4× 132 5.2k
Ilaria Corsi Italy 48 4.5k 1.7× 2.6k 1.9× 2.3k 2.0× 1.5k 1.4× 1.2k 2.2× 186 7.6k
Thiago Lopes Rocha Brazil 35 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 846 0.8× 333 0.6× 126 4.0k
Theodore B. Henry United States 40 3.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.7× 1.7k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 969 1.8× 105 6.0k
Anita Jemec Slovenia 24 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 876 0.8× 549 0.5× 331 0.6× 36 2.8k
Éric Pinelli France 42 2.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 534 0.5× 621 1.1× 124 6.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guilherme Malafaia

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All Works

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Guimarães, Abraão Tiago Batista, Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues, Marimuthu Govindarajan, et al.. (2025). Beyond the virus: ecotoxicological and reproductive impacts of SARS-CoV-2 lysate protein in C57Bl/6j female mice. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(4). 1805–1829. 1 indexed citations
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Anbuchezhiyan, G., Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, M.T.H. Siddiqui, Guilherme Malafaia, & Faisal Abnisa. (2024). Bo-derived waste neem to enriching reinforced hybrid composite for environmental remediation. Chemosphere. 350. 141055–141055. 11 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Minh‐Ky, Chitsan Lin, Xuan‐Thanh Bui, et al.. (2024). Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical pollutants in wastewater: Insights on ecotoxicity, health risk, and state–of–the-art removal. Chemosphere. 354. 141678–141678. 61 indexed citations
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Kadaikunnan, Shine, et al.. (2024). Marine macroalgae Chaetomorpha aerea as a dietary supplement: Optimizing immunity and resistance to Edwardsiella tarda in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 154. 109956–109956. 1 indexed citations
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Choudhury, Tasrina Rabia, M. A. Maksud, Mahbub Alam, et al.. (2024). Microplastics in multi-environmental compartments: Research advances, media, and global management scenarios. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 265. 104379–104379. 5 indexed citations
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Chanthini, Kanagaraj Muthu-Pandian, et al.. (2024). Management of excessive soil H+ ion induced toxicities by application of organic seaweed amendment enhances photosynthesis and resource use efficiencies in rice (Oryza sativa). Environmental Research. 247. 118179–118179. 8 indexed citations
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Motteran, Fabrício, et al.. (2024). Multivariate statistical analysis of surface water quality in the capibaribe river (Pernambuco state, Northeast Brazil): Contributions to water management. Marine Environmental Research. 204. 106876–106876. 2 indexed citations
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Ragavendran, Chinnasamy, Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Devarajan Natarajan, et al.. (2023). Endophytic fungus Alternaria macrospora: A promising and eco-friendly source for controlling Aedes aegypti and its toxicity assessment on non-targeted organism, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 56. 103009–103009. 7 indexed citations
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Talukdar, Swapan, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Mohd Rihan, et al.. (2023). Contribution and behavioral assessment of physical and anthropogenic factors for soil erosion using integrated deep learning and game theory. Journal of Cleaner Production. 416. 137689–137689. 23 indexed citations
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Guimarães, Abraão Tiago Batista, Thiarlen Marinho da Luz, Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues, et al.. (2023). First report on the toxicity of SARS-CoV-2, alone and in combination with polyethylene microplastics in neotropical fish. The Science of The Total Environment. 882. 163617–163617. 11 indexed citations
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Masud, Md Abdullah Al, Won Sik Shin, Aniruddha Sarker, et al.. (2023). A critical review of sustainable application of biochar for green remediation: Research uncertainty and future directions. The Science of The Total Environment. 904. 166813–166813. 104 indexed citations breakdown →
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Souza, Sindoval Silva de, Alex Rodrigues Gomes, Abraão Tiago Batista Guimarães, et al.. (2023). Exposure to microcrystallized cellulose affects the health of tadpoles and sheds light on the threat these materials pose to amphibians. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123236–123236. 3 indexed citations
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Solangi, Nadeem Hussain, Rama Rao Karri, Shaukat Ali Mazari, et al.. (2022). MXene as emerging material for photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 477. 214965–214965. 204 indexed citations
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Ragavendran, Chinnasamy, Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Manigandan Venkatesan, et al.. (2022). Eco-friendly synthesis of Ag-NPs using Endostemon viscosus (Lamiaceae): Antibacterial, antioxidant, larvicidal, photocatalytic dye degradation activity and toxicity in zebrafish embryos. Environmental Research. 218. 114946–114946. 37 indexed citations
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Malafaia, Guilherme, et al.. (2015). Toxicity Study in Mice Fed with Corn Produced in Soil Containing Tannery Sludge Vermicompost and Irrigated with Domestic Wastewater. Current Science. 109(7). 1326–1332. 8 indexed citations
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Menezes, Ivandilson Pessoa Pinto de, et al.. (2015). Learning nucleic acids solving by bioinformatics problems. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 43(5). 377–383. 7 indexed citations
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Malafaia, Guilherme, et al.. (2011). Análise das barreiras não tarifárias à exportação na cadeia da carne bovina brasileira. Revista de Política Agrícola. 20(2). 23–39. 2 indexed citations
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Malafaia, Guilherme. (2009). IMPORTANCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT OF STUDIES ON EFFECTS OF PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION ON VACCINATION AGAINST VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS. 4(1). 47–53.
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Malafaia, Guilherme & Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues. (2009). Percepção ambiental de jovens e adultos de uma escola municipal de ensino fundamental. Revista Brasileira de Biociências. 7(3). 14 indexed citations

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