Isabel Capela

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Isabel Capela is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabel Capela has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Building and Construction, 24 papers in Pollution and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Isabel Capela's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (28 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (19 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (8 papers). Isabel Capela is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (28 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (19 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (8 papers). Isabel Capela collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Belgium and Netherlands. Isabel Capela's co-authors include Mohammadreza Kamali, Maria Elisabete V. Costa, Luís Arroja, Ana Cláudia Dias, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, L.A.C. Tarelho, Helena Nadais, Seyedeh Azadeh Alavi-Borazjani, Tânia Gameiro and D.P. Suhas and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Isabel Capela

70 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Sustainability considerations in membrane-based technologies for industrial effluents treatment

2019 277 citations Mohammadreza Kamali, Maria Elisabete V. Costa et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Isabel Capela Portugal	27	670	657	613	486	421	72	2.2k
Sandra Esteves United Kingdom	26	381 0.6×	799 1.2×	585 1.0×	451 0.9×	456 1.1×	40	2.2k
Lixin Zhao China	25	353 0.5×	732 1.1×	854 1.4×	516 1.1×	343 0.8×	143	2.4k
Yi Jing Chan Malaysia	21	768 1.1×	620 0.9×	732 1.2×	513 1.1×	219 0.5×	64	2.2k
Meltem Urgun‐Demirtas United States	24	575 0.9×	959 1.5×	521 0.8×	554 1.1×	321 0.8×	58	2.3k
Dan Zheng China	28	387 0.6×	505 0.8×	362 0.6×	543 1.1×	219 0.5×	81	2.0k
Manfred Lübken Germany	23	599 0.9×	684 1.0×	570 0.9×	581 1.2×	450 1.1×	69	2.2k
Vivek Kumar India	36	451 0.7×	612 0.9×	900 1.5×	442 0.9×	546 1.3×	116	3.6k
Wenquan Ruan China	25	648 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	598 1.0×	758 1.6×	267 0.6×	91	2.4k
Wayne J. Parker Canada	26	785 1.2×	557 0.8×	671 1.1×	1.1k 2.3×	267 0.6×	196	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabel Capela

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kamali, Mohammadreza, et al.. (2025). Simplified hydrogen storage in nanocomposites optimized by artificial intelligence. Chemical Engineering Journal. 524. 169414–169414.

Kamali, Mohammadreza, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Raf Dewil, et al.. (2025). Production of high yield and high-quality carbon nanotubes from biomass wastes under microwave irradiation - Mechanism and properties. Sustainable materials and technologies. 45. e01573–e01573. 1 indexed citations

Kamali, Mohammadreza, et al.. (2025). Sustainability assessment of carbonaceous nanostructured materials for efficient hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 135. 477–498. 2 indexed citations

Khalaj, Mohammadreza, Mohammadreza Kamali, Ana C. Estrada, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic analysis of photocatalytic transformation of naphthalene using a nano-O-doped-g-C3N4-CuO n-p heterojunction. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 195. 106794–106794. 3 indexed citations

Alavi-Borazjani, Seyedeh Azadeh, et al.. (2023). Application of Doehlert design in optimizing the solid-state hydrogenogenic stage augmented with biomass fly ash in a two-stage biohythane production process. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 46(6). 879–891. 3 indexed citations

Alavi-Borazjani, Seyedeh Azadeh, et al.. (2023). Effects of adding micro- and nano-sized biomass fly ash on two-stage biohythane production from the urban organic solid waste. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 52. 335–351. 10 indexed citations

Gameiro, Tânia, Rui M. Novais, João Carvalheiras, et al.. (2021). Role of waste-based geopolymer spheres addition for pH control and efficiency enhancement of anaerobic digestion process. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 44(6). 1167–1183. 6 indexed citations

Kamali, Mohammadreza, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, L.A.C. Tarelho, et al.. (2021). Acclimatized activated sludge for enhanced phenolic wastewater treatment using pinewood biochar. Chemical Engineering Journal. 427. 131708–131708. 49 indexed citations

Kamali, Mohammadreza, Kenneth M. Persson, Maria Elisabete V. Costa, & Isabel Capela. (2019). Sustainability criteria for assessing nanotechnology applicability in industrial wastewater treatment: Current status and future outlook. Environment International. 125. 261–276. 134 indexed citations

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Gameiro, Tânia, et al.. (2015). Anaerobic degradation of dairy wastewater in intermittent UASB reactors: influence of effluent recirculation. Environmental Technology. 36(17). 2227–2238. 13 indexed citations

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Silva, Flávio C., Luísa S. Serafim, Helena Nadais, Luís Arroja, & Isabel Capela. (2013). Acidogenic Fermentation Towards Valorisation of Organic Waste Streams into Volatile Fatty Acids. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly. 27(4). 467–476. 61 indexed citations

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Silva, Flávio C., et al.. (2012). Biodegradation Kinetics of Winery Wastewater from Port Wine Production. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly. 25(4). 493–499. 11 indexed citations

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Arroja, Luís, et al.. (2010). The influence of port wine in winery effluent production.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 19. 3177–3184. 1 indexed citations

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Capela, Isabel, et al.. (2010). Sulfate reduction during the acidification of sucrose at pH 5 under thermophilic (55 °C) conditions. I: Effect of trace metals. Bioresource Technology. 101(12). 4269–4277. 12 indexed citations

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Capela, Isabel, et al.. (2010). Sulfate reduction during the acidification of sucrose at pH 5 under thermophilic (55 °C) conditions. II: Effect of sulfide and COD/SO42- ratio. Bioresource Technology. 101(12). 4278–4284. 33 indexed citations

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Silva, Flávio C., et al.. (2008). Molasses as an external carbon source for anaerobic treatment of sulphite evaporator condensate. Bioresource Technology. 100(6). 1943–1950. 7 indexed citations

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Capela, Isabel, et al.. (2007). Effect of COD/SO42− ratio and sulfide on thermophilic (55°C) sulfate reduction during the acidification of sucrose at pH 6. Water Research. 41(11). 2379–2392. 41 indexed citations

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Dias, Ana Cláudia, et al.. (2007). Carbon estimation in harvested wood products using a country-specific method: Portugal as a case study. Environmental Science & Policy. 10(3). 250–259. 44 indexed citations

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Arroja, Luís, et al.. (2006). Effect of non‐feeding period length on the intermittent operation of UASB reactors treating dairy effluents. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 96(2). 244–249. 15 indexed citations

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Nadais, Helena, Isabel Capela, Luís Arroja, & Armando C. Duarte. (2003). Biosorption of Milk Substrates onto Anaerobic Flocculent and Granular Sludge. Biotechnology Progress. 19(3). 1053–1055. 17 indexed citations

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