Isabel Lopes

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Isabel Lopes is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabel Lopes has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Pollution, 68 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Isabel Lopes's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (54 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (29 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (26 papers). Isabel Lopes is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (54 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (29 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (26 papers). Isabel Lopes collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and Brazil. Isabel Lopes's co-authors include Armando C. Duarte, Teresa Rocha‐Santos, João Pinto da Costa, Joana C. Prata, Rui Ribeiro, Cátia Venâncio, Miguel Oliveira, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Donald J. Baird and Ruth Pereira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Isabel Lopes

154 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

2019 1.7k citations Joana C. Prata, João Pinto da Costa et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Isabel Lopes Portugal	35	4.1k	2.0k	1.6k	1.1k	846	156	6.3k
Elvis Genbo Xu China	43	5.0k 1.2×	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	996 1.2×	113	6.9k
Francisca Fernández‐Piñas Spain	41	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	859 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	745 0.9×	110	5.9k
Ilaria Corsi Italy	48	4.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.4×	2.6k 2.4×	985 1.2×	186	7.6k
Kai Zhang China	43	6.1k 1.5×	3.7k 1.9×	1.8k 1.1×	624 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	203	8.7k
Wei Huang China	46	5.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	151	7.9k
Francisco Leganés Spain	39	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	760 0.5×	989 0.9×	654 0.8×	94	5.3k
Martina G. Vijver Netherlands	50	6.3k 1.6×	2.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.8×	2.7k 2.6×	1.1k 1.3×	248	10.2k
Theodore B. Henry United States	40	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	2.3k 2.1×	487 0.6×	105	6.0k
Swee J. Teh United States	37	5.3k 1.3×	3.4k 1.7×	2.2k 1.4×	634 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	128	8.7k
Catherine Mouneyrac France	42	3.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.8×	1.3k 1.3×	678 0.8×	113	6.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabel Lopes

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vicente, Estela D., et al.. (2025). In vitro toxicity of indoor and outdoor PM10 from a university cafeteria. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 16(12). 102661–102661.

Venâncio, Cátia, Paulo Cardoso, Anna Ekner‐Grzyb, et al.. (2024). Sources, sinks, and solutions: How decaying fungi may devise sustainable farming practices for plastics degradation in terrestrial ecosystems. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 180. 117898–117898. 1 indexed citations

Sidjabat, Hanna E., Steven Davis, Isabel Lopes, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli and Salmonella Species Isolates from Chickens in Live Bird Markets and Boot Swabs from Layer Farms in Timor-Leste. Antibiotics. 13(2). 120–120. 3 indexed citations

Vicente, Estela D., et al.. (2024). Outdoor charcoal combustion in barbecue grills: Potential cytotoxic, oxidative stress and mutagenic effects. Atmospheric Environment. 322. 120383–120383. 2 indexed citations

Ekner‐Grzyb, Anna, et al.. (2023). Ecotoxicity of non- and PEG-modified lanthanide-doped nanoparticles in aquatic organisms. Aquatic Toxicology. 259. 106548–106548. 8 indexed citations

Almeida, Mónica, et al.. (2023). The Number of Ethylene Oxide Groups of Sulphate-Based Surfactants Influences the Cytotoxicity of Mixed Micelles to an Amphibian Cell Line. Applied Sciences. 13(15). 8745–8745. 2 indexed citations

Venâncio, Cátia, et al.. (2023). Cation Composition Influences the Toxicity of Salinity to Freshwater Biota. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 1741–1741. 7 indexed citations

Venâncio, Cátia, et al.. (2023). Glyphosate and Roundup® Ready Effects in Hydra viridissima: New Data in an Old Issue. Sustainability. 15(16). 12428–12428. 4 indexed citations

Cardoso, Paulo, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Potential of White-Rot Fungi Exudates on the Amelioration of Salinized Soils. Agriculture. 13(2). 382–382. 5 indexed citations

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Venâncio, Cátia, et al.. (2023). Ecotoxicity of eluates obtained from Basamid® contaminated soils is pH dependent: A study with Hydra viridissima, Xenopus laevis and Danio rerio. The Science of The Total Environment. 868. 161640–161640. 4 indexed citations

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Kamali, Mohammadreza, et al.. (2021). Engineered nanomaterials for (waste)water treatment - A scientometric assessment and sustainability aspects. NanoImpact. 22. 100316–100316. 21 indexed citations

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Simões, Anabela M., Cátia Venâncio, Luís Alves, Filipe E. Antunes, & Isabel Lopes. (2021). Ecotoxicity of cationic cellulose polymers to aquatic biota: The influence of charge density. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 2). 150560–150560. 9 indexed citations

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Galhano, Victor, Marta S. Monteiro, Darya Mozhayeva, et al.. (2020). Impact of wastewater-borne nanoparticles of silver and titanium dioxide on the swimming behaviour and biochemical markers of Daphnia magna: An integrated approach. Aquatic Toxicology. 220. 105404–105404. 29 indexed citations

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Venâncio, Cátia, Rui Ribeiro, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, & Isabel Lopes. (2020). Survival recovery rates by six clonal lineages of Daphnia longispina after intermittent exposures to copper. Chemosphere. 264(Pt 1). 128403–128403. 3 indexed citations

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Prata, Joana C., João Pinto da Costa, Isabel Lopes, Armando C. Duarte, & Teresa Rocha‐Santos. (2020). Environmental status of (micro)plastics contamination in Portugal. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 200. 110753–110753. 40 indexed citations

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Bordalo, Maria D., Carlos Gravato, Sandra Beleza, et al.. (2019). Lethal and sublethal toxicity assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Beauveria bassiana based bioinsecticides to the aquatic insect Chironomus riparius. The Science of The Total Environment. 698. 134155–134155. 37 indexed citations

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Canha, Nuno, Isabel Lopes, Estela D. Vicente, et al.. (2016). Mutagenicity assessment of aerosols in emissions from domestic combustion processes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(11). 10799–10807. 20 indexed citations

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Rocha, Luciana S., Sónia M. Rodrigues, Isabel Lopes, et al.. (2011). The water-soluble fraction of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: Relationships between ecotoxicity, solubility and geochemical reactivity. Chemosphere. 84(10). 1495–1505. 35 indexed citations

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Lopes, Isabel, et al.. (2010). Potential re-colonisation by cladocerans of an acidic tropical pond. Chemosphere. 82(7). 1072–1079. 5 indexed citations

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Lopes, Isabel, Donald J. Baird, & Rui Ribeiro. (2004). Genetic Determination of Tolerance to Lethal and Sublethal Copper Concentrations in Field Populations of Daphnia longispina. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 46(1). 43–51. 62 indexed citations

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