John A. Posada

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

John A. Posada is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Posada has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in John A. Posada's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (30 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (18 papers) and Process Optimization and Integration (15 papers). John A. Posada is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (30 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (18 papers) and Process Optimization and Integration (15 papers). John A. Posada collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Colombia and Brazil. John A. Posada's co-authors include Patrícia Osseweijer, Andrea Ramírez, Carlos Ariel Cardona Álzate, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Jo Dewulf, Marianna Garfí, Luis E. Rincón, Juan C. Higuita, M. Patel and Rubens Maciel Filho and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

John A. Posada

77 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

  1. A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants – market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks
    2020 322 citations Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Patrícia Osseweijer et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Posada Netherlands 28 1.2k 520 352 341 307 82 2.5k
Rodrigo Navia Chile 33 1.4k 1.1× 575 1.1× 398 1.1× 516 1.5× 183 0.6× 100 3.1k
Andrew J. McAloon United States 24 2.0k 1.6× 775 1.5× 271 0.8× 321 0.9× 234 0.8× 47 3.7k
Corinne D. Scown United States 35 1.4k 1.2× 584 1.1× 462 1.3× 366 1.1× 420 1.4× 114 4.0k
Harro von Blottnitz South Africa 25 918 0.8× 263 0.5× 625 1.8× 249 0.7× 483 1.6× 70 2.6k
Omprakash Sarkar India 27 1.3k 1.1× 769 1.5× 438 1.2× 174 0.5× 642 2.1× 55 3.1k
Prasad Kaparaju Australia 28 1.4k 1.2× 430 0.8× 752 2.1× 242 0.7× 247 0.8× 59 3.2k
Ioannis V. Skiadas Denmark 34 1.8k 1.5× 814 1.6× 797 2.3× 213 0.6× 370 1.2× 105 3.7k
Piotr Oleśkowicz-Popiel Poland 28 2.1k 1.7× 1.4k 2.7× 520 1.5× 323 0.9× 299 1.0× 61 4.0k
Lai Fatt Chuah Malaysia 36 1.5k 1.2× 282 0.5× 231 0.7× 248 0.7× 217 0.7× 74 3.1k
D.C. Baruah India 31 2.0k 1.6× 372 0.7× 669 1.9× 175 0.5× 372 1.2× 75 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Posada

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All Works

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Rincón, Luis E., et al.. (2025). Impacts assessment of open field burning of agricultural residues in Mexico. Cleaner Environmental Systems. 18. 100303–100303.
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Gee, Timothy F., et al.. (2025). Modernizing Top Drive Monitoring and Maintenance: Efficiency-Factor-Based Imminent Failure Detection Using Common Accelerometers. SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition. 1 indexed citations
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Posada, John A., et al.. (2025). LCA methodological choices and environmental impacts performance of an integrated seawater desalination and brine treatment system. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 61. 338–355.
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Oliveira, Silvio de, et al.. (2024). Exergy-Based Improvements of Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Comparing Biorefinery Pathways. Processes. 12(3). 510–510. 3 indexed citations
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Tsalidis, Georgios Archimidis, et al.. (2024). Generic and site-specific social life cycle assessment of municipal wastewater treatment systems in Spain: challenges and limitations of the method when applied to resource recovery systems. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 30(6). 1480–1504. 2 indexed citations
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Sierra, Rocío, et al.. (2024). Data clustering for classification of vegetable biomass from compositional data: A tool for biomass valorization. Biomass and Bioenergy. 191. 107447–107447. 5 indexed citations
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Posada, John A., et al.. (2023). A circular economy strategy for valorizing industrial saline wastewaters: Techno-economics and environmental impacts. Chemical Engineering Journal. 472. 144819–144819. 6 indexed citations
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Rincón, Luis E., et al.. (2023). Anhydrous Ethanol Pricing in Economies with an Underdeveloped Biofuels Market: The Case of Mexico. Sustainability. 15(9). 7084–7084. 1 indexed citations
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Capaz, Rafael Silva, et al.. (2023). Life cycle impacts assessment of two gold extraction systems in Colombia: open-pit and alluvial mining. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 28(4). 380–397. 6 indexed citations
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Tsalidis, Georgios Archimidis, et al.. (2022). Assessing the environmental performance of a novel coal mine brine treatment technique: A case in Poland. Journal of Cleaner Production. 358. 131973–131973. 14 indexed citations
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Capaz, Rafael Silva, et al.. (2020). Environmental trade-offs of renewable jet fuels in Brazil: Beyond the carbon footprint. The Science of The Total Environment. 714. 136696–136696. 31 indexed citations
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Asveld, Lotte, Patrícia Osseweijer, & John A. Posada. (2019). Societal and Ethical Issues in Industrial Biotechnology. Advances in biochemical engineering, biotechnology. 173. 121–141. 18 indexed citations
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Vyhmeister, Eduardo, Gerardo J. Ruiz‐Mercado, Ana I. Torres, & John A. Posada. (2018). Optimization of multi-pathway production chains and multi-criteria decision-making through sustainability evaluation: a biojet fuel production case study. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 20(7). 1697–1719. 16 indexed citations
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Posada, John A., et al.. (2013). Valorization of glycerol through the production of biopolymers: The PHB case using Bacillus megaterium. Bioresource Technology. 133. 38–44. 90 indexed citations
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Posada, John A., Carlos Ariel Cardona Álzate, & Carlos E. Orrego. (2012). Biodiesel Production: Biotechnological Approach. 3(4). 79–88. 8 indexed citations
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Posada, John A., Luis E. Rincón, & Carlos Ariel Cardona Álzate. (2012). Design and analysis of biorefineries based on raw glycerol: Addressing the glycerol problem. Bioresource Technology. 111. 282–293. 128 indexed citations

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