Jorge González-Estrella

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 698 citations indexed

About

Jorge González-Estrella is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jorge González-Estrella has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 698 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Pollution, 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 8 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Jorge González-Estrella's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (6 papers). Jorge González-Estrella is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (6 papers). Jorge González-Estrella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Norway. Jorge González-Estrella's co-authors include Jim A. Field, Reyes Sierra‐Álvarez, Patrick C. Gilcrease, James J. Stone, Daniel Puyol, Sonia Arriaga, Francisco J. Cervantes, José M. Cerrato, Eliane El Hayek and Luis H. Álvarez and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Jorge González-Estrella

30 papers receiving 689 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Quantitation and identification of microplastics accumulation in human placental specimens using pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry
    2024 110 citations Marcus A. Garcia, Rui Liu et al. Toxicological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jorge González-Estrella United States 14 267 167 163 161 141 31 698
Hossein Ganjidoust Iran 17 276 1.0× 131 0.8× 316 1.9× 218 1.4× 100 0.7× 83 1.0k
Yongseok Hong South Korea 13 311 1.2× 146 0.9× 273 1.7× 166 1.0× 250 1.8× 49 891
Cheng Hou China 16 385 1.4× 161 1.0× 232 1.4× 121 0.8× 66 0.5× 41 803
Shufei He China 19 414 1.6× 193 1.2× 260 1.6× 302 1.9× 321 2.3× 32 1.2k
Guangxia Qi China 17 152 0.6× 84 0.5× 157 1.0× 168 1.0× 98 0.7× 32 672
Salma Tabassum China 20 347 1.3× 314 1.9× 395 2.4× 271 1.7× 143 1.0× 58 1.3k
Mengqi Zheng China 18 442 1.7× 155 0.9× 265 1.6× 159 1.0× 101 0.7× 42 856
Xianghao Ren China 17 287 1.1× 107 0.6× 306 1.9× 219 1.4× 47 0.3× 33 869

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jorge González-Estrella

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jorge González-Estrella. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jorge González-Estrella based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jorge González-Estrella. Jorge González-Estrella is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wang, Xuewen, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Identification of Weathered Plastics Through the Improvement of Infrared Spectral Libraries. Environmental Engineering Science. 42(12). 505–510.
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Miller, Casey W., Abdul-Mehdi S. Ali, Angelica Benavidez, et al.. (2024). Uranium accumulation in environmentally relevant microplastics and agricultural soil at acidic and circumneutral pH. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171834–171834. 2 indexed citations
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Scott, Justin, et al.. (2024). Adsorption of Alachlor, Lindane, And Methomyl onto Polystyrene Microplastics: Effects of Aging Treatments. Environmental Engineering Science. 41(11). 436–447. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Rui, et al.. (2024). Viability of elutriation for the extraction of microplastics from environmental soil samples. Environmental Science Advances. 3(7). 1039–1047. 7 indexed citations
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Scott, Justin, et al.. (2024). Role of UV radiation and oxidation on polyethylene micro- and nanoplastics: impacts on cadmium sorption, bioaccumulation, and toxicity in fish intestinal cells. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(35). 47974–47990. 9 indexed citations
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Garcia, Marcus A., Rui Liu, Alexander Nihart, et al.. (2024). Quantitation and identification of microplastics accumulation in human placental specimens using pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Toxicological Sciences. 199(1). 81–88. 110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Xuewen, Victoria A. Hughes, Christine Martin, et al.. (2024). Emerging investigator series: open dumping and burning: an overlooked source of terrestrial microplastics in underserved communities. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 27(1). 52–62. 6 indexed citations
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Hayek, Eliane El, Achraf Noureddine, Abdul-Mehdi S. Ali, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Interactions of Uranium and Arsenic with Microplastics: From Field Detection to Controlled Laboratory Tests. Environmental Engineering Science. 40(11). 562–573. 11 indexed citations
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Hayek, Eliane El, Eliseo F. Castillo, Julie In, et al.. (2023). Photoaging of polystyrene microspheres causes oxidative alterations to surface physicochemistry and enhances airway epithelial toxicity. Toxicological Sciences. 193(1). 90–102. 23 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, Peter C. Burns, Ginger E. Sigmon, et al.. (2023). Kinetics of Na- and K- uranyl arsenate dissolution. Chemical Geology. 636. 121642–121642. 2 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, Peter C. Burns, Ginger E. Sigmon, et al.. (2022). Solubility and Thermodynamic Investigation of Meta-Autunite Group Uranyl Arsenate Solids with Monovalent Cations Na and K. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(1). 255–265. 4 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, et al.. (2020). Saline Brine Reaction with Fractured Wellbore Cement and Changes in Hardness and Hydraulic Properties. Environmental Engineering Science. 38(3). 143–153. 4 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, et al.. (2016). Batch anaerobic digestion of synthetic military base food waste and cardboard mixtures. Bioresource Technology. 216. 894–903. 29 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, et al.. (2016). Iron sulfide attenuates the methanogenic toxicity of elemental copper and zinc oxide nanoparticles and their soluble metal ion analogs. The Science of The Total Environment. 548-549. 380–389. 12 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, et al.. (2015). Elemental copper nanoparticle toxicity to different trophic groups involved in anaerobic and anoxic wastewater treatment processes. The Science of The Total Environment. 512-513. 308–315. 20 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, Daniel Puyol, Reyes Sierra‐Álvarez, & Jim A. Field. (2014). Role of biogenic sulfide in attenuating zinc oxide and copper nanoparticle toxicity to acetoclastic methanogenesis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 283. 755–763. 49 indexed citations
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González-Estrella, Jorge, Reyes Sierra‐Álvarez, & Jim A. Field. (2013). Toxicity assessment of inorganic nanoparticles to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenic activity in anaerobic granular sludge. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 260. 278–285. 125 indexed citations
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Cervantes, Francisco J., et al.. (2012). Kinetics during the redox biotransformation of pollutants mediated by immobilized and soluble humic acids. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(6). 2671–2679. 36 indexed citations
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Cervantes, Francisco J., et al.. (2010). Immobilized humic substances on an anion exchange resin and their role on the redox biotransformation of contaminants. Bioresource Technology. 102(2). 2097–2100. 55 indexed citations

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