Macarena Muñoz

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Macarena Muñoz is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Macarena Muñoz has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Water Science and Technology, 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 30 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Macarena Muñoz's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (44 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (32 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (23 papers). Macarena Muñoz is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (44 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (32 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (23 papers). Macarena Muñoz collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and Argentina. Macarena Muñoz's co-authors include José A. Casas, Zahara M. de Pedro, Juan J. Rodrı́guez, Bastian J. M. Etzold, Guirong Zhang, Julia Nieto-Sandoval, Gema Pliego, Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas, Juan A. Zazo and David Ortiz and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Macarena Muñoz

81 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Preparation of magnetite-based catalysts and their applic... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 200 400 600
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  1. Preparation of magnetite-based catalysts and their application in heterogeneous Fenton oxidation – A review
    2015 653 citations Macarena Muñoz, Zahara M. de Pedro et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Macarena Muñoz Spain 36 1.7k 1.4k 1.0k 813 748 83 3.5k
Zahara M. de Pedro Spain 33 1.4k 0.8× 927 0.7× 962 1.0× 741 0.9× 707 0.9× 68 2.9k
Juan A. Zazo Spain 35 2.9k 1.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 456 0.6× 71 4.3k
Feiping Zhao China 36 2.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 449 0.6× 83 4.9k
Shuang Song China 36 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 747 0.7× 1.5k 1.8× 292 0.4× 112 3.6k
Jianmeng Chen China 40 2.4k 1.4× 2.8k 2.1× 920 0.9× 1.8k 2.3× 383 0.5× 114 5.4k
Qizhou Dai China 36 1.9k 1.1× 2.1k 1.6× 552 0.6× 885 1.1× 332 0.4× 100 3.8k
Gabriel Ovejero Spain 31 1.8k 1.1× 603 0.4× 716 0.7× 1.4k 1.7× 575 0.8× 98 3.7k
Aracely Hernández‐Ramírez Mexico 42 1.5k 0.9× 2.7k 2.0× 519 0.5× 1.7k 2.1× 781 1.0× 139 4.9k
Chun Zhao China 44 3.1k 1.9× 2.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 594 0.8× 116 4.9k
Xue‐Fei Sun China 38 2.0k 1.2× 664 0.5× 981 1.0× 724 0.9× 805 1.1× 77 4.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Macarena Muñoz

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All Works

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Luca, Carla di, et al.. (2025). Kinetic and mechanistic insights into the photo-Fenton oxidation of polystyrene nanoplastics in water. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 78. 108838–108838. 1 indexed citations
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Nieto-Sandoval, Julia, et al.. (2024). Catalytic hydrodehalogenation of iodinated contrast agents in drinking water: A kinetic study. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114390–114390. 1 indexed citations
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Ortiz, David, Samuel Cirés, Andreas Ballot, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous degradation of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins by catalytic wet peroxide oxidation: Impact of morphology and growth stage. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114576–114576. 2 indexed citations
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Luca, Carla di, et al.. (2024). Modeling polystyrene nanoplastics degradation in water via photo-Fenton treatment: A shrinking-particle approach. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 362. 124751–124751. 7 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Macarena, et al.. (2024). Natural magnetite as an effective and long-lasting catalyst for CWPO of azole pesticides in a continuous up-flow fixed-bed reactor. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(20). 29148–29161. 4 indexed citations
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Ariyanto, Teguh, et al.. (2024). Reusable adsorbent of magnetite in mesoporous carbon for antibiotic removal. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(24). 35824–35834. 2 indexed citations
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Luca, Carla di, David Ortiz, Macarena Muñoz, et al.. (2023). Mineralization of polystyrene nanoplastics in water by photo-Fenton oxidation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110755–110755. 32 indexed citations
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Ortiz, David, Macarena Muñoz, Julia Nieto-Sandoval, et al.. (2022). Insights into the degradation of microplastics by Fenton oxidation: From surface modification to mineralization. Chemosphere. 309(Pt 2). 136809–136809. 94 indexed citations
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Ortiz, David, Macarena Muñoz, Samuel Cirés, et al.. (2022). Photo-Fenton oxidation of cylindrospermopsin at neutral pH with LEDs. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(8). 21598–21607. 8 indexed citations
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Segura, Yolanda, Macarena Muñoz, Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas, et al.. (2021). A comparative study among catalytic wet air oxidation, Fenton, and Photo-Fenton technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management. 290. 112624–112624. 69 indexed citations
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Quintanilla, A., et al.. (2019). Condensation By-Products in Wet Peroxide Oxidation: Fouling or Catalytic Promotion? Part II: Activity, Nature and Stability. Catalysts. 9(6). 518–518. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guirong, Daniel J. S. Sandbeck, Macarena Muñoz, et al.. (2018). Tuning the Electrocatalytic Performance of Ionic Liquid Modified Pt Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction via Cationic Chain Engineering. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 8244–8254. 97 indexed citations
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Nieto-Sandoval, Julia, Macarena Muñoz, Zahara M. de Pedro, & José A. Casas. (2018). Fast degradation of diclofenac by catalytic hydrodechlorination. Chemosphere. 213. 141–148. 35 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Torrellas, Silvia, et al.. (2018). Boosting the catalytic activity of natural magnetite for wet peroxide oxidation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(2). 1176–1185. 22 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Macarena, et al.. (2017). Application of CWPO to the treatment of pharmaceutical emerging pollutants in different water matrices with a ferromagnetic catalyst. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 331. 45–54. 69 indexed citations
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Domínguez, Carmen M., Macarena Muñoz, A. Quintanilla, Zahara M. de Pedro, & José A. Casas. (2017). Kinetics of imidazolium-based ionic liquids degradation in aqueous solution by Fenton oxidation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(35). 34811–34817. 16 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Macarena, Zahara M. de Pedro, José A. Casas, & Juan J. Rodrı́guez. (2013). Chlorophenols breakdown by a sequential hydrodechlorination-oxidation treatment with a magnetic Pd–Fe/γ-Al2O3 catalyst. Water Research. 47(9). 3070–3080. 49 indexed citations

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