María Alexandre-Franco

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

María Alexandre-Franco is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, María Alexandre-Franco has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Water Science and Technology, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in María Alexandre-Franco's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (21 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (7 papers). María Alexandre-Franco is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (21 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (7 papers). María Alexandre-Franco collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and India. María Alexandre-Franco's co-authors include Carmen Fernández-González, V. Gómez-Serrano, Eduardo M. Cuerda‐Correa, Dinesh Mohan, Antonio Macı́as-Garcı́a, Ankur Sarswat, Charles U. Pittman, Arun Kumar, Adrián Barroso‐Bogeat and Fran Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

María Alexandre-Franco

59 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Sorption of arsenic, cadmium, and lead by chars produced from fast pyrolysis of wood and bark during bio-oil production

2007 818 citations Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Pittman et al. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →
Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of Antibiotics from Water. An Overview

2019 596 citations Eduardo M. Cuerda‐Correa, María Alexandre-Franco et al. profile →
Cadmium and lead remediation using magnetic oak wood and oak bark fast pyrolysis bio-chars

2013 502 citations Dinesh Mohan, María Alexandre-Franco et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
María Alexandre-Franco Spain	26	2.0k	902	823	818	655	60	4.0k
Xue‐Fei Sun China	38	2.0k 1.0×	981 1.1×	724 0.9×	805 1.0×	447 0.7×	77	4.0k
J. Rene Rangel‐Mendez Mexico	42	2.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	478 0.6×	626 1.0×	147	5.2k
Yian Zheng China	44	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	440 0.5×	544 0.8×	114	5.4k
Liliana Giraldo Colombia	36	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	529 0.6×	543 0.8×	284	5.2k
Karen C. Bedin Brazil	20	2.1k 1.1×	586 0.6×	931 1.1×	382 0.5×	451 0.7×	29	3.3k
Weiben Yang China	40	2.5k 1.2×	851 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	673 0.8×	630 1.0×	116	4.5k
Osvaldo Pezoti Brazil	18	2.0k 1.0×	545 0.6×	937 1.1×	347 0.4×	449 0.7×	22	3.2k
Juan Garcı́a Spain	39	2.7k 1.3×	851 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	934 1.1×	605 0.9×	128	4.7k
Alessandro C. Martins Brazil	16	1.9k 1.0×	518 0.6×	896 1.1×	348 0.4×	420 0.6×	19	3.2k
Chenglu Zhang China	29	2.9k 1.4×	579 0.6×	915 1.1×	412 0.5×	659 1.0×	46	4.0k

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Barroso‐Bogeat, Adrián, et al.. (2025). Support Surface Chemistry Evolution During the Preparation of Metal Oxide–Activated Carbon Catalysts by Wet Impregnation: A FT-IR Spectroscopy Analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 36–36.

Miyah, Youssef, Noureddine El Messaoudi, Mohammed Benjellοun, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in the heavy metals removal using ammonium molybdophosphate composites: A review. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 343. 103559–103559. 6 indexed citations

Alexandre-Franco, María, et al.. (2024). Valorizing Tea Waste: Green Synthesis of Iron Nanoparticles for Efficient Dye Removal from Water. Antioxidants. 13(9). 1059–1059. 3 indexed citations

Alexandre-Franco, María, et al.. (2022). Olive-tree polyphenols and urban mining. A greener alternative for the recovery of valuable metals from scrap printed circuit boards. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 4). 114112–114112. 6 indexed citations

Moral-Rodríguez, Adriana Isabel, Roberto Leyva‐Ramos, Esmeralda Mendoza‐Mendoza, et al.. (2022). Single adsorption of diclofenac and ronidazole from aqueous solution on commercial activated carbons: effect of chemical and textural properties. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(10). 25193–25204. 10 indexed citations

Gómez-Serrano, V., et al.. (2020). Adsorption of bisphenol A by activated carbon developed from PET waste by KOH activation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(19). 24342–24354. 49 indexed citations

Cuerda‐Correa, Eduardo M., et al.. (2016). Preparation of high-quality activated carbon from polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) bottle waste. Its use in the removal of pollutants in aqueous solution. Journal of Environmental Management. 181. 522–535. 102 indexed citations

Macı́as-Garcı́a, Antonio, et al.. (2016). Study of the adsorption and electroadsorption process of Cu (II) ions within thermally and chemically modified activated carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 328. 46–55. 119 indexed citations

Barroso‐Bogeat, Adrián, María Alexandre-Franco, Carmen Fernández-González, & V. Gómez-Serrano. (2016). Activated carbon surface chemistry: Changes upon impregnation with Al(III), Fe(III) and Zn(II)-metal oxide catalyst precursors from NO3− aqueous solutions. Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 12(8). 3963–3976. 49 indexed citations

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Barroso‐Bogeat, Adrián, María Alexandre-Franco, Carmen Fernández-González, & V. Gómez-Serrano. (2015). Preparation of activated carbon-metal (hydr) oxide materials by thermal methods. Thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric (TG-MS) analysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 116. 243–252. 11 indexed citations

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Barroso‐Bogeat, Adrián, María Alexandre-Franco, Carmen Fernández-González, Antonio Macı́as-Garcı́a, & V. Gómez-Serrano. (2014). Electrical conductivity of activated carbon–metal oxide nanocomposites under compression: a comparison study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(45). 25161–25175. 68 indexed citations

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Barroso‐Bogeat, Adrián, María Alexandre-Franco, Carmen Fernández-González, José Sánchez-González, & V. Gómez-Serrano. (2014). Electrical conductivity of metal (hydr)oxide–activated carbon composites under compression. A comparison study. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 152. 113–122. 10 indexed citations

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Alexandre-Franco, María, et al.. (2011). Development of activated carbon from vine shoots by physical and chemical activation methods. Some insight into activation mechanisms. Adsorption. 17(3). 621–629. 47 indexed citations

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Alexandre-Franco, María, Ángel Albarrán, & V. Gómez-Serrano. (2010). An identification study of vermiculites and micas. Fuel Processing Technology. 92(2). 200–205. 20 indexed citations

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Alexandre-Franco, María, Carmen Fernández-González, Antonio Macı́as-Garcı́a, & V. Gómez-Serrano. (2008). Uptake of lead by carbonaceous adsorbents developed from tire rubber. Adsorption. 14(4-5). 591–600. 19 indexed citations

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Mohan, Dinesh, Charles U. Pittman, M Bricka, et al.. (2007). Sorption of arsenic, cadmium, and lead by chars produced from fast pyrolysis of wood and bark during bio-oil production. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 310(1). 57–73. 818 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gómez-Serrano, V., Carmen Fernández-González, María Alexandre-Franco, & Antonio Macı́as-Garcı́a. (2005). Optimizing the application of infrared spectroscopy for the study of carbonaceous materials. European Journal of Control. 30(1). 77–94. 4 indexed citations

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Durán‐Merás, Isabel, Teresa Galeano‐Díaz, & María Alexandre-Franco. (2004). Simultaneous fluorimetric determination of glyphosate and its metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid, in water, previous derivatization with NBD-Cl and by partial least squares calibration (PLS). Talanta. 65(1). 7–14. 31 indexed citations

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Alexandre-Franco, María, et al.. (2004). Characterization of virgin olive oils according to its triglycerides and sterols composition by chemometric methods. Food Control. 16(4). 339–347. 81 indexed citations

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Gómez-Serrano, V., Eduardo M. Cuerda‐Correa, Carmen Fernández-González, María Alexandre-Franco, & Antonio Macı́as-Garcı́a. (2004). Preparation of activated carbons from chestnut wood by phosphoric acid-chemical activation. Study of microporosity and fractal dimension. Materials Letters. 59(7). 846–853. 105 indexed citations

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