María Erans

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

María Erans is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, María Erans has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in María Erans's work include Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (22 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (19 papers) and Industrial Gas Emission Control (6 papers). María Erans is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (22 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (19 papers) and Industrial Gas Emission Control (6 papers). María Erans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Argentina. María Erans's co-authors include Vasilije Manović, Edward J. Anthony, Dawid P. Hanak, Eloy S. Sanz-Pérez, Zeynep Clulow, David Reiner, Greg A. Mutch, Seyed Ali Nabavi, Michal Jeremiáš and Lunbo Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

María Erans

30 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Direct air capture: process technology, techno-economic and socio-political challenges

2022 411 citations María Erans, Eloy S. Sanz-Pérez et al. profile →
Calcium looping sorbents for CO2 capture

2016 315 citations María Erans, Vasilije Manović et al. Applied Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
María Erans United Kingdom	12	895	674	209	138	135	32	1.1k
Kaiqi Jiang Australia	20	930 1.0×	490 0.7×	154 0.7×	166 1.2×	160 1.2×	39	1.2k
Ashleigh Cousins Australia	20	1.2k 1.4×	754 1.1×	273 1.3×	114 0.8×	256 1.9×	46	1.5k
Hari Mantripragada United States	12	574 0.6×	385 0.6×	107 0.5×	137 1.0×	146 1.1×	19	836
Jan Andre Wurzbacher Switzerland	9	1.1k 1.3×	511 0.8×	147 0.7×	104 0.8×	79 0.6×	9	1.4k
José‐Francisco Pérez‐Calvo Switzerland	10	548 0.6×	272 0.4×	115 0.6×	174 1.3×	104 0.8×	16	717
Efthymia Ioanna Koytsoumpa Greece	9	448 0.5×	248 0.4×	194 0.9×	120 0.9×	284 2.1×	10	916
Frank Zeman Canada	11	481 0.5×	330 0.5×	104 0.5×	163 1.2×	92 0.7×	16	843
Peter Versteeg United States	7	591 0.7×	308 0.5×	75 0.4×	133 1.0×	87 0.6×	10	819
Guy Allinson Australia	14	979 1.1×	328 0.5×	172 0.8×	296 2.1×	117 0.9×	20	1.3k
Guanhe Rim United States	16	633 0.7×	249 0.4×	147 0.7×	99 0.7×	54 0.4×	27	872

Countries citing papers authored by María Erans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Erans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of María Erans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of María Erans 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 María Erans. María Erans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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García, Tomás, José Manuel Sáez López, R.M. Fernández‐Domene, et al.. (2025). Catalytic transformation of levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone with photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen using a novel one-unit set-up: Optimization of the preparation procedure of ruthenium-based catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159444–159444. 2 indexed citations

Kreĉmarová, Marie, Juan F. Sánchez‐Royo, María Erans, et al.. (2025). Non-conventional hydrogen sources for the catalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acid to produce γ-valerolactone under mild conditions. Catalysis Today. 455. 115311–115311.

Erans, María, Fabiana Sardella, Eloy S. Sanz-Pérez, et al.. (2025). Environmentally valorization of olive tree pruning residue: Activated carbons for CO2 capture and energy storage in supercapacitors. Biomass and Bioenergy. 194. 107669–107669. 1 indexed citations

Sardella, Fabiana, Amaya Arencibia, R. Sanz, et al.. (2025). Olive Mill Waste-Derived Activated Carbon for CO₂ Capture Using Realistic Conditions. Energy & Fuels. 39(11). 5442–5452.

Erans, María, A. Peral, R. Sanz, et al.. (2024). The key role played by mesoporous alumina as binder for obtaining ultra-hard CaO based pellets for thermochemical heat storage leveraging the CaO/CaCO3 cycle. Journal of Cleaner Production. 448. 141702–141702. 8 indexed citations

Erans, María, Adam Buttress, A.R. Batchelor, et al.. (2024). Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 202. 109838–109838. 3 indexed citations

Erans, María, et al.. (2024). Low temperature hydrogenation of levulinic acid into -valerolactone using hydrogen obtained by photoelectrochemical water splitting with optimized TiO2 nanostructures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 79. 1044–1057. 6 indexed citations

Erans, María, et al.. (2024). Microwave thermal pre-treatment and calcination of biomineralised sorbents for calcium looping. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 83. 102794–102794. 2 indexed citations

Erans, María, Fabiana Sardella, Amaya Arencibia, et al.. (2024). CO₂ Capture from Porous Carbons Developed from Olive Pruning Agro-Industrial Residue. Energy & Fuels. 38(7). 6102–6115. 7 indexed citations

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Arencibia, Amaya, et al.. (2023). Ethanol-treated eggshell-derived sorbents for direct air capture. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 77. 102616–102616. 1 indexed citations

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Erans, María, et al.. (2023). Mild production of γ-valerolactone, a biofuel precursor, through the catalytic hydrogenation of a biomass derivative using hydrogen produced by photoelectrochemical water splitting. Biomass and Bioenergy. 180. 107020–107020. 7 indexed citations

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Erans, María, Amaya Arencibia, Eloy S. Sanz-Pérez, & R. Sanz. (2023). Amine-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilica adsorbents for CO2 capture. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(6). 111590–111590. 9 indexed citations

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Durán-Jiménez, Gabriela, Emily T. Kostas, Lee A. Stevens, et al.. (2021). Green and simple approach for low-cost bioproducts preparation and CO2 capture. Chemosphere. 279. 130512–130512. 21 indexed citations

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Heenan, Thomas M. M., Seyed Ali Nabavi, María Erans, et al.. (2020). The Role of Bi-Polar Plate Design and the Start-Up Protocol in the Spatiotemporal Dynamics during Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Reduction. Energies. 13(14). 3552–3552. 4 indexed citations

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Erans, María, Seyed Ali Nabavi, & Vasilije Manović. (2019). Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture. Energy Conversion and Management X. 1. 100007–100007. 16 indexed citations

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Erans, María, Michal Jeremiáš, Liya Zheng, et al.. (2018). Pilot testing of enhanced sorbents for calcium looping with cement production. Applied Energy. 225. 392–401. 52 indexed citations

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Erans, María, Michal Jeremiáš, Vasilije Manović, & Edward J. Anthony. (2017). Operation of a 25 KW<sub>th</sub> Calcium Looping Pilot-plant with High Oxygen Concentrations in the Calciner. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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Erans, María, Vasilije Manović, & Edward J. Anthony. (2016). Calcium looping sorbents for CO2 capture. Applied Energy. 180. 722–742. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duan, Lunbo, Zhijian Yu, María Erans, et al.. (2016). Attrition Study of Cement-Supported Biomass-Activated Calcium Sorbents for CO₂ Capture. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 55(35). 9476–9484. 23 indexed citations

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Erans, María, et al.. (2015). Process modelling and techno-economic analysis of natural gas combined cycle integrated with calcium looping. Thermal Science. 20(suppl. 1). 59–67. 18 indexed citations

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