Maria Isabel Nunes

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 942 citations indexed

About

Maria Isabel Nunes is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Isabel Nunes has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 942 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Water Science and Technology and 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Maria Isabel Nunes's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (12 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (8 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (7 papers). Maria Isabel Nunes is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (12 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (8 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (7 papers). Maria Isabel Nunes collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Colombia and Brazil. Maria Isabel Nunes's co-authors include João Peres Ribeiro, Ricardo J. Santos, José Carlos B. Lopes, Madalena M. Dias, L.A.C. Tarelho, Inês Portugal, Márcia C. Neves, António A. Martins, Ana Paula Gomes and John R. Bourne and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Maria Isabel Nunes

36 papers receiving 923 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.

Recent trends and developments in Fenton processes for industrial wastewater treatment – A critical review

2021 259 citations João Peres Ribeiro, Maria Isabel Nunes Environmental Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Isabel Nunes Portugal	19	354	335	234	137	127	40	942
Yongsheng Lu China	18	256 0.7×	194 0.6×	222 0.9×	103 0.8×	90 0.7×	38	774
Hayder A. Alalwan Iraq	18	407 1.1×	549 1.6×	163 0.7×	107 0.8×	263 2.1×	41	1.4k
Yuening Li China	14	599 1.7×	508 1.5×	138 0.6×	84 0.6×	170 1.3×	32	1.2k
Fang Huang China	16	141 0.4×	648 1.9×	175 0.7×	66 0.5×	199 1.6×	33	1.2k
Lei Chu China	11	237 0.7×	189 0.6×	122 0.5×	118 0.9×	86 0.7×	27	1.1k
Mohammad Raouf Hosseini Iran	19	366 1.0×	421 1.3×	129 0.6×	117 0.9×	287 2.3×	60	1.1k
Wenbin Li China	19	324 0.9×	142 0.4×	65 0.3×	87 0.6×	247 1.9×	94	1000
Jin Sun China	11	382 1.1×	546 1.6×	123 0.5×	189 1.4×	267 2.1×	43	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Isabel Nunes

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Lopes, Daniela, João Peres Ribeiro, José J. G. Moura, et al.. (2025). Combining residual iron dust and biomass fly ash as in-situ waste-based catalysts to promote tar reduction and enhance producer gas quality from biomass steam gasification. Journal of Cleaner Production. 527. 146657–146657. 1 indexed citations

Tarelho, L.A.C., et al.. (2025). Improving bio-oil fractions through fractional condensation of pyrolysis vapors from Eucalyptus globulus biomass residues in a prototype auger reactor. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 192. 107329–107329.

Carvalho, Pedro J., et al.. (2025). Optimization of electro-Fenton process applied to the treatment of codfish brines in a context of industrial symbiosis. Journal of Environmental Management. 381. 125205–125205.

Ribeiro, João Peres, et al.. (2024). Two-stage treatment of pulp bleaching wastewater by Fenton and biological processes to remove recalcitrant pollutants. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105451–105451. 4 indexed citations

Ribeiro, João Peres, et al.. (2024). Catalytic performance of thermochemically treated sludge generated in the Fenton process for AOX degradation. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 144. 337–345. 1 indexed citations

Tarelho, L.A.C., et al.. (2024). Methodologies for bio-oil characterization from biomass pyrolysis: A review focused on GC-MS. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 185. 106850–106850. 13 indexed citations

Ribeiro, João Peres, et al.. (2022). Valorisation of residual iron dust as Fenton catalyst for pulp and paper wastewater treatment. Environmental Pollution. 310. 119850–119850. 18 indexed citations

Ribeiro, João Peres, N. Cruz, Márcia C. Neves, et al.. (2022). Granulated biomass fly ash coupled with fenton process for pulp and paper wastewater treatment. Environmental Pollution. 317. 120777–120777. 22 indexed citations

Ribeiro, João Peres, et al.. (2022). Synergies of metallic catalysts in the Fenton and photo-Fenton processes applied to the treatment of pulp bleaching wastewater. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 181. 109159–109159. 18 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, João Peres & Maria Isabel Nunes. (2021). Recent trends and developments in Fenton processes for industrial wastewater treatment – A critical review. Environmental Research. 197. 110957–110957. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nunes, Maria Isabel, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen sulfide levels in the ambient air of municipal solid waste management facilities: A case study in Portugal. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. 4. 100152–100152. 8 indexed citations

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Caetano, Nídia S., C. Borrego, Maria Isabel Nunes, & Carlos Felgueiras. (2020). ICEER2019@Aveiro: Energy and environment - challenges towards circular economy. Energy Reports. 6. 1–14. 5 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, João Peres, et al.. (2019). AOX removal from pulp and paper wastewater by Fenton and photo-Fenton processes: A real case-study. Energy Reports. 6. 770–775. 37 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, João Peres, Estela D. Vicente, Ana Paula Gomes, et al.. (2017). Effect of industrial and domestic ash from biomass combustion, and spent coffee grounds, on soil fertility and plant growth: experiments at field conditions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(18). 15270–15277. 42 indexed citations

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Maçario, Inês P. E., et al.. (2017). Stepwise strategy for monitoring toxic cyanobacterial blooms in lentic water bodies. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 189(12). 620–620. 6 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Ana Sofia, Paula Figueira, Ângela S. Pereira, et al.. (2017). Parametric analysis of the growth of colloidal ZnO nanoparticles synthesized in alcoholic medium. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 19(2). 3 indexed citations

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Machado, Ana Isabel, Dalila Serpa, M. L. Rodríguez‐Blanco, et al.. (2015). Cation export by overland flow in a recently burnt forest area in north-central Portugal. The Science of The Total Environment. 524-525. 201–212. 28 indexed citations

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Nunes, Maria Isabel, et al.. (2014). Characterization of micromixing in T-jet mixers. Chemical Engineering Science. 111. 48–55. 47 indexed citations

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Nunes, Maria Isabel, Ricardo J. Santos, Madalena M. Dias, & José Carlos B. Lopes. (2012). Micromixing assessment of confined impinging jet mixers used in RIM. Chemical Engineering Science. 74. 276–286. 25 indexed citations

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Nunes, Maria Isabel. (2007). Micromixing in chemical reactors : test reactions. 4 indexed citations

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