María López‐Acosta

654 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 396 citations indexed

About

María López‐Acosta is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Ocean Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, María López‐Acosta has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 396 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Biotechnology, 9 papers in Ocean Engineering and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in María López‐Acosta's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (12 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (9 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). María López‐Acosta is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (12 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (9 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). María López‐Acosta collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Germany. María López‐Acosta's co-authors include Manuel Maldonado, Aude Leynaert, Claudia Ehlert, Sumei Liu, Natalia Llopis Monferrer, Mark A. Brzezinski, Tim DeVries, Paul Tréguer, Matthew A. Charette and Stephanie Dutkiewicz and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

María López‐Acosta

17 papers receiving 390 citations

Hit Papers

Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silico... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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.

  1. Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silicon in the modern ocean
    2021 173 citations Paul Tréguer, Jill Sutton et al. Biogeosciences profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
María López‐Acosta Spain 9 120 110 104 99 93 19 396
M. Carmen Carmona Spain 5 142 1.2× 50 0.5× 208 2.0× 89 0.9× 49 0.5× 6 414
Natalia Llopis Monferrer France 6 66 0.6× 77 0.7× 11 0.1× 94 0.9× 75 0.8× 12 239
K. Kaczmarek Germany 12 101 0.8× 57 0.5× 4 0.0× 87 0.9× 138 1.5× 13 326
Donat Petricioli Croatia 12 123 1.0× 16 0.1× 42 0.4× 121 1.2× 32 0.3× 27 315
Nathan Chrismas United Kingdom 13 497 4.1× 9 0.1× 28 0.3× 106 1.1× 231 2.5× 21 697
Mohammad I. Badran Jordan 8 269 2.2× 31 0.3× 57 0.5× 271 2.7× 16 0.2× 10 451
Frank Thiermann Germany 11 358 3.0× 30 0.3× 20 0.2× 383 3.9× 42 0.5× 12 595
Martin S. Glas Germany 6 691 5.8× 18 0.2× 37 0.4× 767 7.7× 74 0.8× 7 935
A. Maurin France 9 45 0.4× 34 0.3× 8 0.1× 40 0.4× 141 1.5× 15 319
Sabine Schultes France 11 174 1.4× 40 0.4× 3 0.0× 385 3.9× 126 1.4× 15 515

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María López‐Acosta

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Closset, Ivia, J. Jotautas Baronas, Félix de Tombeur, et al.. (2025). Silicification in the ocean: from molecular pathways to silicifiers' ecology and biogeochemical cycles. Ocean science. 21(6). 3427–3470.
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Gallinari, Morgane, et al.. (2024). Chemical determination of silica in seagrass leaves reveals two operational silica pools in Zostera marina. Biogeochemistry. 168(1). 1 indexed citations
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Monferrer, Natalia Llopis, et al.. (2023). Silicifiers: The Glassy Creatures of the Ocean. Frontiers for Young Minds. 11.
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López‐Acosta, María, et al.. (2023). Nudibranch predation boosts sponge silicon cycling. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1178–1178. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhouling & María López‐Acosta. (2023). How Human Activities Are Disrupting the Silicon Cycle. Frontiers for Young Minds. 11. 2 indexed citations
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Wieczorek, Alina M., María López‐Acosta, Ivana Bušelić, et al.. (2022). Productivity, pressure, and new perspectives: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on marine early-career researchers. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 79(8). 2298–2310. 5 indexed citations
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López‐Acosta, María, Manuel Maldonado, Jacques Grall, et al.. (2022). Sponge contribution to the silicon cycle of a diatom‐rich shallow bay. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(11). 2431–2447. 9 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Manuel, María López‐Acosta, Samuel Abalde, et al.. (2022). On the dissolution of sponge silica: Assessing variability and biogeochemical implications. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 7 indexed citations
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Tréguer, Paul, Jill Sutton, Mark A. Brzezinski, et al.. (2021). Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silicon in the modern ocean. Biogeosciences. 18(4). 1269–1289. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maldonado, Manuel, María López‐Acosta, Kathrin Busch, et al.. (2021). A Microbial Nitrogen Engine Modulated by Bacteriosyncytia in Hexactinellid Sponges: Ecological Implications for Deep-Sea Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 22 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Manuel, María López‐Acosta, Lindsay Beazley, et al.. (2020). Cooperation between passive and active silicon transporters clarifies the ecophysiology and evolution of biosilicification in sponges. Science Advances. 6(28). 27 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Manuel, Lindsay Beazley, María López‐Acosta, et al.. (2020). Massive silicon utilization facilitated by a benthic‐pelagic coupled feedback sustains deep‐sea sponge aggregations. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(2). 366–391. 19 indexed citations
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López‐Acosta, María, et al.. (2019). In situ determination of Si, N, and P utilization by the demosponge Tethya citrina: A benthic-chamber approach. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0218787–e0218787. 5 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Manuel, et al.. (2019). Sponge skeletons as an important sink of silicon in the global oceans. Nature Geoscience. 12(10). 815–822. 61 indexed citations
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López‐Acosta, María, et al.. (2018). Silicon utilization by sponges: an assessment of seasonal changes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 605. 111–123. 6 indexed citations
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López‐Acosta, María, Aude Leynaert, Jacques Grall, & Manuel Maldonado. (2018). Silicon consumption kinetics by marine sponges: An assessment of their role at the ecosystem level. Limnology and Oceanography. 63(6). 2508–2522. 22 indexed citations
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López‐Acosta, María, Aude Leynaert, & Manuel Maldonado. (2016). Silicon consumption in two shallow-water sponges with contrasting biological features. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(6). 2139–2150. 14 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Manuel, et al.. (2013). The rare, giant gorgonian Ellisella paraplexauroides: demographics and conservation concerns. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 479. 127–141. 14 indexed citations

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