Mercè Balcells

1.5k total citations
66 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mercè Balcells is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mercè Balcells has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Food Science and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mercè Balcells's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (16 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (9 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (8 papers). Mercè Balcells is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (16 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (9 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (8 papers). Mercè Balcells collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Belgium. Mercè Balcells's co-authors include Ramón Canela, Jordi Eras, Edinson Yara-Varón, Farid Chemat, Alexis Marsol‐Vall, Antoine Bily, Anne‐Sylvie Fabiano‐Tixier, Gemma Villorbina, Anne Sylvie Fabiano-Tixier and Ying Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mercè Balcells

62 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mercè Balcells Spain 18 274 244 236 213 175 66 1.1k
Giorgio Grillo Italy 25 186 0.7× 406 1.7× 423 1.8× 175 0.8× 252 1.4× 57 1.4k
K.A. Abbas Malaysia 18 249 0.9× 434 1.8× 287 1.2× 128 0.6× 98 0.6× 50 1.3k
Masturah Markom Malaysia 19 230 0.8× 244 1.0× 428 1.8× 216 1.0× 260 1.5× 69 1.2k
Hua Yang China 25 377 1.4× 297 1.2× 169 0.7× 319 1.5× 107 0.6× 75 1.8k
Keerthi Srinivas United States 20 308 1.1× 307 1.3× 513 2.2× 126 0.6× 323 1.8× 31 1.3k
Hanhua Liang Hong Kong 20 243 0.9× 398 1.6× 199 0.8× 242 1.1× 168 1.0× 30 1.2k
Ana Jurinjak Tušek Croatia 22 303 1.1× 386 1.6× 371 1.6× 143 0.7× 199 1.1× 101 1.3k
Manuela Panić Croatia 18 188 0.7× 325 1.3× 157 0.7× 119 0.6× 252 1.4× 41 1.4k
Maria C. Leitão Portugal 15 348 1.3× 248 1.0× 190 0.8× 142 0.7× 136 0.8× 16 1.2k
Setiyo Gunawan Indonesia 21 267 1.0× 248 1.0× 509 2.2× 270 1.3× 70 0.4× 116 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mercè Balcells

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mercè Balcells

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balcells, Mercè, Alba Bala, Pere Fullana–i–Palmer, et al.. (2025). Assessing agri-food products circularity by using the material circularity and circular flow indices. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 57. 246–261. 1 indexed citations
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Balcells, Mercè, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive review on PTSA-based deep eutectic solvents. RSC Advances. 15(38). 31706–31722. 1 indexed citations
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Villorbina, Gemma, et al.. (2019). Synthesis and Thermophysical Characterization of Fatty Amides for Thermal Energy Storage. Molecules. 24(20). 3777–3777. 11 indexed citations
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Marsol‐Vall, Alexis, et al.. (2018). Bulk industrial fruit fibres. Characterization and prevalence of the original fruit metabolites. Food Research International. 111. 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Martín, Marc, Gemma Villorbina, Mercè Balcells, et al.. (2017). Fatty acid eutectic mixtures and derivatives from non-edible animal fat as phase change materials. RSC Advances. 7(39). 24133–24139. 56 indexed citations
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Marsol‐Vall, Alexis, Mercè Balcells, Jordi Eras, & Ramón Canela. (2017). Development of a SBSE-TD method coupled to GC–MS and chemometrics for the differentiation of variety and processing conditions in peach juices. Food Chemistry. 239. 119–125. 20 indexed citations
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Martín, Marc, Aran Solé, Gemma Villorbina, et al.. (2017). Combining biocatalysts to achieve new phase change materials. Application to non-edible animal fat. Molecular Catalysis. 444. 76–83. 14 indexed citations
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Marsol‐Vall, Alexis, Mercè Balcells, Jordi Eras, & Ramón Canela. (2016). Injection-port derivatization coupled to GC–MS/MS for the analysis of glycosylated and non-glycosylated polyphenols in fruit samples. Food Chemistry. 204. 210–217. 19 indexed citations
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Marsol‐Vall, Alexis, Mercè Balcells, Jordi Eras, & Ramón Canela. (2016). A rapid gas chromatographic injection-port derivatization method for the tandem mass spectrometric determination of patulin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in fruit juices. Journal of Chromatography A. 1453. 99–104. 41 indexed citations
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Yara-Varón, Edinson, et al.. (2016). Entirely solvent-free biocatalytic synthesis of solketal fatty esters from soybean seeds. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 19(6). 749–753. 3 indexed citations
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Eras, Jordi, et al.. (2014). Characterisation of phenolic compounds in processed fibres from the juice industry. Food Chemistry. 172. 575–584. 33 indexed citations
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Eras, Jordi, et al.. (2014). Ultra performance liquid chromatography analysis to study the changes in the carotenoid profile of commercial monovarietal fruit juices. Journal of Chromatography A. 1331. 90–99. 47 indexed citations
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Escribà‐Gelonch, Marc, Jordi Eras, Mercè Balcells, & Ramón Canela. (2013). H3PO4/metal halide induces a one-pot solvent-free esterification–halogenation of glycerol and diols. RSC Advances. 3(23). 8805–8805. 2 indexed citations
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Balcells, Mercè, et al.. (2012). Insecticidal action of five allyl esters on eggs and larvae of three tortricid fruit pests: laboratory tests. Bulletin of insectology. 65(1). 63–70. 4 indexed citations
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Escribà‐Gelonch, Marc, et al.. (2009). Synthesis of Allyl Esters of Fatty Acids and Their Ovicidal Effect on Cydia pomonella (L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 57(11). 4849–4853. 16 indexed citations
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Tör, M., et al.. (2009). A rapid and reliable direct method for quantifying meat acylglycerides with monomode microwave irradiation. Journal of Chromatography A. 1216(15). 3290–3295. 9 indexed citations
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Eras, Jordi, Mercè Balcells, & Ramón Canela. (2007). Glycerol as a starting material to prepare palmitate derivatives. Afinidad. 64(528). 203–206. 4 indexed citations
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Arteaga, Jonh Jairo Méndez, et al.. (2006). Combining regio‐ and enantioselectivity of lipases for the preparation of (R)‐4‐chloro‐2‐butanol. Chirality. 19(1). 44–50. 12 indexed citations
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Sanchís, Vicente, et al.. (1995). A Survey of aflatoxins and aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus in corn-based products from the Spanish market. Microbiological Research. 150(4). 437–440. 6 indexed citations

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