Meritxell Gros

13.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
74 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Meritxell Gros is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Meritxell Gros has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Pollution, 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 23 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Meritxell Gros's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (60 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (23 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (19 papers). Meritxell Gros is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (60 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (23 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (19 papers). Meritxell Gros collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Sweden and Greece. Meritxell Gros's co-authors include ‪Damià Barceló, Mira Petrović, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz, Antoni Ginebreda, Belinda Huerta, José Luís Balcázar, Elisabet Marti, Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió, Carles Borrego and Francesc Ventura and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Meritxell Gros

71 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river

2014 1.3k citations Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz, Elisabet Marti et al. Water Research profile →
Occurrence, partition and removal of pharmaceuticals in sewage water and sludge during wastewater treatment

2010 812 citations Aleksandra Jelić, Meritxell Gros et al. Water Research profile →
Removal of pharmaceuticals during wastewater treatment and environmental risk assessment using hazard indexes

2009 721 citations Meritxell Gros, Mira Petrović et al. profile →
Development of a multi-residue analytical methodology based on liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) for screening and trace level determination of pharmaceuticals in surface and wastewaters

2006 632 citations Meritxell Gros, Mira Petrović et al. Talanta profile →
Contribution of hospital effluents to the load of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewaters: Identification of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals

2013 499 citations Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos, Meritxell Gros et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Fast and comprehensive multi-residue analysis of a broad range of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and some of their metabolites in surface and treated waters by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

2012 455 citations Meritxell Gros, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz et al. Journal of Chromatography A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meritxell Gros Spain	46	7.8k	3.1k	2.8k	1.8k	1.1k	74	10.5k
Diana S. Aga United States	57	7.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	236	12.0k
Bent Halling‐Sørensen Denmark	49	8.9k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	763 0.7×	101	11.6k
Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz Spain	69	10.4k 1.3×	3.9k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	166	15.0k
Christa S. McArdell Switzerland	42	8.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	4.3k 2.4×	1.2k 1.1×	70	12.5k
Jian‐Liang Zhao China	64	10.8k 1.4×	4.8k 1.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	179	15.9k
M. Silvia Díaz‐Cruz Spain	62	5.7k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	172	10.3k
Heinz Singer Switzerland	52	8.2k 1.1×	5.4k 1.8×	2.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	113	14.3k
You‐Sheng Liu China	61	8.8k 1.1×	3.9k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	198	13.8k
Sandra Pérez Spain	52	4.6k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	902 0.8×	145	7.4k
Alfredo C. Alder Switzerland	39	4.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	493 0.5×	61	6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meritxell Gros

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Gros, Meritxell, et al.. (2025). Multidimensional tolerance landscapes reveal antibiotic-environment interactions affecting population dynamics of wastewater bacteria. Water Research. 282. 123720–123720.

Genitsaris, Savvas, Natassa Stefanidou, Εvangelia Μichaloudi, et al.. (2025). Do coastal bacterioplankton communities hold the molecular key to the rapid biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from shipping scrubber effluent?. Environmental Research. 277. 121563–121563.

Insa, Sara, et al.. (2024). Rapid and sensitive method for the simultaneous determination of PAHs and alkyl-PAHs in scrubber water using HS-SPME-GC–MS/MS. MethodsX. 12. 102589–102589. 4 indexed citations

Gustavsson, Mikael, et al.. (2024). Applying quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models to extend the mixture toxicity prediction of scrubber water. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125557–125557.

Gil‐Solsona, Rubén, et al.. (2024). Identification of emerging contaminants in greywater emitted from ships by a comprehensive LC-HRMS target and suspect screening approach. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125524–125524. 3 indexed citations

Genitsaris, Savvas, Natassa Stefanidou, Εvangelia Μichaloudi, et al.. (2023). Effects from maritime scrubber effluent on phytoplankton and bacterioplankton communities of a coastal area, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Ecological Informatics. 77. 102154–102154. 12 indexed citations

Gros, Meritxell, Josep Mas‐Pla, Alexandre Sànchez-Melsió, et al.. (2022). Antibiotics, antibiotic resistance and associated risk in natural springs from an agroecosystem environment. The Science of The Total Environment. 857(Pt 1). 159202–159202. 32 indexed citations

Gros, Meritxell, et al.. (2018). Veterinary pharmaceuticals and antibiotics in manure and slurry and their fate in amended agricultural soils: Findings from an experimental field site (Baix Empordà, NE Catalonia). The Science of The Total Environment. 654. 1337–1349. 124 indexed citations

Blum, Kristin M., Patrik L. Andersson, Gunno Renman, et al.. (2016). Non-target screening and prioritization of potentially persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic domestic wastewater contaminants and their removal in on-site and large-scale sewage treatment plants. The Science of The Total Environment. 575. 265–275. 113 indexed citations

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Çetecioğlu, Zeynep, Bahar İnce, Meritxell Gros, et al.. (2015). Biodegradation and reversible inhibitory impact of sulfamethoxazole on the utilization of volatile fatty acids during anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical industry wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. 536. 667–674. 81 indexed citations

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Santos, Lúcia H.M.L.M., Meritxell Gros, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz, et al.. (2013). Contribution of hospital effluents to the load of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewaters: Identification of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals. The Science of The Total Environment. 461-462. 302–316. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huerta, Belinda, Elisabet Marti, Meritxell Gros, et al.. (2013). Exploring the links between antibiotic occurrence, antibiotic resistance, and bacterial communities in water supply reservoirs. The Science of The Total Environment. 456-457. 161–170. 305 indexed citations

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Collado, Neus, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz, Meritxell Gros, et al.. (2013). Pharmaceuticals occurrence in a WWTP with significant industrial contribution and its input into the river system. Environmental Pollution. 185. 202–212. 191 indexed citations

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Gros, Meritxell, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz, & ‪Damià Barceló. (2013). Rapid analysis of multiclass antibiotic residues and some of their metabolites in hospital, urban wastewater and river water by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1292. 173–188. 320 indexed citations

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Çetecioğlu, Zeynep, Bahar İnce, Meritxell Gros, et al.. (2013). Chronic impact of tetracycline on the biodegradation of an organic substrate mixture under anaerobic conditions. Water Research. 47(9). 2959–2969. 192 indexed citations

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Jelić, Aleksandra, Meritxell Gros, Antoni Ginebreda, et al.. (2010). Occurrence, partition and removal of pharmaceuticals in sewage water and sludge during wastewater treatment. Water Research. 45(3). 1165–1176. 812 indexed citations breakdown →

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Terzić, Senka, Ivan Senta, Marijan Ahel, et al.. (2008). Occurrence and fate of emerging wastewater contaminants in Western Balkan Region. The Science of The Total Environment. 399(1-3). 66–77. 238 indexed citations

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Farré, Marinella, Meritxell Gros, Belén Hernández, et al.. (2007). Analysis of biologically active compounds in water by ultra‐performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22(1). 41–51. 59 indexed citations

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Gros, Meritxell, Mira Petrović, & ‪Damià Barceló. (2006). Development of a multi-residue analytical methodology based on liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) for screening and trace level determination of pharmaceuticals in surface and wastewaters. Talanta. 70(4). 678–690. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martínez‐Carballo, Elena, Meritxell Gros, Sı́lvia Lacorte, & ‪Damià Barceló. (2004). Simplified procedures for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, sediments and mussels. Journal of Chromatography A. 1047(2). 181–188. 220 indexed citations

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