Nélson Abrantes

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Nélson Abrantes is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nélson Abrantes has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 31 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nélson Abrantes's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (35 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (23 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (20 papers). Nélson Abrantes is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (35 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (23 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (20 papers). Nélson Abrantes collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Germany and Spain. Nélson Abrantes's co-authors include Fernando Gonçalves, Ana M. M. Gonçalves, Jan Jacob Keizer, Mariana Rodrigues, João Carlos Marques, Helena I. S. Nogueira, Isabel Campos, Joana Luísa Pereira, Ruth Pereira and Dalila Serpa and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nélson Abrantes

88 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in water and sediments of a freshwater system (Antuã River, Portugal)

2018 667 citations Mariana Rodrigues, Nélson Abrantes et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nélson Abrantes Portugal	29	1.7k	935	892	727	549	91	3.7k
Alex Chow United States	37	889 0.5×	656 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	766 1.1×	839 1.5×	122	4.0k
Peter Roslev Denmark	30	1.4k 0.8×	515 0.6×	754 0.8×	483 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	69	3.8k
Sally Brown United States	31	2.6k 1.5×	613 0.7×	748 0.8×	297 0.4×	518 0.9×	86	5.1k
Hao Yang China	36	901 0.5×	543 0.6×	715 0.8×	755 1.0×	986 1.8×	233	4.6k
Martine van der Ploeg Netherlands	30	2.9k 1.7×	1.9k 2.0×	467 0.5×	472 0.6×	514 0.9×	99	5.7k
Karin Müller New Zealand	34	1.0k 0.6×	370 0.4×	331 0.4×	439 0.6×	421 0.8×	94	3.5k
Ming Li China	42	1.5k 0.9×	988 1.1×	486 0.5×	316 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	303	6.2k
Wenzhi Liu China	39	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	354 0.4×	364 0.5×	1.9k 3.5×	183	5.9k
Jing Ma China	41	911 0.5×	461 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	407 0.6×	723 1.3×	139	4.8k
Martin Kaupenjohann Germany	36	1.9k 1.1×	759 0.8×	437 0.5×	289 0.4×	911 1.7×	137	4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nélson Abrantes

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Abrantes, Nélson, et al.. (2025). Assessing the leaching of nutrients and trace metals from wildfire ashes and heated soils through soil column tests: Potential impacts on groundwater. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 492. 138097–138097. 2 indexed citations

Pereira, Joana Luísa, et al.. (2024). Horizontal migration of zooplankton in lake–wetland interfaces. Can temperature-driven surface exchange flows modulate its patterns?. Aquatic Sciences. 86(2). 1 indexed citations

Ruaro, Renata, et al.. (2024). Ashes in Freshwater Ecosystems: A Systematic Review of their Impacts on Fish. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 235(8). 3 indexed citations

Alaoui, Abdallah, Nélson Abrantes, Vera Silva, et al.. (2024). Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 1). 125056–125056. 8 indexed citations

Figueira, Etelvina, et al.. (2024). Assessment of extracellular polymeric substances production and antioxidant defences in periphytic communities exposed to effluent contaminants. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 26(11). 2090–2102.

Jesus, Fátima, Dalila Serpa, Luísa Magalhães, et al.. (2024). Effects of wildfire ash on the fatty acid and sugar profiles of bivalves – A comparative study of a freshwater and a marine species. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125540–125540.

Jesus, Fátima, Ana Marques, Ana M. M. Gonçalves, et al.. (2023). Do Freshwater and Marine Bivalves Differ in Their Response to Wildfire Ash? Effects on the Antioxidant Defense System and Metal Body Burden. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(2). 1326–1326. 17 indexed citations

Abrantes, Nélson, et al.. (2023). Impacts of aqueous extracts of wildfire ashes on aquatic life-stages of Xenopus laevis: Influence of plant coverage. Aquatic Toxicology. 262. 106664–106664. 12 indexed citations

Jesus, Fátima, Isabel Campos, Nélson Abrantes, et al.. (2022). Effects of Eucalypt ashes from moderate and high severity wildfires on the skin microbiome of the Iberian frog (Rana iberica). Environmental Pollution. 313. 120065–120065. 15 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Arunava, Francisco Carvalho, Nélson Abrantes, et al.. (2020). Biochemical and functional responses of stream invertebrate shredders to post-wildfire contamination. Environmental Pollution. 267. 115433–115433. 28 indexed citations

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Ré, Ana, Isabel Campos, João Puga, et al.. (2020). Wildfire effects on two freshwater producers: Combining in-situ and laboratory bioassays. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 194. 110361–110361. 17 indexed citations

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Rodrigues, Mariana, Nélson Abrantes, Fernando Gonçalves, et al.. (2019). Impacts of plastic products used in daily life on the environment and human health: What is known?. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 72. 103239–103239. 224 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Francisco, Arunava Pradhan, Nélson Abrantes, et al.. (2019). Wildfire impacts on freshwater detrital food webs depend on runoff load, exposure time and burnt forest type. The Science of The Total Environment. 692. 691–700. 53 indexed citations

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Rodrigues, Mariana, Nélson Abrantes, Fernando Gonçalves, et al.. (2018). Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in water and sediments of a freshwater system (Antuã River, Portugal). The Science of The Total Environment. 633. 1549–1559. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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Serpa, Dalila, João Pedro Nunes, Jan Jacob Keizer, & Nélson Abrantes. (2017). Impacts of climate and land use changes on the water quality of a small Mediterranean catchment with intensive viticulture. Environmental Pollution. 224. 454–465. 72 indexed citations

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Abrantes, Nélson, et al.. (2017). Interplay between fungicides and parasites: Tebuconazole, but not copper, suppresses infection in a Daphnia-Metschnikowia experimental model. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172589–e0172589. 14 indexed citations

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Serpa, Dalila, João Pedro Nunes, J. Santos, et al.. (2015). Impacts of climate and land use changes on the hydrological and erosion processes of two contrasting Mediterranean catchments. The Science of The Total Environment. 538. 64–77. 178 indexed citations

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Hentati, Olfa, Nélson Abrantes, Ana Caetano, et al.. (2015). Phosphogypsum as a soil fertilizer: Ecotoxicity of amended soil and elutriates to bacteria, invertebrates, algae and plants. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 294. 80–89. 155 indexed citations

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Bastos, Ana Catarina, Marija Prodana, Nélson Abrantes, et al.. (2014). Potential risk of biochar-amended soil to aquatic systems: an evaluation based on aquatic bioassays. Ecotoxicology. 23(9). 1784–1793. 40 indexed citations

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Abrantes, Nélson, et al.. (2007). Short‐term effects of Quirlan® (chlorfenvinphos) on the behavior and acetylcholinesterase activity of Gambusia holbrooki. Environmental Toxicology. 22(2). 194–202. 27 indexed citations

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