Pedro J. J. Alvarez

55.1k total citations · 28 hit papers
446 papers, 42.5k citations indexed

About

Pedro J. J. Alvarez is a scholar working on Pollution, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro J. J. Alvarez has authored 446 papers receiving a total of 42.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Pollution, 109 papers in Materials Chemistry and 98 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pedro J. J. Alvarez's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (88 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (57 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (42 papers). Pedro J. J. Alvarez is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (88 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (57 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (42 papers). Pedro J. J. Alvarez collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Pedro J. J. Alvarez's co-authors include Qilin Li, Delina Y. Lyon, Shaily Mahendra, Xiaolei Qu, Zongming Xiu, Laura K. Adams, Mingce Long, Vicki L. Colvin, Léna Brunet and Yi Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pedro J. J. Alvarez

434 papers receiving 41.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavai... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2008 2008 2012 2013 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects
    2008 2.0k citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  2. Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection and microbial control: Potential applications and implications
    2008 1.8k citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Water Research profile →
  3. Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles
    2012 1.8k citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  4. Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment
    2013 1.6k citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Water Research profile →
  5. Comparative eco-toxicity of nanoscale TiO2, SiO2, and ZnO water suspensions
    2006 1.2k citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Water Research profile →
  6. Assessing the Risks of Manufactured Nanomaterials
    2006 904 citations Gregory V. Lowry, Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  7. Occurrence and Transport of Tetracycline, Sulfonamide, Quinolone, and Macrolide Antibiotics in the Haihe River Basin, China
    2011 858 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  8. Emerging opportunities for nanotechnology to enhance water security
    2018 735 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  9. Trends in Antibiotic Resistance Genes Occurrence in the Haihe River, China
    2010 694 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  10. Selective Degradation of Organic Pollutants Using an Efficient Metal-Free Catalyst Derived from Carbonized Polypyrrole via Peroxymonosulfate Activation
    2017 625 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  11. The Technology Horizon for Photocatalytic Water Treatment: Sunrise or Sunset?
    2018 613 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Jonathon Brame et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  12. Polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes impregnated with silver nanoparticles show improved biofouling resistance and virus removal
    2008 609 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Water Research profile →
  13. Nanomaterials in the Construction Industry: A Review of Their Applications and Environmental Health and Safety Considerations
    2010 550 citations Jaesang Lee, Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  14. Nanotechnology for a Safe and Sustainable Water Supply: Enabling Integrated Water Treatment and Reuse
    2012 515 citations Jonathon Brame, Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  15. Enrichment and characterization of an anammox bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachate
    2001 509 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  16. Prevalence and proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes in two municipal wastewater treatment plants
    2015 486 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Water Research profile →
  17. 2D N-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Polydopamine-Coated Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Efficient Nonradical Activation of Peroxymonosulfate
    2020 459 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  18. Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects—An updated review
    2018 457 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  19. Differential Effect of Common Ligands and Molecular Oxygen on Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles versus Silver Ions
    2011 430 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  20. Merits and Limitations of Radical vs. Nonradical Pathways in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes
    2023 387 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  21. Which Micropollutants in Water Environments Deserve More Attention Globally?
    2021 377 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  22. Spin-State-Dependent Peroxymonosulfate Activation of Single-Atom M–N Moieties via a Radical-Free Pathway
    2021 329 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  23. Ultrahigh Peroxymonosulfate Utilization Efficiency over CuO Nanosheets via Heterogeneous Cu(III) Formation and Preferential Electron Transfer during Degradation of Phenols
    2022 223 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  24. Electrified water treatment: fundamentals and roles of electrode materials
    2023 185 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  25. Single-Atom MnN5 Catalytic Sites Enable Efficient Peroxymonosulfate Activation by Forming Highly Reactive Mn(IV)–Oxo Species
    2023 177 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  26. CoN1O2 Single‐Atom Catalyst for Efficient Peroxymonosulfate Activation and Selective Cobalt(IV)=O Generation
    2023 151 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →
  27. Adaptive strategies and ecological roles of phages in habitats under physicochemical stress
    2024 46 citations Dan Huang, Jingqiu Liao et al. profile →
  28. Technology status to treat PFAS-contaminated water and limiting factors for their effective full-scale application
    2025 24 citations Pedro J. J. Alvarez et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pedro J. J. Alvarez United States 102 16.3k 11.9k 11.7k 9.4k 7.9k 446 42.5k
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong 137 10.6k 0.7× 16.4k 1.4× 17.5k 1.5× 15.7k 1.7× 5.6k 0.7× 685 64.2k
Baoshan Xing United States 129 23.5k 1.4× 15.4k 1.3× 21.5k 1.8× 14.0k 1.5× 4.9k 0.6× 926 67.9k
Jianlong Wang China 112 12.2k 0.7× 13.1k 1.1× 13.4k 1.1× 25.1k 2.7× 17.9k 2.3× 743 55.9k
Paul Westerhoff United States 95 11.7k 0.7× 8.0k 0.7× 9.9k 0.8× 13.4k 1.4× 6.1k 0.8× 478 43.7k
P. Senthil Kumar India 96 9.2k 0.6× 9.2k 0.8× 5.5k 0.5× 15.1k 1.6× 7.1k 0.9× 887 41.9k
Bin Gao United States 115 10.7k 0.7× 12.7k 1.1× 9.9k 0.8× 22.8k 2.4× 5.8k 0.7× 517 49.9k
Ravi Naidu Australia 113 6.3k 0.4× 9.8k 0.8× 22.1k 1.9× 10.1k 1.1× 4.3k 0.5× 1.0k 55.4k
Jiuhui Qu China 113 12.0k 0.7× 9.5k 0.8× 7.4k 0.6× 19.5k 2.1× 16.2k 2.0× 815 47.3k
Min Yang China 94 7.8k 0.5× 4.8k 0.4× 8.9k 0.8× 7.1k 0.8× 5.2k 0.7× 1.6k 42.9k
Dongbo Wang China 95 8.6k 0.5× 5.6k 0.5× 9.0k 0.8× 9.8k 1.0× 9.8k 1.2× 667 31.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lowry, Gregory V., et al.. (2026). Global Impact of 60 years of ES &T. Environmental Science & Technology. 60(2). 1639–1647.
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Xia, Rong, Xiaole Yin, José Luís Balcázar, et al.. (2025). Bacterium-Phage Symbiosis Facilitates the Enrichment of Bacterial Pathogens and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Plastisphere. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(6). 2948–2960. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Dan, Jingqiu Liao, José Luís Balcázar, et al.. (2025). Adaptive modification of antiviral defense systems in microbial community under Cr-induced stress. Microbiome. 13(1). 34–34. 6 indexed citations
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Liao, Jingqiu, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic insights into microalgae-bacterium-virus interactions and viral functions in phycosphere facing environmental fluctuations. Water Research. 268(Pt A). 122676–122676. 2 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Cory, et al.. (2024). Isolation and Characterization of Six Novel Fusobacterium necrophorum Phages. PubMed. 5(2). 63–75. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Youn-Jun, Yoo Jae Jeong, In Sun Cho, et al.. (2023). Facile synthesis of N vacancy g-C3N4 using Mg-induced defect on the amine groups for enhanced photocatalytic •OH generation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 449. 131046–131046. 80 indexed citations
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Huang, Dan, Mengting Yuan, Juhong Chen, et al.. (2023). The association of prokaryotic antiviral systems and symbiotic phage communities in drinking water microbiomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 46–46. 12 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Cory, Jacques Mathieu, Jenny A. Laverde Gomez, Pingfeng Yu, & Pedro J. J. Alvarez. (2021). Renaissance for Phage-Based Bacterial Control. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(8). 4691–4701. 29 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, Xiang Li, Jing Wang, et al.. (2019). Hazardous waste dewatering and dry mass reduction through hydrophobic modification by a facile one-pot, alkali-assisted hydrothermal reaction. Water Research. 155. 225–232. 25 indexed citations
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He, Ya, Jacques Mathieu, Yu Yang, et al.. (2017). 1,4-Dioxane Biodegradation by Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus PH-06 Is Associated with a Group-6 Soluble Di-Iron Monooxygenase. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 4(11). 494–499. 49 indexed citations
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Li, Lingli, Pingfeng Yu, Xifan Wang, et al.. (2017). Enhanced biofilm penetration for microbial control by polyvalent phages conjugated with magnetic colloidal nanoparticle clusters (CNCs). Environmental Science Nano. 4(9). 1817–1826. 60 indexed citations
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Li, Zaixing, Wei Chen, Liwen Qiang, et al.. (2016). Fate of TiO2 nanoparticles entering sewage treatment plants and bioaccumulation in fish in the receiving streams. NanoImpact. 3-4. 96–103. 94 indexed citations
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Ye, Youngjin, Yuri Mackeyev, Min Cho, et al.. (2013). C60 aminofullerene-magnetite nanocomposite designed for efficient visible light photocatalysis and magnetic recovery. Carbon. 69. 92–100. 29 indexed citations
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Brame, Jonathon, Seok Won Hong, Jaesang Lee, Sang-Hyup Lee, & Pedro J. J. Alvarez. (2012). Photocatalytic pre-treatment with food-grade TiO2 increases the bioavailability and bioremediation potential of weathered oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Chemosphere. 90(8). 2315–2319. 28 indexed citations
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Silva, Marcio L. B. Da, Richard L. Johnson, & Pedro J. J. Alvarez. (2007). Microbial Characterization of Groundwater Undergoing Treatment with a Permeable Reactive Iron Barrier. Environmental Engineering Science. 24(8). 1122–1127. 18 indexed citations
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Peris-Mora, E., et al.. (2005). Development of a system of indicators for sustainable port management. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 50(12). 1649–1660. 187 indexed citations
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Li, Yuhong, et al.. (2003). Effects of tethering HP1 to euchromatic regions of the Drosophila genome. Development. 130(9). 1817–1824. 112 indexed citations
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Mier, Mabel Vaca, et al.. (2001). Heavy metal removal with mexican clinoptilolite:. Water Research. 35(2). 373–378. 307 indexed citations
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Alvarez, Pedro J. J., et al.. (2000). Liébana: álbum fotográfico, 1930-1960. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 11(12). 7523–7537. 1 indexed citations
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Parkin, Gene F., Lenly J. Weathers, Paige J. Novak, & Pedro J. J. Alvarez. (1998). Enhanced Anaerobic Bioremediation Using Elemental Iron. 128–133. 3 indexed citations

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