Rafael Clemente

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Rafael Clemente is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Clemente has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Pollution, 24 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 20 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Rafael Clemente's work include Heavy metals in environment (46 papers), Coal and Its By-products (18 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (17 papers). Rafael Clemente is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (46 papers), Coal and Its By-products (18 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (17 papers). Rafael Clemente collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Czechia. Rafael Clemente's co-authors include M.P. Bernal, David J. Walker, Tania Pardo, Nicholas W. Lepp, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, Luke Beesley, Nicholas Dickinson, A. Roig, Carlos De la Fuente and Julian J.C. Dawson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Clemente

72 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil

2014 372 citations Luke Beesley, Gareth J. Norton et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael Clemente Spain	35	3.4k	1.2k	1.2k	955	916	74	5.0k
Anitha Kunhikrishnan South Korea	28	2.6k 0.8×	871 0.7×	976 0.8×	591 0.6×	788 0.9×	61	4.8k
Luke Beesley United Kingdom	23	3.4k 1.0×	732 0.6×	972 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	55	5.4k
Girish Choppala Australia	29	2.5k 0.7×	737 0.6×	800 0.7×	615 0.6×	631 0.7×	58	4.2k
Vasileios Antoniadis Greece	37	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	783 0.7×	588 0.6×	522 0.6×	113	5.3k
Sally Brown United States	31	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	706 0.6×	463 0.5×	865 0.9×	86	5.1k
Hongqing Hu China	41	2.2k 0.6×	852 0.7×	722 0.6×	596 0.6×	697 0.8×	157	4.5k
Jae E. Yang South Korea	34	2.2k 0.6×	687 0.6×	721 0.6×	629 0.7×	862 0.9×	127	5.1k
Francisco Cabrera Spain	35	2.1k 0.6×	974 0.8×	790 0.7×	557 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	92	3.9k
Xing Yang China	30	2.3k 0.7×	536 0.4×	730 0.6×	651 0.7×	619 0.7×	60	4.0k
Jin Hee Park South Korea	27	1.9k 0.6×	738 0.6×	585 0.5×	513 0.5×	466 0.5×	103	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Clemente

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Bernal, M.P., et al.. (2025). Decomposition dynamics of plant litter from Salvia rosmarinus grown in a contaminated soil and the potential release of toxic elements. Plant and Soil.

Clemente, Rafael, et al.. (2025). A circular approach for the phytostabilization of soils containing potentially toxic elements at different levels of contamination. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139276–139276. 1 indexed citations

Clemente, Rafael, José Antonio López Sáez, & M.P. Bernal. (2020). Extractability, Distribution Among Different Particle Size Fractions, and Phytotoxicity of Cu and Zn in Composts Made With the Separated Solid Fraction of Pig Slurry. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 4. 10 indexed citations

Sáez, José Antonio López, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of the slurry management strategy and the integration of the composting technology in a pig farm – Agronomical and environmental implications. Journal of Environmental Management. 192. 57–67. 34 indexed citations

Pardo, Tania, M.P. Bernal, & Rafael Clemente. (2017). Phytostabilisation of severely contaminated mine tailings using halophytes and field addition of organic and inorganic amendments. Chemosphere. 178. 556–564. 38 indexed citations

Pardo, Tania, Domingo Martínez-Fernández, Carlos De la Fuente, et al.. (2016). Maghemite nanoparticles and ferrous sulfate for the stimulation of iron plaque formation and arsenic immobilization in Phragmites australis. Environmental Pollution. 219. 296–304. 22 indexed citations

Beesley, Luke, Gareth J. Norton, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, et al.. (2014). Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil. Environmental Pollution. 186. 195–202. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

Pardo, Tania, M.P. Bernal, & Rafael Clemente. (2014). Efficiency of soil organic and inorganic amendments on the remediation of a contaminated mine soil: I. Effects on trace elements and nutrients solubility and leaching risk. Chemosphere. 107. 121–128. 65 indexed citations

Clemente, Rafael, et al.. (2011). Efficiency of green waste compost and biochar soil amendments for reducing lead and copper mobility and uptake to ryegrass. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 191(1-3). 41–48. 438 indexed citations

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Pardo, Tania, Rafael Clemente, & M.P. Bernal. (2011). Effects of compost, pig slurry and lime on trace element solubility and toxicity in two soils differently affected by mining activities. Chemosphere. 84(5). 642–650. 97 indexed citations

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Fuente, Carlos De la, Rafael Clemente, José Martínez, & M.P. Bernal. (2010). Optimization of pig slurry application to heavy metal polluted soils monitoring nitrification processes. Chemosphere. 81(5). 603–610. 26 indexed citations

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Hartley, William, Nicholas Dickinson, Rafael Clemente, et al.. (2009). Arsenic stability and mobilization in soil at an amenity grassland overlying chemical waste (St. Helens, UK). Environmental Pollution. 157(3). 847–856. 49 indexed citations

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Sneddon, Jennifer, Rafael Clemente, Philip Riby, & Nicholas W. Lepp. (2009). Source-pathway-receptor investigation of the fate of trace elements derived from shotgun pellets discharged in terrestrial ecosystems managed for game shooting. Environmental Pollution. 157(10). 2663–2669. 21 indexed citations

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Beesley, Luke, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, Rafael Clemente, Nicholas W. Lepp, & Nicholas Dickinson. (2009). Mobility of arsenic, cadmium and zinc in a multi-element contaminated soil profile assessed by in-situ soil pore water sampling, column leaching and sequential extraction. Environmental Pollution. 158(1). 155–160. 142 indexed citations

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Clemente, Rafael, Nicholas Dickinson, & Nicholas W. Lepp. (2008). Mobility of metals and metalloids in a multi-element contaminated soil 20years after cessation of the pollution source activity. Environmental Pollution. 155(2). 254–261. 138 indexed citations

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Bernal, M.P., Rafael Clemente, Saúl Vázquez, & David J. Walker. (2007). Aplicación de la fitorremediación a los suelos contaminados por metales pesados en Aznalcóllar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(2). 1–14. 6 indexed citations

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Clemente, Rafael & M.P. Bernal. (2006). Fractionation of heavy metals and distribution of organic carbon in two contaminated soils amended with humic acids. Chemosphere. 64(8). 1264–1273. 182 indexed citations

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Clemente, Rafael, David J. Walker, & M.P. Bernal. (2005). Uptake of heavy metals and As by Brassica juncea grown in a contaminated soil in Aznalcóllar (Spain): The effect of soil amendments. Environmental Pollution. 138(1). 46–58. 200 indexed citations

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Clemente, Rafael, David J. Walker, A. Roig, & M.P. Bernal. (2003). Heavy metal bioavailability in a soil affected by mineral sulphides contamination following the mine spillage at Aznalcóllar (Spain). Biodegradation. 14(3). 199–205. 117 indexed citations

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Walker, David J., Rafael Clemente, A. Roig, & M.P. Bernal. (2003). The effects of soil amendments on heavy metal bioavailability in two contaminated Mediterranean soils. Environmental Pollution. 122(2). 303–312. 314 indexed citations

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