Sandra Caeiro

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Sandra Caeiro is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Education and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Caeiro has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 32 papers in Education and 27 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Sandra Caeiro's work include Sustainability in Higher Education (31 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (25 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (24 papers). Sandra Caeiro is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability in Higher Education (31 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (25 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (24 papers). Sandra Caeiro collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom. Sandra Caeiro's co-authors include Tomás B. Ramos, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Maria Helena Costa, Walter Leal Filho, Antje Disterheft, Pedro M. Costa, Marco Paìnho, Luciana Brandli, Fábio Fernandes and Guilherme Fulgêncio de Medeiros and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Caeiro

109 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment: An index analysis approach

2005 712 citations Sandra Caeiro, Maria Helena Costa et al. Ecological Indicators profile →
Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack?

2019 475 citations Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Sandra Caeiro et al. profile →
Experiences from the implementation of sustainable development in higher education institutions: Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities

2015 197 citations Tomás B. Ramos, Sandra Caeiro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Caeiro Portugal	36	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	723	117	5.4k
Tomás B. Ramos Portugal	34	302 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	619 0.6×	338 0.3×	955 1.3×	83	3.6k
Niki Frantzeskaki Netherlands	58	328 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	519 0.5×	3.2k 3.1×	528 0.7×	151	13.3k
Daniel J. Lang Germany	38	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	183 0.2×	552 0.5×	471 0.7×	143	8.5k
Ulisses M. Azeiteiro Portugal	40	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	255 0.2×	455 0.4×	304 0.4×	194	6.4k
Derk Loorbach Netherlands	43	386 0.2×	1.3k 0.9×	415 0.4×	276 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	108	9.9k
John Robinson Canada	40	651 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	142 0.1×	292 0.3×	383 0.5×	126	7.1k
Linn Persson Sweden	12	237 0.1×	1.3k 0.9×	705 0.6×	891 0.9×	659 0.9×	23	8.5k
Mathis Wackernagel United States	45	263 0.1×	2.5k 1.6×	419 0.4×	361 0.3×	702 1.0×	79	9.7k
Jens Newig Germany	42	390 0.2×	1.6k 1.1×	177 0.2×	234 0.2×	771 1.1×	124	8.8k
René Kemp Netherlands	48	259 0.1×	1.2k 0.8×	767 0.7×	193 0.2×	2.8k 3.9×	130	12.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Caeiro

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20 of 20 papers shown

Caeiro, Sandra, et al.. (2025). Intraspecific Functional Trait Variation and Coordination in Schizachyrium scoparium . Ecology and Evolution. 15(7). e71635–e71635.

Opferkuch, Katelin, Anna M. Walker, Erik Roos Lindgreen, et al.. (2023). Towards a framework for corporate disclosure of circular economy: Company perspectives and recommendations. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30(5). 2457–2474. 20 indexed citations

Nicolau, Paula Bacelar, Sandra Caeiro, Sara Moreno Pires, et al.. (2023). Empowering Non-Academic Staff for the Implementation of Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions. Sustainability. 15(20). 14818–14818. 3 indexed citations

Lucas, Carlos, et al.. (2023). Monitoring marine litter on Funchal beaches (Madeira Island): Insights for litter management. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 63. 102991–102991. 17 indexed citations

Lozano, Rodrigo, María Barreiro‐Gen, Dalia D’Amato, et al.. (2022). Improving sustainability teaching by grouping and interrelating pedagogical approaches and sustainability competences: Evidence from 15 Worldwide Higher Education Institutions. Sustainable Development. 31(1). 349–359. 11 indexed citations

Caeiro, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Induction of Somatic Embryogenesis in Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Involves Increases in the Endogenous Auxin Indole-3-Acetic Acid. Plants. 11(10). 1347–1347. 10 indexed citations

Pires, Sara Moreno, Nicoletta Patrizi, Georgios Malandrakis, et al.. (2022). Teaching sustainability within the context of everyday life: Steps toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through the EUSTEPs Module. Frontiers in Education. 7. 17 indexed citations

Opferkuch, Katelin, Sandra Caeiro, Roberta Salomone, & Tomás B. Ramos. (2022). Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 32. 436–456. 52 indexed citations

Opferkuch, Katelin, Sandra Caeiro, Roberta Salomone, & Tomás B. Ramos. (2021). Circular economy in corporate sustainability reporting: A review of organisational approaches. Business Strategy and the Environment. 30(8). 4015–4036. 98 indexed citations

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Alvés, Fátima, Sandra Caeiro, & Ulisses M. Azeiteiro. (2014). Lay rationalities of climate change. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. 3 indexed citations

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Madeira, Diana, Catarina Vinagre, Rui Rosa, et al.. (2013). Sea warming affects bream (Sparus aurata) tissues and stress proteins (HSP70). Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19(S4). 83–84. 1 indexed citations

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Caeiro, Sandra, Tomás B. Ramos, & Donald Huisingh. (2010). A conceptual model for the development of household sustainable consumption indicators. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 1–34. 1 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Carla Padrel de, et al.. (2010). Environmental citizenship and participation. The role of education programs. 3 indexed citations

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Lobo, Jorge, Pedro M. Costa, Sandra Caeiro, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of the potential of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule L.) for the ecological risk assessment of estuarine sediments: bioaccumulation and biomarkers. Ecotoxicology. 19(8). 1496–1512. 25 indexed citations

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Costa, Pedro M., Jorge Lobo, Sandra Caeiro, et al.. (2008). Genotoxic damage in Solea senegalensis exposed to sediments from the Sado Estuary (Portugal): Effects of metallic and organic contaminants. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 654(1). 29–37. 71 indexed citations

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Costa, Pedro M., Tiago Repolho, Sandra Caeiro, et al.. (2007). Modelling metallothionein induction in the liver of Sparus aurata exposed to metal-contaminated sediments. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 71(1). 117–124. 33 indexed citations

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Caeiro, Sandra, et al.. (2005). Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary. Ecological Indicators. 1–19. 3 indexed citations

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Caeiro, Sandra, et al.. (2005). Benthic biotope index for classifying habitats. Marine Environmental Research. 570–593. 1 indexed citations

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Caeiro, Sandra, Pierre Goovaerts, Marco Paìnho, & Maria Helena Costa. (2003). Delineation of Estuarine Management Areas Using Multivariate Geostatistics: The Case of Sado Estuary. Environmental Science & Technology. 37(18). 4052–4059. 23 indexed citations

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Goés, Joaquim I., Sandra Caeiro, & Helga do Rosário Gomes. (1999). Phytoplankton-zooplankton inter-relationships in tropical waters-Grazing and gut pigment dynamics. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. 28(2). 116–124. 6 indexed citations

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