V. Besada

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

V. Besada is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Besada has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 23 papers in Pollution and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in V. Besada's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (19 papers), Heavy metals in environment (18 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (17 papers). V. Besada is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (19 papers), Heavy metals in environment (18 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (17 papers). V. Besada collaborates with scholars based in Spain, South Africa and Argentina. V. Besada's co-authors include Juan Bellas, F. Schultze, C. Martínez-Gómez, J.J. González, J.M. Andrade, J. Fumega, L. Viñas, Ricardo Beiras, Antonio Vaamonde Liste and Nuria Fernández and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

V. Besada

37 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. Ingestion of microplastics by demersal fish from the Spanish Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts
    2016 480 citations Juan Bellas, V. Besada et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. Besada Spain 21 1.1k 841 426 194 128 37 1.7k
Juan Antonio Campillo Spain 28 1.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 335 0.8× 319 1.6× 76 0.6× 53 2.0k
C. Martínez-Gómez Spain 25 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 557 1.3× 322 1.7× 76 0.6× 44 2.0k
L. Viñas Spain 25 1.2k 1.1× 980 1.2× 440 1.0× 240 1.2× 39 0.3× 53 1.9k
Rodrigo Brasil Choueri Brazil 24 1.1k 0.9× 989 1.2× 124 0.3× 216 1.1× 48 0.4× 75 1.7k
Michiel Kotterman Netherlands 19 916 0.8× 630 0.7× 472 1.1× 98 0.5× 48 0.4× 27 1.5k
Fernando Sanzi Cortez Brazil 15 810 0.7× 450 0.5× 216 0.5× 140 0.7× 21 0.2× 31 1.1k
Giuseppe d’Errico Italy 23 2.0k 1.8× 931 1.1× 898 2.1× 548 2.8× 64 0.5× 40 2.7k
Mehrzad Keshavarzifard Iran 20 749 0.7× 609 0.7× 219 0.5× 51 0.3× 54 0.4× 38 1.1k
Zhihua Feng China 18 1.3k 1.1× 332 0.4× 703 1.7× 203 1.0× 34 0.3× 48 1.6k
Kenan Gedik Türkiye 20 904 0.8× 254 0.3× 521 1.2× 110 0.6× 38 0.3× 51 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Besada

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All Works

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Viñas, L., et al.. (2022). PAHs and trace metals in marine surficial sediments from the Porcupine Bank (NE Atlantic): A contribution to establishing background concentrations. The Science of The Total Environment. 856(Pt 2). 159189–159189. 7 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Marín, Paula, F. Schultze, & V. Besada. (2022). Use of limpets as alternative to mussels in metal pollution monitoring; application in the Canary Islands. Environmental Pollution. 308. 119614–119614. 5 indexed citations
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Constenla, María, Anna Soler‐Membrives, V. Besada, & Maite Carrassón. (2021). Impact assessment of a large river on the sediments and fish from its continental shelf: using Solea solea as sentinel in the Ebro river mouth (NW Mediterranean, Spain). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(11). 15713–15728. 5 indexed citations
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León, Víctor M., R. Moreno-González, V. Besada, et al.. (2021). Sea snail (Hexaplex trunculus) and sea cucumber (Holothuria polii) as potential sentinel species for organic pollutants and trace metals in coastal ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 168. 112407–112407. 20 indexed citations
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Besada, V., Juan Bellas, Paula Sánchez‐Marín, Patricia Bernárdez, & F. Schultze. (2021). Metal and metalloid pollution in shelf sediments from the Gulf of Cádiz (Southwest Spain): Long-lasting effects of a historical mining area. Environmental Pollution. 295. 118675–118675. 17 indexed citations
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Salgueiro‐González, Noelia, Isabel Turnes-Carou, L. Viñas, et al.. (2016). Occurrence of alkylphenols and bisphenol A in wild mussel samples from the Spanish Atlantic coast and Bay of Biscay. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 106(1-2). 360–365. 31 indexed citations
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Salgueiro‐González, Noelia, Isabel Turnes-Carou, V. Besada, et al.. (2015). Occurrence, distribution and bioaccumulation of endocrine disrupting compounds in water, sediment and biota samples from a European river basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 529. 121–130. 103 indexed citations
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Cobelo-Garcı́a, Antonio, et al.. (2015). Evidence of increased anthropogenic emissions of platinum: Time-series analysis of mussels (1991–2011) of an urban beach. The Science of The Total Environment. 514. 366–370. 24 indexed citations
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Gago, Jesús, L. Viñas, V. Besada, & Juan Bellas. (2014). The link between descriptors 8 and 9 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: lessons learnt in Spain. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21(23). 13664–13671. 11 indexed citations
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Besada, V., José L. Sericano, & F. Schultze. (2014). An assessment of two decades of trace metals monitoring in wild mussels from the Northwest Atlantic and Cantabrian coastal areas of Spain, 1991–2011. Environment International. 71. 1–12. 46 indexed citations
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Bellas, Juan, Marina Albentosa, Leticia Vidal-Liñán, et al.. (2013). Combined use of chemical, biochemical and physiological variables in mussels for the assessment of marine pollution along the N-NW Spanish coast. Marine Environmental Research. 96. 105–117. 76 indexed citations
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Albentosa, Marina, et al.. (2012). First measurements of the scope for growth (SFG) in mussels from a large scale survey in the North-Atlantic Spanish coast. The Science of The Total Environment. 435-436. 430–445. 46 indexed citations
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Besada, V., et al.. (2011). Chemometric tools to evaluate the spatial distribution of trace metals in surface sediments of two Spanish rías. Talanta. 87. 197–209. 23 indexed citations
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Besada, V., J.M. Andrade, F. Schultze, & J.J. González. (2010). Comparison of the 2000 and 2005 spatial distributions of heavy metals in wild mussels from the North-Atlantic Spanish coast. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 74(3). 373–381. 32 indexed citations
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Besada, V., et al.. (2006). Concentraciones de mercurio, cadmio, plomo, arsénico, cobre y zinc en atún blanco, rabil y patudo procedentes del Océano Atlántico. Ciencias Marinas. 32(2). 439–445. 22 indexed citations
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Besada, V., et al.. (2005). Levels And Evolution Of V, NI And PAHs In Mussels After The Prestige Oil Spill. Open MIND. 1 indexed citations
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Beiras, Ricardo, Nuria Fernández, J.J. González, V. Besada, & F. Schultze. (2002). Mercury concentrations in seawater, sediments and wild mussels from the coast of Galicia (NW Spain). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 44(4). 345–349. 36 indexed citations

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