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Researcher · University of Aveiro · Portugal

João Pinto da Costa

João Pinto da Costa publishes mostly in Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials, on topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

ORCID 0000-0002-1871-7160 OpenAlex
World rank
#96,329
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#176
of 41,760
Works
122
Citations
15k
Citations per work
122.1
h-index
48
i10-index 76Top 3.7% in Pollution
João Pinto da Costa

What does João Pinto da Costa research?

João Pinto da Costa's work is mostly in Environmental Science (47%), Materials Science (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%).

Physical Sciences: 68 works · 56.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 57 works · 46.8% of their workPollution: 30 works · 24.5% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 works · 17.8% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 works · 4.5% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 4.8% of their workBiomaterials: 6 works · 4.8% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 4.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 48 works · 39.4% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 4.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 4.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKJoão Pinto daCosta122works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences56%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5746.8%
    2. Materials Science64.8%
    3. Engineering54.5%
  2. Everything else4839.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.5%
  1. 1Pollution24% of their works
  2. 2Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Biomaterials5% of their works
  4. 4Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe João Pinto da Costa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Recycling, Waste Management, Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Microplastics, Terrestrial Ecosystems, E-Waste and Environmental Impacts.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Recycling1302 topics
  2. Waste Management1302 topics
  3. Environmental Impact863 topics
  4. Marine Environment792 topics
  5. Microplastics731 topic
  6. Terrestrial Ecosystems731 topic
  7. E-Waste571 topic
  8. Environmental Impacts571 topic
  9. Biodegradable Polymers161 topic
  10. Polylactic Acid161 topic
  11. Bisphenol A81 topic
  12. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals81 topic
  13. 3D Printing71 topic
  14. Additive Manufacturing71 topic
  15. Antibiotics71 topic
  16. Resistance Genes71 topic
  17. Antifouling Coatings61 topic
  18. Biofouling61 topic
  19. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification61 topic
  20. Paper-Based Microfluidics61 topic

Where does João Pinto da Costa work?

João Pinto da Costa's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Aveiro, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does João Pinto da Costa have?

OpenAlex counts 122 works and 14,897 citations for João Pinto da Costa, an h-index of 48, ranking #96,329 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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