Alvarez, Pedro ^PhD

Chair at William Marsh Rice University, Houston

Leading researcher with 517 publications in the last 34 years

ORCID: 0000-0002-6725-7199

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Oil Biodegradation Degradation (telecommunications) Microcosm BTEX Anaerobic Degradation Nanomaterials Biostimulation Bioaugmentation Zerovalent iron Biodegradation

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Dr. Pedro J.J. Alvarez is the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University, where he also serves as founding Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center on Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT). Alvarez serves also on the board of directors of the Houston Endowment Inc., which is a private foundation to improve quality of life for the residents of greater Houston. His research interests include environmental implications and applications of nanotechnology, bioremediation, fate and transport of toxic chemicals, water footprint of biofuels, water treatment and reuse, and antibiotic resistance control. Professor Alvarez received the B. Eng. Degree in Civil Engineering from McGill University and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is the 2012 Clarke Prize laureate for outstanding research in water science and technology, and also won the AAEES Grand Prize for Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science. Past honors include a Collegiate Excellence in Teaching Award, President of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), the Perry McCarty AEESP Founders’ Award for Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Engineering Education and Practice, the AEESP Frontiers in Research Award, the WEF McKee Medal for Groundwater Protection, the SERDP cleanup project of the year award, the Brown and Caldwell lifetime Achievement Award for Site Remediation, the ASCE Freese Award, and various best paper awards with his students. He is an Associate Editor of Environmental Science and Technology and previously served on the scientific advisory board of the EPA and of the advisory committee of the NSF Engineering Directorate. Prof. Alvarez was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for outstanding contributions to the practice and pedagogy of bioremediation and environmental nanotechnology. show More

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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity

Aggregated career metrics

517

Total documents

3.79

Normalized Impact

188

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

41.39

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications

Main coauthors

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Activity

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Reflects an author's research output.

Activity

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Available data

517

All documents ^*

^*524 including 7 non countable items

466

Citable documents

15.2

Documents / year

Books

Document type

Academic output

Last 5 years

130

All documents

120

Citable documents

26.0

Documents / year

Books

Impact

/1000

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Score: 0 / 1000

Academic Impact

47,045

Citations

3.79

Relative Citation Index

1.93

Journal Relative Citation Index

104

H Index

Normalized Impact

% Documents above & below the reference

Impact on Open Access (OA) vs. PayWalled documents

1,331

Self-citations

2.83

Self Citation Rate (%)

97.17

Non Self Citation Rate (%)

Trending papers

Excellence

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Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Score: 0 / 1000

Academic Excellence

188

Highly Cited Paper (Top 10%, HCP)

Outstanding Papers (Top 1%, OP)

3.64

Relative number of HCP (RHCP)

7.16

Relative number of OP
(ROP)

Normalized Excellence

Citation percentile: from 0 to 100

Citation percentile: from 99 to 100

Highly Cited Papers (Top 10% cited)

Outstanding Papers (Top 1% cited)

Leadership

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Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

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319

Publications lead

37%

Correspondence author

54%

First author

27%

Last author

Publications lead per year

Subset publications

International docs

10% Top cited

1% Top cited

RCI > 1

Correspondence

First author

Last author

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Cooperation

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Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Cooperation

Score: 0 / 1000

Collaboration

41%

International collaboration

Avg. Authors / publication

1.5

Avg. Countries / publication

3% (> 25 authors)

Docs highly authored

Employments

Educations

Openness

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Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

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Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

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Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

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Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

/1000

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

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Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents	517	Count of all document types.
Docs/Year	15.21	Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs	466	Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles	443	Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences	4	Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews	19	Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents	0	Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses	0	Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books	3	A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters	0	Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets	1	Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials	2	Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports	0	Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants	0	Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints	9	Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials	N/A	Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types	0	Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations	47045	Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations	1331	Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate	2.829	Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate	97.171	Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations	2200	Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document	91.0	Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited	0.0	Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index	3.792	Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index	1.934	Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index	104	Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index	206	Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index	358	Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score	0.725	Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile	0.724	Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%)	188	Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers	3.636	Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%)	37	Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers	7.157	Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%)	5	Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers	35	Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership	319	Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership	61.7	Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership	104	Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership	20.12	Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator	0	Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded	0	Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded	0	Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded	0	Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils	0	Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Authors/Paper	11.12	Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers	3.09	Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper	1.5	Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration	214	Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration	41.39	Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts	2	Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership	6	Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships	0	Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships	0	Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists	0	Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions	0	Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations	0	Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks	0	Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships	0	Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports	0	Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents	132	Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents	25.53	Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold	19	Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green	37	Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid	17	Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze	55	Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed	385	Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents	0	Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards	7	Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies	0	Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts	0	Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees	0	Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.

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Alvarez, Pedro PhD

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Total documents

Normalized Impact

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications

Main coauthors

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Activity

Activity

Available data

All documents *

Citable documents

Documents / year

Books

Document type

Academic output

Last 5 years

All documents

Citable documents

Documents / year

Books

Impact

Impact

Citations

Relative Citation Index

Journal Relative Citation Index

H Index

Normalized Impact

% Documents above & below the reference

Impact on Open Access (OA) vs. PayWalled documents

Self-citations

Self Citation Rate (%)

Non Self Citation Rate (%)

Trending papers

Excellence

Excellence

Highly Cited Paper (Top 10%, HCP)

Outstanding Papers (Top 1%, OP)

Relative number of HCP (RHCP)

Relative number of OP (ROP)

Citation percentile: from 0 to 100

Citation percentile: from 99 to 100

Highly Cited Papers (Top 10% cited)

Outstanding Papers (Top 1% cited)

Leadership

Leadership

Publications lead

Correspondence author

First author

Last author

Publications lead per year

Subset publications

Available data

Cooperation

Cooperation

Collaboration

International collaboration

Avg. Authors / publication

Avg. Countries / publication

Docs highly authored

Employments

Educations

Openness

Openness

Available data

OA documents

Community Support

Community Support

Available data

Community Recognition

Community Recognition

Available data

Transference

Transference

Available data

Fundraising

Fundraising

Alvarez, Pedro ^PhD

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Relative number of OP
(ROP)