| Institution | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul |
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| Country | Brazil |
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| Primary pathway | Biochar: Producing and deploying biochar — charred biomass that sequesters carbon in soil and products. |
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| Top lists, Biochar | rank 37 by activity, rank 25 by citations (worldwide, 2026-11.4) |
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| Career stage | Eminent |
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| h-index | 98 |
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| Citations | 32,613 |
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| Publications | 495 |
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| Share of publications on CDR | 2.8% |
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| Trajectory | Declining |
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| Profiles | ORCID · OpenAlex |
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Metrics are OpenAlex author metrics across all fields; the census counts only the CDR-relevant papers since 2021 listed below. Corrections and removal: info@carbon-drawdown.de, done within five working days (privacy notice).
Papers counted in the census#
14 CDR-relevant papers and preprints since 2021 count for the top lists, by pathway: Biochar 14. A paper tagged with two pathways counts in both lists. Preprint and journal version are merged where OpenAlex links them; where it does not, both appear.
| Year | Paper | Pathway | Citations |
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| 2026 | Sustainable remediation of chlorinated phenols via circular bio-economy: Valorising spent biochar through zinc chloride co-pyrolysis with microcrystalline cellulose | Biochar | 0 |
| 2025 | Highly efficient boron/sulfur-modified activated biochar for removal of reactive dyes from water: Kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamics, and regeneration studies | Biochar | 28 |
| 2024 | Sorption Behavior of Azo Dye Congo Red onto Activated Biochar from Haematoxylum campechianum Waste: Gradient Boosting Machine Learning-Assisted Bayesian Optimization for Improved Adsorption Process | Biochar | 43 |
| 2024 | Synthesis of sustainable mesoporous sulfur-doped biobased carbon with superior performance sodium diclofenac removal: Kinetic, equilibrium, thermodynamic and mechanism | Biochar | 32 |
| 2023 | Shiitake spent mushroom substrate as a sustainable feedstock for developing highly efficient nitrogen-doped biochars for treatment of dye-contaminated water | Biochar | 48 |
| 2023 | Synthesis, Characterization, and Adsorption Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Nanoporous Biochar: Efficient Removal of Reactive Orange 16 Dye and Colorful Effluents | Biochar | 42 |
| 2023 | Removal of enalapril maleate drug from industry waters using activated biochar prepared from Butia capitata seed. Kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamic, and DFT calculations | Biochar | 24 |
| 2022 | Microalgae biomass as a sustainable precursor to produce nitrogen-doped biochar for efficient removal of emerging pollutants from aqueous media | Biochar | 183 |
| 2022 | A comparative study of chemical treatment by MgCl2, ZnSO4, ZnCl2, and KOH on physicochemical properties and acetaminophen adsorption performance of biobased porous materials from tree bark residues | Biochar | 122 |
| 2022 | Process Parameters Optimization, Characterization, and Application of KOH-Activated Norway Spruce Bark Graphitic Biochars for Efficient Azo Dye Adsorption | Biochar | 82 |
| 2022 | Hardwood spent mushroom substrate–based activated biochar as a sustainable bioresource for removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater | Biochar | 66 |
| 2022 | Use of Biochar Prepared from the Açaí Seed as Adsorbent for the Uptake of Catechol from Synthetic Effluents | Biochar | 31 |
| 2022 | Composite of methyl polysiloxane and avocado biochar as adsorbent for removal of ciprofloxacin from waters | Biochar | 13 |
| 2021 | Efficient removal of Cd(II) from aqueous environment by potassium permanganate-modified eucalyptus biochar | Biochar | 38 |
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