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The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness for funding this study as part of the RTC2015-3265-5 project. The authors extend their sincere thanks to Jesus Garcia for his technical assistance.

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Alvarez Gallego, SergioAuthorMartínez Delgado, SaraAuthor

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CAMELINA (Camelina sativa L. CRANTZ) VARIETIES FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION. CRITERIA FOR CONVENTIONAL PLANT BREEDING

Publicated to:Revista Internacional De Contaminacion Ambiental. 36 (3): 541-553 - 2020-01-01 36(3), DOI: 10.20937/RICA.53611

Authors: Delgado Arroyo, Maria del Mar; Alvarez Gallego, Sergio; Capuano Asinari, Anibal; Martinez Delgado, Sara;

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Abstract

Biodiesel and its diesel blends have been accepted worldwide as potential renewable alternative fuels to substitute petroleum diesel. Perspectives for biodiesel commercialization using Camelina sativa L. Crantz as raw material are presented in this paper. Fatty acid profiles and the morphological characterization, including production, number of seeds, thousand seed weight and fatty acid percentage were analyzed for different varieties. A further assessment, considering four parameters, viscosity, iodine value, cold filter plugging point, and cetane number, was carried out to evaluate the biodiesel quality. It was concluded that camelina varieties have a similar percentage of fatty oil content. This work shows large differences in productivity and in the selected physical and chemical properties of derived biodiesel from camelina. Results show that varieties 1072, 117 and N5 (1.9) from Camelina Company Spain could be suitable due to their high productivity (over 4.2 g per plan)t. Variety 1109 could also be used due to its low iodine value (131). Varieties 1008, 1085 and 1109 could be used due to their high cetane number (over 51). This research has identified suitable varieties for biodiesel production. Further improvement of camelina's characteristics is needed by means of plant breeding and manipulation of culture conditions.

Keywords

AcidAngiospermBiofuelCamelinaCamelina sativaCetane numberCold filter plugging pointCombustionEmissionsEnergy cropEsterFatty acidFatty acid profileFeedstockIodineIodine valueLinum-usitatissimumOilPerformancePetroleumPlant breedingQualitySeedSpainTransesterificationViscosity

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Internacional De Contaminacion Ambiental, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Environmental Sciences, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-07:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 4
  • OpenCitations: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 7.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 8 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (MARTINEZ DELGADO, SARA).