A. Ballesteros

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

A. Ballesteros is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Ballesteros has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in A. Ballesteros's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (16 papers), Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (11 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (10 papers). A. Ballesteros is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (16 papers), Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (11 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (10 papers). A. Ballesteros collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Netherlands. A. Ballesteros's co-authors include Cristina Pozzobon, Susanna Carmona, Manuel Desco, Erika Barba‐Müller, Elseline Hoekzema, Óscar Vilarroya, Marisol Picado, Eveline A. Crone, Florencio Lucco and Juan Carlos Soliva and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

A. Ballesteros

35 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure

2016 460 citations Elseline Hoekzema, Erika Barba‐Müller et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Ballesteros Spain	13	541	332	312	258	145	36	1.1k
Cristina Pozzobon Italy	9	608 1.1×	325 1.0×	393 1.3×	255 1.0×	72 0.5×	12	1.0k
Charlotte Hellgren Sweden	20	716 1.3×	269 0.8×	57 0.2×	300 1.2×	191 1.3×	35	1.2k
Lindsay R. Chura United Kingdom	11	285 0.5×	231 0.7×	269 0.9×	63 0.2×	74 0.5×	15	905
Jane A. Stewart United Kingdom	18	230 0.4×	144 0.4×	372 1.2×	76 0.3×	57 0.4×	36	1.3k
Günter Dörner Germany	14	146 0.3×	682 2.1×	134 0.4×	213 0.8×	239 1.6×	25	1.4k
G Dörner Germany	21	185 0.3×	725 2.2×	425 1.4×	437 1.7×	408 2.8×	132	2.0k
Kathleen Szegda United States	13	292 0.5×	140 0.4×	50 0.2×	467 1.8×	105 0.7×	15	1.2k
Antonella Smeraldi Italy	13	245 0.5×	220 0.7×	192 0.6×	164 0.6×	23 0.2×	18	598
Morsi Abdallah Denmark	12	156 0.3×	273 0.8×	36 0.1×	231 0.9×	184 1.3×	17	1.8k
Jerry Guintivano United States	18	754 1.4×	242 0.7×	25 0.1×	292 1.1×	204 1.4×	41	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Ballesteros

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Florensa, M., et al.. (2025). Fertility treatments in transgender individuals: trends, clinical outcomes, and impact of testosterone on ovarian stimulation. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 42(9). 3021–3030.

Bellver, José, Marta Gonzáléz-Monfort, Elena Labarta, et al.. (2024). An Analysis of the Digestive and Reproductive Tract Microbiota in Infertile Women with Obesity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(23). 12600–12600. 3 indexed citations

Ballesteros, A., et al.. (2023). ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSGENDER MEN AND CISGENDER WOMEN: DOES TESTOSTERONE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE OVARIAN STIMULATION HAVE AN IMPACT ON IVF EMBRYOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES?. Fertility and Sterility. 120(4). e16–e16. 1 indexed citations

Esbert, Marga, et al.. (2022). Calcium Ionophore A23187 treatment to rescue unfertilized oocytes: a prospective randomized analysis of sibling oocytes. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 45(5). 878–883. 8 indexed citations

Birba, Agustina, Hernando Santamaría‐García, Pavel Prado, et al.. (2022). Allostatic-Interoceptive Overload in Frontotemporal Dementia. Biological Psychiatry. 92(1). 54–67. 35 indexed citations

Esbert, Marga, et al.. (2021). CAN CALCIUM IONOPHORE A23187 RESCUE UNFERTILIZED OOCYTES?. Fertility and Sterility. 116(3). e337–e337. 1 indexed citations

Esbert, Marga, Xin Tao, Li Ma, et al.. (2021). ADDITION OF RAPAMYCIN AND YOUNG GRANULOSA CELLS TO IMPROVE IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION AND EUPLOIDY RATES IN OLDER REPRODUCTIVE AGE WOMEN: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY. Fertility and Sterility. 116(3). e167–e168. 1 indexed citations

Vallvé-Juanico, Júlia, Julia Ponomarenko, Josep Castellví, et al.. (2020). External validation of putative biomarkers in eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis using NanoString technology. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 37(12). 2981–2987. 4 indexed citations

Franasiak, Jason M., Almudena Devesa-Peiró, Marina López‐Nogueroles, et al.. (2019). The degradation of vitamin D across time: an issue leading to unreliable results in reproductive research. Fertility and Sterility. 112(3). e339–e340. 4 indexed citations

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Díaz-Gimeno, Patricia, Patricia Sebastián-León, Amparo Mercader, et al.. (2019). Transcriptomic behavior of genes associated with chromosome 21 aneuploidies in early embryo development. Fertility and Sterility. 111(5). 991–1001.e2. 17 indexed citations

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Hoekzema, Elseline, Christian K. Tamnes, Erika Barba‐Müller, et al.. (2019). Becoming a mother entails anatomical changes in the ventral striatum of the human brain that facilitate its responsiveness to offspring cues. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 112. 104507–104507. 63 indexed citations

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Díaz-Gimeno, Patricia, et al.. (2018). NGS Analysis of Human Embryo Culture Media Reveals miRNAs of Extra Embryonic Origin. Reproductive Sciences. 26(2). 214–222. 18 indexed citations

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Esbert, Marga, et al.. (2017). Does the blastocyst collapse respond to a biological need? The analysis of 1,952 embryos by time-lapse can give an answer. Fertility and Sterility. 108(3). e157–e157. 2 indexed citations

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Hoekzema, Elseline, Erika Barba‐Müller, Cristina Pozzobon, et al.. (2016). Pregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure. Nature Neuroscience. 20(2). 287–296. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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Costa-Borges, Nuno, et al.. (2015). Blastocyst development in single medium with or without renewal on day 3: a prospective cohort study on sibling donor oocytes in a time-lapse incubator. Fertility and Sterility. 105(3). 707–713. 29 indexed citations

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Esbert, Marga, et al.. (2013). Effect of oocyte denudation timing on clinical outcomes in 1212 oocyte recipients. Fertility and Sterility. 100(3). S482–S482. 2 indexed citations

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Bellver, José, António Pellicer, Juan A. García-Velasco, et al.. (2013). Obesity reduces uterine receptivity: clinical experience from 9,587 first cycles of ovum donation with normal weight donors. Fertility and Sterility. 100(4). 1050–1058.e2. 169 indexed citations

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Requena, Alberto, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of the degree of satisfaction in oocyte donors using sustained-release FSH corifollitropin α. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 26(3). 253–259. 26 indexed citations

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Esbert, Marga, Alberto Pacheco, Francesca Vidal, et al.. (2011). Impact of sperm DNA fragmentation on the outcome of IVF with own or donated oocytes. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 23(6). 704–710. 67 indexed citations

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Ballesteros, A., et al.. (1994). The Use of Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap in Reconstructive Heart Surgery. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 94(3). 490–495. 2 indexed citations

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