Álvaro Belenguer

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Álvaro Belenguer is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Álvaro Belenguer has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 16 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Álvaro Belenguer's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (45 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (14 papers) and Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health (11 papers). Álvaro Belenguer is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (45 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (14 papers) and Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health (11 papers). Álvaro Belenguer collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Finland. Álvaro Belenguer's co-authors include Sylvia H. Duncan, Harry J. Flint, Grietje Holtrop, G. E. Lobley, Petra Louis, Gonzalo Hervás, Pilar Frutos, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Pablo G. Toral and Karen P. Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Álvaro Belenguer

61 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Phylogenetic distribution of three pathways for propionate production within the human gut microbiota
    2014 947 citations Sylvia H. Duncan, Álvaro Belenguer et al. profile →
  2. Reduced Dietary Intake of Carbohydrates by Obese Subjects Results in Decreased Concentrations of Butyrate and Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Feces
    2006 734 citations Sylvia H. Duncan, Álvaro Belenguer et al. profile →
  3. Two Routes of Metabolic Cross-Feeding betweenBifidobacterium adolescentisand Butyrate-Producing Anaerobes from the Human Gut
    2006 644 citations Álvaro Belenguer, Sylvia H. Duncan et al. profile →

Peers

Álvaro Belenguer
Freda M. McIntosh United Kingdom
Évelyne Forano France
A. G. Calder United Kingdom
Xiangfang Zeng China
Lai‐Yu Kwok China
Jiangchao Zhao United States
Zhengfeng Fang China
Laura Bauer United States
Susan E. Pryde Spain
Yuheng Luo China
Freda M. McIntosh United Kingdom
Álvaro Belenguer
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Álvaro Belenguer

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All Works

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Belenguer, Álvaro, Fernando Naya-Català, Josep À. Calduch-Giner, & Jaume Pérez‐Sánchez. (2024). Exploring Multifunctional Markers of Biological Age in Farmed Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata): A Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Interplay for an Improved Fish Welfare Assessment Approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(18). 9836–9836.
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Moroni, Federico, et al.. (2024). Moving Beyond Oxford Nanopore Standard Procedures: New Insights from Water and Multiple Fish Microbiomes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(23). 12603–12603. 1 indexed citations
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Moroni, Federico, et al.. (2024). Intestinal microbiota shifts by dietary intervention during extreme heat summer episodes in farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Aquaculture Reports. 40. 102566–102566. 3 indexed citations
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Naya-Català, Fernando, Álvaro Belenguer, Daniel Montero, et al.. (2023). Broodstock nutritional programming differentially affects the hepatic transcriptome and genome-wide DNA methylome of farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) depending on genetic background. BMC Genomics. 24(1). 670–670. 8 indexed citations
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Belenguer, Álvaro, Evaristo L. Mañanós, Alicia Felip, et al.. (2023). Post-thawing dilution prolongs fish sperm use in aquaculture mediterranean species. Cryobiology. 113. 104715–104715. 1 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Marivel, Álvaro Belenguer, Josep À. Calduch-Giner, et al.. (2023). Successful cryopreservation in biodegradable containers of sperm from aquaculture Mediterranean fishes. Theriogenology. 216. 53–61. 4 indexed citations
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Holtrop, Grietje, Graham Horgan, Silvia W. Gratz, et al.. (2022). Higher total faecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations correlate with increasing proportions of butyrate and decreasing proportions of branched-chain fatty acids across multiple human studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e2–e2. 29 indexed citations
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Toral, Pablo G., Gonzalo Hervás, David Carreño, et al.. (2017). In vitro response to EPA, DPA, and DHA: Comparison of effects on ruminal fermentation and biohydrogenation of 18-carbon fatty acids in cows and ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 100(8). 6187–6198. 49 indexed citations
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Toral, Pablo G., Gonzalo Hervás, Álvaro Belenguer, David Carreño, & Pilar Frutos. (2017). mRNA abundance of genes involved in mammary lipogenesis during fish oil- or trans-10,cis-12 CLA-induced milk fat depression in dairy ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 100(4). 3182–3192. 15 indexed citations
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Toral, Pablo G., Pilar Frutos, Neil McEwan, et al.. (2014). Rumen bacterial community evaluated by 454 pyrosequencing and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses in dairy sheep fed marine algae. Journal of Dairy Science. 97(3). 1661–1669. 60 indexed citations
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Frutos, Pilar, Pablo G. Toral, E. Ramos‐Morales, et al.. (2013). Oral administration of cobalt acetate alters milk fatty acid composition, consistent with an inhibition of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase in lactating ewes. Journal of Dairy Science. 97(2). 1036–1046. 13 indexed citations
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Belenguer, Álvaro, Grietje Holtrop, Sylvia H. Duncan, et al.. (2011). Rates of production and utilization of lactate by microbial communities from the human colon. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 77(1). 107–119. 64 indexed citations
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Belenguer, Álvaro, Pablo G. Toral, Pilar Frutos, & Gonzalo Hervás. (2010). Changes in the rumen bacterial community in response to sunflower oil and fish oil supplements in the diet of dairy sheep. Journal of Dairy Science. 93(7). 3275–3286. 53 indexed citations
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Belenguer, Álvaro, M. Fondevila, J. Balcells, et al.. (2008). In vivo and in vitro study of caecal fermentation pattern and methanogenesis in rabbits.. 535–540. 6 indexed citations
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Balcells, J., et al.. (2005). Urinary excretion of purine derivatives inBos indicus×Bos tauruscrossbred cattle. British Journal Of Nutrition. 93(6). 821–828. 12 indexed citations
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González-Ronquillo, Manuel, et al.. (2004). A Comparison of Purine Derivatives Excretion with Conventional Methods as Indices of Microbial Yield in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 87(7). 2211–2221. 45 indexed citations
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Balcells, J., et al.. (2004). Urinary excretion of purine derivatives as an index of microbial protein synthesis in the camel (Camelus dromedarius). British Journal Of Nutrition. 92(2). 225–232. 11 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Abraín, Alejandro, et al.. (2003). A Comparison of Two Methods to Estimate Breeding Productivity in a Colonial Ground-nesting Gull Larus Cachinnans. Marine ornithology. 31(1). 5 indexed citations

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