Ángel Valverde

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ángel Valverde is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ángel Valverde has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ángel Valverde's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (25 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (21 papers). Ángel Valverde is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (25 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (21 papers). Ángel Valverde collaborates with scholars based in Spain, South Africa and New Zealand. Ángel Valverde's co-authors include Don A. Cowan, José M. Igual, Encarna Velázquez, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Álvaro Péix, Raúl Rivas, Emilio Cervantés, Pedro F. Mateos, Eoin Gunnigle and Jean‐Baptiste Ramond and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Ángel Valverde

84 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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. Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems
    2015 279 citations Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Ángel Valverde et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ángel Valverde Spain 36 1.6k 1.2k 768 443 412 87 3.3k
José M. Igual Spain 30 2.0k 1.2× 742 0.6× 669 0.9× 296 0.7× 491 1.2× 112 3.3k
Andrea Squartini Italy 33 2.2k 1.4× 635 0.5× 608 0.8× 434 1.0× 341 0.8× 195 4.0k
Nicholas Clipson Ireland 30 1.1k 0.7× 850 0.7× 632 0.8× 371 0.8× 634 1.5× 75 2.8k
Kateryna Zhalnina United States 18 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 696 0.9× 177 0.4× 972 2.4× 24 3.1k
Weibing Xun China 33 1.9k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 923 1.2× 226 0.5× 1.1k 2.6× 62 3.5k
Christopher B. Blackwood United States 29 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 639 0.8× 421 1.0× 927 2.3× 65 3.3k
Hector F. Castro United States 23 991 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 567 0.7× 186 0.4× 697 1.7× 46 2.9k
Shengjing Shi New Zealand 16 2.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 854 1.1× 219 0.5× 881 2.1× 35 3.5k
Feth el Zahar Haichar France 22 2.0k 1.2× 875 0.7× 540 0.7× 197 0.4× 972 2.4× 34 3.1k
Mattias de Hollander Netherlands 26 2.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 264 0.6× 982 2.4× 38 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ángel Valverde

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ángel Valverde

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ángel Valverde

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ángel Valverde. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ángel Valverde based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ángel Valverde. Ángel Valverde is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2025). Microbial consortia in mine water bioremediation: principles, design and practical applications. Water Research. 289(Pt B). 124956–124956.
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Gazol, Antonio, et al.. (2024). The strong seasonality of soil microbial community structure in declining Mediterranean pine forests depends more on soil conditions than on tree vitality. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177560–177560. 4 indexed citations
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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2024). Role of indigenous microbial communities in the mobilization of potentially toxic elements and rare-earth elements from alkaline mine waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 466. 133504–133504. 6 indexed citations
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Castillo, Julio, et al.. (2023). Bacterial communities shift and influence in an acid mine drainage treatment using barium carbonate disperse alkaline substrate system. The Science of The Total Environment. 885. 163526–163526. 5 indexed citations
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Stegen, James, et al.. (2023). Microdiverse bacterial clades prevail across Antarctic wetlands. Molecular Ecology. 33(1). e17189–e17189. 2 indexed citations
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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2022). The ecological assembly of bacterial communities in Antarctic wetlands varies across levels of phylogenetic resolution. Environmental Microbiology. 24(8). 3486–3499. 5 indexed citations
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Rı́os, Asunción de los, Isaac Garrido‐Benavent, Errol D. Cason, et al.. (2021). Novel lichen-dominated hypolithic communities in the Namib Desert. Microbial Ecology. 83(4). 1036–1048. 6 indexed citations
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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2020). A clinically important, plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance gene (β-lactamase TEM-116) present in desert soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 719. 137497–137497. 13 indexed citations
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Valverde, Ángel, Jan‐G Vermeulen, Errol D. Cason, et al.. (2019). Biomineralization and Bioaccumulation of Europium by a Thermophilic Metal Resistant Bacterium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 81–81. 48 indexed citations
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Kamutando, Casper Nyaradzai, Surendra Vikram, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, et al.. (2017). Soil nutritional status and biogeography influence rhizosphere microbial communities associated with the invasive tree Acacia dealbata. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6472–6472. 58 indexed citations
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Goethem, Marc W. Van, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Don A. Cowan, & Ángel Valverde. (2017). Cyanobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria May Facilitate Cooperative Interactions in Niche Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2099–2099. 36 indexed citations
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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2016). Specific Microbial Communities Associate with the Rhizosphere of Welwitschia mirabilis, a Living Fossil. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153353–e0153353. 27 indexed citations
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Valverde, Ángel, et al.. (2016). Habitat heterogeneity and connectivity shape microbial communities in South American peatlands. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 25712–25712. 30 indexed citations
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Velázquez, Encarna, Ángel Valverde, Raúl Rivas, et al.. (2010). Strains nodulating Lupinus albus on different continents belong to several new chromosomal and symbiotic lineages within Bradyrhizobium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 97(4). 363–376. 50 indexed citations
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Velázquez, Encarna, Raúl Rivas, Ángel Valverde, et al.. (2006). A new approach for separating low‐molecular‐weight RNA molecules by staircase electrophoresis in non‐sequencing gels. Electrophoresis. 27(9). 1732–1738. 1 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Ferrer, Carlos F., et al.. (1988). Actions of vanadate on vascular tension and sodium pump activity in cat isolated cerebral and femoral arteries. British Journal of Pharmacology. 93(1). 53–60. 25 indexed citations

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