Carlos Alonso‐Blanco

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Carlos Alonso‐Blanco is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Plant Science, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Carlos Alonso‐Blanco's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (51 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (29 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (20 papers). Carlos Alonso‐Blanco is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (51 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (29 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (20 papers). Carlos Alonso‐Blanco collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Netherlands and Germany. Carlos Alonso‐Blanco's co-authors include Maarten Koornneef, Anton J. M. Peeters, Dick Vreugdenhil, José M. Martínez‐Zapater, Leónie Bentsink, F. Xavier Picó, Belén Méndez‐Vigo, Corrie Hanhart, Hetty Blankestijn‐de Vries and Wim J. J. Soppe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Carlos Alonso‐Blanco

97 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

  1. Whole-genome sequencing of multiple Arabidopsis thaliana populations
    2011 689 citations Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, Detlef Weigel et al. profile →
  2. NATURALLY OCCURRING GENETIC VARIATION IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
    2004 526 citations Maarten Koornneef, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco et al. profile →
  3. Abramoff MD, Magalhaes PJ, Ram SJ. 2004. Image Processing with ImageJ. Biophotonics
    2012 457 citations Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, Leónie Bentsink 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
Carlos Alonso‐Blanco Spain 49 8.3k 4.9k 2.3k 1.0k 382 97 10.4k
Justin Borevitz United States 49 7.4k 0.9× 5.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 641 0.6× 446 1.2× 123 10.6k
Magnus Nordborg United States 62 8.7k 1.0× 5.6k 1.1× 7.3k 3.2× 1.7k 1.7× 560 1.5× 132 14.5k
E. Jean Finnegan Australia 47 7.3k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 898 0.4× 722 0.7× 332 0.9× 90 9.0k
Steven H. Strauss United States 59 7.4k 0.9× 7.6k 1.6× 2.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.5× 722 1.9× 203 11.9k
Richard Cronn United States 43 3.8k 0.5× 4.3k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 2.7k 2.6× 777 2.0× 100 7.8k
Ilia J. Leitch United Kingdom 58 8.2k 1.0× 6.1k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 4.3k 4.2× 600 1.6× 196 11.8k
Hongwen Huang China 35 2.8k 0.3× 2.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 2.1× 433 1.1× 195 5.9k
Kentaro K. Shimizu Japan 40 2.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 337 0.9× 140 5.1k
Andrew R. Leitch United Kingdom 61 8.5k 1.0× 5.7k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 2.3× 402 1.1× 192 10.5k
Tzion Fahima Israel 56 10.2k 1.2× 2.2k 0.4× 3.4k 1.5× 425 0.4× 279 0.7× 160 11.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos Alonso‐Blanco

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mollá‐Morales, Almudena, Belén Méndez‐Vigo, Rafael Torres‐Pérez, et al.. (2024). Variation and plasticity in life-history traits and fitness of wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations are not related to their genotypic and ecological diversity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 56–56. 1 indexed citations
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Méndez‐Vigo, Belén, Arnald Marcer, Bjorn Pieper, et al.. (2024). The trichome pattern diversity of Cardamine shares genetic mechanisms with Arabidopsis but differs in environmental drivers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 196(4). 2730–2748. 3 indexed citations
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Méndez‐Vigo, Belén, et al.. (2024). The bHLH transcription factor gene EGL3 accounts for the natural diversity in Arabidopsis fruit trichome pattern and morphology. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 1 indexed citations
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Méndez‐Vigo, Belén, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal dynamics of genetic variation at the quantitative and molecular levels within a natural Arabidopsis thaliana population. Journal of Ecology. 110(11). 2701–2716. 3 indexed citations
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Méndez‐Vigo, Belén, et al.. (2022). Differential environmental and genomic architectures shape the natural diversity for trichome patterning and morphology in different Arabidopsis organs. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(10). 3018–3035. 17 indexed citations
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Méndez‐Vigo, Belén, et al.. (2021). MYB transcription factors drive evolutionary innovations in Arabidopsis fruit trichome patterning. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 548–565. 18 indexed citations
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Méndez‐Vigo, Belén, Israel Ausín, Wangsheng Zhu, et al.. (2019). Genetic Interactions and Molecular Evolution of the Duplicated Genes ICARUS2 and ICARUS1 Help Arabidopsis Plants Adapt to Different Ambient Temperatures. The Plant Cell. 31(6). 1222–1237. 2 indexed citations
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Tabas‐Madrid, Daniel, Belén Méndez‐Vigo, Arnald Marcer, et al.. (2018). Genome‐wide signatures of flowering adaptation to climate temperature: Regional analyses in a highly diverse native range of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell & Environment. 41(8). 1806–1820. 38 indexed citations
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Expósito‐Alonso, Moisés, Adrian C. Brennan, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, & F. Xavier Picó. (2018). Spatio-temporal variation in fitness responses to contrasting environments inArabidopsis thaliana. Evolution. 72(8). 1570–1586. 32 indexed citations
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Durvasula, Arun, Andrea Fulgione, Rafał M. Gutaker, et al.. (2017). African genomes illuminate the early history and transition to selfing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(20). 5213–5218. 130 indexed citations
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Gujas, Bojan, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, & Christian S. Hardtke. (2012). Natural Arabidopsis brx Loss-of-Function Alleles Confer Root Adaptation to Acidic Soil. Current Biology. 22(20). 1962–1968. 56 indexed citations
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Montesinos‐Navarro, Alicia, Stephen J. Tonsor, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, & F. Xavier Picó. (2009). Demographic and Genetic Patterns of Variation among Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana from Contrasting Native Environments. PLoS ONE. 4(9). e7213–e7213. 77 indexed citations
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Pagán, Israel, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, & Fernando García‐Arenal. (2007). The Relationship of Within-Host Multiplication and Virulence in a Plant-Virus System. PLoS ONE. 2(8). e786–e786. 68 indexed citations
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Keurentjes, Joost J. B., Leónie Bentsink, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, et al.. (2006). Development of a Near-Isogenic Line Population of Arabidopsis thaliana and Comparison of Mapping Power With a Recombinant Inbred Line Population. Genetics. 175(2). 891–905. 185 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Blanco, Carlos, Maarten Koornneef, & J.W. van Ooijen. (2006). QTL Analysis. Humana Press eBooks. 323. 79–100. 13 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Blanco, Carlos, Concepción Gómez‐Mena, Francisco Rubio Llorente, et al.. (2005). Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Natural Variation Indicate CBF2 as a Candidate Gene for Underlying a Freezing Tolerance Quantitative Trait Locus in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 139(3). 1304–1312. 128 indexed citations
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Koornneef, Maarten, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, & Dick Vreugdenhil. (2004). Naturally occurring genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Max Planck Digital Library. 48 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Blanco, Carlos, et al.. (2003). The role of cryptochrome 2 in the control of flowering in Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Physiology. 133(4). 1504–1516. 3 indexed citations
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Soppe, Wim J. J., Steven E. Jacobsen, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, et al.. (2000). The Late Flowering Phenotype of fwa Mutants Is Caused by Gain-of-Function Epigenetic Alleles of a Homeodomain Gene. Molecular Cell. 6(4). 791–802. 469 indexed citations
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Bentsink, Leónie, et al.. (2000). Genetic Analysis of Seed-Soluble Oligosaccharides in Relation to Seed Storability of Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 124(4). 1595–1604. 176 indexed citations

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