Cynthia Alías-Villegas

992 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 684 citations indexed

About

Cynthia Alías-Villegas is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia Alías-Villegas has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 684 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cynthia Alías-Villegas's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (15 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (5 papers). Cynthia Alías-Villegas is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (15 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (9 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (5 papers). Cynthia Alías-Villegas collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Argentina. Cynthia Alías-Villegas's co-authors include Teresa Cubo, Francisco Javier Ollero, Francisco Pérez‐Montaño, M. Rosario Espuny, Irene Jiménez‐Guerrero, Francisco Javier López‐Baena, Ramón A. Bellogín, Pablo del Cerro, Valme Jurado and L. Laiz Trobajo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical Journal and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia Alías-Villegas

17 papers receiving 672 citations

Hit Papers

Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultu... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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. Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultural important plants: From microorganism capacities to crop production
    2013 439 citations Francisco Pérez‐Montaño, Cynthia Alías-Villegas et al. Microbiological Research profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cynthia Alías-Villegas Spain 11 548 137 111 88 41 18 684
Sudha Nair India 17 568 1.0× 304 2.2× 201 1.8× 51 0.6× 37 0.9× 26 844
A.I. Melentiev Russia 8 668 1.2× 193 1.4× 51 0.5× 50 0.6× 58 1.4× 20 785
Ruth Gómez Expósito Netherlands 7 348 0.6× 127 0.9× 98 0.9× 51 0.6× 52 1.3× 9 520
Nancy A. Fujishige United States 11 656 1.2× 168 1.2× 133 1.2× 117 1.3× 19 0.5× 12 767
Juan Ignacio Vílchez Spain 13 556 1.0× 160 1.2× 62 0.6× 27 0.3× 47 1.1× 32 692
Xuezhen Sun China 15 526 1.0× 197 1.4× 29 0.3× 74 0.8× 129 3.1× 41 718
Xiuyun Zhao China 8 214 0.4× 80 0.6× 74 0.7× 25 0.3× 74 1.8× 15 334
Aline López-López Mexico 7 503 0.9× 84 0.6× 92 0.8× 107 1.2× 45 1.1× 14 572
Amin K. Pathan New Zealand 7 382 0.7× 147 1.1× 20 0.2× 51 0.6× 7 0.2× 10 517
Carmen Sánchez‐Cañizares United Kingdom 12 580 1.1× 90 0.7× 104 0.9× 176 2.0× 39 1.0× 13 691

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cynthia Alías-Villegas

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Alías-Villegas, Cynthia, Pilar Navarro‐Gómez, Sebastián Acosta‐Jurado, et al.. (2024). Exopolysaccharide is detrimental for the symbiotic performance of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 mutants with a truncated lipopolysaccharide core. Biochemical Journal. 481(22). 1621–1637.
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Alías-Villegas, Cynthia, et al.. (2024). Methods for Studying Swimming and Surface Motilities in Rhizobia. Methods in molecular biology. 2751. 205–217. 2 indexed citations
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Navarro‐Gómez, Pilar, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, Irene Jiménez‐Guerrero, et al.. (2024). Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 flgJ is a flagellar gene induced by genistein in a NodD1- and TtsI- dependent manner. Plant and Soil. 505(1-2). 845–862. 1 indexed citations
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Navarro‐Gómez, Pilar, Francisco Pérez‐Montaño, Irene Jiménez‐Guerrero, et al.. (2023). A complex regulatory network governs the expression of symbiotic genes in Sinorhizobium fredii HH103. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1322435–1322435. 4 indexed citations
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Alías-Villegas, Cynthia, et al.. (2022). Surface Motility Regulation of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 by Plant Flavonoids and the NodD1, TtsI, NolR, and MucR1 Symbiotic Bacterial Regulators. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(14). 7698–7698. 13 indexed citations
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Lorenzo, Flaviana Di, Immacolata Speciale, Alba Silipo, et al.. (2020). Structure of the unusual Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 lipopolysaccharide and its role in symbiosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(32). 10969–10987. 11 indexed citations
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Cubo, Teresa, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, Eduardo Balsanelli, et al.. (2020). Diversity of Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti Bacteriophages in the Rhizosphere of Medicago marina: Myoviruses, Filamentous and N4-Like Podovirus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 22–22. 15 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Guerrero, Irene, Sebastián Acosta‐Jurado, Carlos Medina, et al.. (2020). The Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 type III secretion system effector NopC blocks nodulation with Lotus japonicus Gifu. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(19). 6043–6056. 19 indexed citations
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Acosta‐Jurado, Sebastián, et al.. (2020). Deciphering the Symbiotic Significance of Quorum Sensing Systems of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103. Microorganisms. 8(1). 68–68. 8 indexed citations
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Crespo‐Rivas, Juan Carlos, Pilar Navarro‐Gómez, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, et al.. (2019). Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 RirA Is Required for Oxidative Stress Resistance and Efficient Symbiosis with Soybean. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(3). 787–787. 17 indexed citations
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Acosta‐Jurado, Sebastián, Yasuyuki Kawaharada, Miguel A. Rodríguez‐Carvajal, et al.. (2019). Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 nolR and nodD2 mutants gain capacity for infection thread invasion of Lotus japonicus Gifu and Lotus burttii. Environmental Microbiology. 21(5). 1718–1739. 25 indexed citations
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Acosta‐Jurado, Sebastián, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, Pilar Navarro‐Gómez, et al.. (2019). Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 syrM inactivation affects the expression of a large number of genes, impairs nodulation with soybean and extends the host‐range to Lotus japonicus. Environmental Microbiology. 22(3). 1104–1124. 23 indexed citations
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Acosta‐Jurado, Sebastián, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, Pilar Navarro‐Gómez, et al.. (2016). The Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 MucR1 Global Regulator Is Connected With the nod Regulon and Is Required for Efficient Symbiosis With Lotus burttii and Glycine max cv. Williams. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 29(9). 700–712. 25 indexed citations
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Alías-Villegas, Cynthia, Teresa Cubo, Ramón A. Bellogín, et al.. (2015). Rhizobial strains isolated from nodules of Medicago marina in southwest Spain are abiotic-stress tolerant and symbiotically diverse. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 38(7). 506–514. 7 indexed citations
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Pérez‐Montaño, Francisco, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, Ramón A. Bellogín, et al.. (2013). Plant growth promotion in cereal and leguminous agricultural important plants: From microorganism capacities to crop production. Microbiological Research. 169(5-6). 325–336. 439 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jurado, Valme, Ana Z. Miller, Cynthia Alías-Villegas, L. Laiz Trobajo, & Cesáreo Sáiz‐Jiménez. (2012). Rubrobacter bracarensis sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rubrobacter isolated from a biodeteriorated monument. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 35(5). 306–309. 53 indexed citations
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Alías-Villegas, Cynthia, Valme Jurado, L. Laiz Trobajo, Ana Z. Miller, & Cesáreo Sáiz‐Jiménez. (2012). Nocardioides albertanoniae sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 63(Pt_4). 1280–1284. 9 indexed citations
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Alías-Villegas, Cynthia, Valme Jurado, L. Laiz Trobajo, & Cesáreo Sáiz‐Jiménez. (2012). Sphingopyxis italica sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 63(Pt_7). 2565–2569. 13 indexed citations

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