David Torrents

58.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

David Torrents is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David Torrents has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in David Torrents's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers). David Torrents is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers). David Torrents collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. David Torrents's co-authors include Mikita Suyama, Peer Bork, Manuel Palacı́n, António Zorzano, Raúl Estévez, Josep M. Mercader, Marta Pineda, Esperanza Fernández, José Manuel Fernández‐Real and Jorge Lloberas and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Torrents

49 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

PAL2NAL: robust conversion of protein sequence alignments into the corresponding codon alignments

2006 2.3k citations Mikita Suyama, David Torrents et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug

2017 1.2k citations Mercè Planas-Fèlix, Josep M. Mercader et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Torrents Spain	24	3.8k	1.1k	899	859	682	51	5.9k
Hiroyuki Toh Japan	42	4.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	265 0.3×	443 0.6×	132	8.7k
M J Runswick United Kingdom	16	5.9k 1.5×	817 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	337 0.4×	870 1.3×	17	7.9k
Agnes P. Chan United States	32	4.6k 1.2×	2.3k 2.1×	2.0k 2.3×	214 0.2×	195 0.3×	60	7.7k
Ida J. van der Klei Netherlands	56	8.1k 2.1×	751 0.7×	243 0.3×	714 0.8×	584 0.9×	209	9.8k
Edmund R.S. Kunji United Kingdom	53	6.3k 1.6×	382 0.4×	798 0.9×	808 0.9×	778 1.1×	125	8.1k
Matthias Platzer Germany	54	5.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	129 0.2×	859 1.3×	203	9.6k
Bart Deplancke Switzerland	49	4.8k 1.2×	744 0.7×	880 1.0×	239 0.3×	974 1.4×	130	8.5k
Paul Desjardins Canada	35	1.9k 0.5×	444 0.4×	754 0.8×	168 0.2×	397 0.6×	116	4.3k
Henk F. Tabak Netherlands	54	7.6k 2.0×	460 0.4×	390 0.4×	597 0.7×	469 0.7×	105	8.2k
Nicholas J. Hoogenraad Australia	42	4.4k 1.1×	532 0.5×	248 0.3×	394 0.5×	626 0.9×	113	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by David Torrents

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Torrents

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Terradas, Mariona, Dina Ruano, Gemma Aiza, et al.. (2024). Germline NPAT inactivating variants as cause of hereditary colorectal cancer. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(7). 871–875. 2 indexed citations

Rodríguez-Fos, Elias, Mercè Planas-Fèlix, Martin Burkert, et al.. (2023). Mutational topography reflects clinical neuroblastoma heterogeneity. Cell Genomics. 3(10). 100402–100402. 8 indexed citations

Carrera, David, et al.. (2022). Clustering and graph mining techniques for classification of complex structural variations in cancer genomes. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3244–3244. 2 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Palomino, Sonsoles, Francisco Díez‐Fuertes, Rosa Casas, et al.. (2021). Adherence to a Supplemented Mediterranean Diet Drives Changes in the Gut Microbiota of HIV-1-Infected Individuals. Nutrients. 13(4). 1141–1141. 17 indexed citations

Díez‐Fuertes, Francisco, Sonsoles Sánchez‐Palomino, José Alcamı́, et al.. (2021). Impact of Transcriptome and Gut Microbiome on the Response of HIV-1 Infected Individuals to a Dendritic Cell-Based HIV Therapeutic Vaccine. Vaccines. 9(7). 694–694. 11 indexed citations

González, Juan R., Carlos Ruiz-Arenas, Alejandro Cáceres, et al.. (2020). Polymorphic Inversions Underlie the Shared Genetic Susceptibility of Obesity-Related Diseases. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 106(6). 846–858. 12 indexed citations

Wenzel, Dawn M., Marta Guindo-Martínez, Steven L. Alam, et al.. (2018). A cancer-associated polymorphism in ESCRT-III disrupts the abscission checkpoint and promotes genome instability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(38). E8900–E8908. 51 indexed citations

Bullich, Gemma, Iván Vargas, Patricia Ruíz, et al.. (2018). A kidney-disease gene panel allows a comprehensive genetic diagnosis of cystic and glomerular inherited kidney diseases. Kidney International. 94(2). 363–371. 86 indexed citations

Chinnaswamy, Sreedhar, Aleksandra Wardzyńska, Małgorzata Pawelczyk, et al.. (2017). A functional IFN-λ4-generating DNA polymorphism could protect older asthmatic women from aeroallergen sensitization and associate with clinical features of asthma. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10500–10500. 6 indexed citations

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Carreras‐Badosa, Gemma, Francisco Ortega, Josep M. Mercader, et al.. (2017). Dysregulation of Placental miRNA in Maternal Obesity Is Associated With Pre- and Postnatal Growth. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 102(7). 2584–2594. 57 indexed citations

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Eiler, Alexander, Rhiannon Mondav, Lucas Sinclair, et al.. (2016). Tuning fresh: radiation through rewiring of central metabolism in streamlined bacteria. The ISME Journal. 10(8). 1902–1914. 37 indexed citations

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Heyn, Holger, Enrique Vidal, Humberto J. Ferreira, et al.. (2016). Epigenomic analysis detects aberrant super-enhancer DNA methylation in human cancer. Genome biology. 17(1). 11–11. 152 indexed citations

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Muhaisen, Ashraf, Alberto Gómez‐Ramos, Lluı́s Pujadas, et al.. (2014). Somatic Signature of Brain-Specific Single Nucleotide Variations in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 42(4). 1357–1382. 31 indexed citations

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González, Santiago, Sı́lvia Beà, Lise O. Andrieux, et al.. (2014). Comprehensive characterization of complex structural variations in cancer by directly comparing genome sequence reads. Nature Biotechnology. 32(11). 1106–1112. 48 indexed citations

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Djebali, Sarah, Santiago González, Oscar Flores, et al.. (2013). Unravelling the hidden DNA structural/physical code provides novel insights on promoter location. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(15). 7220–7230. 10 indexed citations

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Tomančák, Pavel, Jesús M. López Martí, Mikita Suyama, et al.. (2008). Selective maintenance of Drosophilatandemly arranged duplicated genes during evolution. Genome biology. 9(12). R176–R176. 9 indexed citations

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Goni, J., Alberto Pérez, David Torrents, & Modesto Orozco. (2007). Determining promoter location based on DNA structure first-principles calculations. Genome biology. 8(12). R263–R263. 119 indexed citations

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Suyama, Mikita, David Torrents, & Peer Bork. (2006). PAL2NAL: robust conversion of protein sequence alignments into the corresponding codon alignments. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(Web Server). W609–W612. 2298 indexed citations breakdown →

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Torras‐Llort, Mònica, David Torrents, Josep Lluís Gelpí, et al.. (2001). Sequential Amino Acid Exchange across b0,+-like System in Chicken Brush Border Jejunum. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 180(3). 213–220. 41 indexed citations

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Pineda, Marta, Esperanza Fernández, David Torrents, et al.. (1999). Identification of a Membrane Protein, LAT-2, That Co-expresses with 4F2 Heavy Chain, an L-type Amino Acid Transport Activity with Broad Specificity for Small and Large Zwitterionic Amino Acids. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(28). 19738–19744. 338 indexed citations

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