Diego Romero

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Diego Romero is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Diego Romero has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Diego Romero's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (24 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (24 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 papers). Diego Romero is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (24 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (24 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 papers). Diego Romero collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Chile. Diego Romero's co-authors include Antonio de Vicente, Alejandro Pérez-Garcı́a, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick, Francisco M. Cazorla, Claudio Aguilar, Ilana Kolodkin‐Gal, Shugeng Cao, Jon Clardy and Houda Zeriouh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Diego Romero

89 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.

d -Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly

2010 688 citations Ilana Kolodkin‐Gal, Diego Romero et al. Science profile →
Amyloid fibers provide structural integrity to Bacillus subtilis biofilms

2010 609 citations Diego Romero, Richard Losick et al. profile →
The Iturin and Fengycin Families of Lipopeptides Are Key Factors in Antagonism of Bacillus subtilis Toward Podosphaera fusca

2007 503 citations Diego Romero, Antonio de Vicente et al. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Diego Romero Spain	38	2.8k	2.8k	863	722	716	92	6.0k
Vittorio Venturi Italy	47	3.8k 1.4×	3.4k 1.2×	561 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	760 1.1×	180	7.0k
Yunrong Chai United States	37	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	291 0.3×	1.4k 1.9×	1.2k 1.7×	71	5.1k
Yun Chen China	45	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	408 0.6×	324 0.5×	207	6.2k
Frédéric Barras France	52	4.2k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	333 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	702 1.0×	134	8.4k
Sittiruk Roytrakul Thailand	40	3.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	248 0.3×	359 0.5×	322 0.4×	557	7.6k
David I. Hurwitz United States	3	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	220 0.3×	502 0.7×	746 1.0×	4	5.3k
Heiko Liesegang Germany	39	4.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.5×	222 0.3×	1.0k 1.4×	1.7k 2.4×	77	8.0k
Jean‐Marie Meyer France	38	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	286 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	449 0.6×	103	4.5k
Iain L. Lamont New Zealand	44	3.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	233 0.3×	2.0k 2.8×	657 0.9×	115	6.0k
Kim Findlay United Kingdom	50	3.5k 1.2×	5.2k 1.9×	310 0.4×	691 1.0×	520 0.7×	93	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Diego Romero

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Fields of papers citing papers by Diego Romero

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Diego Romero

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Vicente, Antonio de, et al.. (2025). Engineering the T6SS of Pseudomonas for targeted delivery of antibacterial and antifungal effectors. Journal of Biological Engineering. 19(1). 28–28. 1 indexed citations

Benı́tez, José J., Jaime González‐Buesa, José M. Porras‐Vázquez, et al.. (2024). Plasticized cellulose bioplastics with beeswax for the fabrication of multifunctional, biodegradable active food packaging. Food Hydrocolloids. 162. 110933–110933. 14 indexed citations

Acquavia, Maria Assunta, José J. Benı́tez, Susana Guzmán‐Puyol, et al.. (2024). Enhanced extraction of bioactive compounds from tea waste for sustainable polylactide-based bioplastic applications in active food packaging. Food Packaging and Shelf Life. 46. 101410–101410. 8 indexed citations

Trebicz‐Geffen, Meirav, Liat Linde, Diego Romero, et al.. (2023). Digestive exophagy of biofilms by intestinal amoeba and its impact on stress tolerance and cytotoxicity. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 77–77. 4 indexed citations

Polonio, Álvaro, Jesús Hierrezuelo, Diego Romero, et al.. (2022). Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by a New Fungal Chitin-Binding Effector Resulting from Alternative Splicing of a Chitin Deacetylase Gene. Journal of Fungi. 8(10). 1022–1022. 6 indexed citations

Samaras, Αnastasios, Marios Nikolaidis, Diego Romero, et al.. (2021). Whole Genome Sequencing and Root Colonization Studies Reveal Novel Insights in the Biocontrol Potential and Growth Promotion by Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 on Cucumber. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 600393–600393. 52 indexed citations

Molina‐Santiago, Carlos, David Vela‐Corcía, Daniel Petras, et al.. (2021). Chemical interplay and complementary adaptative strategies toggle bacterial antagonism and co-existence. Cell Reports. 36(4). 109449–109449. 33 indexed citations

García, Patricia, Carolina Bizama, Jaime A. Espinoza, et al.. (2020). Functional and genomic characterization of three novel cell lines derived from a metastatic gallbladder cancer tumor. Biological Research. 53(1). 13–13. 4 indexed citations

Riveras, Eleodoro, Lorena Azócar, Tomás C. Moyano, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomic profiles reveal differences in zinc metabolism, inflammation, and tight junction proteins in duodenum from cholesterol gallstone subjects. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7448–7448. 8 indexed citations

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Caro‐Astorga, Joaquín, Jesús Hierrezuelo, Juan Antonio Guadix, et al.. (2020). Two genomic regions encoding exopolysaccharide production systems have complementary functions in B. cereus multicellularity and host interaction. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1000–1000. 26 indexed citations

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Udry, Sebastián, et al.. (2018). What is the best time to assess the antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) profile to better predict the obstetric outcome in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) patients?. Immunologic Research. 66(5). 577–583. 8 indexed citations

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Torrealba, Natalia, Mario Navarro-Márquez, Zully Pedrozo, et al.. (2017). Herpud1 negatively regulates pathological cardiac hypertrophy by inducing IP3 receptor degradation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13402–13402. 21 indexed citations

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Caro‐Astorga, Joaquín, et al.. (2015). A genomic region involved in the formation of adhesin fibers in Bacillus cereus biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 745–745. 67 indexed citations

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Romero, Diego, et al.. (2013). Biofilm Inhibitors that Target Amyloid Proteins. Chemistry & Biology. 20(1). 102–110. 59 indexed citations

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Zeriouh, Houda, et al.. (2011). The Iturin-like Lipopeptides Are Essential Components in the Biological Control Arsenal of Bacillus subtilis Against Bacterial Diseases of Cucurbits. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(12). 1540–1552. 130 indexed citations

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Romero, Diego, Hera Vlamakis, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2011). An accessory protein required for anchoring and assembly of amyloid fibres in B. subtilis biofilms. Molecular Microbiology. 80(5). 1155–1168. 171 indexed citations

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Kolodkin‐Gal, Ilana, Diego Romero, Shugeng Cao, et al.. (2010). d -Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly. Science. 328(5978). 627–629. 688 indexed citations breakdown →

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Romero, Diego, Antonio de Vicente, Samuel Dufour, et al.. (2007). The Iturin and Fengycin Families of Lipopeptides Are Key Factors in Antagonism of Bacillus subtilis Toward Podosphaera fusca. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(4). 430–440. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Romero, Diego, Antonio de Vicente, J.L. Olmos, José Carlos Dávila, & Alejandro Pérez-Garcı́a. (2007). Effect of lipopeptides of antagonistic strains ofBacillus subtilison the morphology and ultrastructure of the cucurbit fungal pathogenPodosphaera fusca. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 103(4). 969–976. 95 indexed citations

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Arrebola, Eva, Francisco M. Cazorla, Diego Romero, Alejandro Pérez-Garcı́a, & Antonio de Vicente. (2007). A Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Gene (mgoA) of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Is Involved in Mangotoxin Biosynthesis and Is Required for Full Virulence. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(5). 500–509. 31 indexed citations

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