Enrique Rojas

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Enrique Rojas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Enrique Rojas has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Enrique Rojas's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). Enrique Rojas is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). Enrique Rojas collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Chile. Enrique Rojas's co-authors include Kerwyn Casey Huang, Julie A. Theriot, Jacques Dumais, Pascal D. Odermatt, Fred Chang, Amanda Miguel, Douglas B. Weibel, Gabriel Billings, George K. Auer and Lillian Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Enrique Rojas

27 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria
    2018 420 citations Enrique Rojas, Gabriel Billings et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Enrique Rojas United States 15 759 330 199 191 122 29 1.3k
Weijun Xu United States 22 1.2k 1.5× 418 1.3× 262 1.3× 380 2.0× 154 1.3× 34 1.8k
Hervé Celia France 22 806 1.1× 540 1.6× 116 0.6× 210 1.1× 188 1.5× 32 1.4k
Sudeshna Kar India 20 606 0.8× 200 0.6× 162 0.8× 106 0.6× 55 0.5× 63 1.4k
Ronnie P.‐A. Berntsson Sweden 20 774 1.0× 303 0.9× 136 0.7× 91 0.5× 134 1.1× 44 1.5k
Axel Müller United Kingdom 13 807 1.1× 358 1.1× 185 0.9× 340 1.8× 39 0.3× 16 1.3k
Terrence Chi‐Kong Lau Hong Kong 24 1.3k 1.8× 162 0.5× 119 0.6× 121 0.6× 199 1.6× 76 2.2k
Sylvestre Grizot France 18 1.1k 1.4× 407 1.2× 76 0.4× 168 0.9× 66 0.5× 27 1.5k
Amy E. Baker United States 14 866 1.1× 364 1.1× 115 0.6× 66 0.3× 67 0.5× 16 1.1k
Marı́a Solà Spain 25 1.4k 1.9× 441 1.3× 167 0.8× 137 0.7× 100 0.8× 52 2.2k
Yong‐Gui Gao Singapore 27 2.4k 3.1× 598 1.8× 277 1.4× 267 1.4× 170 1.4× 75 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Enrique Rojas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Enrique Rojas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Enrique Rojas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Enrique Rojas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Enrique Rojas 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 Enrique Rojas. Enrique Rojas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hocky, Glen M., et al.. (2025). β-Barrel proteins dictate the effect of core oligosaccharide composition on outer membrane mechanics. Biophysical Journal. 124(5). 765–777.
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Živanović, Branka D., et al.. (2024). A fitness landscape instability governs the morphological diversity of tip-growing cells. Cell Reports. 43(4). 113961–113961. 3 indexed citations
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Motooka, Daisuke, et al.. (2023). A cell wall synthase accelerates plasma membrane partitioning in mycobacteria. eLife. 12. 7 indexed citations
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Gopinathan, Ajay, et al.. (2022). Feedback linking cell envelope stiffness, curvature, and synthesis enables robust rod-shaped bacterial growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(41). e2200728119–e2200728119. 6 indexed citations
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Singh, Yuvraj, et al.. (2021). Molecular Paradigms for Biological Mechanosensing. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(44). 12115–12124. 15 indexed citations
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Cesar, Spencer, Brian Yu, Enrique Rojas, et al.. (2020). Bacterial Evolution in High-Osmolarity Environments. mBio. 11(4). 15 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique. (2020). The Mechanical Properties of Bacteria and Why they Matter. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1267. 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Masuda, Isao, Thomas Christian, Enrique Rojas, et al.. (2019). tRNA Methylation Is a Global Determinant of Bacterial Multi-drug Resistance. Cell Systems. 8(4). 302–314.e8. 47 indexed citations
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Knapp, Benjamin D., Pascal D. Odermatt, Enrique Rojas, et al.. (2019). Decoupling of Rates of Protein Synthesis from Cell Expansion Leads to Supergrowth. Cell Systems. 9(5). 434–445.e6. 40 indexed citations
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Ouadah, Youcef, et al.. (2019). Rare Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells Are Stem Cells Regulated by Rb, p53, and Notch. Cell. 179(2). 403–416.e23. 137 indexed citations
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Bellon, Matthieu, et al.. (2019). Digitalization to Improve Tax Compliance. IMF Working Paper. 19(231). 7 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique, Gabriel Billings, Pascal D. Odermatt, et al.. (2018). The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria. Nature. 559(7715). 617–621. 420 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Kerwyn Casey, Enrique Rojas, & Julie A. Theriot. (2018). Membrane Tension Inhibits Wall Synthesis via Electrical Depolarization to Balance Bacterial Cell Envelope Expansion. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 28a–28a. 1 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique, Kerwyn Casey Huang, & Julie A. Theriot. (2017). Homeostatic Cell Growth Is Accomplished Mechanically through Membrane Tension Inhibition of Cell-Wall Synthesis. Cell Systems. 5(6). 578–590.e6. 37 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique & Kerwyn Casey Huang. (2017). Regulation of microbial growth by turgor pressure. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 42. 62–70. 96 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoxue, David K. Halladin, Enrique Rojas, et al.. (2015). Mechanical crack propagation drives millisecond daughter cell separation in Staphylococcus aureus. Science. 348(6234). 574–578. 85 indexed citations
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Misra, Gaurav, Enrique Rojas, Ajay Gopinathan, & Kerwyn Casey Huang. (2013). Mechanical Consequences of Cell-Wall Turnover in the Elongation of a Gram-Positive Bacterium. Biophysical Journal. 104(11). 2342–2352. 47 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique, Scott Hotton, & Jacques Dumais. (2011). Chemically Mediated Mechanical Expansion of the Pollen Tube Cell Wall. Biophysical Journal. 101(8). 1844–1853. 110 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique. (1996). El hombre light : una vida sin valores. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 20 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique. (1987). El laberinto de la afectividad. Espasa-Calpe eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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