Fernando Ballesteros

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Fernando Ballesteros is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando Ballesteros has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Animal Science and Zoology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Fernando Ballesteros's work include Meat and Animal Product Quality (14 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (7 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers). Fernando Ballesteros is often cited by papers focused on Meat and Animal Product Quality (14 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (7 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (5 papers). Fernando Ballesteros collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Uruguay and Australia. Fernando Ballesteros's co-authors include Bartolo Luque, Lucas Lacasa, Juan Carlos Nuño, Jordi Luque, Daniel Cozzolino, A. Robledo, Giovanni Galietta, A. Fernández-Soto, Vicent J. Martı́nez and F. Sánchez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fernando Ballesteros

40 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

From time series to complex networks: The visibility graph 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 400 800 1.2k
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. From time series to complex networks: The visibility graph
    2008 1.2k citations Lucas Lacasa, Bartolo Luque et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fernando Ballesteros Spain 11 622 540 268 250 217 49 1.8k
Harald Stögbauer Germany 5 241 0.4× 312 0.6× 623 2.3× 364 1.5× 188 0.9× 6 3.0k
G. Tunnicliffe Wilson United Kingdom 18 147 0.2× 44 0.1× 70 0.3× 146 0.6× 42 0.2× 38 1.6k
I. Αντωνίου Belgium 27 123 0.2× 889 1.6× 113 0.4× 32 0.1× 6 0.0× 225 2.8k
Liangyue Cao Australia 9 442 0.7× 524 1.0× 252 0.9× 223 0.9× 37 0.2× 20 1.7k
Rainer Dahlhaus Germany 25 1.4k 2.3× 174 0.3× 451 1.7× 354 1.4× 195 0.9× 52 3.5k
P. V. Rao India 24 93 0.1× 46 0.1× 37 0.1× 170 0.7× 19 0.1× 143 2.0k
Kevin Judd Australia 24 567 0.9× 863 1.6× 216 0.8× 273 1.1× 26 0.1× 86 2.1k
C. E. M. Pearce Australia 26 61 0.1× 1.5k 2.8× 552 2.1× 30 0.1× 12 0.1× 149 3.7k
Alistair Mees Australia 20 451 0.7× 679 1.3× 286 1.1× 224 0.9× 17 0.1× 48 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Fernando Ballesteros

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fernando Ballesteros

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando Ballesteros

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

All Works

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Muro, Enrique M., Fernando Ballesteros, Bartolo Luque, & Jordi Bascompte. (2025). The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(13). e2422968122–e2422968122. 1 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, Fernando, A. Fernández-Soto, & Vicent J. Martı́nez. (2019). Diving into Exoplanets: Are Water Seas the Most Common?. Astrobiology. 19(5). 642–654. 17 indexed citations
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Altschuler, Daniel R. & Fernando Ballesteros. (2019). The Women of the Moon. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, Fernando, et al.. (2017). Inclusive Planetary Science Outreach and Education: a Pioneering European Experience. European Planetary Science Congress. 1 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, Fernando, et al.. (2017). Variation in instrumental meat quality among 15 muscles from 14-month-old sheep and its relationship with fibre typing. Animal Production Science. 58(7). 1358–1365. 11 indexed citations
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Bianchi, G., et al.. (2014). Efecto del sistema de refrigeración sobre la calidad de la carne de corderos pesados Dohne Merino x Corriedale. 26(3). 217–224.
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Luque, Bartolo, et al.. (2013). Quasiperiodic Graphs: Structural Design, Scaling and Entropic Properties. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 18 indexed citations
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Franco, Jorge, et al.. (2013). Efecto de la maduración sobre la textura y calidad sensorial de la carne de vaquillonas Hereford. 28(1). 39–44. 1 indexed citations
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Franco, Jorge, et al.. (2013). Efecto del “tendercut”, vitamina D3 y maduración sobre la textura y calidad sensorial de la carne vacuna. 28(1). 45–52.
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Ballesteros, Fernando, et al.. (2012). Conectividad, demografía y conservación del oso pardo cantábrico. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 19–31. 3 indexed citations
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Luque, Bartolo, Lucas Lacasa, Fernando Ballesteros, & A. Robledo. (2011). Feigenbaum Graphs: A Complex Network Perspective of Chaos. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e22411–e22411. 74 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, Fernando, et al.. (2007). Diagnóstico y propuestas de conservación. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 91–126. 1 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, Fernando, et al.. (2006). Using Sounds and Sonifications for Astronomy Outreach. 2. 19. 1 indexed citations
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Cozzolino, Daniel, et al.. (2006). Combining visible and near-infrared spectroscopy with chemometrics to trace muscles from an autochthonous breed of pig produced in Uruguay: a feasibility study. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 385(5). 931–936. 11 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, Fernando, et al.. (2006). Predicting intramuscular fat, moisture and Warner-Bratzler shear force in pork muscle using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Animal Science. 82(1). 111–116. 161 indexed citations
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Luque, Bartolo & Fernando Ballesteros. (2004). Random walk networks. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 342(1-2). 207–213. 10 indexed citations
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Sánchez, F., Fernando Ballesteros, & V. Reglero. (1997). Monte Carlo study of an imager for low-energy γ-ray astronomy: Optimization of the design and evaluation of the scientific performances. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 122(2). 283–292. 3 indexed citations

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