Francisco Flores

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Francisco Flores is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francisco Flores has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francisco Flores's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (16 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (10 papers). Francisco Flores is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (16 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (10 papers). Francisco Flores collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, United States and Spain. Francisco Flores's co-authors include Kenneth J. Ryan, Frederick Naftolin, Venkata Ravi Prakash Reddy, Z. Petro, Robert J. White, Matthew J. Kuhn, I. JOHN DAVIES, Yoshiro Takaoka, L.R. Wolin and Juan F. Martı́n and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Francisco Flores

62 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francisco Flores Ecuador	15	411	361	359	322	285	71	1.6k
Venkata Ravi Prakash Reddy India	10	432 1.1×	392 1.1×	145 0.4×	261 0.8×	292 1.0×	40	1.4k
Catherine Viguié France	32	373 0.9×	365 1.0×	141 0.4×	196 0.6×	192 0.7×	69	2.4k
Chantal M. Sottas United States	25	509 1.2×	829 2.3×	110 0.3×	765 2.4×	575 2.0×	41	2.9k
Massimo Zerani Italy	26	273 0.7×	538 1.5×	94 0.3×	273 0.8×	202 0.7×	137	2.1k
Peter Wynn Australia	26	366 0.9×	159 0.4×	89 0.2×	338 1.0×	478 1.7×	103	2.3k
Lloyd L. Anderson United States	28	1.0k 2.4×	333 0.9×	104 0.3×	379 1.2×	398 1.4×	144	3.3k
John P. McMurtry United States	38	674 1.6×	162 0.4×	172 0.5×	965 3.0×	970 3.4×	152	4.5k
Carlo Tamanini Italy	34	574 1.4×	1.2k 3.4×	129 0.4×	509 1.6×	273 1.0×	116	3.1k
Cristiano Boiti Italy	26	224 0.5×	377 1.0×	171 0.5×	218 0.7×	148 0.5×	104	2.0k
S. R. Milligan United Kingdom	24	368 0.9×	511 1.4×	253 0.7×	407 1.3×	101 0.4×	59	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Francisco Flores

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francisco Flores

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Flores, Francisco, et al.. (2025). Morphological, molecular and pathogenetic characterization of Lasiodiplodia laeliocattleyae associated with dieback and pod rot on cacao in Ecuador. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 136. 102572–102572.

Flores, Francisco, et al.. (2025). Microbial Community Composition of Explosive-Contaminated Soils: A Metataxonomic Analysis. Microorganisms. 13(2). 453–453.

Duchicela, Jéssica, et al.. (2024). Review of Explosive Contamination and Bioremediation: Insights from Microbial and Bio-Omic Approaches. Toxics. 12(4). 249–249. 7 indexed citations

Flores, Francisco, et al.. (2024). Complete genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of a newly discovered fusagra-like virus infecting Carica papaya in Ecuador. Archives of Virology. 169(7). 151–151.

Quito-Avila, Diego F., et al.. (2024). Analysis of a new negevirus-like sequence from Bemisia tabaci unveils a potential new taxon linking nelorpi- and centiviruses. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0303838–e0303838. 2 indexed citations

Olmedo-Velarde, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). In-silico prediction of RT-qPCR-high resolution melting for broad detection of emaraviruses. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0272980–e0272980. 1 indexed citations

Flores, Francisco, et al.. (2023). Genetic diversity and organic waste degrading capacity of Hermetia illucens from the evergreen forest of the Equatorial Choco lowland. PeerJ. 11. e14798–e14798. 9 indexed citations

Garrido, Patricia, Francisco Flores, Stephen M. Marek, et al.. (2022). Identification and Characterization ofPythium,Globisporangium, andPhytopythiumSpecies Present in Floricultural Crops from Long Island, New York. Phytopathology. 113(7). 1335–1346.

Viera, William, et al.. (2021). Colonization of Fusarium oxysporum transformed with the red fluorescence protein gene (tdTomato) mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in roots of two avocado cultivars. Research Society and Development. 10(2). e22010212554–e22010212554. 1 indexed citations

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Herath, Venura, et al.. (2020). Multiple ER‐to‐nucleus stress signaling pathways are activated during Plantago asiatica mosaic virus and Turnip mosaic virus infection in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 103(3). 1233–1245. 41 indexed citations

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Yodoshi, Toshifumi, Qin Sun, Lin Fei, et al.. (2020). Glomerular Hyperfiltration Is Associated with Liver Disease Severity in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. The Journal of Pediatrics. 222. 127–133. 21 indexed citations

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Bignall, O. N. Ray, et al.. (2020). Neuroblastoma Amplified Sequence Gene Mutations Inducing Acute Kidney and Liver Injury in an Adolescent Female. Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis. 10(3). 117–123. 2 indexed citations

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Viera, William, et al.. (2019). Dactylonectria and Ilyonectria Species Causing Black Foot Disease of Andean Blackberry (Rubus Glaucus Benth) in Ecuador. Diversity. 11(11). 218–218. 6 indexed citations

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Mollov, Dimitre, et al.. (2019). Sequencing, genome analysis and prevalence of a cytorhabdovirus discovered in Carica papaya. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0215798–e0215798. 14 indexed citations

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Guevara, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2019). First Report of Strawberry Wilt Caused by Fusarium oxysporum in Ecuador. Plant Disease. 104(5). 1557–1557.

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Oliva, Ricardo, G. A. Forbes, Jorge Andrade-Piedra, et al.. (2018). Characterization of tuber blight‐suppressive soils from four provinces of the Ecuadorean Andes. Plant Pathology. 67(7). 1562–1573. 1 indexed citations

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Viera, William, et al.. (2016). FIRST REPORT OF BOTRYTIS ROT CAUSED BY BOTRYTIS CINEREA ON PEACH IN ECUADOR. Journal of Plant Pathology. 98(3). 690. 5 indexed citations

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Kim, Chang Hee, et al.. (2015). A Novel Technology for Multiplex Gene Expression Analysis Directly from Whole Blood Samples Stabilized at Ambient Temperature Using an RNA-Stabilizing Buffer. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 17(2). 118–127. 9 indexed citations

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Flores, Francisco, Carlos Barreiro, Juan José R. Coque, & Juan F. Martı́n. (2005). Functional analysis of two divalent metal‐dependent regulatory genes dmdR1 and dmdR2 in Streptomyces coelicolor and proteome changes in deletion mutants. FEBS Journal. 272(3). 725–735. 25 indexed citations

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Flores, Francisco, et al.. (2003). Characterization of the iron-regulated desA promoter of Streptomyces pilosus as a system for controlled gene expression in actinomycetes. Microbial Cell Factories. 2(1). 5–5. 20 indexed citations

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