Hugo Perales

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Hugo Perales is a scholar working on Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo Perales has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 14 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Hugo Perales's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (7 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (7 papers). Hugo Perales is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (7 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (7 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (7 papers). Hugo Perales collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Italy. Hugo Perales's co-authors include Stephen B. Brush, Kristin L. Mercer, Bruce F. Benz, C. O. Qualset, Duncan Golicher, Elena Álvarez‐Buylla, Hallie Eakin, Stuart Sweeney, Kirsten Appendini and Joel Wainwright 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

Hugo Perales

60 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity

2021 212 citations Colin K. Khoury, Stephen B. Brush et al. New Phytologist profile →
A maize landscape: Ethnicity and agro-biodiversity in Chiapas Mexico

2007 127 citations Stephen B. Brush, Hugo Perales Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →

Peers

Hugo Perales

GABS

GENET

EEBS

Hannes Dempewolf United States

Adéline Barnaud France

Kristin L. Mercer United States

Thomas Dubois Kenya

Colin K. Khoury Colombia

H. R. Herren Nigeria

E. Lammerts Van Bueren Netherlands

Shelagh Kell United Kingdom

Isabelle Goldringer France

K. L. Heong Philippines

Hannes Dempewolf United States

Hugo Perales

1.9k ×1.7

310 ×0.4

GABS

606 ×1.5

GENET

475 ×1.4

EEBS

549 ×1.9

Citations per year, relative to Hugo Perales Hugo Perales (= 1×) peers Hannes Dempewolf

Countries citing papers authored by Hugo Perales

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hugo Perales

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugo Perales

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Casas, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Milpa, a Long-Standing Polyculture for Sustainable Agriculture. Agriculture. 15(16). 1737–1737.

Perales, Hugo, et al.. (2024). Physiological traits contribute to growth and adaptation of Mexican maize landraces. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0290815–e0290815. 2 indexed citations

Cortina-Villar, Sergio, et al.. (2023). Autoabasto en la dieta campesina del Totonacapan poblano (México): implicaciones para la agrodiversidad. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35. e1717–e1717. 4 indexed citations

Boisvert, Valérie, et al.. (2023). Recalcitrant maize: Conserving agrobiodiversity in the era of genetically modified organisms. Plants People Planet. 6(5). 1129–1141. 3 indexed citations

Khoury, Colin K., Stephen B. Brush, Denise E. Costich, et al.. (2021). Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity. New Phytologist. 233(1). 84–118. 212 indexed citations breakdown →

Hernández⋆, Emilio, Lorena Ruíz-Montoya, Jorge Toledo, et al.. (2018). A comparison of sexual competitiveness and demographic traits ofAnastrepha obliqua(Macquart) (Diptera: Tephritidae) among fruit-associated populations. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 109(3). 333–341. 6 indexed citations

Perales, Hugo, et al.. (2017). El maíz en la cocina indígena de los Altos de Chiapas. 8–9.

Hernández⋆, Emilio, Pablo Liedo, Jorge Toledo, et al.. (2017). Fitness of Mass-Reared Males of Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae) Resulting From Mating Competition Tests in Field Cages. Journal of Economic Entomology. 110(6). 2325–2333. 2 indexed citations

Naranjo, Eduardo J., et al.. (2016). Cavity Occupancy by Lowland Paca (Cuniculus Paca) in the Lacandon Rainforest, Chiapas, Mexico. Tropical Conservation Science. 9(1). 246–263. 7 indexed citations

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Perales, Hugo, et al.. (2014). Líneas colombianas de papa genéticamente modificadas resistentes a Tecia solanivora (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) bajo campo confinado. Revista Colombiana de Entomología. 40(2). 148–157. 1 indexed citations

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Perales, Hugo & Duncan Golicher. (2014). Mapping the Diversity of Maize Races in Mexico. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114657–e114657. 81 indexed citations

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Mercer, Kristin L., Hugo Perales, & Joel Wainwright. (2012). Climate change and the transgenic adaptation strategy: Smallholder livelihoods, climate justice, and maize landraces in Mexico. Global Environmental Change. 22(2). 495–504. 78 indexed citations

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Mercer, Kristin L. & Hugo Perales. (2010). Evolutionary response of landraces to climate change in centers of crop diversity. Evolutionary Applications. 3(5-6). 480–493. 152 indexed citations

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Dyer, George A., Hugo Perales, Paul Gepts, et al.. (2009). Dispersal of Transgenes through Maize Seed Systems in Mexico. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5734–e5734. 58 indexed citations

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Piñeyro‐Nelson, Alma, Joost van Heerwaarden, Hugo Perales, et al.. (2008). Transgenes in Mexican maize: molecular evidence and methodological considerations for GMO detection in landrace populations. Molecular Ecology. 18(4). 750–761. 98 indexed citations

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Mercer, Kristin L., et al.. (2008). Asymmetrical local adaptation of maize landraces along an altitudinal gradient. Evolutionary Applications. 1(3). 489–500. 75 indexed citations

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Benz, Bruce F., Hugo Perales, & Stephen B. Brush. (2007). Tzeltal and Tzotzil Farmer Knowledge and Maize Diversity in Chiapas, Mexico. Current Anthropology. 48(2). 289–300. 40 indexed citations

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Brush, Stephen B. & Hugo Perales. (2007). A maize landscape: Ethnicity and agro-biodiversity in Chiapas Mexico. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 121(3). 211–221. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

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García‐Barrios, Luis, et al.. (2006). HOST SELECTION BEHAVIOR OF LEPTOPHOBIA ARIPA (LEPIDOPTERA: PIERIDAE). Florida Entomologist. 89(2). 127–134. 12 indexed citations

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García‐Franco, José G. & Hugo Perales. (1990). Nota sobre la propagación y pérdida de viabilidad de las semillas de Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larr. (Sterculiaceae). Botanical Sciences. 157–159. 2 indexed citations

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