Iván Ballesteros

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Iván Ballesteros is a scholar working on Immunology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Iván Ballesteros has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Neurology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Iván Ballesteros's work include Immune cells in cancer (15 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (10 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers). Iván Ballesteros is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (15 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (10 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers). Iván Ballesteros collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Iván Ballesteros's co-authors include Marı́a A. Moro, Ignacio Lizasoaín, María Isabel Cuartero, Ana Moraga, Andrés Hidalgo, Jesús M. Pradillo, Ángel L. Corbí, Florentino Nombela, José Vivancos and Olivia Hurtado and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Iván Ballesteros

30 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Specification of tissue-resident macrophages during organogenesis

2016 602 citations Elvira Mass, Iván Ballesteros et al. Science profile →
Neutrophils scan for activated platelets to initiate inflammation

2014 486 citations Iván Ballesteros, María Isabel Cuartero et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iván Ballesteros Spain	20	1.3k	923	889	396	239	33	2.9k
Takashi Shichita Japan	28	1.9k 1.5×	1.6k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	468 1.2×	264 1.1×	51	4.3k
Mathias Gelderblom Germany	33	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	605 1.5×	318 1.3×	79	3.9k
María Isabel Cuartero Spain	24	723 0.6×	732 0.8×	888 1.0×	328 0.8×	245 1.0×	43	2.4k
Yuan‐Ji Day Taiwan	29	968 0.7×	837 0.9×	452 0.5×	256 0.6×	416 1.7×	68	3.5k
Peter Kraft Germany	34	656 0.5×	753 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	740 1.9×	176 0.7×	83	3.1k
Hong Ye United States	23	835 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	482 0.5×	144 0.4×	148 0.6×	39	2.6k
Gökhan Yılmaz Türkiye	13	563 0.4×	488 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	384 1.0×	133 0.6×	29	1.9k
Li Sun China	27	426 0.3×	555 0.6×	787 0.9×	573 1.4×	293 1.2×	105	2.3k
Robert Moumdjian Canada	29	443 0.3×	784 0.8×	523 0.6×	257 0.6×	160 0.7×	65	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iván Ballesteros

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Luan, Jingyun, Xuejie Huang, Benjamin Nicholson, et al.. (2025). Tumor-initiating stem cells fine-tune the plasticity of neutrophils to sculpt a protective niche. Cancer Cell. 44(1). 94–111.e11.

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Ballesteros, Iván & Andrés Hidalgo. (2025). The neutrophil collective. Cell. 188(25). 7019–7035.

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Ballesteros, Iván, Lai Guan Ng, Daniela F. Quail, & Andrés Hidalgo. (2024). Myeloid cell diversity: From fundamental biology to disease states. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). 658–660. 1 indexed citations

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Palomino‐Segura, Miguel, Jon Sicilia, Georgiana Crainiciuc, et al.. (2023). Variable selection for nonlinear dimensionality reduction of biological datasets through bootstrapping of correlation networks. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 168. 107827–107827.

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Palomino‐Segura, Miguel, Jon Sicilia, Iván Ballesteros, & Andrés Hidalgo. (2023). Strategies of neutrophil diversification. Nature Immunology. 24(4). 575–584. 65 indexed citations

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Rubio-Ponce, Andrea, Iván Ballesteros, Juan A. Quintana, et al.. (2021). Combined statistical modeling enables accurate mining of circadian transcription. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 3(2). lqab031–lqab031. 5 indexed citations

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Pilato, Mauro Di, Miguel Palomino‐Segura, Ernesto Mejías‐Pérez, et al.. (2021). Neutrophil subtypes shape HIV-specific CD8 T-cell responses after vaccinia virus infection. npj Vaccines. 6(1). 52–52. 10 indexed citations

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Khoyratty, Tariq, Zhichao Ai, Iván Ballesteros, et al.. (2021). Distinct transcription factor networks control neutrophil-driven inflammation. Nature Immunology. 22(9). 1093–1106. 107 indexed citations

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Rubio-Ponce, Andrea, Andrés Hidalgo, & Iván Ballesteros. (2020). How to bridle a neutrophil. Current Opinion in Immunology. 68. 41–47. 5 indexed citations

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Nicolás-Avila, José Ángel, Andrés Hidalgo, & Iván Ballesteros. (2018). Specialized functions of resident macrophages in brain and heart. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 104(4). 743–756. 29 indexed citations

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Massutí, Bartomeu, Manuel Cobo, Iván Ballesteros, et al.. (2017). PL 02.04 SCAT Ph III Trial: Adjuvant CT Based on BRCA1 Levels in NSCLC N+ Resected Patients. Final Survival Results a Spanish Lung Cancer Group Trial. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 12(11). S1605–S1605. 5 indexed citations

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Mass, Elvira, Iván Ballesteros, Matthias Farlik, et al.. (2016). Specification of tissue-resident macrophages during organogenesis. Science. 353(6304). 602 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cuartero, María Isabel, J. Parra, Alicia García‐Culebras, et al.. (2016). The Kynurenine Pathway in the Acute and Chronic Phases of Cerebral Ischemia. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 22(8). 1060–1073. 47 indexed citations

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Moraga, Ana, Jesús M. Pradillo, Alicia García‐Culebras, et al.. (2015). Aging increases microglial proliferation, delays cell migration, and decreases cortical neurogenesis after focal cerebral ischemia. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 12(1). 87–87. 59 indexed citations

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Cuartero, María Isabel, Iván Ballesteros, Ignacio Lizasoaín, & Marı́a A. Moro. (2015). Complexity of the cell–cell interactions in the innate immune response after cerebral ischemia. Brain Research. 1623. 53–62. 14 indexed citations

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Cuartero, María Isabel, Iván Ballesteros, Juan de la Parra, et al.. (2014). L-Kynurenine/Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway Mediates Brain Damage After Experimental Stroke. Circulation. 130(23). 2040–2051. 104 indexed citations

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Ballesteros, Iván, María Isabel Cuartero, Ana Moraga, et al.. (2014). Stereological and Flow Cytometry Characterization of Leukocyte Subpopulations in Models of Transient or Permanent Cerebral Ischemia. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 13 indexed citations

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Ballesteros, Iván, María Isabel Cuartero, Ana Moraga, et al.. (2014). Stereological and Flow Cytometry Characterization of Leukocyte Subpopulations in Models of Transient or Permanent Cerebral Ischemia. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

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Gubern, Carme, Iván Ballesteros, Rocío Rodriguez, et al.. (2013). miRNA expression is modulated over time after focal ischaemia: up‐regulation of miR–347 promotes neuronal apoptosis. FEBS Journal. 280(23). 6233–6246. 56 indexed citations

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Hurtado, Olivia, Iván Ballesteros, María Isabel Cuartero, et al.. (2012). Daidzein has neuroprotective effects through ligand-binding-independent PPARγ activation. Neurochemistry International. 61(1). 119–127. 36 indexed citations

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