José L. Ramírez

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

José L. Ramírez is a scholar working on Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, José L. Ramírez has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Insect Science, 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 19 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in José L. Ramírez's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (39 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (31 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (19 papers). José L. Ramírez is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (39 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (31 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (19 papers). José L. Ramírez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Venezuela. José L. Ramírez's co-authors include George Dimopoulos, Zhiyong Xi, Carolina Barillas‐Mury, Lindsey S. Garver, Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Janneth Rodrigues, Fábio André Brayner, Luiz Carlos Alves, Ephantus J. Muturi and Alejandro P. Rooney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

José L. Ramírez

67 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

The Role of Hemocytes in <b><i>Anopheles gambiae</i></b> Antiplasmodial Immunity

2013 885 citations José L. Ramírez, Alvaro Molina-Cruz et al. profile →
The Aedes aegypti Toll Pathway Controls Dengue Virus Infection

2008 683 citations Zhiyong Xi, José L. Ramírez et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
José L. Ramírez United States	30	2.8k	2.7k	1.5k	918	834	70	4.8k
Yuemei Dong United States	35	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	392 0.5×	65	5.3k
George K. Christophides United Kingdom	44	2.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.7×	1.8k 1.9×	558 0.7×	111	6.0k
Zhiyong Xi United States	35	4.9k 1.7×	3.3k 1.2×	880 0.6×	792 0.9×	612 0.7×	74	5.9k
Lyric C. Bartholomay United States	34	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	817 0.5×	937 1.0×	907 1.1×	101	3.5k
Alvaro Molina-Cruz United States	28	1.2k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	900 1.0×	496 0.6×	49	3.8k
Susan M. Paskewitz United States	35	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	978 1.1×	841 1.0×	123	4.2k
Paul T. Brey France	35	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	480 0.6×	107	4.3k
Kenneth D. Vernick United States	32	1.2k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	251 0.3×	78	3.3k
Osvaldo Marinotti United States	38	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	413 0.5×	117	4.5k
Luciano Andrade Moreira Brazil	32	3.9k 1.4×	3.3k 1.2×	575 0.4×	845 0.9×	625 0.7×	89	5.1k

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Mascarin, Gabriel Moura, et al.. (2025). Enhanced virulence through genetic engineering of Beauveria bassiana blastospores by overexpression of a cuticle-degrading endochitinase. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 213. 108420–108420.

Zhang, Shangzhe, José L. Ramírez, Ben M. Sadd, et al.. (2025). A High‐Quality Reference Genome and Comparative Genomics of the Widely Farmed Banded Cricket ( Gryllodes sigillatus ) Identifies Selective Breeding Targets. Ecology and Evolution. 15(3). e71134–e71134.

Ramírez, José L., et al.. (2025). Research advances in Ecuador on use of entomopathogenic fungi for control of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus: the case of Beauveria bassiana sensu lato strain INIAP L3B3. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 6. 1492395–1492395. 1 indexed citations

Robinson, Kelsy, José L. Ramírez, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, et al.. (2024). MINIstock: Model for INsect Inclusion in sustainable agriculture: USDA-ARS’s research approach to advancing insect meal development and inclusion in animal diets. Journal of Economic Entomology. 117(4). 1199–1209. 2 indexed citations

Mascarin, Gabriel Moura, et al.. (2024). CRISPR-Cas9-mediated enhancement of Beauveria bassiana virulence with overproduction of oosporein. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 21–21. 5 indexed citations

Muturi, Ephantus J., et al.. (2023). Increased Phenoloxidase Activity Constitutes the Main Defense Strategy of Trichoplusia ni Larvae against Fungal Entomopathogenic Infections. Insects. 14(8). 667–667. 4 indexed citations

Ramírez, José L., et al.. (2021). Impacts of fungal entomopathogens on survival and immune responses of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes in the context of native Wolbachia infections. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(11). e0009984–e0009984. 16 indexed citations

Muturi, Ephantus J., Gordon W. Selling, Kenneth M. Doll, William T. Hay, & José L. Ramírez. (2020). Leptospermum scoparium essential oil is a promising source of mosquito larvicide and its toxicity is enhanced by a biobased emulsifier. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0229076–e0229076. 19 indexed citations

Raddi, Gianmarco, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, Mirjana Efremova, et al.. (2020). Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution. Science. 369(6507). 1128–1132. 80 indexed citations

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Muturi, Ephantus J., William T. Hay, Kenneth M. Doll, José L. Ramírez, & Gordon W. Selling. (2020). Insecticidal Activity ofCommiphora erythraeaEssential Oil and Its Emulsions Against Larvae of Three Mosquito Species. Journal of Medical Entomology. 57(6). 1835–1842. 15 indexed citations

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Ramírez, José L., Christopher A. Dunlap, Ephantus J. Muturi, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, & Alejandro P. Rooney. (2018). Entomopathogenic fungal infection leads to temporospatial modulation of the mosquito immune system. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(4). e0006433–e0006433. 53 indexed citations

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Yassine, Hassan, José L. Ramírez, Chrysanthi Taxiarchi, et al.. (2017). Plasmodium berghei P47 is essential for ookinete protection from the Anopheles gambiae complement-like response. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6026–6026. 23 indexed citations

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Muturi, Ephantus J., José L. Ramírez, Kenneth M. Doll, & Michael J. Bowman. (2017). Combined Toxicity of Three Essential Oils Against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology. 54(6). 1684–1691. 55 indexed citations

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Muturi, Ephantus J., José L. Ramírez, Alejandro P. Rooney, & Chang‐Hyun Kim. (2017). Comparative analysis of gut microbiota of mosquito communities in central Illinois. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(2). e0005377–e0005377. 98 indexed citations

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Molina-Cruz, Alvaro, Gaspar E. Cánepa, Noelle Pavlovic, et al.. (2015). Plasmodium evasion of mosquito immunity and global malaria transmission: The lock-and-key theory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(49). 15178–15183. 83 indexed citations

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Ramírez, José L., Giselle A. Oliveira, Eric Calvo, et al.. (2015). A mosquito lipoxin/lipocalin complex mediates innate immune priming in Anopheles gambiae. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7403–7403. 71 indexed citations

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Sim, Shuzhen, José L. Ramírez, & George Dimopoulos. (2012). Dengue Virus Infection of the Aedes aegypti Salivary Gland and Chemosensory Apparatus Induces Genes that Modulate Infection and Blood-Feeding Behavior. PLoS Pathogens. 8(3). e1002631–e1002631. 166 indexed citations

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Cirimotich, Chris M., José L. Ramírez, & George Dimopoulos. (2011). Native Microbiota Shape Insect Vector Competence for Human Pathogens. Cell Host & Microbe. 10(4). 307–310. 195 indexed citations

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Erickson, Sara M., Zhiyong Xi, George F. Mayhew, et al.. (2009). Mosquito Infection Responses to Developing Filarial Worms. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 3(10). e529–e529. 59 indexed citations

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Santos, Márcia Regina Machado dos, Hernán Lorenzi, Alejandro G. Schijman, et al.. (1999). Physical Mapping of a 670-kb Region of Chromosomes XVI and XVII from the Human Protozoan Parasite Trypanosoma cruzi Encompassing the Genes for Two Immunodominant Antigens. Genome Research. 9(12). 1268–1276. 16 indexed citations

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