José M. Álvarez

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

José M. Álvarez is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, José M. Álvarez has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Plant Science, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in José M. Álvarez's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (11 papers). José M. Álvarez is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (11 papers). José M. Álvarez collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and France. José M. Álvarez's co-authors include Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, Elena A. Vidal, Gloria M. Coruzzi, Eleodoro Riveras, Matthew D. Brooks, Viviana Araus, Orlando Contreras‐López, Gabriel Krouk, Sandrine Ruffel and Laurence Lejay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

José M. Álvarez

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Nitrate in 2020: Thirty Years from Transport to Signaling... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Nitrate in 2020: Thirty Years from Transport to Signaling Networks
    2020 257 citations Elena A. Vidal, José M. Álvarez et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
José M. Álvarez Chile 19 1.6k 443 123 68 55 36 1.8k
Sophie Léran France 15 1.2k 0.8× 366 0.8× 74 0.6× 57 0.8× 30 0.5× 17 1.3k
Sonia Gazzarrini Canada 24 2.5k 1.6× 1.2k 2.7× 89 0.7× 67 1.0× 27 0.5× 35 2.8k
Marjorie Pervent France 13 1.3k 0.8× 346 0.8× 58 0.5× 122 1.8× 15 0.3× 16 1.4k
Marc Lepetit France 24 2.6k 1.6× 629 1.4× 163 1.3× 303 4.5× 41 0.7× 39 2.8k
Maurizio Chiurazzi Italy 24 1.1k 0.7× 421 1.0× 44 0.4× 184 2.7× 52 0.9× 49 1.3k
Elena A. Vidal Chile 18 2.2k 1.4× 702 1.6× 146 1.2× 90 1.3× 10 0.2× 37 2.5k
Erwan Le Deunff France 14 796 0.5× 343 0.8× 27 0.2× 57 0.8× 18 0.3× 23 872
Thomas Girin France 14 1.9k 1.2× 880 2.0× 96 0.8× 67 1.0× 11 0.2× 17 2.0k
Daniela Dietrich United Kingdom 16 1.3k 0.8× 611 1.4× 28 0.2× 31 0.5× 11 0.2× 20 1.5k
Benjamin Neuhäuser Germany 20 1.2k 0.7× 262 0.6× 55 0.4× 55 0.8× 5 0.1× 35 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by José M. Álvarez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of José M. Álvarez

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All Works

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Shanks, Carly M., Matthew D. Brooks, Chia‐Yi Cheng, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen sensing and regulatory networks: it's about time and space. The Plant Cell. 36(5). 1482–1503. 18 indexed citations
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Riveras, Eleodoro, et al.. (2024). Dynamic changes in mRNA nucleocytoplasmic localization in the nitrate response of Arabidopsis roots. Plant Cell & Environment. 47(11). 4227–4245. 4 indexed citations
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Pacheco, Javier Martínez, Limei Song, Miroslav Ovečka, et al.. (2023). Cell surface receptor kinase FERONIA linked to nutrient sensor TORC signaling controls root hair growth at low temperature linked to low nitrate in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist. 238(1). 169–185. 28 indexed citations
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Álvarez, José M., et al.. (2023). Insights into molecular links and transcription networks integrating drought stress and nitrogen signaling. New Phytologist. 241(2). 560–566. 11 indexed citations
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Moyano, Tomás C., Andrea Vega, Luis Larrondo, et al.. (2023). The Botrytis cinerea Gene Expression Browser. Journal of Fungi. 9(1). 84–84. 1 indexed citations
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Contreras‐López, Orlando, Elena A. Vidal, Eleodoro Riveras, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal analysis identifies ABF2 and ABF3 as key hubs of endodermal response to nitrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 35 indexed citations
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Álvarez, José M., et al.. (2022). Molecular mechanisms underlying nitrate responses in plants. Current Biology. 32(9). R433–R439. 16 indexed citations
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Álvarez, José M., Matthew D. Brooks, Joseph Swift, & Gloria M. Coruzzi. (2021). Time-Based Systems Biology Approaches to Capture and Model Dynamic Gene Regulatory Networks. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 72(1). 105–131. 25 indexed citations
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Moyano, Tomás C., Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, & José M. Álvarez. (2021). Genomic Footprinting Analyses from DNase-seq Data to Construct Gene Regulatory Networks. Methods in molecular biology. 2328. 25–46. 2 indexed citations
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Vidal, Elena A., José M. Álvarez, Viviana Araus, et al.. (2020). Nitrate in 2020: Thirty Years from Transport to Signaling Networks. The Plant Cell. 32(7). 2094–2119. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Swift, Joseph, José M. Álvarez, Viviana Araus, Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, & Gloria M. Coruzzi. (2020). Nutrient dose-responsive transcriptome changes driven by Michaelis–Menten kinetics underlie plant growth rates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23). 12531–12540. 40 indexed citations
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Brooks, Matthew D., Manpreet S. Katari, José M. Álvarez, et al.. (2020). ConnecTF: A platform to integrate transcription factor–gene interactions and validate regulatory networks. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(1). 49–66. 38 indexed citations
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Álvarez, José M., Matthew D. Brooks, Angelo Pasquino, et al.. (2020). Transient genome-wide interactions of the master transcription factor NLP7 initiate a rapid nitrogen-response cascade. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1157–1157. 117 indexed citations
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Araus, Viviana, Joseph Swift, José M. Álvarez, Amelia Henry, & Gloria M. Coruzzi. (2020). A balancing act: how plants integrate nitrogen and water signals. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(15). 4442–4451. 67 indexed citations
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Álvarez, José M., Tomás C. Moyano, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Local Changes in Chromatin Accessibility and Transcriptional Networks Underlying the Nitrate Response in Arabidopsis Roots. Molecular Plant. 12(12). 1545–1560. 31 indexed citations
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Vidal, Elena A., José M. Álvarez, Tomás C. Moyano, & Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez. (2015). Transcriptional networks in the nitrate response of Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 27. 125–132. 72 indexed citations
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Álvarez, José M., Elena A. Vidal, & Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez. (2012). Integration of local and systemic signaling pathways for plant N responses. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 15(2). 185–191. 122 indexed citations
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