Laura Baldo

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Laura Baldo is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Baldo has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Insect Science, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Laura Baldo's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (16 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (6 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (6 papers). Laura Baldo is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (16 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (6 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (6 papers). Laura Baldo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Switzerland. Laura Baldo's co-authors include John H. Werren, Michael E. Clark, Seth R. Bordenstein, Cheryl Y. Hayashi, Nathan Lo, Jennifer J. Wernegreen, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Martin Maiden, Hervé Tettelin and Sarah Biber and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Laura Baldo

27 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

2008 2.1k citations John H. Werren, Laura Baldo et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Multilocus Sequence Typing System for the EndosymbiontWolbachia pipientis

2006 665 citations Laura Baldo, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Baldo United States	20	3.9k	784	623	570	437	28	4.5k
Fabrice Vavre France	40	4.4k 1.1×	713 0.9×	701 1.1×	371 0.7×	907 2.1×	88	5.1k
Markus Riegler Australia	34	4.5k 1.2×	608 0.8×	697 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	911 2.1×	128	5.2k
Olivier Duron France	36	3.1k 0.8×	492 0.6×	635 1.0×	921 1.6×	423 1.0×	90	4.2k
Henk R. Braig United Kingdom	29	2.8k 0.7×	475 0.6×	394 0.6×	619 1.1×	329 0.8×	56	3.4k
Johannes A. J. Breeuwer Netherlands	35	4.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.9×	255 0.4×	621 1.4×	70	5.4k
Ryuichi Koga Japan	39	5.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 2.1×	366 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	79	6.3k
Luciano Sacchi Italy	37	2.6k 0.7×	536 0.7×	467 0.7×	570 1.0×	532 1.2×	115	4.2k
Steve J. Perlman Canada	29	2.4k 0.6×	646 0.8×	652 1.0×	178 0.3×	517 1.2×	62	3.0k
Karyn N. Johnson Australia	27	3.9k 1.0×	523 0.7×	324 0.5×	1.8k 3.1×	900 2.1×	69	4.9k
Naruo Nikoh Japan	44	4.2k 1.1×	896 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	213 0.4×	1.4k 3.2×	82	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Baldo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Baldo

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

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Riera, Joan Lluís, et al.. (2024). Population genetics and phylogeographic history of the insular lizard Podarcis lilfordi (Gunther, 1874) from the Balearic Islands based on genome‐wide polymorphic data. Ecology and Evolution. 14(5). e11407–e11407.

Gómez‐Garrido, Jèssica, Fernando Cruz, Tyler Alioto, et al.. (2023). Chromosome-level genome assembly of Lilford’s wall lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874) from the Balearic Islands (Spain). DNA Research. 30(3). 2 indexed citations

Baldo, Laura, Giacomo Tavecchia, Andreu Rotger, José Manuel Igual, & Joan Lluís Riera. (2023). Insular holobionts: persistence and seasonal plasticity of the Balearic wall lizard ( Podarcis lilfordi) gut microbiota. PeerJ. 11. e14511–e14511. 7 indexed citations

Riera, Joan Lluís & Laura Baldo. (2020). Microbial co-occurrence networks of gut microbiota reveal community conservation and diet-associated shifts in cichlid fishes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 36–36. 33 indexed citations

Baldo, Laura, Joan Lluís Riera, Walter Salzburger, & Marta Barluenga. (2019). Phylogeography and Ecological Niche Shape the Cichlid Fish Gut Microbiota in Central American and African Lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2372–2372. 32 indexed citations

Baldo, Laura, et al.. (2017). Processes shaping gut microbiota diversity in allopatric populations of the endemic lizard Podarcis lilfordi from Menorcan islets (Balearic Islands). FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 94(2). 17 indexed citations

Santos, M. Emília, et al.. (2016). Comparative transcriptomics of anal fin pigmentation patterns in cichlid fishes. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 712–712. 31 indexed citations

Baldo, Laura, Joan Lluís Riera, Ave Tooming‐Klunderud, M. Mar Albà, & Walter Salzburger. (2015). Gut Microbiota Dynamics during Dietary Shift in Eastern African Cichlid Fishes. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0127462–e0127462. 95 indexed citations

Stahlhut, Julie K., Christopher A. Desjardins, Michael E. Clark, et al.. (2010). The mushroom habitat as an ecological arena for global exchange ofWolbachia. Molecular Ecology. 19(9). 1940–1952. 98 indexed citations

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Baldo, Laura, Christopher A. Desjardins, Jacob A. Russell, Julie K. Stahlhut, & John H. Werren. (2010). Accelerated microevolution in an outer membrane protein (OMP) of the intracellular bacteria Wolbachia. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 48–48. 43 indexed citations

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Werren, John H., Laura Baldo, & Michael E. Clark. (2008). Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 6(10). 741–751. 2076 indexed citations breakdown →

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Raychoudhury, Rhitoban, Laura Baldo, Deodoro C. S. G. Oliveira, & John H. Werren. (2008). MODES OF ACQUISITION OFWOLBACHIA: HORIZONTAL TRANSFER, HYBRID INTROGRESSION, AND CODIVERGENCE IN THENASONIASPECIES COMPLEX. Evolution. 63(1). 165–183. 201 indexed citations

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Baldo, Laura, Nadia A. Ayoub, Cheryl Y. Hayashi, et al.. (2007). Insight into the routes of Wolbachia invasion: high levels of horizontal transfer in the spider genus Agelenopsis revealed by Wolbachia strain and mitochondrial DNA diversity. Molecular Ecology. 17(2). 557–569. 149 indexed citations

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Baldo, Laura, Lorenzo Prendini, Angélique Corthals, & John H. Werren. (2007). Wolbachia Are Present in Southern African Scorpions and Cluster with Supergroup F. Current Microbiology. 55(5). 367–373. 61 indexed citations

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Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Panagiotis Sapountzis, et al.. (2007). New criteria for selecting the origin of DNA replication in Wolbachia and closely related bacteria. BMC Genomics. 8(1). 182–182. 25 indexed citations

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Baldo, Laura, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Keith A. Jolley, et al.. (2006). Multilocus Sequence Typing System for the EndosymbiontWolbachia pipientis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(11). 7098–7110. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baldo, Laura & Marco Ferraguti. (2005). Mixed reproductive strategy in Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae)?. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology. 303A(2). 168–177. 12 indexed citations

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Baldo, Laura, Seth R. Bordenstein, Jennifer J. Wernegreen, & John H. Werren. (2005). Widespread Recombination Throughout Wolbachia Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(2). 437–449. 184 indexed citations

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Opijnen, Tim van, Emmanuelle Baudry, Laura Baldo, Jeremy D. Bartos, & John H. Werren. (2005). Genetic variability in the three genomes of Nasonia : nuclear, mitochondrial and Wolbachia. Insect Molecular Biology. 14(6). 653–663. 17 indexed citations

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Foster, Jeremy M., Laura Baldo, Mark Blaxter, et al.. (2004). The bacterial catalase from filarial DNA preparations derives from common pseudomonad contaminants and not from Wolbachia endosymbionts. Parasitology Research. 94(2). 141–6. 3 indexed citations

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