Pablo Leivar

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Pablo Leivar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pablo Leivar has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Pablo Leivar's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers), Light effects on plants (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers). Pablo Leivar is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers), Light effects on plants (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (19 papers). Pablo Leivar collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Pablo Leivar's co-authors include Peter H. Quail, Elena Monte, James M. Tepperman, Bassem Al‐Sady, Enamul Huq, Y. Oka, Tiffany Liu, Guiomar Martín, Megan Cohn and José M. Alonso and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Pablo Leivar

28 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

PIFs: pivotal components in a cellular signaling hub

2010 778 citations Pablo Leivar, Peter H. Quail Trends in Plant Science profile →
PIFs: Systems Integrators in Plant Development

2014 484 citations Pablo Leivar, Elena Monte The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pablo Leivar Spain	21	3.2k	2.7k	115	70	57	28	3.6k
Elena Monte Spain	24	3.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	75 0.7×	74 1.1×	71 1.2×	40	3.6k
Ute Hoecker Germany	38	4.2k 1.3×	3.6k 1.4×	170 1.5×	98 1.4×	57 1.0×	64	4.6k
Sudip Chattopadhyay India	24	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	79 0.7×	41 0.6×	26 0.5×	41	2.6k
Gabriela Toledo‐Ortiz United Kingdom	17	2.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	432 3.8×	30 0.4×	52 0.9×	26	2.7k
Inyup Paik United States	19	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	59 0.5×	42 0.6×	21 0.4×	29	2.0k
Hongli Lian China	30	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	195 1.7×	51 0.7×	21 0.4×	49	3.0k
J. Chory United States	16	2.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	46 0.4×	42 0.6×	138 2.4×	16	3.3k
Marsha L. Pilgrim United States	6	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	37 0.3×	20 0.3×	50 0.9×	7	2.7k
Sreeramaiah N. Gangappa India	19	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	82 0.7×	19 0.3×	15 0.3×	31	2.4k
Zecheng Zuo China	19	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	26 0.2×	93 1.3×	25 0.4×	37	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Pablo Leivar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pablo Leivar

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

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Gallemí, Marçal, et al.. (2025). MoCloro : an extension of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii modular cloning toolkit for microalgal chloroplast engineering. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(1). e70088–e70088. 3 indexed citations

Sánchez, María‐José, Pablo Leivar, Salvador Borrós, Cristina Fornaguera, & Martí Lecina. (2024). Enhanced quantification and cell tracking of dual fluorescent labeled extracellular vesicles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 667(Pt A). 124921–124921. 2 indexed citations

Locascio, Antonella, et al.. (2024). PIF transcriptional regulators are required for rhythmic stomatal movements. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4540–4540. 12 indexed citations

Wostrikoff, Katia, et al.. (2023). Chloroplast engineering of the green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for the production of HAA, the lipid moiety of rhamnolipid biosurfactants. New Biotechnology. 76. 1–12. 7 indexed citations

Martín, Guiomar, et al.. (2022). BBX16 mediates the repression of seedling photomorphogenesis downstream of the GUN1/GLK1 module during retrograde signalling. New Phytologist. 234(1). 93–106. 30 indexed citations

Leivar, Pablo, et al.. (2020). Phytochrome‐imposed inhibition of PIF7 activity shapes photoperiodic growth in Arabidopsis together with PIF1, 3, 4 and 5. Physiologia Plantarum. 169(3). 452–466. 21 indexed citations

Martín, Guiomar, Gabriela Toledo‐Ortiz, Charlotte M. M. Gommers, et al.. (2018). Circadian Waves of Transcriptional Repression Shape PIF-Regulated Photoperiod-Responsive Growth in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 28(2). 311–318.e5. 85 indexed citations

Leivar, Pablo, Nahuel González‐Schain, Guiomar Martín, et al.. (2016). Molecular convergence of clock and photosensory pathways through PIF3–TOC1 interaction and co-occupancy of target promoters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(17). 4870–4875. 106 indexed citations

Martín, Guiomar, Pablo Leivar, Dolores Ludevid, et al.. (2016). Phytochrome and retrograde signalling pathways converge to antagonistically regulate a light-induced transcriptional network. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11431–11431. 135 indexed citations

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Ferrero, S., Pablo Leivar, Meritxell Antolín‐Llovera, et al.. (2015). Proliferation and Morphogenesis of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Driven by the Membrane Domain of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase in Plant Cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 168(3). 899–914. 33 indexed citations

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Leivar, Pablo & Elena Monte. (2014). PIFs: Systems Integrators in Plant Development. The Plant Cell. 26(1). 56–78. 484 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leivar, Pablo, et al.. (2014). PIF1 promotes phytochrome-regulated growth under photoperiodic conditions in Arabidopsis together with PIF3, PIF4, and PIF5. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(11). 2925–2936. 45 indexed citations

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Leivar, Pablo, James M. Tepperman, Megan Cohn, et al.. (2012). Dynamic Antagonism between Phytochromes and PIF Family Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Factors Induces Selective Reciprocal Responses to Light and Shade in a Rapidly Responsive Transcriptional Network in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 24(4). 1398–1419. 188 indexed citations

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Sentandreu, Maria, Pablo Leivar, Guiomar Martín, & Elena Monte. (2012). Branching of the PIF3 regulatory network in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 7(4). 510–513. 3 indexed citations

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Leivar, Pablo, Elena Monte, Megan Cohn, & Peter H. Quail. (2012). Phytochrome Signaling in Green Arabidopsis Seedlings: Impact Assessment of a Mutually Negative phyB–PIF Feedback Loop. Molecular Plant. 5(3). 734–749. 87 indexed citations

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Antolín‐Llovera, Meritxell, Pablo Leivar, Montserrat Arró, et al.. (2011). Modulation of plant HMG-CoA reductase by protein phosphatase 2A. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(8). 1127–1131. 25 indexed citations

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Leivar, Pablo & Peter H. Quail. (2010). PIFs: pivotal components in a cellular signaling hub. Trends in Plant Science. 16(1). 19–28. 778 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leivar, Pablo, Elena Monte, Bassem Al‐Sady, et al.. (2008). The Arabidopsis Phytochrome-Interacting Factor PIF7, Together with PIF3 and PIF4, Regulates Responses to Prolonged Red Light by Modulating phyB Levels. The Plant Cell. 20(2). 337–352. 333 indexed citations

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Leivar, Pablo, Elena Monte, Y. Oka, et al.. (2008). Multiple Phytochrome-Interacting bHLH Transcription Factors Repress Premature Seedling Photomorphogenesis in Darkness. Current Biology. 18(23). 1815–1823. 486 indexed citations

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Monte, Elena, Bassem Al‐Sady, Pablo Leivar, & Peter H. Quail. (2007). Out of the dark: how the PIFs are unmasking a dual temporal mechanism of phytochrome signalling. Journal of Experimental Botany. 58(12). 3125–3133. 62 indexed citations

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