Rodrigo Torres

8.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Rodrigo Torres is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodrigo Torres has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rodrigo Torres's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (49 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (21 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (21 papers). Rodrigo Torres is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (49 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (21 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (21 papers). Rodrigo Torres collaborates with scholars based in Colombia, Spain and Brazil. Rodrigo Torres's co-authors include Roberto Fernández‐Lafuente, Claudia Ortíz, Rafael C. Rodrigues, Ángel Berenguer‐Murcia, Oveimar Barbosa, Nazzoly Rueda, José Cleiton Sousa dos Santos, César Mateo, José M. Guisán and Paola Rondón-Villarreal and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rodrigo Torres

106 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Modifying enzyme activity and selectivity by immobilization 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2013 2015 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Modifying enzyme activity and selectivity by immobilization
    2012 1.6k citations Rafael C. Rodrigues, Claudia Ortíz et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  2. Glutaraldehyde in bio-catalysts design: a useful crosslinker and a versatile tool in enzyme immobilization
    2013 738 citations Oveimar Barbosa, Claudia Ortíz et al. RSC Advances profile →
  3. Strategies for the one-step immobilization–purification of enzymes as industrial biocatalysts
    2015 593 citations Oveimar Barbosa, Claudia Ortíz et al. profile →
  4. Heterofunctional Supports in Enzyme Immobilization: From Traditional Immobilization Protocols to Opportunities in Tuning Enzyme Properties
    2013 439 citations Oveimar Barbosa, Rodrigo Torres et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rodrigo Torres Colombia 38 6.1k 2.3k 1.6k 1.1k 839 110 7.5k
Claudia Ortíz Colombia 42 7.3k 1.2× 3.0k 1.3× 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 77 8.5k
Antonio Ballesteros Spain 47 4.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 2.2k 2.0× 628 0.7× 171 7.8k
Munishwar Nath Gupta India 46 5.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 2.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.3× 800 1.0× 271 8.7k
Byung‐Gee Kim South Korea 52 6.6k 1.1× 392 0.2× 1.6k 1.0× 917 0.8× 592 0.7× 374 9.7k
Bang‐Ce Ye China 62 9.1k 1.5× 2.4k 1.0× 4.3k 2.7× 385 0.3× 422 0.5× 399 14.5k
Francesco Secundo Italy 34 3.3k 0.5× 709 0.3× 606 0.4× 463 0.4× 386 0.5× 139 4.5k
Luís P. Fonseca Portugal 36 2.2k 0.4× 889 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 424 0.4× 382 0.5× 188 4.8k
Gloria Fernández‐Lorente Spain 50 9.9k 1.6× 3.8k 1.7× 2.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 143 11.0k
Volker Sieber Germany 43 3.3k 0.5× 934 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 777 0.7× 421 0.5× 192 6.9k
César Mateo Spain 61 11.4k 1.9× 3.8k 1.7× 2.8k 1.8× 2.3k 2.0× 1.4k 1.7× 221 15.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Torres, Rodrigo, et al.. (2023). Antifungal and Antibiofilm Activity of Colombian Essential Oils against Different Candida Strains. Antibiotics. 12(4). 668–668. 12 indexed citations
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Hidalgo, William, et al.. (2020). Essential Oils of Aromatic Plants with Antibacterial, Anti-Biofilm and Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities against Pathogenic Bacteria. Antibiotics. 9(4). 147–147. 111 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, et al.. (2017). Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro activity against Candida spp. of fluconazole encapsulated on cationic and conventional nanoparticles of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Barbosa, Oveimar, Nazzoly Rueda, Rodrigo Torres, et al.. (2015). Optimization and characterization of CLEAs of the very thermostable dimeric peroxidase from Roystonea regia. RSC Advances. 5(65). 53047–53053. 8 indexed citations
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Rueda, Nazzoly, José Cleiton Sousa dos Santos, Rodrigo Torres, et al.. (2015). Immobilization of Lipases on Heterofunctional Octyl–Glyoxyl Agarose Supports. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 571. 73–85. 35 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Rafael C., Oveimar Barbosa, Claudia Ortíz, et al.. (2014). Amination of enzymes to improve biocatalyst performance: coupling genetic modification and physicochemical tools. RSC Advances. 4(72). 38350–38374. 115 indexed citations
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Delgado, David J., Henry Argüello, & Rodrigo Torres. (2012). Protein secondary structure prediction using support vector machines. Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología. 14(1). 233–244. 2 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Rafael C., Claudia Ortíz, Ángel Berenguer‐Murcia, Rodrigo Torres, & Roberto Fernández‐Lafuente. (2012). Modifying enzyme activity and selectivity by immobilization. Chemical Society Reviews. 42(15). 6290–6307. 1639 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cruz, Jenniffer, et al.. (2011). RESOLUCIÓN CINÉTICA DE (R,S)-MANDELATO DE METILO POR PREPARACIONES INMOVILIZADAS DE LIPASA DE Candida antarctica B. Revista Vitae. 18(1). 33–41. 2 indexed citations
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Beloqui, Ana, Julio Polaina, Jose Marı́a Vieites, et al.. (2010). Novel Hybrid Esterase‐Haloacid Dehalogenase Enzyme. ChemBioChem. 11(14). 1975–1978. 13 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, et al.. (2009). Perfil electroforético de proteínas presentes en la saliva de Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae :Triatominae). Universidad Industrial de Santander. 41(2). 121–127.
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Stashenko, Elena E., et al.. (2007). BIOTRANSFORMACIÓN DE TERPENOS R(+)-LIMONENO, a-PINENO Y ?-TERPINENO POR MEDIO DE CLOROPEROXIDASA de Caldariomyces fumago. Scientia et technica. 1(33). 75–78. 1 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, Benevides C. Pessela, Manuel Fuentes, et al.. (2005). Stabilization of enzymes by multipoint attachment via reversible immobilization on phenylboronic activated supports. Journal of Biotechnology. 120(4). 396–401. 14 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, César Mateo, Gloria Fernández‐Lorente, et al.. (2003). A Novel Heterofunctional Epoxy-Amino Sepabeads for a New Enzyme Immobilization Protocol: Immobilization-Stabilization of β-Galactosidase from Aspergillus oryzae. Biotechnology Progress. 19(3). 1056–1060. 77 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, et al.. (1997). Fractionation and biocatalytic plating of asphaltenes from castile crude oil.. CT&F - Ciencia Tecnología y Futuro. 1(3). 109–121. 3 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, et al.. (1996). Remoción biológica de bario de aguas de producción utilizando asociaciones microbianas estratificadas (AME). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Torres, Rodrigo, et al.. (1996). Biological removal of barium from produced water using microbial associations (AME). CT&F - Ciencia Tecnología y Futuro. 1(2). 35–44. 1 indexed citations

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