Rubén Alcázar

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Rubén Alcázar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rubén Alcázar has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Rubén Alcázar's work include Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (28 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (21 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (16 papers). Rubén Alcázar is often cited by papers focused on Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (28 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (21 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (16 papers). Rubén Alcázar collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and Cyprus. Rubén Alcázar's co-authors include Antonio F. Tiburcio, Teresa Altabella, Pedro Carrasco, Francisco Marco, Csaba Koncz, Juan C. Cuevas, Matthieu Reymond, Cristina Bortolotti, Marta Bitrián and Jane E. Parker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Rubén Alcázar

52 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Polyamines: molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance

2010 838 citations Rubén Alcázar, Teresa Altabella et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rubén Alcázar Spain	30	3.7k	2.6k	161	159	152	54	4.3k
Johannes Hanson Sweden	35	4.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	141 0.9×	105 0.7×	114 0.8×	49	5.4k
Kaoru Urano Japan	21	4.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	200 1.2×	109 0.7×	196 1.3×	27	5.3k
Woe‐Yeon Kim South Korea	36	4.4k 1.2×	2.9k 1.1×	126 0.8×	71 0.4×	112 0.7×	118	5.2k
Francisco M. Cánovas Spain	40	3.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	151 0.9×	102 0.6×	230 1.5×	132	4.0k
Karen S. Schumaker United States	34	6.2k 1.7×	3.7k 1.4×	193 1.2×	133 0.8×	147 1.0×	44	7.0k
Satoshi Iuchi Japan	31	5.1k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	171 1.1×	87 0.5×	111 0.7×	56	5.6k
Teruaki Taji Japan	22	4.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	213 1.3×	75 0.5×	202 1.3×	52	4.8k
Shenkui Liu China	33	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	125 0.8×	66 0.4×	113 0.7×	170	3.4k
S.P.C. Groot Netherlands	32	4.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	173 1.1×	87 0.5×	111 0.7×	106	4.6k
Christophe Rothan France	43	4.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	123 0.8×	96 0.6×	304 2.0×	96	4.9k

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Georgiadou, Egli C., Gholamreza Gohari, Rubén Alcázar, et al.. (2025). Pre-harvest application of sodium alginate functionalized with melatonin enhances secondary metabolism in strawberry fruit. Current Plant Biology. 43. 100515–100515. 1 indexed citations

Martínez-Seidel, Federico, Kostadin E. Atanasov, Alexandre Augusto Pereira Firmino, et al.. (2025). Polyamines and flg22 reshape the ribosomal protein composition of actively translating ribosomes in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 220. 109585–109585. 1 indexed citations

Atanasov, Kostadin E., et al.. (2024). Pararhizobium sp. strains enhancing chilling stress tolerance and yield in tomato plants. Plant Stress. 14. 100587–100587. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chi, Kostadin E. Atanasov, Vicente Vives‐Peris, et al.. (2023). Spermine deficiency shifts the balance between jasmonic acid and salicylic acid‐mediated defence responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell & Environment. 46(12). 3949–3970. 15 indexed citations

Platre, Matthieu Pierre, Santosh B. Satbhai, Min Cao, et al.. (2022). The receptor kinase SRF3 coordinates iron-level and flagellin dependent defense and growth responses in plants. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4445–4445. 27 indexed citations

Atanasov, Kostadin E., et al.. (2019). The Polyamine Putrescine Contributes to H2O2 and RbohD/F-Dependent Positive Feedback Loop in Arabidopsis PAMP-Triggered Immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 894–894. 40 indexed citations

Atanasov, Kostadin E., et al.. (2018). NLR Mutations Suppressing Immune Hybrid Incompatibility and Their Effects on Disease Resistance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 177(3). 1152–1169. 19 indexed citations

Alcázar, Rubén & Antonio F. Tiburcio. (2017). Determination of Arginine and Ornithine Decarboxylase Activities in Plants. Methods in molecular biology. 1694. 117–122. 4 indexed citations

Esker, Paul D., et al.. (2017). Genome-Wide Association Mapping Analyses Applied to Polyamines. Methods in molecular biology. 1694. 427–432. 1 indexed citations

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Stuttmann, Johannes, Ana Victoria García, Christine Wagner, et al.. (2016). Arabidopsis thaliana DM2h (R8) within the Landsberg RPP1-like Resistance Locus Underlies Three Different Cases of EDS1-Conditioned Autoimmunity. PLoS Genetics. 12(4). e1005990–e1005990. 33 indexed citations

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Barboza, Luis A., Sigi Effgen, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco, et al.. (2013). Arabidopsis semidwarfs evolved from independent mutations in GA20ox1 , ortholog to green revolution dwarf alleles in rice and barley. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(39). 15818–15823. 73 indexed citations

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Bitrián, Marta, Xavier Zarza, Teresa Altabella, Antonio F. Tiburcio, & Rubén Alcázar. (2012). Polyamines under Abiotic Stress: Metabolic Crossroads and Hormonal Crosstalks in Plants. Metabolites. 2(3). 516–528. 122 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén, Aleš Pečinka, Mark G. M. Aarts, Paul Fransz, & Maarten Koornneef. (2012). Signals of speciation within Arabidopsis thaliana in comparison with its relatives. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 15(2). 205–211. 6 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén, Matthieu Reymond, Gregor Schmitz, & Juliette de Meaux. (2011). Genetic and evolutionary perspectives on the interplay between plant immunity and development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 14(4). 378–384. 26 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén & Jane E. Parker. (2011). The impact of temperature on balancing immune responsiveness and growth in Arabidopsis. Trends in Plant Science. 16(12). 666–675. 97 indexed citations

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Sánchez, Diego H., Alejandro Ferrando, Antonio F. Tiburcio, et al.. (2011). Homeostatic control of polyamine levels under long-term salt stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(2). 237–242. 3 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén, Juan C. Cuevas, Xavier Zarza, et al.. (2010). Integration of polyamines in the cold acclimation response. Plant Science. 180(1). 31–38. 125 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén, Ana Victoria García, Jane E. Parker, & Matthieu Reymond. (2008). Incremental steps toward incompatibility revealed by Arabidopsis epistatic interactions modulating salicylic acid pathway activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(1). 334–339. 150 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén, et al.. (2006). Abscisic acid modulates polyamine metabolism under water stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia Plantarum. 128(3). 448–455. 126 indexed citations

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Alcázar, Rubén, Francisco Marco, Juan C. Cuevas, et al.. (2006). Involvement of polyamines in plant response to abiotic stress. Biotechnology Letters. 28(23). 1867–1876. 448 indexed citations

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