Sergio Vargas

2.1k total citations
52 papers, 990 citations indexed

About

Sergio Vargas is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio Vargas has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 990 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Biotechnology and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sergio Vargas's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (22 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers). Sergio Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (22 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers). Sergio Vargas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Costa Rica and Panama. Sergio Vargas's co-authors include Gert Wörheide, Odalisca Breedy, Nicola Conci, William D. Orsi, Ömer K. Coskun, Héctor M. Guzmán, Warren R. Francis, M Pichler, Dirk Erpenbeck and Astrid Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Sergio Vargas

50 papers receiving 974 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergio Vargas Germany 19 521 304 265 212 160 52 990
Leontine E. Becking Netherlands 22 727 1.4× 178 0.6× 369 1.4× 348 1.6× 330 2.1× 59 1.1k
Craig Michell Saudi Arabia 21 1.2k 2.3× 460 1.5× 257 1.0× 524 2.5× 273 1.7× 36 1.8k
Ulrich C. Klostermeier Germany 13 268 0.5× 565 1.9× 62 0.2× 195 0.9× 139 0.9× 18 1.2k
Aurélie Moya Australia 20 1.1k 2.1× 245 0.8× 319 1.2× 740 3.5× 408 2.5× 34 1.5k
Davide Maggioni Italy 19 602 1.2× 89 0.3× 86 0.3× 238 1.1× 288 1.8× 74 870
Carlos Daniel Pérez Brazil 15 493 0.9× 70 0.2× 102 0.4× 261 1.2× 225 1.4× 75 708
Bernard Picton United Kingdom 19 742 1.4× 145 0.5× 752 2.8× 600 2.8× 529 3.3× 49 1.5k
Clinton A. Oakley New Zealand 18 1.2k 2.4× 302 1.0× 198 0.7× 638 3.0× 188 1.2× 41 1.4k
Michelle Klautau Brazil 22 770 1.5× 188 0.6× 1.1k 4.1× 401 1.9× 488 3.0× 87 1.5k
Joana R. Xavier Portugal 20 521 1.0× 241 0.8× 742 2.8× 241 1.1× 284 1.8× 62 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sergio Vargas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sergio Vargas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio Vargas

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Voogd, Nicole J. de, et al.. (2025). Moving Beyond Morphology: Genomic Insights Into Evolutionary Histories of Haplosclerid Sponges. Zoologica Scripta. 55(1). 177–194. 1 indexed citations
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Voigt, Oliver, et al.. (2025). Genetic parallels in biomineralization of the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum and stony corals. eLife. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Vargas, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial DNA damage, repair and copy number dynamics of Sclerophytum sp. (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in response to short-term abiotic oxidative stress. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 580. 152051–152051. 2 indexed citations
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Conci, Nicola, Erika Griesshaber, Ramón E. Rivera‐Vicéns, et al.. (2024). Molecular and mineral responses of corals grown under artificial Calcite Sea conditions. Geobiology. 22(1). e12586–e12586.
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Vargas, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Genomics of Terpene Biosynthesis in Dictyoceratid Sponges (Porifera) – What Do We (Not) Know?. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 21(9). e202400549–e202400549. 2 indexed citations
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Francis, Warren R., Michael Eitel, Sergio Vargas, et al.. (2023). The genome of the reef-building glass sponge Aphrocallistes vastus provides insights into silica biomineralization. Royal Society Open Science. 10(6). 230423–230423. 8 indexed citations
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Vargas, Sergio, Michael Eitel, Sven Rohde, et al.. (2023). Body-Plan Reorganization in a Sponge Correlates with Microbiome Change. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(6). 2 indexed citations
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Vargas, Sergio, et al.. (2021). Transcriptional response of the calcification and stress response toolkits in an octocoral under heat and pH stress. Molecular Ecology. 31(3). 798–810. 11 indexed citations
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Conci, Nicola, Martin Lehmann, Sergio Vargas, & Gert Wörheide. (2020). Comparative Proteomics of Octocoral and Scleractinian Skeletomes and the Evolution of Coral Calcification. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(9). 1623–1635. 16 indexed citations
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Vuillemin, Aurèle, Sergio Vargas, Ömer K. Coskun, et al.. (2020). Atribacteria Reproducing over Millions of Years in the Atlantic Abyssal Subseafloor. mBio. 11(5). 21 indexed citations
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Conci, Nicola, Gert Wörheide, & Sergio Vargas. (2019). New Non-Bilaterian Transcriptomes Provide Novel Insights into the Evolution of Coral Skeletomes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11(11). 3068–3081. 19 indexed citations
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Eitel, Michael, Warren R. Francis, Frédérique Varoqueaux, et al.. (2018). Comparative genomics and the nature of placozoan species. PLoS Biology. 16(7). e2005359–e2005359. 63 indexed citations
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Vargas, Sergio, et al.. (2018). Modified parallel strategies for preparation of heteroduplex plasmids for in vitro mismatch repair assays. Analytical Biochemistry. 556. 35–39. 1 indexed citations
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Mills, Daniel B., Warren R. Francis, Sergio Vargas, et al.. (2018). The last common ancestor of animals lacked the HIF pathway and respired in low-oxygen environments. eLife. 7. 89 indexed citations
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Poliseno, Angelo, Stéphane Sartoretto, Didier Aurelle, et al.. (2017). Comparative mitogenomics, phylogeny and evolutionary history of Leptogorgia (Gorgoniidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115. 181–189. 20 indexed citations
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Ament‐Velásquez, S. Lorena, Odalisca Breedy, Jorge Cortés, et al.. (2016). Homoplasious colony morphology and mito-nuclear phylogenetic discordance among Eastern Pacific octocorals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98. 373–381. 16 indexed citations
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Tusso, Sergio, Catherine Vogler, Peter J. Schupp, et al.. (2016). Genetic structure of the crown-of-thorns seastar in the Pacific Ocean, with focus on Guam. PeerJ. 4. e1970–e1970. 11 indexed citations
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Vargas, Sergio, Michelle Kelly, Kareen E. Schnabel, et al.. (2015). Diversity in a Cold Hot-Spot: DNA-Barcoding Reveals Patterns of Evolution among Antarctic Demosponges (Class Demospongiae, Phylum Porifera). PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0127573–e0127573. 24 indexed citations
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Dohrmann, Martin, Sergio Vargas, Dorte Janussen, Allen G. Collins, & Gert Wörheide. (2013). Molecular paleobiology of early-branching animals: integrating DNA and fossils elucidates the evolutionary history of hexactinellid sponges. Paleobiology. 39(1). 95–108. 19 indexed citations
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Breedy, Odalisca, Héctor M. Guzmán, & Sergio Vargas. (2009). A revision of the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). Zootaxa. 2151(1). 25 indexed citations

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