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Amparo Latorre

Amparo Latorre

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
71
Citations
17811
World Ranking
2199
National Ranking
32

Amparo Latorre publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amparo Latorre sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 203 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Amparo Latorre D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amparo Latorre sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Amparo Latorre is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has focused their research predominantly within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their main subfields of study include Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Plant Science. The primary research topics cover insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and parasite interactions, insect utilization and effects, insect and pesticide research, insect resistance and genetics, and entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control.

Among the recent scientific contributions, several noteworthy papers include:

  • Insects' potential: Understanding the functional role of their gut microbiome (2020, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis)
  • The transposable element-rich genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae (2021, Lirias (KU Leuven))
  • The Bacterial Microbiome of Meloidogyne-Based Disease Complex in Coffee and Tomato (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Evidence for Succession and Putative Metabolic Roles of Fungi and Bacteria in the Farming Mutualism of the Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis (2020, mSystems)
  • Metagenomic analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor and normal mucosa reveals differences in the microbiome of colorectal cancer patients (2021, Scientific Reports)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Amparo Latorre include:

  • Andrés Moyá
  • Carlos García-Ferris
  • Rebeca Domínguez-Santos
  • Maria Muñoz-Benavent
  • Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas

The scientist has published numerous articles in leading venues such as Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mSystems, NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, and Life.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Gut microbiota disturbance during antibiotic therapy: a multi-omic approach.

    Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas;María José Gosalbes;Anette K. Friedrichs;Henrik Knecht

  • Reductive genome evolution in Buchnera aphidicola

    Roeland C. H. J. van Ham;Judith Kamerbeek;Carmen Palacios;Carolina Rausell

  • Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

    Andrés Moya;Juli Peretó;Rosario Gil;Amparo Latorre

  • Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Nicole M Gerardo;Boran Altincicek;Caroline Anselme;Caroline Anselme;Hagop Atamian

  • Metatranscriptomic Approach to Analyze the Functional Human Gut Microbiota

    María José Gosalbes;Ana Durbán;Miguel Pignatelli;Juan José Abellan

  • A classification scheme for mobilization regions of bacterial plasmids.

    M.Victoria Francia;Athanasia Varsaki;M.Pilar Garcillán-Barcia;Amparo Latorre

  • The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes

    Rosario Gil;Francisco J. Silva;Evelyn Zientz;François Delmotte;François Delmotte

  • A small microbial genome: the end of a long symbiotic relationship?

    Vicente Pérez-Brocal;Rosario Gil;Silvia Ramos;Araceli Lamelas

  • Side-stepping secondary symbionts: widespread horizontal transfer across and beyond the Aphidoidea

    J. A. Russell;A. Latorre;B. Sabater-Muñoz;A. Moya

  • The Gypsy Database (GyDB) of mobile genetic elements: release 2.0

    Carlos Llorens;Ricardo Futami;Laura Covelli;Laura Domínguez-Escribá

  • Altered metabolism of gut microbiota contributes to chronic immune activation in HIV-infected individuals

    J F Vázquez-Castellanos;S Serrano-Villar;A Latorre;A Artacho

  • Extreme genome reduction in Buchnera spp.: toward the minimal genome needed for symbiotic life.

    Rosario Gil;Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz;Amparo Latorre;Francisco J. Silva

  • Host–based divergence in populations of the pea aphid: insights from nuclear markers and the prevalence of facultative symbionts

    Simon Jc;Carré S;Boutin M;Prunier-Leterme N

  • Serratia symbiotica from the aphid Cinara cedri: a missing link from facultative to obligate insect endosymbiont.

    Araceli Lamelas;María José Gosalbes;Alejandro Manzano-Marín;Juli Peretó

  • Detection and characterization of Wolbachia infections in natural populations of aphids: is the hidden diversity fully unraveled?

    Antonis A. Augustinos;Antonis A. Augustinos;Diego Santos-Garcia;Eva Dionyssopoulou;Eva Dionyssopoulou;Marta Moreira

  • Differential Effects of Antibiotic Therapy on the Structure and Function of Human Gut Microbiota

    Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas;Alejandro Artacho;Henrik Knecht;María Loreto Ferrús

  • Evolution of mitochondrial DNA in Drosophila subobscura

    Amparo Latorre;Andrés Moya;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Genome degeneration and adaptation in a nascent stage of symbiosis

    Kelly F. Oakeson;Rosario Gil;Adam L. Clayton;Diane M. Dunn

  • Legionella pneumophila pangenome reveals strain-specific virulence factors

    Giuseppe D'Auria;Nuria Jiménez-Hernández;Francesc Peris-Bondia;Andrés Moya

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrés Moya
Andrés Moya University of Valencia
María José Gosalbes
María José Gosalbes Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Eladio Barrio
Eladio Barrio University of Valencia
Marie-France Sagot
Marie-France Sagot Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Santiago Moreno
Santiago Moreno Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Fernando González-Candelas
Fernando González-Candelas University of Valencia
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine
Manuel Ferrer
Manuel Ferrer Spanish National Research Council
Yvan Rahbé
Yvan Rahbé Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

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