2026 Andrés Moya: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	104	649	615	9	9	512	36973

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Andrés Moya is a researcher affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain. Their academic output spans several fields with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their scholarly work is concentrated primarily within the areas of molecular biology, insect science, infectious diseases, genetics, and physiology. Key research topics addressed include gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, tryptophan and brain disorders, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Andrés Moya has published extensively in multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets comprise:

Biology
Frontiers in Microbiology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials

Their recent papers include:

"Microbiota alterations in proline metabolism impact depression" (2022) published in Cell Metabolism
"Obesity Impairs Short-Term and Working Memory through Gut Microbial Metabolism of Aromatic Amino Acids" (2020) published in Cell Metabolism
"Iron status influences non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obesity through the gut microbiome" (2021) published in Microbiome
"Gut microbiota steroid sexual dimorphism and its impact on gonadal steroids: influences of obesity and menopausal status" (2020) published in Microbiome
"Caudovirales bacteriophages are associated with improved executive function and memory in flies, mice, and humans" (2022) published in Cell Host & Microbe

Collaborations feature prominently in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

Vicente Pérez-Brocal
José Manuel Fernández-Real
Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs
María Arnoriaga-Rodríguez
Amparo Latorre

Their multidisciplinary research approach integrates biochemistry and molecular biology with medical applications, especially concerning microbiota interactions and metabolic influences on health. Their contributions span examinations of microbial impacts on neurological functions and metabolic diseases, as well as insect microbiology and ecological behavior studies.

Best Publications

Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

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

1866
Citations
The distribution of fitness effects caused by single-nucleotide substitutions in an RNA virus.

Rafael Sanjuán;Andrés Moya;Santiago F. Elena

695
Citations
Determination of the Core of a Minimal Bacterial Gene Set

Rosario Gil;Francisco J. Silva;Juli Peretó;Andrés Moya

678
Citations
Gut microbiota disturbance during antibiotic therapy: a multi-omic approach.

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

661
Citations
Basic concepts in RNA virus evolution.

Esteban Domingo;Cristina Escarmís;Noemi Sevilla;Andres Moya

599
Citations
Reductive genome evolution in Buchnera aphidicola

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

593
Citations
Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

Andrés Moya;Juli Peretó;Rosario Gil;Amparo Latorre

593
Citations
Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

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

531
Citations
Functional Redundancy-Induced Stability of Gut Microbiota Subjected to Disturbance

Andrés Moya;Manuel Ferrer

531
Citations
Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus by a Cardiac Surgeon

Juan I. Esteban;Jordi Gómez;María Martell;Beatriz Cabot

526
Citations
Natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, have a complex multiclonal structure

Michel Tibayrenc;Philip Ward;Andres Moya;Francisco J. Ayala

522
Citations
The population genetics and evolutionary epidemiology of RNA viruses

Andrés Moya;Edward C. Holmes;Fernando González-Candelas

471
Citations
Metatranscriptomic Approach to Analyze the Functional Human Gut Microbiota

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

465
Citations
Meconium microbiota types dominated by lactic acid or enteric bacteria are differentially associated with maternal eczema and respiratory problems in infants.

M. J. Gosalbes;S. Llop;Y. Vallès;A. Moya

459
Citations
The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes

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

435
Citations
A small microbial genome: the end of a long symbiotic relationship?

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

426
Citations
Rapid fitness losses in mammalian RNA virus clones due to Muller's ratchet

Elizabeth Duarte;David Clarke;Andres Moya;Esteban Domingo

408
Citations
Side-stepping secondary symbionts: widespread horizontal transfer across and beyond the Aphidoidea

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

390
Citations
The Gypsy Database (GyDB) of mobile genetic elements: release 2.0

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

385
Citations
Clonal interference and the evolution of RNA viruses.

Rosario Miralles;Philip J. Gerrish;Andrés Moya;Santiago F. Elena

325
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Amparo Latorre University of Valencia

Fernando González-Candelas University of Valencia

Santiago F. Elena Santa Fe Institute

María José Gosalbes Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana

Esteban Domingo Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa

Eladio Barrio University of Valencia

Rafael Sanjuán University of Valencia

Manuel Ferrer Spanish National Research Council

Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine

José Manuel Fernández-Real University of Girona

External Links

Personal website of Andrés Moya

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