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D-Index
79
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27813
World Ranking
1200
National Ranking
27

Antonio Figueras publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 314 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Antonio Figueras D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Antonio Figueras is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broad areas, their research extends into several subfields such as Immunology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Cancer Research.

The main topics that characterize Figueras's research include aquaculture disease management and microbiota, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, and interferon and immune responses.

Figueras has published extensively, contributing to numerous scientific journals and venues. Among the frequent publication platforms for their work are Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Aquaculture, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Figueras include:

  • An overview of the internalization and effects of microplastics and nanoplastics as pollutants of emerging concern in bivalves, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Massive gene presence-absence variation shapes an open pan-genome in the Mediterranean mussel, 2020, Genome Biology
  • Size matters: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model to study toxicity of nanoplastics from cells to the whole organism, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • An integrative toxicogenomic analysis of plastic additives, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Transcriptomic Response of Mussel Gills After a Vibrio splendidus Infection Demonstrates Their Role in the Immune Response, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Figueras frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Beatriz Novoa, Patricia Pereiro, Magalí Rey-Campos, Amaro Saco, and Alex Romero.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Perkinsosis in molluscs: A review

    Antonio Villalba;Kimberley S. Reece;M. Camino Ordas;Sandra M. Casas

  • Isolation of Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio splendidus from Aquacultured Carpet Shell Clam (Ruditapes decussatus) Larvae Associated with Mass Mortalities

    J. Gómez-León;L. Villamil;M. L. Lemos;B. Novoa

  • Zebrafish: model for the study of inflammation and the innate immune response to infectious diseases

    Beatriz Novoa;Antonio Figueras

  • Pasteurellosis in cultured gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): first report in Spain.

    Alicia E. Toranzo;Sene´n Barreiro;Jacobo F. Casal;Antonio Figueras

  • Insights into the innate immunity of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Paola Venier;Laura Varotto;Umberto Rosani;Caterina Millino

  • Immune response of zebrafish (Danio rerio) against a newly isolated bacterial pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila.

    I. Rodríguez;B. Novoa;A. Figueras

  • LPS response and tolerance in the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    B. Novoa;T.V. Bowman;L. Zon;A. Figueras

  • An overview of the internalization and effects of microplastics and nanoplastics as pollutants of emerging concern in bivalves.

    M. Sendra;E. Sparaventi;B. Novoa;A. Figueras

  • Evaluation of Immunomodulatory Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    L. Villamil;C. Tafalla;A. Figueras;B. Novoa

  • Whole genome sequencing of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus; Pleuronectiformes): a fish adapted to demersal life

    Antonio Figueras;Diego Robledo;André Corvelo;Miguel Hermida

  • The C1q domain containing proteins of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: a widespread and diverse family of immune-related molecules.

    Marco Gerdol;Chiara Manfrin;Gianluca De Moro;Antonio Figueras

  • Control of Vibrio alginolyticus in Artemia culture by treatment with bacterial probiotics

    L Villamil;A Figueras;M Planas;B Novoa

  • Bacterial Communities from Shoreline Environments (Costa da Morte, Northwestern Spain) Affected by the Prestige Oil Spill

    Jorge Alonso-Gutiérrez;Antonio Figueras;Joan Albaigés;Núria Jiménez;Núria Jiménez

  • Massive gene presence-absence variation shapes an open pan-genome in the Mediterranean mussel.

    Marco Gerdol;Rebeca Moreira;Fernando Cruz;Jessica Gómez-Garrido

  • Nodavirus increases the expression of Mx and inflammatory cytokines in fish brain.

    L. Poisa-Beiro;S. Dios;A. Montes;R. Aranguren

  • Marteiliosis in molluscs: A review

    Franck C. J. Berthe;Frédérique Le Roux;Robert D. Adlard;Antonio Figueras

  • β-Glucan administration enhances disease resistance and some innate immune responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Iván Rodríguez;Rubén Chamorro;Beatriz Novoa;Antonio Figueras

  • Nanoplastics: From tissue accumulation to cell translocation into Mytilus galloprovincialis hemocytes. resilience of immune cells exposed to nanoplastics and nanoplastics plus Vibrio splendidus combination.

    M. Sendra;A. Saco;M.P. Yeste;A. Romero

  • Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model for the study of vaccination against viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV).

    Beatriz Novoa;Alejandro Romero;Victoriano Mulero;Iván Rodríguez

  • Functional and molecular immune response of Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) haemocytes against pathogen-associated molecular patterns and bacteria.

    M.M. Costa;M. Prado-Alvarez;C. Gestal;H. Li

  • MytiBase: a knowledgebase of mussel ( M. galloprovincialis ) transcribed sequences

    Paola Venier;Cristiano De Pittà;Filippo Bernante;Laura Varotto

Frequent Co-Authors

Beatriz Novoa
Beatriz Novoa Spanish National Research Council
Carolina Tafalla
Carolina Tafalla Spanish National Research Council
Victoriano Mulero
Victoriano Mulero University of Murcia
Juan L. Barja
Juan L. Barja University of Santiago de Compostela
Alicia E. Toranzo
Alicia E. Toranzo University of Santiago de Compostela
David Posada
David Posada Universidade de Vigo
Lluis Tort
Lluis Tort Autonomous University of Barcelona
José Meseguer
José Meseguer University of Murcia
Christopher J. Secombes
Christopher J. Secombes University of Aberdeen
Paulino Martínez
Paulino Martínez University of Santiago de Compostela

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