2026 Carmen Méndez: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	72	6451	5954	104	102	200	14511

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Carmen Méndez is affiliated with the University of Oviedo in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with particular focus on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry among other subfields.

The scientist's work has concentrated on several main topics, including:

Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
Marine Sponges and Natural Products
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Phytochemical compounds biological activities

Méndez has co-authored frequently with several researchers including José A. Salas, Carlos Olano, Mónica G. Malmierca, Lorena Cuervo, and Catherine Bresee.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and include the following works:

Colibrimycins, Novel Halogenated Hybrid Polyketide Synthase-Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase (PKS-NRPS) Compounds Produced by Streptomyces sp. Strain CS147, 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Discovery of Cryptic Largimycins in Streptomyces Reveals Novel Biosynthetic Avenues Enriching the Structural Diversity of the Leinamycin Family, 2020, ACS Chemical Biology
The Volatile Organic Compounds of Streptomyces spp.: An In-Depth Analysis of Their Antifungal Properties, 2023, Microorganisms
Genetic Engineering in Combination with Semi-Synthesis Leads to a New Route for Gram-Scale Production of the Immunosuppressive Natural Product Brasilicardin A, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volatile Compounds in Actinomycete Communities: A New Tool for Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Activation, Cooperative Growth Promotion, and Drug Discovery, 2022, Cells

Méndez has disseminated research in several frequent publication venues, including:

The Journal of Urology
Microorganisms
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
ACS Chemical Biology
Microbial Biotechnology

Best Publications

Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

925
Citations
Indolocarbazole natural products: occurrence, biosynthesis, and biological activity

César Sánchez;Carmen Méndez;José A. Salas

455
Citations
Improving production of bioactive secondary metabolites in actinomycetes by metabolic engineering.

Carlos Olano;Felipe Lombó;Carmen Méndez;José A. Salas

391
Citations
Antitumor Compounds from Marine Actinomycetes

Carlos Olano;Carmen Méndez;Jose A P Salas

379
Citations
Combinatorial biosynthesis of antitumor indolocarbazole compounds

César Sánchez;Lili Zhu;Alfredo F. Braña;Aaroa P. Salas

302
Citations
The Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for the Antitumor Rebeccamycin: Characterization and Generation of Indolocarbazole Derivatives

César Sánchez;Igor A Butovich;Alfredo F Braña;Jürgen Rohr

269
Citations
Two glycosyltransferases and a glycosidase are involved in oleandomycin modification during its biosynthesis by Streptomyces antibioticus

Luis M. Quirós;Ignacio Aguirrezabalaga;Carlos Olano;Carmen Méndez

268
Citations
Identification of Two Genes from Streptomyces argillaceus Encoding Glycosyltransferases Involved in Transfer of a Disaccharide during Biosynthesis of the Antitumor Drug Mithramycin

Ernestina Fernández;Ulrike Weißbach;César Sánchez Reillo;Alfredo F. Braña

259
Citations
Altering the glycosylation pattern of bioactive compounds.

Carmen Méndez;José A Salas

246
Citations
The developmental fate of S. coelicolor hyphae depends upon a gene product homologous with the motility σ factor of B. subtilis

Keith F. Chater;Celia J. Bruton;Kitty A. Plaskitt;Mark J. Buttner

242
Citations
Deciphering the biosynthesis pathway of the antitumor thiocoraline from a marine actinomycete and its expression in two Streptomyces species

Felipe Lombó;Ana Velasco;Angelina Castro;Fernando de la Calle

240
Citations
Activation and identification of five clusters for secondary metabolites in Streptomyces albus J1074

Carlos Olano;Ignacio García;Aranzazu González;Miriam Rodriguez

239
Citations
A Regioselective Tryptophan 5-Halogenase Is Involved in Pyrroindomycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces rugosporus LL-42D005

Susanne Zehner;Alexander Kotzsch;Bojan Bister;Roderich D. Süssmuth

225
Citations
The aureolic acid family of antitumor compounds: structure, mode of action, biosynthesis, and novel derivatives

Felipe Lombó;Nuria Menéndez;José A. Salas;Carmen Méndez

207
Citations
Post-PKS tailoring steps in natural product-producing actinomycetes from the perspective of combinatorial biosynthesis.

Carlos Olano;Carmen Méndez;José A. Salas

201
Citations
Engineering the glycosylation of natural products in actinomycetes

José A. Salas;Carmen Méndez

196
Citations
Mithramycin SK, a novel antitumor drug with improved therapeutic index, mithramycin SA, and demycarosyl-mithramycin SK: three new products generated in the mithramycin producer Streptomyces argillaceus through combinatorial biosynthesis.

Lily L. Remsing;Ana M. González;Mohammad Nur-e-Alam;M. José Fernández-Lozano

187
Citations
Biosynthesis of the Angiogenesis Inhibitor Borrelidin by Streptomyces parvulus Tü4055: Cluster Analysis and Assignment of Functions

Carlos Olano;Barrie Wilkinson;César Sánchez;Steven J Moss

185
Citations
The role of ABC transporters in antibiotic-producing organisms: drug secretion and resistance mechanisms.

Carmen Méndez;José A Salas

181
Citations
Engineering Deoxysugar Biosynthetic Pathways from Antibiotic-Producing Microorganisms: A Tool to Produce Novel Glycosylated Bioactive Compounds

Leticia Rodrı́guez;Ignacio Aguirrezabalaga;Nerea Allende;Alfredo F Braña

177
Citations