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Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
14476
World Ranking
14834
National Ranking
317

Emilio Fernández publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emilio Fernández sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 192 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Emilio Fernández D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Emilio Fernández sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Emilio Fernández is affiliated with the University of Córdoba in Spain and has a research focus primarily in the field of Energy. Their work extensively covers areas related to Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Molecular Biology and Plant Science. Additional subfields include Environmental Engineering and Oceanography.

The scientist's main topics of research involve algal biology and biofuel production, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems. Other areas include legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and micro and nano robotics.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Algae-Bacteria Consortia as a Strategy to Enhance H2 Production" (2020, Cells)
  • "Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, an Algal Model in the Nitrogen Cycle" (2020, Plants)
  • "Responses of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during the transition from P-deficient to P-sufficient growth (the P-overplus response): The roles of the vacuolar transport chaperones and polyphosphate synthesis" (2021, Journal of Phycology)
  • "Chlamydomonas-Methylobacterium oryzae cooperation leads to increased biomass, nitrogen removal and hydrogen production" (2022, Bioresource Technology)
  • "Identification of the MAPK Cascade and its Relationship with Nitrogen Metabolism in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Emilio Fernández include:

  • Aurora Galván
  • Victoria Calatrava
  • Ángel Llamas
  • Emanuel Sanz-Luque
  • Ramón Montes Barquín

Common publication venues for their work encompass:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Plants
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Seminars in Medical Writing and Education
  • Cells

Emilio Fernández has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco eBooks titled "Género y política. Estudios empíricos y documentales" (2020).

Best Publications

  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • A unified nomenclature of NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER family members in plants

    Sophie Léran;Kranthi Varala;Jean Christophe Boyer;Maurizio Chiurazzi

  • Stable nuclear transformation of Chlamydomonas using the Chlamydomonas gene for nitrate reductase.

    K L Kindle;R A Schnell;E Fernández;P A Lefebvre

  • The nodule inception‐like protein 7 modulates nitrate sensing and metabolism in Arabidopsis

    Loren Castaings;Antonio Camargo;Delphine Pocholle;Virginie Gaudon

  • Transgenic microalgae as green cell-factories.

    Rosa León-Bañares;David González-Ballester;Aurora Galván;Emilio Fernández

  • Nitrate Reductase Regulates Plant Nitric Oxide Homeostasis.

    Alejandro Chamizo-Ampudia;Emanuel Sanz-Luque;Angel Llamas;Aurora Galvan

  • Understanding nitrate assimilation and its regulation in microalgae.

    Emanuel Sanz-Luque;Alejandro Chamizo-Ampudia;Angel Llamas;Aurora Galvan

  • Isolation and characterization of the nitrate reductase structural gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Emilio Fernandez;Rogene Schnell;Laura P. W. Ranum;Susanne C. Hussey

  • Identification of nitrate transporter genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Alberto Quesada;Aurora Galvan;Emilio Fernandez

  • Surgical treatment and follow-up of women with intermenstrual bleeding due to cesarean section scar defect

    Cecilia Fabres;Pablo Arriagada;Carlos Fernández;Antonio MacKenna

  • The transcriptome of human oocytes

    Arif Murat Kocabas;Javier Crosby;Pablo J. Ross;Hasan H. Otu;Hasan H. Otu

  • Inorganic nitrogen assimilation in Chlamydomonas

    Emilio Fernandez;Aurora Galvan

  • Eukaryotic nitrate and nitrite transporters.

    A. Galván;E. Fernández

  • PCR-identification of a Nicotiana plumbaginifolia cDNA homologous to the high-affinity nitrate transporters of the crnA family

    Alberto Quesada;Anne Krapp;Laurence J. Trueman;Françoise Daniel-Vedele

  • Nitrate assimilation in Chlamydomonas.

    Emilio Fernandez;Aurora Galvan

  • A high affinity nitrate transport system from Chlamydomonas requires two gene products

    Jing-Jiang Zhou;Emilio Fernández;Aurora Galván;Anthony J. Miller

  • Nitrate Signaling by the Regulatory Gene NIT2 in Chlamydomonas

    Antonio Camargo;Ángel Llamas;Rogene A. Schnell;José J. Higuera

  • Nitrate and Nitrite Are Transported by Different Specific Transport Systems and by a Bispecific Transporter in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Aurora Galván;Alberto Quesada;Emilio Fernández

  • A dual system formed by the ARC and NR molybdoenzymes mediates nitrite‐dependent NO production in Chlamydomonas

    Alejandro Chamizo-Ampudia;Emanuel Sanz-Luque;Ángel Llamas;Francisco Ocaña-Calahorro

  • A high-affinity molybdate transporter in eukaryotes.

    Manuel Tejada-Jiménez;Ángel Llamas;Emanuel Sanz-Luque;Aurora Galván

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose B. Cibelli
Jose B. Cibelli Michigan State University
Paul A. Lefebvre
Paul A. Lefebvre University of Minnesota
Antonio Bode
Antonio Bode Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Guilherme J. M. Rosa
Guilherme J. M. Rosa University of Wisconsin–Madison
Françoise Daniel-Vedele
Françoise Daniel-Vedele INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Benoit Guieysse
Benoit Guieysse University of Canterbury
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Anthony J. Miller
Anthony J. Miller John Innes Centre
Ralf R. Mendel
Ralf R. Mendel Technische Universität Braunschweig
David A. Wheeler
David A. Wheeler Baylor College of Medicine

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