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Esperanza Martínez-Romero 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 Esperanza Martínez-Romero sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 299 publications — 78th percentile

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

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

Esperanza Martínez-Romero 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 Esperanza Martínez-Romero sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Esperanza Martínez-Romero is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico and has an extensive publication record in the fields of agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and environmental science. Their research has a strong focus on plant science, molecular biology, ecology, insect science, and biomedical engineering.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers published across various notable scientific venues. Representative recent works are:

  • A Look at Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria, 2023, Plants
  • Plant microbiota modified by plant domestication, 2020, Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • Bioimmobilization of toxic metals by precipitation of carbonates using Sporosarcina luteola: An in vitro study and application to sulfide-bearing tailings, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • We and herbivores eat endophytes, 2020, Microbial Biotechnology
  • A Klebsiella variicola Plasmid Confers Hypermucoviscosity-Like Phenotype and Alters Capsule Production and Virulence, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

The frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Plants
  • Microorganisms

Their work spans several main research topics as follows:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

They often collaborate with other researchers including José Luis Aguirre-Noyola, Clara Ivette Rincón-Molina, Reiner Rincón-Rosales, Mónica Rosenblueth, and Marco A. Rogel.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial Endophytes and Their Interactions with Hosts

    Mónica Rosenblueth;Esperanza Martínez-Romero

  • Diversity of Rhizobium-Phaseolus vulgaris symbiosis: overview and perspectives

    Esperanza Martínez-Romero

  • A revision of Rhizobium Frank 1889, with an emended description of the genus, and the inclusion of all species of Agrobacterium Conn 1942 and Allorhizobium undicola de Lajudie et al. 1998 as new combinations: Rhizobium radiobacter, R. rhizogenes, R. rubi, R. undicola and R. vitis.

    J M Young;L D Kuykendall;E Martínez-Romero;A Kerr

  • Rhizobium tropici, a novel species nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris L. beans and Leucaena sp. trees.

    Esperanza Martínez-Romero;Lorenzo Segovia;Fabio Martins Mercante;Avílio Antonio Franco

  • Nodular diagnosis for ecological engineering of the symbiotic nitrogen fixation with legumes

    Jean Jacques Drevon;Nora Alkama;Adelson Araujo;Steve Beebe

  • Microbially Mediated Plant Functional Traits

    Maren L. Friesen;Stephanie S. Porter;Scott C. Stark;Eric J. von Wettberg

  • Reclassification of American Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli type I strains as Rhizobium etli sp. nov.

    L. Segovia;J. P. W. Young;E. Martinez-Romero

  • Advances in Rhizobium Research

    A. Sessitsch;J.G. Howieson;X. Perret;H. Antoun

  • Population genetics and phylogenetic inference in bacterial molecular systematics: The roles of migration and recombination in Bradyrhizobium species cohesion and delineation

    Pablo Vinuesa;Claudia Silva;Dietrich Werner;Esperanza Martínez-Romero

  • Bradyrhizobium canariense sp. nov., an acid-tolerant endosymbiont that nodulates endemic genistoid legumes (Papilionoideae: Genisteae) from the Canary Islands, along with Bradyrhizobium japonicum bv. genistearum, Bradyrhizobium genospecies alpha and Bradyrhizobium genospecies beta.

    Pablo Vinuesa;Milagros León-Barrios;Claudia Silva;Anne Willems

  • Klebsiella variicola, a novel species with clinical and plant-associated isolates.

    Mónica Rosenblueth;Lucía Martínez;Jesús Silva;Esperanza Martínez-Romero

  • Coffea arabica L., a new host plant for Acetobacter diazotrophicus, and isolation of other nitrogen-fixing acetobacteria.

    Teresita Jimenez-Salgado;Luis E. Fuentes-Ramirez;Armando Tapia-Hernandez;Miguel A. Mascarua-Esparza

  • Rhizobium Phylogenies and Bacterial Genetic Diversity

    Esperanza Martínez-Romero;JesúS Caballero-Mellado

  • Polyphasic evidence supporting the reclassification of Bradyrhizobium japonicum group Ia strains as Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens sp. nov.

    Jakeline Renata Marçon Delamuta;Jakeline Renata Marçon Delamuta;Renan Augusto Ribeiro;Renan Augusto Ribeiro;Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo;Itamar Soares Melo

  • Natural endophytic association between Rhizobium etli and maize (Zea mays L.).

    M L Gutiérrez-Zamora;E Martínez-Romero

  • Diversity of rhizobia associated with Amorpha fruticosa isolated from Chinese soils and description of Mesorhizobium amorphae sp. nov.

    E. T. Wang;E. T. Wang;P. van Berkum;X. H. Sui;D. Beyene

  • Genetic structure of a soil population of nonsymbiotic Rhizobium leguminosarum.

    L Segovia;D Piñero;R Palacios;E Martínez-Romero

  • Phaseolus vulgaris seed-borne endophytic community with novel bacterial species such as Rhizobium endophyticum sp. nov.

    Aline López-López;Marco A. Rogel;Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo;Julio Martínez-Romero

  • Molecular systematics of rhizobia based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenies inferred from rrs, atpD, recA and nifH sequences, and their use in the classification of Sesbania microsymbionts from Venezuelan wetlands

    Pablo Vinuesa;Claudia Silva;María José Lorite;María Luisa Izaguirre-Mayoral

  • Colonization of sugarcane by Acetobacter diazotrophicus is inhibited by high N-fertilization

    Luis E Fuentes-Ramı́rez;Jesús Caballero-Mellado;Jorge Sepúlveda;Esperanza Martı́nez-Romero

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariangela Hungria
Mariangela Hungria Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Wen Xin Chen
Wen Xin Chen China Agricultural University
Juan Imperial
Juan Imperial Technical University of Madrid
Encarna Velázquez
Encarna Velázquez University of Salamanca
En Tao Wang
En Tao Wang Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Roger A. Garrett
Roger A. Garrett University of Copenhagen
Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter Bielefeld University
J. Peter W. Young
J. Peter W. Young University of York
Alfred Pühler
Alfred Pühler Bielefeld University

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