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66
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8727
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152

Francesc Piferrer 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 Francesc Piferrer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 287 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesc Piferrer 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 Francesc Piferrer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesc Piferrer is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a publication record comprising 81 works. Their research spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cancer Research, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Animal Genetics and Reproduction. Other key topics include Reproductive Biology and impacts on aquatic species, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, as well as Genetic diversity and population structure.

Frequent collaborators include Laia Ribas, Dafni Anastasiadi, Núria Sánchez-Baizán, A. Valdivieso, and Julien Bobe, with whom they have co-authored numerous publications.

Common venues for their publications include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genomics, Frontiers in Marine Science, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, and Scientific Reports.

  • "Transposon-induced epigenetic silencing in the X chromosome as a novel form of dmrt1 expression regulation during sex determination in the fighting fish" (2022, BMC Biology)
  • "A genome-wide association study, supported by a new chromosome-level genome assembly, suggests sox2 as a main driver of the undifferentiatiated ZZ/ZW sex determination of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)" (2021, Genomics)
  • "Genomic Basis of Striking Fin Shapes and Colors in the Fighting Fish" (2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • "Improved biomarker discovery through a plot twist in transcriptomic data analysis" (2022, BMC Biology)
  • "Exposure of zebrafish to elevated temperature induces sex ratio shifts and alterations in the testicular epigenome of unexposed offspring" (2020, Environmental Research)

Best Publications

  • Polyploid fish and shellfish: Production, biology and applications to aquaculture for performance improvement and genetic containment

    Francesc Piferrer;Andy Beaumont;Jean-Claude Falguière;Martin Flajšhans

  • Ovarian aromatase and estrogens: A pivotal role for gonadal sex differentiation and sex change in fish

    Yann Guiguen;Alexis Fostier;Francesc Piferrer;Ching-Fong Chang

  • Endocrine sex control strategies for the feminization of teleost fish

    Francesc Piferrer

  • Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Fish Revisited: Prevalence, a Single Sex Ratio Response Pattern, and Possible Effects of Climate Change

    Natalia Ospina-Álvarez;Francesc Piferrer

  • DNA methylation of the gonadal aromatase (cyp19a) promoter is involved in temperature-dependent sex ratio shifts in the European sea bass.

    Laia Navarro-Martín;Jordi Viñas;Laia Ribas;Noelia Díaz

  • European sea bass genome and its variation provide insights into adaptation to euryhalinity and speciation

    Mbaye Tine;Heiner Kuhl;Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire;Bruno Louro

  • Consistent inverse correlation between DNA methylation of the first intron and gene expression across tissues and species

    Dafni Anastasiadi;Anna Esteve-Codina;Francesc Piferrer

  • Brief treatment with an aromatase inhibitor during sex differentiation causes chromosomally female salmon to develop as normal, functional males

    Francesc Piferrer;Silvia Zanuy;Manuel Carrillo;Igor I. Solar

  • Fish Gonadogenesis. Part I: Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms of Sex Determination

    David J. Penman;Francesc Piferrer

  • Epigenetics of sex determination and gonadogenesis

    Francesc Piferrer

  • Genetic architecture of sex determination in fish: applications to sex ratio control in aquaculture.

    Paulino Martínez;Ana M. Viñas;Laura Sánchez;Noelia Díaz

  • Genetic, endocrine, and environmental components of sex determination and differentiation in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

    Francesc Piferrer;Mercedes Blázquez;Laia Navarro;Alicia González

  • Induction of triploidy and gynogenesis in teleost fish with emphasis on marine species.

    Alicia Felip;Silvia Zanuy;Manuel Carrillo;Francesc Piferrer

  • Gonadal differentiation in coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, after a single treatment with androgen or estrogen at different stages during ontogenesis

    Francesc Piferrer;Edward M. Donaldson

  • The zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism, with emphasis on applications for finfish aquaculture research

    Laia Ribas;Francesc Piferrer

  • Fish Gonadogenesis. Part II: Molecular Biology and Genomics of Sex Differentiation

    Francesc Piferrer;Yann Guiguen

  • Feminization of wild carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a polluted environment: plasma steroid hormones, gonadal morphology and xenobiotic metabolizing system.

    M Solé;D Raldua;F Piferrer;D Barceló

  • Aromatase distribution and regulation in fish

    Francesc Piferrer;Mercedes Blázquez

  • Cloning, sequence analysis, tissue distribution, and sex-specific expression of the neural form of P450 aromatase in juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

    Mercedes Blázquez;Francesc Piferrer

  • Aromatase activity in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) brain. Distribution and changes in relation to age, sex, and the annual reproductive cycle.

    Alicia González;Francesc Piferrer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulino Martínez
Paulino Martínez University of Santiago de Compostela
Silvia Zanuy
Silvia Zanuy Spanish National Research Council
Edward M. Donaldson
Edward M. Donaldson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Laura Sánchez
Laura Sánchez University of Santiago de Compostela
Josep V. Planas
Josep V. Planas International Pacific Halibut Commission
Constantinos C. Mylonas
Constantinos C. Mylonas University of Maryland, College Park
Luciano Di Croce
Luciano Di Croce Centre for Genomic Regulation
Gen Hua Yue
Gen Hua Yue National University of Singapore
Marc Vandeputte
Marc Vandeputte University of Paris-Saclay

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