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Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas

Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas

Spanish National Research Council
Spain

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
12779
World Ranking
17464
National Ranking
396

Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 123 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas 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 Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses on several fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's subfields of study include Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology.

Their scholarly contributions span a range of topics, notably:

  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Biochemical and biochemical processes
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas has authored and contributed to multiple scientific papers, some of which include:

  • Genomic Analysis Enlightens Agaricales Lifestyle Evolution and Increasing Peroxidase Diversity (2020) published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Conserved white-rot enzymatic mechanism for wood decay in the Basidiomycota genus Pycnoporus (2020) published in DNA Research
  • Comparing Ligninolytic Capabilities of Bacterial and Fungal Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidases and Class-II Peroxidase-Catalases (2021) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • New Insights on Structures Forming the Lignin-Like Fractions of Ancestral Plants (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • A Multiomic Approach to Understand How Pleurotus eryngii Transforms Non-Woody Lignocellulosic Material (2021) published in Journal of Fungi

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas include:

  • Ángel T. Martínez
  • Susana Camarero
  • Dolores Linde
  • Iván Ayuso-Fernández
  • Igor V. Grigoriev

The scientist's work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, particularly:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • DNA Research
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Biodegradation of lignocellulosics: microbial, chemical, and enzymatic aspects of the fungal attack of lignin.

    Ángel T. Martínez;Mariela Speranza;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira

  • Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion

    Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Jean Challacombe;Ingo Morgenstern;David Hibbett

  • Microbial degradation of lignin: how a bulky recalcitrant polymer is efficiently recycled in nature and how we can take advantage of this

    Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Ángel T. Martínez

  • Description of a versatile peroxidase involved in the natural degradation of lignin that has both manganese peroxidase and lignin peroxidase substrate interaction sites.

    Susana Camarero;Sovan Sarkar;Francisco Javier Ruiz-Dueñas;Marı́a Jesús Martı́nez

  • Purification and catalytic properties of two manganese peroxidase isoenzymes from Pleurotus eryngii.

    María J. Martínez;Francisco J. Ruiz‐Dueñas;Francisco Guillén;Ángel T. Martínez

  • Enzymatic delignification of plant cell wall: from nature to mill

    Ángel T Martínez;Francisco J Ruiz-Dueñas;María Jesús Martínez;José C del Río

  • Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Elena Fernandez-Fueyo;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira;Dimitrios Floudas

  • Substrate oxidation sites in versatile peroxidase and other basidiomycete peroxidases

    Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;María Morales;Eva García;Yuta Miki

  • Molecular characterization of a novel peroxidase isolated from the ligninolytic fungus Pleurotus eryngii

    Francisco Javier Ruiz-Duenas;Maria Jesus Martinez;Angel T. Martinez

  • A study on reducing substrates of manganese-oxidizing peroxidases from Pleurotus eryngii and Bjerkandera adusta

    Annette Heinfling;Francisco Javier Ruiz-Dueñas;Marı́a J Martı́nez;Matthias Bergbauer

  • Oxidoreductases on their way to industrial biotransformations

    Angel T. Martínez;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Susana Camarero;Ana Serrano

  • Versatile Peroxidase Oxidation of High Redox Potential Aromatic Compounds: Site-directed Mutagenesis, Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Investigation of Three Long-range Electron Transfer Pathways

    Marta Pérez-Boada;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Rebecca Pogni;Riccardo Basosi

  • A new versatile peroxidase from Pleurotus.

    F. J. Ruiz-Dueñas;S. Camarero;M. Pérez-Boada;M. J. Martínez

  • Ligninolytic Peroxidase Genes in the Oyster Mushroom Genome: Heterologous Expression, Molecular Structure, Catalytic and Stability Properties, and Lignin-Degrading Ability.

    Elena Fernández-Fueyo;Francisco J Ruiz-Dueñas;María Jesús Martínez;Antonio Romero

  • Lignin-degrading peroxidases in Polyporales: an evolutionary survey based on 10 sequenced genomes

    Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Taina Lundell;Dimitris Floudas;Laszlo G. Nagy

  • A tryptophan neutral radical in the oxidized state of versatile peroxidase from Pleurotus eryngii: a combined multifrequency EPR and density functional theory study.

    Rebecca Pogni;M. Camilla Baratto;Christian Teutloff;Stefania Giansanti

  • Copper trafficking: the solution structure of Bacillus subtilis CopZ.

    L Banci;I Bertini;R Del Conte;J Markey

  • Manganese Oxidation Site in Pleurotus eryngii Versatile Peroxidase: A Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Kinetic, and Crystallographic Study†,‡

    Francisco J. Ruiz-Duenas;Maria Morales;Marta Perez-Boada;Thomas Choinowski

  • Directed evolution of a temperature-, peroxide- and alkaline pH-tolerant versatile peroxidase.

    Eva Garcia-Ruiz;David Gonzalez-Perez;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Angel T. Martínez

Frequent Co-Authors

Ángel T. Martínez
Ángel T. Martínez Spanish National Research Council
María Jesús Martínez
María Jesús Martínez Spanish National Research Council
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Susana Camarero
Susana Camarero Spanish National Research Council
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jorge Rencoret
Jorge Rencoret Spanish National Research Council
Ana Gutiérrez
Ana Gutiérrez Spanish National Research Council
Victor Guallar
Victor Guallar Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Antonio A. Romero
Antonio A. Romero Spanish National Research Council
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy

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