2026 Gustavo Barja: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	77	4861	4485	63	61	183	18151

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Biology and Biochemistry

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4485

183

18151

Biology and Biochemistry

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18151

World Ranking

4861

National Ranking

Overview

Gustavo Barja is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

Their work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Aging, Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Aquatic Science.

Key research topics explored by Barja include:

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
DNA Repair Mechanisms
Redox biology and oxidative stress

Frequent publication venues for Barja include:

Experimental Gerontology
GeroScience
Aging
Redox Biology
FEBS Journal

Their recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

Mitochondrial ROS production, oxidative stress and aging within and between species: Evidences and recent advances on this aging effector, 2023, Experimental Gerontology
Low abundance of NDUFV2 and NDUFS4 subunits of the hydrophilic complex I domain and VDAC1 predicts mammalian longevity, 2020, Redox Biology
Is the NDUFV2 subunit of the hydrophilic complex I domain a key determinant of animal longevity?, 2021, FEBS Journal
Mitochondrial base excision repair positively correlates with longevity in the liver and heart of mammals, 2020, GeroScience
Gene expression and regulatory factors of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 predict mammalian longevity, 2020, GeroScience

Barja has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Reinald Pamplona
Mariona Jové
Natàlia Mota-Martorell
José Gómez
Alba Naudí

Best Publications

Free radicals and aging

Gustavo Barja

885
Citations
Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA is inversely related to maximum life span in the heart and brain of mammals

Gustavo Barja;Asunción Herrero

723
Citations
Mitochondrial oxygen radical generation and leak: sites of production in states 4 and 3, organ specificity, and relation to aging and longevity.

Gustavo Barja

684
Citations
The rate of free radical production as a determinant of the rate of aging: evidence from the comparative approach

R Perez-Campo;M López-Torres;S Cadenas;C Rojas

443
Citations
Caloric restriction decreases mitochondrial free radical generation at complex I and lowers oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA in the rat heart

Ricardo Gredilla;Alberto Sanz;Monica Lopez-Torres;Gustavo Barja

437
Citations
International conference on the healthy effect of virgin olive oil.

Francisco Perez-Jimenez;G. Alvarez De Cienfuegos;Lina Badimon;G. Barja

412
Citations
Membrane Fatty Acid Unsaturation, Protection against Oxidative Stress, and Maximum Life Span

Reinald Pamplona;Gustavo Barja;Manuel Portero-Otín

368
Citations
Updating the Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging: An Integrated View, Key Aspects, and Confounding Concepts

Gustavo Barja

355
Citations
Low Mitochondrial Free Radical Production Per Unit O2 Consumption Can Explain the Simultaneous Presence of High Longevity and High Aerobic Metabolic Rate in Birds

G Barja;S Cadenas;C Rojas;R Pérez-Campo

342
Citations
Is the Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging Intact

Alberto Sanz;Reinald Pamplona;Gustavo Barja

326
Citations
Influence of aging and long-term caloric restriction on oxygen radical generation and oxidative DNA damage in rat liver mitochondria

Mónica López-Torres;Ricardo Gredilla;Alberto Sanz;Gustavo Barja

325
Citations
Effects of aging and caloric restriction on mitochondrial energy production in gastrocnemius muscle and heart.

Barry Drew;Sharon Phaneuf;Amie Dirks;Colin Selman

322
Citations
Mitochondrial Free Radical Production and Aging in Mammals and Birdsa

Gustavo Barja

319
Citations
Aging in vertebrates, and the effect of caloric restriction: a mitochondrial free radical production-DNA damage mechanism?

Gustavo Barja

317
Citations
Mitochondrial oxidative stress, aging and caloric restriction: the protein and methionine connection.

Reinald Pamplona;Gustavo Barja

313
Citations
Rate of generation of oxidative stress-related damage and animal longevity.

Gustavo Barja

310
Citations
Endogenous oxidative stress: relationship to aging, longevity and caloric restriction.

Gustavo Barja

298
Citations
Sites and mechanisms responsible for the low rate of free radical production of heart mitochondria in the long-lived pigeon.

A Herrero;G Barja

292
Citations
Localization at complex I and mechanism of the higher free radical production of brain nonsynaptic mitochondria in the short-lived rat than in the longevous pigeon.

Barja G;Herrero A

292
Citations
Methionine restriction decreases mitochondrial oxygen radical generation and leak as well as oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA and proteins

Alberto Sanz;Pilar Caro;Victoria Ayala;Manuel Portero-Otin

284
Citations