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Ignacio López-Goñi

Ignacio López-Goñi

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
4931
World Ranking
2384
National Ranking
128

Ignacio López-Goñi publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ignacio López-Goñi sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 50 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ignacio López-Goñi D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ignacio López-Goñi sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 25th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ignacio López-Goñi is affiliated with the University of Navarra in Spain. Their research primarily spans social sciences with a significant focus on misinformation and its impacts, particularly related to health and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

Subfields of study reported are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems

Topics extensively covered in their work are:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Communication and COVID-19 Impact
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Spam and Phishing Detection
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Infections and bacterial resistance

Ignacio López-Goñi has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Bienvenido León
  • Ramón Salaverría
  • Pilar Martínez-Costa
  • M. Carmen Erviti Ilundain
  • Nataly Buslón

Publication venues where López-Goñi's work commonly appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio
  • El Profesional de la Informacion
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • PLoS ONE

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Ignacio López-Goñi are:

  • "Desinformación en tiempos de pandemia: tipología de los bulos sobre la Covid-19" (2020, El Profesional de la Informacion)
  • "If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella" (2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
  • "Health and science-related disinformation on COVID-19: A content analysis of hoaxes identified by fact-checkers in Spain" (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • "The Covid-19 catastrophe: A science communication mess?" (2022, Church Communication and Culture)
  • "Teaching microbiology in times of plague" (2021, International Microbiology)

Ignacio López-Goñi has also authored books published by the Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra eBooks, notably "Mentiras contagiosas. Guía para esquivar la desinformación en salud" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Brucella abortus transits through the autophagic pathway and replicates in the endoplasmic reticulum of nonprofessional phagocytes

    Javier Pizarro-Cerda;Stepahane Meresse;Robert G. Parton;Gisou van der Goot

  • Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay (Bruce-ladder) for Molecular Typing of All Brucella Species, Including the Vaccine Strains

    I. López-Goñi;D. García-Yoldi;C. M. Marín;M. J. de Miguel

  • Specific detection of Brucella DNA by PCR.

    C Romero;C Gamazo;M Pardo;I López-Goñi

  • Rough vaccines in animal brucellosis: structural and genetic basis and present status.

    Ignacio Moriyón;María Jesús Grilló;Daniel Monreal;David González

  • A two‐component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence

    Alberto Sola-Landa;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;María Jesús Grilló;Edgardo Moreno

  • Multiplex PCR Assay for the Identification and Differentiation of all Brucella Species and the Vaccine Strains Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 and Brucella melitensis Rev1

    David García-Yoldi;Clara M. Marín;María J. de Miguel;Pilar M. Muñoz

  • Evaluation of the relatedness of Brucella spp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi and description of Ochrobactrum intermedium sp. nov., a new species with a closer relationship to Brucella spp.

    Julián Velasco;Conchi Romero;Ignacio López-Goñi;José Leiva

  • The two-component system BvrR/BvrS essential for Brucella abortus virulence regulates the expression of outer membrane proteins with counterparts in members of the Rhizobiaceae

    Caterina Guzman-Verri;Lorea Manterola;Alberto Sola-Landa;A. Parra

  • New Bruce-ladder multiplex PCR assay for the biovar typing of Brucella suis and the discrimination of Brucella suis and Brucella canis.

    Ignacio López-Goñi;David García-Yoldi;Clara M. Marín;María J. de Miguel

  • Brucellosis Vaccines: Assessment of Brucella melitensis Lipopolysaccharide Rough Mutants Defective in Core and O-Polysaccharide Synthesis and Export

    David González;María-Jesús Grilló;María-Jesús De Miguel;Tara Ali

  • Evaluation of PCR and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on milk samples for diagnosis of brucellosis in dairy cattle

    C Romero;M Pardo;M J Grillo;R Diaz

  • Characterization of Brucella abortus O-Polysaccharide and Core Lipopolysaccharide Mutants and Demonstration that a Complete Core Is Required for Rough Vaccines To Be Efficient against Brucella abortus and Brucella ovis in the Mouse Model

    D. Monreal;M. J. Grilló;D. González;C. M. Marín

  • GTPases of the Rho subfamily are required for Brucella abortus internalization in nonprofessional phagocytes: direct activation of Cdc42.

    Caterina Guzmán-Verri;Esteban Chaves-Olarte;Christoph von Eichel-Streiber;Ignacio López-Goñi

  • Improved method for purification of bacterial DNA from bovine milk for detection of Brucella spp. by PCR.

    C Romero;I Lopez-Goñi

  • Regulation of Brucella virulence by the two-component system BvrR/BvrS.

    Ignacio López-Goñi;Caterina Guzman-Verri;Lorea Manterola;Alberto Sola-Landa

  • Transcriptome analysis of the Brucella abortus BvrR/BvrS two-component regulatory system

    Cristina Viadas;María Cruz Rodríguez;Félix J. Sangari;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Jean Pierre Gorvel

  • Identification of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid as a Brucella abortus siderophore.

    I López-Goñi;I Moriyón;J B Neilands

  • The Lipopolysaccharide of Brucella abortus BvrS/BvrR Mutants Contains Lipid A Modifications and Has Higher Affinity for Bactericidal Cationic Peptides

    Lorea Manterola;Ignacio Moriyón;Edgardo Moreno;Alberto Sola-Landa

  • Brucella: Molecular and Cellular Biology

    Ignacio Lopez-Goni;Ignacio Moriyón

  • Structure and properties of the outer membranes of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis.

    Ignacio Moriyón;Ignacio López-Goñi

  • Comparison of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis with Other PCR-Based Methods for Typing Brucella suis Isolates

    David García-Yoldi;Philippe Le Fleche;María J De Miguel;Pilar M Muñoz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
José M. Blasco
José M. Blasco University of Zaragoza
Edgardo Moreno
Edgardo Moreno National University of Costa Rica
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pilar M. Muñoz
Pilar M. Muñoz Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón: Zaragoza
Jean-Jacques Letesson
Jean-Jacques Letesson University of Namur
Clara M. Marín
Clara M. Marín University of Zaragoza
Carlos Gamazo
Carlos Gamazo University of Navarra
Bruno Garin-Bastuji
Bruno Garin-Bastuji French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

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