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José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
62
Citations
12048
World Ranking
2995
National Ranking
47

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 185 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a significant body of work primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions span 114 publications, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Global and Planetary Change as noted subfields.

Their research interests encompass several specialized topics, including:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Several research papers highlight their work, including:

  • "3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type" (2021), published in Science
  • "The emergence of the brain non-CpG methylation system in vertebrates" (2021), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelid" (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Multiomic atlas with functional stratification and developmental dynamics of zebrafish cis-regulatory elements" (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • "CTCF knockout in zebrafish induces alterations in regulatory landscapes and developmental gene expression" (2021), published in Nature Communications

The primary publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

Frequent collaborators of José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta comprise the following researchers, reflecting ongoing partnerships:

  • Juan J. Tena (31 co-authored works)
  • Rafael D. Acemel (20 co-authored works)
  • Héctor Escrivá (11 co-authored works)
  • Silvia Naranjo (11 co-authored works)
  • Martin Franke (10 co-authored works)

An award associated with José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta is membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Obesity-associated variants within FTO form long-range functional connections with IRX3

    Scott Smemo;Juan J. Tena;Kyoung Han Kim;Eric R. Gamazon

  • araucan and caupolican, Two Members of the Novel Iroquois Complex, Encode Homeoproteins That Control Proneural and Vein-Forming Genes

    José-Luis Gómez-Skarmeta;Ruth Diez del Corral;Elisa de la Calle-Mustienes;Dolors Ferrés-Marcó

  • Dynamics of enhancer chromatin signatures mark the transition from pluripotency to cell specification during embryogenesis

    Ozren Bogdanović;Ana Fernandez-Miñán;Juan J. Tena;Elisa de la Calle-Mustienes

  • Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation

    Ferdinand Marlétaz;Ferdinand Marlétaz;Panos N. Firbas;Ignacio Maeso;Juan J. Tena

  • The Iroquois family of genes: from body building to neural patterning.

    Florencia Cavodeassi;Juan Modolell;José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta

  • Active DNA demethylation at enhancers during the vertebrate phylotypic period

    Ozren Bogdanović;Ozren Bogdanović;Ozren Bogdanović;Arne H Smits;Elisa de la Calle Mustienes;Juan J Tena

  • A functional survey of the enhancer activity of conserved non-coding sequences from vertebrate Iroquois cluster gene deserts

    Elisa de la Calle-Mustienes;Cármen Gloria Feijóo;Miguel Manzanares;Juan J. Tena

  • Silencing of Smed-betacatenin1 generates radial-like hypercephalized planarians.

    Marta Iglesias;Jose Luis Gomez-Skarmeta;Emili Saló;Teresa Adell

  • TEAD and YAP regulate the enhancer network of human embryonic pancreatic progenitors

    Inês Cebola;Santiago A. Rodríguez-Seguí;Candy H.-H. Cho;José Bessa;José Bessa

  • Cis-regulation of achaete and scute: shared enhancer-like elements drive their coexpression in proneural clusters of the imaginal discs.

    José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta;Isabel Rodríguez;Carmen Martínez;Joaquim Culi

  • Zebrafish enhancer detection (ZED) vector: a new tool to facilitate transgenesis and the functional analysis of cis-regulatory regions in zebrafish.

    José Bessa;Juan J. Tena;Elisa de la Calle-Mustienes;Ana Fernández-Miñán

  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type

    Claire Hoencamp;Olga Dudchenko;Olga Dudchenko;Ahmed M.O. Elbatsh;Sumitabha Brahmachari

  • Iroquois genes: genomic organization and function in vertebrate neural development.

    José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta;Juan Modolell

  • Genome-wide profiling of p63 DNA-binding sites identifies an element that regulates gene expression during limb development in the 7q21 SHFM1 locus.

    Evelyn N. Kouwenhoven;Simon J. van Heeringen;Juan J. Tena;Martin Oti

  • The Dynamic Regulatory Genome of Capsaspora and the Origin of Animal Multicellularity.

    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós;Cecilia Ballaré;Helena Parra-Acero;Cristina Chiva

  • Identification of the vertebrate Iroquois homeobox gene family with overlapping expression during early development of the nervous system

    Antje Bosse;Armin Zülch;May-Britt Becker;Miguel Torres

  • Evolutionary comparison reveals that diverging CTCF sites are signatures of ancestral topological associating domains borders.

    Carlos Gómez-Marín;Juan J. Tena;Rafael D. Acemel;Macarena López-Mayorga

  • Xiro, a Xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Iroquois complex genes, controls development at the neural plate

    José Luis Gómez‐Skarmeta;José Luis Gómez‐Skarmeta;Alvaro Glavic;Elisa de la Calle‐Mustienes;Juan Modolell

  • Half a century of neural prepatterning: the story of a few bristles and many genes.

    José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta;Sonsoles Campuzano;Juan Modolell

  • iroquois: a prepattern gene that controls the formation of bristles on the thorax of Drosophila.

    Luc Leyns;José-Luis Gómez-Skarmeta;José-Luis Gómez-Skarmeta;Christine Dambly-Chaudière;Christine Dambly-Chaudière

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Irimia
Manuel Irimia Pompeu Fabra University
Juan Modolell
Juan Modolell Spanish National Research Council
Boris Lenhard
Boris Lenhard Imperial College London
Lluís Montoliu
Lluís Montoliu Spanish National Research Council
Ryan Lister
Ryan Lister University of Western Australia
Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez
Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez University of Barcelona
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Luciano Di Croce
Luciano Di Croce Centre for Genomic Regulation
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Pompeu Fabra University
Roberto Mayor
Roberto Mayor University College London

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