2026 José Ramón Botella: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	61	11441	10548	311	301	181	12233

Overview

José Ramón Botella is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a research focus predominantly situated within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work also spans the agricultural and biological sciences, covering an array of subfields such as molecular biology, plant science, biomedical engineering, cell biology, and ecology.

Their research touches on several main topics, including:

CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Biosensors and Analytical Detection
Plant Virus Research Studies
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Plant Reproductive Biology

Botella has authored multiple papers, among which are recent publications such as:

Evaluation and improvement of isothermal amplification methods for point-of-need plant disease diagnostics (2020, PLoS ONE)
Genome editing for plant research and crop improvement (2020, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology)
Rapid (30-second), equipment-free purification of nucleic acids using easy-to-make dipsticks (2020, Nature Protocols)
COP1 promotes ABA-induced stomatal closure by modulating the abundance of ABI/HAB and AHG3 phosphatases (2020, New Phytologist)
Endogenous U6 promoters improve CRISPR/Cas9 editing efficiencies in Sorghum bicolor and show potential for applications in other cereals (2021, Plant Cell Reports)

The scientist often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

Yuri Trusov
Chun-Peng Song
Yuchen Miao
Michael G. Mason
Alan M. Jones

José Ramón Botella's research appears regularly in specialized publication venues such as:

Environmental and Experimental Botany
UNC Libraries
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Plant Cell & Environment
The Plant Journal

Best Publications

Tissue-Specific Expression of a Gene Encoding a Cell Wall-Localized Lipid Transfer Protein from Arabidopsis

S Thoma;U Hecht;A Kippers;J Botella

337
Citations
Gene editing in plants: Progress and challenges

Yanfei Mao;Jose Ramon Botella;Yaoguang Liu;Jian-Kang Zhu;Jian-Kang Zhu

305
Citations
Nucleic acid purification from plants, animals and microbes in under 30 seconds.

Yiping Zou;Michael Glenn Mason;Yuling Wang;Eugene Wee

295
Citations
Heterotrimeric G protein signalling in the plant kingdom

Daisuke Urano;Jin Gui Chen;José Ramón Botella;Alan M. Jones

288
Citations
Heterotrimeric G Proteins Facilitate Arabidopsis Resistance to Necrotrophic Pathogens and Are Involved in Jasmonate Signaling

Yuri Trusov;James Edward Rookes;David Chakravorty;David Armour

253
Citations
A multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 platform for fast and efficient editing of multiple genes in Arabidopsis

Zhengjing Zhang;Yanfei Mao;Si Ha;Wenshan Liu;Wenshan Liu

246
Citations
Gene Targeting by Homology-Directed Repair in Rice Using a Geminivirus-Based CRISPR/Cas9 System

Mugui Wang;Yuming Lu;José Ramón Botella;Yanfei Mao

246
Citations
Genome Editing in Cotton with the CRISPR/Cas9 System.

Wei Gao;Lu Long;Xinquan Tian;Fuchun Xu

245
Citations
Host-delivered RNAi: an effective strategy to silence genes in plant parasitic nematodes

David J. Fairbairn;Antonino S. Cavallaro;Margaret Bernard;Janani Mahalinga-Iyer

241
Citations
Development of germ-line-specific CRISPR-Cas9 systems to improve the production of heritable gene modifications in Arabidopsis

Yanfei Mao;Zhengjing Zhang;Zhengyan Feng;Pengliang Wei

236
Citations
Arabidopsis G-protein interactome reveals connections to cell wall carbohydrates and morphogenesis

Karsten Klopffleisch;Nguyen Phan;Kelsey Augustin;Robert S. Bayne

227
Citations
An atypical heterotrimeric G‐protein γ‐subunit is involved in guard cell K+‐channel regulation and morphological development in Arabidopsis thaliana

David Chakravorty;Yuri Trusov;Wei Zhang;Biswa R. Acharya

224
Citations
Generation of new glutinous rice by CRISPR/Cas9‐targeted mutagenesis of the Waxy gene in elite rice varieties

Jinshan Zhang;Hui Zhang;Hui Zhang;José Ramón Botella;Jian-Kang Zhu;Jian-Kang Zhu

224
Citations
Completing the heterotrimer: Isolation and characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana G protein γ-subunit cDNA

Michael G. Mason;José R. Botella

218
Citations
Heterotrimeric G Proteins Serve as a Converging Point in Plant Defense Signaling Activated by Multiple Receptor-Like Kinases

Jinman Liu;Pingtao Ding;Tongjun Sun;Yukino Nitta

207
Citations
Heterotrimeric G proteins-mediated resistance to necrotrophic pathogens includes mechanisms independent of salicylic acid-, jasmonic acid/ethylene- and abscisic acid-mediated defense signaling.

Yuri Trusov;Nasser Sewelam;James Edward Rookes;Matt Kunkel

206
Citations
Heterotrimeric G Protein γ Subunits Provide Functional Selectivity in Gβγ Dimer Signaling in Arabidopsis

Yuri Trusov;James Edward Rookes;Kimberley Tilbrook;David Chakravorty

206
Citations
Isolation of a novel G-protein γ-subunit from Arabidopsis thaliana and its interaction with Gβ

Michael G Mason;José R Botella

194
Citations
Advanced DNA-Based Point-of-Care Diagnostic Methods for Plant Diseases Detection.

Han Yih Lau;Jose R. Botella

192
Citations
Developing pineapple fruit has a small transcriptome dominated by metallothionein

Richard Moyle;David J. Fairbairn;Jonni Ripi;Mark Crowe

175
Citations