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Juan J. Borrego

Juan J. Borrego

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
48
Citations
7456
World Ranking
4707
National Ranking
145

Juan J. Borrego publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juan J. Borrego sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 186 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Juan J. Borrego D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juan J. Borrego sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Juan J. Borrego is affiliated with the University of Malaga in Spain and primarily conducts research in the field of Medicine. Their work emphasizes molecular biology, physiology, immunology, biological psychiatry, and animal science and zoology as key subfields.

Their research topics cover a range of areas with a particular focus on:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Animal virus infections studies
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Interferon and immune responses

Juan J. Borrego's recent publications reflect this focus, with notable papers including:

  • An updated overview on the relationship between human gut microbiome dysbiosis and psychiatric and psychological disorders (2023), published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Human gut microbiome, diet, and mental disorders (2024), published in International Microbiology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders Associated with Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Children (2024), published in Children
  • Identification, resistance to antibiotics and biofilm formation of bacterial strains isolated from a reverse osmosis system of a drinking water treatment plant (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Influence of human gut microbiome on the healthy and the neurodegenerative aging (2024), published in Experimental Gerontology

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Juan J. Borrego include Alejandro Borrego-Ruiz, Alejandro M. Labella, Rocío Leiva-Rebollo, Juan Gémez-Mata, and Dolores Castro, with collaboration counts ranging from 4 to 34 joint publications for the most frequent coauthor.

The scientist has disseminated their research predominantly in venues such as:

  • Children
  • Microorganisms
  • Genes
  • Encuentros en la Biología
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Bacterial disease in marine bivalves, a review of recent studies: Trends and evolution

    Christine Paillard;Frédérique Le Roux;Juan J. Borrego

  • New perspectives in monitoring drinking water microbial quality.

    Mª José Figueras;Juan J. Borrego

  • Pathogenicity of Vibrio alginolyticus for Cultured Gilt-Head Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L.)

    M. Carmen Balebona;Manuel J. Andreu;M. Angeles Bordas;Irene Zorrilla

  • Vibrio tapetis sp. nov., the Causative Agent of the Brown Ring Disease Affecting Cultured Clams

    Juan J. Borrego;Dolores Castro;Antonio Luque;Christine Paillard

  • Coliphages as an indicator of faecal pollution in water. Its relationship with indicator and pathogenic microorganisms

    Juan J. Borrego;Miguel A. Moriñigo;Antonio de Vicente;Roberto Córnax

  • Survey of bacterial pathologies affecting farmed gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) in southwestern Spain from 1990 to 1996

    M.Carmen Balebona;Irene Zorrilla;Miguel A Moriñigo;Juan J Borrego

  • A continuous cell line from the cultured marine fish gilt-head seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

    Julia Bejar;Juan J. Borrego;M.Carmen Alvarez

  • Resistance to antibiotics and heavy metals of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from natural waters.

    A. de Vicente;M. Avilés;J.C. Codina;J.J. Borrego

  • Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus: biology, pathogenesis, and diagnostic methods.

    Sylvia Rodriguez Saint-Jean;Juan J Borrego;Sara I Perez-Prieto

  • Kinetics of adhesion of selected fish-pathogenic Vibrio strains of skin mucus of gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata L.).

    M A Bordas;M C Balebona;I Zorrilla;J J Borrego

  • Concurrence of Iridovirus, Polyomavirus, and a Unique Member of a New Group of Fish Papillomaviruses in Lymphocystis Disease-Affected Gilthead Sea Bream.

    Alberto López-Bueno;Carla Mavian;Alejandro M. Labella;Dolores Castro

  • Coliphages as an indicator of faecal pollution in water. Their survival and productive infectivity in natural aquatic environments.

    Juan J. Borrego;Roberto Córnax;Miguel A. Moriñigo;Eduardo Martínez-Manzanares

  • Cellular and molecular immune responses of the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) experimentally infected with betanodavirus

    G Scapigliati;F Buonocore;E Randelli;D Casani

  • Intestinal microbiota variation in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) under different feeding regimes

    Beatriz Martin-Antonio;Manuel Manchado;Carlos Infante;Ricardo Zerolo

  • Evaluation of different bacteriophage groups as faecal indicators in contaminated natural waters in southern England

    Miguel A. Moriñigo;David Wheeler;Christine Berry;Caryn Jones

  • Isolation and characterization of the causative agent of pasteurellosis, Photobacterium damsela ssp. piscicida, from sole, Solea senegalensis (Kaup)

    I. Zorrilla;M. C. Balebona;M. A. Mori·igo;C. Sarasquete

  • Chemotaxis of Pathogenic Vibrio Strains towards Mucus Surfaces of Gilt-Head Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L.)

    M. Angeles Bordas;M. Carmen Balebona;Jose M. Rodriguez-Maroto;Juan J. Borrego

  • Influence of salinity and pH on the adhesion of pathogenic Vibrio strains to Sparus aurata skin mucus

    M.C. Balebona;M.A. Moriñigo;A. Faris;K. Krovacek

  • Comparative study of different methods for detection and enumeration of Salmonella spp. in natural waters.

    M. A. Moriñigo;J. J. Borrego;P. Romero

  • Analysis of the mechanism of quinolone resistance in nalidixic acid-resistant clinical isolates of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium.

    J. Ruiz;D. Castro;P. Goñi;J. A. Santamaria

  • Isolation of lymphocystis disease virus from sole, Solea senegalensis Kaup, and blackspot sea bream, Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich)

    M.C. Alonso;I. Cano;E. Garcia-Rosado;D. Castro

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Romero
Pedro Romero University of Lausanne
Carmen Sarasquete
Carmen Sarasquete Spanish National Research Council
Jordi Vila
Jordi Vila University of Barcelona
Joaquim Ruiz
Joaquim Ruiz Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jesús L. Romalde
Jesús L. Romalde University of Santiago de Compostela
Juan L. Barja
Juan L. Barja University of Santiago de Compostela
Sven Bergmann
Sven Bergmann Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Alicia E. Toranzo
Alicia E. Toranzo University of Santiago de Compostela
José Luis Balcázar
José Luis Balcázar Catalan Institute for Water Research
Christine Paillard
Christine Paillard University of Western Brittany

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