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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10114
World Ranking
15135
National Ranking
322

Manuel Becana publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manuel Becana sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 125 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Manuel Becana D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manuel Becana sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Manuel Becana is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain, focusing primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Plant Science, Cell Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The core areas of Manuel Becana's work include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research efforts include:

  • Carmen Pérez-Rontomé
  • Deqiang Duanmu
  • Irene Villar
  • María C. Rubio
  • Longlong Wang

Manuel Becana has published extensively in a variety of specialized venues. The most common publication platforms are:

  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers by Manuel Becana and their collaborators include:

  • Plant hemoglobins: a journey from unicellular green algae to vascular plants, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Hemoglobins in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Molecular responses of legumes to abiotic stress: post-translational modifications of proteins and redox signaling, 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Genetics of nodulation in Aeschynomene evenia uncovers mechanisms of the rhizobium-legume symbiosis, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Single cell-type transcriptome profiling reveals genes that promote nitrogen fixation in the infected and uninfected cells of legume nodules, 2022, Plant Biotechnology Journal

Best Publications

  • Drought induces oxidative stress in pea plants

    Jose F. Moran;Manuel Becana;Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe;Silvia Frechilla

  • Oxidative Damage in Pea Plants Exposed to Water Deficit or Paraquat

    Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe;Pedro R. Escuredo;Cesar Arrese-Igor;Manuel Becana

  • Complexes of iron with phenolic compounds from soybean nodules and other legume tissues: prooxidant and antioxidant properties

    Jose F Moran;Robert V Klucas;Renée J Grayer;Joaquin Abian

  • Iron-dependent oxygen free radical generation in plants subjected to environmental stress: toxicity and antioxidant protection

    M. Becana;J.F. Moran;I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe

  • Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants in legume nodules

    Manuel Becana;David A. Dalton;Jose F. Moran;Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe

  • Some Enzymes of Hydrogen Peroxide Metabolism in Leaves and Root Nodules of Medicago sativa

    Manuel Becana;Pedro Aparicio-Tejo;Juan Jose Irigoyen;Manuel Sanchez-Diaz

  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Antioxidants in the Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis

    Manuel A. Matamoros;David A. Dalton;Javier Ramos;Maria R. Clemente

  • The Response of Carbon Metabolism and Antioxidant Defenses of Alfalfa Nodules to Drought Stress and to the Subsequent Recovery of Plants

    Loreto Naya;Ruben Ladrera;Javier Ramos;Esther M. González

  • Stress-Induced Legume Root Nodule Senescence. Physiological, Biochemical, and Structural Alterations

    Manuel A. Matamoros;Lisa M. Baird;Pedro R. Escuredo;David A. Dalton

  • Antioxidant Defenses against Activated Oxygen in Pea Nodules Subjected to Water Stress.

    Y. Gogorcena;I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe;P. R. Escuredo;M. Becana

  • Effects of water stress on antioxidant enzymes of leaves and nodules of transgenic alfalfa overexpressing superoxide dismutases

    Maria C. Rubio;Esther M. González;Frank R. Minchin;K. Judith Webb

  • Localization of superoxide dismutases and hydrogen peroxide in legume root nodules.

    Maria C. Rubio;Euan K. James;Maria R. Clemente;Bruna Bucciarelli

  • Recent insights into antioxidant defenses of legume root nodules.

    Manuel Becana;Manuel A. Matamoros;Michael Udvardi;David A. Dalton

  • Glutathione and Homoglutathione Synthesis in Legume Root Nodules

    Manuel A. Matamoros;Jose F. Moran;Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe;Maria C. Rubio

  • Activated oxygen and antioxidant defences in iron‐deficient pea plants

    I. Iturbe‐Ormaetxe;J. F. Moran;C. Arrese‐Igor;Y. Gogorcena

  • Nitrogen fixation and nitrate reduction in the root nodules of legumes

    Manuel Becana;Janet I. Sprent

  • N2 Fixation, Carbon Metabolism, and Oxidative Damage in Nodules of Dark-Stressed Common Bean Plants.

    Y. Gogorcena;A. J. Gordon;P. R. Escuredo;F. R. Minchin

  • Knocking Out Cytosolic Cysteine Synthesis Compromises the Antioxidant Capacity of the Cytosol to Maintain Discrete Concentrations of Hydrogen Peroxide in Arabidopsis

    M. Carmen López-Martín;Manuel Becana;Luis C. Romero;Cecilia Gotor

  • Effects of salt stress on the expression of antioxidant genes and proteins in the model legume Lotus japonicus.

    Maria C. Rubio;Pilar Bustos-Sanmamed;Maria R. Clemente;Manuel Becana

  • Antioxidant Defenses in the Peripheral Cell Layers of Legume Root Nodules

    D A Dalton;S L Joyner;M Becana;I Iturbe-Ormaetxe

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose F. Moran
Jose F. Moran Spanish National Research Council
Euan K. James
Euan K. James James Hutton Institute
Manuel Sánchez-Díaz
Manuel Sánchez-Díaz University of Navarra
Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe
Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe Monash University
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Stefanie Wienkoop
Stefanie Wienkoop University of Vienna
Gautam Sarath
Gautam Sarath Agricultural Research Service
Pedro M. Aparicio-Tejo
Pedro M. Aparicio-Tejo Universidad Publica De Navarra
Janet I. Sprent
Janet I. Sprent University of Dundee
Yolanda Gogorcena
Yolanda Gogorcena Spanish National Research Council

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