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Miguel A. Piñeros

Miguel A. Piñeros

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
42
Citations
12440
World Ranking
3351
National Ranking
839

Miguel A. Piñeros publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Miguel A. Piñeros sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 106 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Miguel A. Piñeros D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Miguel A. Piñeros sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • How do crop plants tolerate acid soils? Mechanisms of aluminum tolerance and phosphorous efficiency.

    Leon V Kochian;Owen A Hoekenga;Miguel A Pineros

  • Plant Adaptation to Acid Soils: The Molecular Basis for Crop Aluminum Resistance

    Leon V Kochian;Miguel A Piñeros;Jiping Liu;Jurandir V Magalhaes

  • A gene in the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family confers aluminum tolerance in sorghum.

    Jurandir V Magalhaes;Jiping Liu;Claudia T Guimarães;Ubiraci G P Lana

  • The physiology, genetics and molecular biology of plant aluminum resistance and toxicity.

    Leon V. Kochian;Miguel A. Piñeros;Owen A. Hoekenga

  • AtALMT1, which encodes a malate transporter, is identified as one of several genes critical for aluminum tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Owen A. Hoekenga;Lyza G. Maron;Miguel A. Piñeros;Geraldo M. A. Cançado;Geraldo M. A. Cançado

  • The Physiology, Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plant Aluminum Resistance and Toxicity

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  • Two functionally distinct members of the MATE (multi-drug and toxic compound extrusion) family of transporters potentially underlie two major aluminum tolerance QTLs in maize.

    Lyza G. Maron;Miguel A. Piñeros;Claudia T. Guimarães;Jurandir V. Magalhaes

  • Aluminum tolerance in maize is associated with higher MATE1 gene copy number

    Lyza G. Maron;Claudia T. Guimarães;Matias Kirst;Patrice S. Albert

  • Low pH, Aluminum, and Phosphorus Coordinately Regulate Malate Exudation through GmALMT1 to Improve Soybean Adaptation to Acid Soils

    Cuiyue Liang;Miguel A. Piñeros;Jiang Tian;Zhufang Yao

  • OPT3 Is a Phloem-Specific Iron Transporter That Is Essential for Systemic Iron Signaling and Redistribution of Iron and Cadmium in Arabidopsis

    Zhiyang Zhai;Sheena R. Gayomba;Ha-il Jung;Nanditha K. Vimalakumari

  • The Physiology and Biophysics of an Aluminum Tolerance Mechanism Based on Root Citrate Exudation in Maize

    Miguel A. Piñeros;Jurandir V. Magalhaes;Vera M. Carvalho Alves;Leon V. Kochian

  • A Patch-Clamp Study on the Physiology of Aluminum Toxicity and Aluminum Tolerance in Maize. Identification and Characterization of Al3+-Induced Anion Channels

    Miguel A. Piñeros;Leon V. Kochian

  • Characterization of AtALMT1 expression in aluminum-inducible malate release and its role for rhizotoxic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.

    Yuriko Kobayashi;Owen A. Hoekenga;Hirotaka Itoh;Midori Nakashima

  • Aluminum resistance in maize cannot be solely explained by root organic acid exudation. A comparative physiological study

    Miguel A. Piñeros;Jon E. Shaff;Holly S. Manslank;Vera M. Carvalho Alves

  • The role of aluminum sensing and signaling in plant aluminum resistance

    Jiping Liu;Miguel A. Piñeros;Leon V. Kochian

  • Calcium channels in higher plant cells: selectivity, regulation and pharmacology

    Miguel Piñeros;Mark Tester

  • Development, Characterization, and Application of a Cadmium-Selective Microelectrode for the Measurement of Cadmium Fluxes in Roots of Thlaspi Species and Wheat

    Miguel A. Piñeros;Jon E. Shaff;Leon V. Kochian

  • Phosphate transporters OsPHT1;9 and OsPHT1;10 are involved in phosphate uptake in rice.

    Xiaofei Wang;Xiaofei Wang;Yifeng Wang;Miguel A. Piñeros;Zhiye Wang

  • The ALMT Family of Organic Acid Transporters in Plants and Their Involvement in Detoxification and Nutrient Security.

    Tripti Sharma;Ingo Dreyer;Leon Kochian;Miguel A. Piñeros

  • An Arabidopsis ABC Transporter Mediates Phosphate Deficiency-Induced Remodeling of Root Architecture by Modulating Iron Homeostasis in Roots

    Jinsong Dong;Miguel A. Piñeros;Xiaoxuan Li;Haibing Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon V. Kochian
Leon V. Kochian University of Saskatchewan
Jon E. Shaff
Jon E. Shaff Cornell University
Susan R. McCouch
Susan R. McCouch Cornell University
Mark Tester
Mark Tester King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Ingo Dreyer
Ingo Dreyer University of Talca
Elizabeth A. Komives
Elizabeth A. Komives University of California, San Diego
Milton H. Saier
Milton H. Saier University of California, San Diego
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University

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