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D-Index
70
Citations
13894
World Ranking
1385
National Ranking
38

Pablo Vargas publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pablo Vargas sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 238 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Pablo Vargas D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pablo Vargas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pablo Vargas is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and focuses on research in agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. Their work predominantly covers subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, genetics, molecular biology, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their research topics include genetic diversity and population structure, plant and animal studies, plant diversity and evolution, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras (2021) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genomic evidence for recurrent genetic admixture during the domestication of Mediterranean olive trees (Olea europaea L.) (2020) - BMC Biology
  • The Radiation of Darwin's Giant Daisies in the Galápagos Islands (2020) - Current Biology
  • Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations (2023) - Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • A snapshot of progenitor-derivative speciation in Iberodes (Boraginaceae) (2022) - Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Mario Fernández-Mazuecos
  • Rúben Heleno
  • Gonzalo Rivas-Torres
  • Manuel Nogales
  • José Cerca

The venues where their work is often published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • BMC Biology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • ESCRT III repairs nuclear envelope ruptures during cell migration to limit DNA damage and cell death

    M Raab;M Gentili;H de Belly;H R Thiam

  • Perinuclear Arp2/3-driven actin polymerization enables nuclear deformation to facilitate cell migration through complex environments

    Hawa-Racine Thiam;Pablo Vargas;Nicolas Carpi;Carolina Lage Crespo

  • Regulation of dendritic cell migration by CD74, the MHC class II-associated invariant chain

    Gabrielle Faure-André;Pablo Vargas;Pablo Vargas;Maria Isabel Yuseff;Mélina Heuzé

  • The complex history of the olive tree: from Late Quaternary diversification of Mediterranean lineages to primary domestication in the northern Levant

    G. Besnard;G. Besnard;B. Khadari;M. Navascués;M. Fernández-Mazuecos

  • Mediterranean Biomes: Evolution of Their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate

    Philip W. Rundel;Mary T.K. Arroyo;Richard M. Cowling;Jon E. Keeley

  • Unparalleled rates of species diversification in Europe.

    Luis M. Valente;Luis M. Valente;Luis M. Valente;Vincent Savolainen;Vincent Savolainen;Pablo Vargas

  • Genome sequence of the olive tree, Olea europaea

    Fernando Cruz;Irene Julca;Irene Julca;Jèssica Gómez-Garrido;Damian Loska

  • Innate control of actin nucleation determines two distinct migration behaviours in dendritic cells

    Pablo Vargas;Paolo Maiuri;Marine Bretou;Pablo J. Saéz

  • A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

    Jairo Patiño;Jairo Patiño;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker;Paulo A.V. Borges;José María Fernández-Palacios

  • The Strait of Gibraltar as a melting pot for plant biodiversity

    Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;Rocío Pérez-Barrales;Fernando Ojeda;Pablo Vargas

  • Phylogenetics of Olea (Oleaceae) based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences: tertiary climatic shifts and lineage differentiation times.

    Guillaume Besnard;Guillaume Besnard;Rafael Rubio de Casas;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Pablo Vargas

  • Fundamentals of microoptics

    K. Iga;Y. Kokubun;M. Oikawa;Juan Jose Aldasoro

  • Invaders of pollination networks in the Galápagos Islands: emergence of novel communities

    Anna Traveset;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Rubén H. Heleno;Susana Chamorro;Susana Chamorro;Pablo Vargas

  • Nuclear ribosomal DNA evidence for a western North American origin of Hawaiian and South American species of Sanicula (Apiaceae)

    Pablo Vargas;Bruce G. Baldwin;Lincoln Constance

  • Cell migration and antigen capture are antagonistic processes coupled by myosin II in dendritic cells

    Mélanie Chabaud;Mélina L. Heuzé;Marine Bretou;Pablo Vargas

  • Plastid and nuclear DNA polymorphism reveals historical processes of isolation and reticulation in the olive tree complex (Olea europaea)

    G. Besnard;R. Rubio de Casas;R. Rubio de Casas;P. Vargas

  • Lysosome signaling controls the migration of dendritic cells

    Marine Bretou;Pablo J. Sáez;Doriane Sanséau;Mathieu Maurin

  • ATP promotes the fast migration of dendritic cells through the activity of pannexin 1 channels and P2X7 receptors

    Pablo J. Sáez;Pablo J. Sáez;Pablo Vargas;Kenji F. Shoji;Paloma A. Harcha;Paloma A. Harcha

  • Seed dispersal networks in the Galapagos and the consequences of alien plant invasions

    Ruben H. Heleno;Jens M. Olesen;Manuel Nogales;Pablo Vargas

  • Molecular evidence for multiple diversification patterns of alpine plants in Mediterranean Europe

    Pablo Vargas

  • How do islands become green

    Ruben Heleno;Pablo Vargas

  • Migration of dendritic cells: physical principles, molecular mechanisms, and functional implications.

    Mélina L. Heuzé;Pablo Vargas;Mélanie Chabaud;Maël Le Berre

  • Unparalleled rates of species diversification

    Luis M. Valente;Vincent Savolainen;Pablo Vargas

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Nogales
Manuel Nogales Spanish National Research Council
Ruben H. Heleno
Ruben H. Heleno University of Coimbra
Anna Traveset
Anna Traveset Spanish National Research Council
José M. Gómez
José M. Gómez Spanish National Research Council
Jens M. Olesen
Jens M. Olesen Aarhus University
Juan Arroyo
Juan Arroyo University of Seville
Isabel Sanmartín
Isabel Sanmartín Spanish National Research Council
Guillaume Besnard
Guillaume Besnard Paul Sabatier University
Andrew L. Hipp
Andrew L. Hipp Morton Arboretum
Matthieu Piel
Matthieu Piel Institute Curie

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