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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
57423
World Ranking
7597
National Ranking
119

Patricia Boya 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 Patricia Boya sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 150 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patricia Boya 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 Patricia Boya sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Patricia Boya is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology through a substantial body of research. Their work primarily focuses on subfields such as molecular biology, epidemiology, ophthalmology, neurology, and immunology.

The main topics covered in Patricia Boya's research include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Among the frequent publication venues where Patricia Boya has published are:

  • Autophagy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Acta Ophthalmologica

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Patricia Boya include:

  • Mitophagy curtails cytosolic mtDNA-dependent activation of cGAS/STING inflammation during aging, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023, 2023, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • BNIP3L / NIX regulates both mitophagy and pexophagy, 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • Autophagy in major human diseases, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy, 2021, Autophagy

Frequent co-authors working with Patricia Boya include:

  • Juan Ignacio Jiménez-Loygorri
  • Beatriz Villarejo-Zori
  • Juan Zapata-Muñoz
  • Raquel Gómez-Sintes
  • Elena Sierra-Filardi

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Inhibition of macroautophagy triggers apoptosis.

    Patricia Boya;Rosa-Ana González-Polo;Noelia Casares;Jean-Luc Perfettini

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Lysosomal membrane permeabilization in cell death

    Patricia Boya;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • Emerging regulation and functions of autophagy

    Patricia Boya;Fulvio Reggiori;Patrice Codogno

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Pathogenic Lysosomal Depletion in Parkinson's Disease

    Benjamin Dehay;Jordi Bové;Natalia Rodríguez-Muela;Celine Perier

  • Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells

    María Salazar;Arkaitz Carracedo;Íñigo J. Salanueva;Sonia Hernández-Tiedra

  • The apoptosis/autophagy paradox: autophagic vacuolization before apoptotic death

    Rosa-Ana González-Polo;Patricia Boya;Anne-Laure Pauleau;Abdelali Jalil

  • Lysosomal membrane permeabilization induces cell death in a mitochondrion-dependent fashion

    Patricia Boya;Karine Andreau;Delphine Poncet;Naoufal Zamzami

  • Lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cell death.

    Fengjuan Wang;Raquel Gómez-Sintes;Patricia Boya

  • Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization is a critical step of lysosome-initiated apoptosis induced by hydroxychloroquine

    Patricia Boya;Rosa-Ana Gonzalez-Polo;Delphine Poncet;Karine Andreau

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Programmed mitophagy is essential for the glycolytic switch during cell differentiation.

    Lorena Esteban‐Martínez;Elena Sierra‐Filardi;Rebecca S McGreal;María Salazar‐Roa

  • AMPK and PFKFB3 mediate glycolysis and survival in response to mitophagy during mitotic arrest

    Elena Doménech;Carolina Maestre;Lorena Esteban-Martínez;David Partida

  • Autophagy in the eye: Development, degeneration, and aging.

    Patricia Boya;Lorena Esteban-Martínez;Ana Serrano-Puebla;Raquel Gómez-Sintes

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Francesco Cecconi
Francesco Cecconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Nektarios Tavernarakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mauro Piacentini
Mauro Piacentini University of Rome Tor Vergata
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Ana Maria Cuervo
Ana Maria Cuervo Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Marja Jäättelä
Marja Jäättelä University of Copenhagen
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
David C. Rubinsztein
David C. Rubinsztein University of Cambridge

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Oliver Kepp

Oliver Kepp

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Publications: 71

Mauro Piacentini

Mauro Piacentini

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Publications: 52

David C. Rubinsztein

David C. Rubinsztein

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Publications: 52

Beth Levine

Beth Levine

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Publications: 46

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Eugenia Morselli

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Publications: 45

Ilio Vitale

Ilio Vitale

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Publications: 44

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Maria Chiara Maiuri

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Ana Maria Cuervo

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Saeid Ghavami

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Alfredo Criollo

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