2026 Raúl Rivas: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	56	14650	13461	313	308	174	9005

Overview

Raúl Rivas is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Plant Science, encompassing related fields such as Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Ecology, and Cell Biology.

Their scholarly work spans several topics including:

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Nematode Management and Characterization Studies
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences
Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Raúl Rivas has published notably in venues such as:

Agronomy
Biology
Foods
Environmental Microbiome
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent publications include:

"Mechanisms of Action of Microbial Biocontrol Agents against Botrytis cinerea" (2021, Journal of Fungi)
"Defining the Rhizobium leguminosarum Species Complex" (2021, Genes)
"A New Perspective of Pseudomonas-Host Interactions: Distribution and Potential Ecological Functions of the Genus Pseudomonas within the Bark Beetle Holobiont" (2021, Biology)
"Overview of the Role of Rhizobacteria in Plant Salt Stress Tolerance" (2021, Agronomy)
"Phylogenomic Analyses of the Genus Pseudomonas Lead to the Rearrangement of Several Species and the Definition of New Genera" (2021, Biology)

Raúl Rivas collaborates frequently with several researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include Paula García-Fraile, José David Flores-Félix, Zaki Saati-Santamaría, Encarna Velázquez, and Ezequiel Peral-Aranega.

Best Publications

A New Species of Devosia That Forms a Unique Nitrogen-Fixing Root-Nodule Symbiosis with the Aquatic Legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) Druce

Raul Rivas;Encarna Velázquez;Anne Willems;Nieves Vizcaíno

399
Citations
Role of bacterial biofertilizers in agriculture and forestry

Paula García-Fraile;Esther Menéndez;Raúl Rivas;Raúl Rivas

354
Citations
Nodulation of Lupinus albus by Strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp nov

Martha E. Trujillo;Anne Willems;Adriana Abril;Ana-María Planchuelo

315
Citations
Rhizobium promotes non-legumes growth and quality in several production steps: towards a biofertilization of edible raw vegetables healthy for humans.

Paula García-Fraile;Lorena Carro;Marta Robledo;Martha-Helena Ramírez-Bahena;Martha-Helena Ramírez-Bahena

253
Citations
Multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Bradyrhizobium.

Raul Rivas;Miet Martens;Philippe de Lajudie;Anne Willems

232
Citations
Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India

Raúl Rivas;Anne Willems;Nanjappa S. Subba-Rao;Pedro F. Mateos

227
Citations
Revision of the taxonomic status of the species Rhizobium leguminosarum (Frank 1879) Frank 1889AL, Rhizobium phaseoli Dangeard 1926AL and Rhizobium trifolii Dangeard 1926AL. R. trifolii is a later synonym of R. leguminosarum. Reclassification of the strain R. leguminosarum DSM 30132 (=NCIMB 11478) as Rhizobium pisi sp. nov.

Martha Helena Ramírez-Bahena;Paula García-Fraile;Alvaro Peix;Angel Valverde

208
Citations
Phyllobacterium trifolii sp. nov., nodulating Trifolium and Lupinus in Spanish soils.

Angel Valverde;Encarna Velázquez;Félix Fernández-Santos;Nieves Vizcaíno

207
Citations
Biodiversity of populations of phosphate solubilizing rhizobia that nodulates chickpea in different Spanish soils

R. Rivas;A. Peix;P. F. Mateos;M. E. Trujillo

170
Citations
Plants Probiotics as a Tool to Produce Highly Functional Fruits: The Case of Phyllobacterium and Vitamin C in Strawberries

José David Flores-Félix;Luis R. Silva;Lina P. Rivera;Marta Marcos-García

169
Citations
Ochrobactrum cytisi sp. nov., isolated from nodules of Cytisus scoparius in Spain.

José Luis Zurdo-Piñeiro;Raúl Rivas;Martha E. Trujillo;Nieves Vizcaíno

162
Citations
Differential effects of coinoculations with Pseudomonas jessenii PS06 (a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium) and Mesorhizobium ciceri C-2/2 strains on the growth and seed yield of chickpea under greenhouse and field conditions.

Angel Valverde;Araceli Burgos;Tiziana Fiscella;Tiziana Fiscella;Raúl Rivas

159
Citations
Bradyrhizobium betae sp. nov., isolated from roots of Beta vulgaris affected by tumour-like deformations.

Raúl Rivas;Anne Willems;José Luis Palomo;Pablo García-Benavides

156
Citations
Use of Rhizobium leguminosarum as a potential biofertilizer for Lactuca sativa and Daucus carota crops

José D. Flores‐Félix;Esther Menéndez;Lina P. Rivera;Marta Marcos‐García

150
Citations
Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium jicamae sp. nov., isolated from effective nodules of Pachyrhizus erosus.

Martha Helena Ramírez-Bahena;Alvaro Peix;Raúl Rivas;María Camacho

140
Citations
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is a fast and reliable platform for identification and ecological studies of species from family Rhizobiaceae.

Laura Ferreira;Fernando Sánchez-Juanes;Paula García-Fraile;Raúl Rivas

128
Citations
Pseudomonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel species that actively solubilizes phosphate in vitro.

Alvaro Peix;Raúl Rivas;Pedro F. Mateos;Eustoquio Martínez-Molina

123
Citations
Mealworm frass as a potential biofertilizer and abiotic stress tolerance-inductor in plants

J Poveda;A Jiménez-Gómez;Z Saati-Santamaría;R Usategui-Martín

122
Citations
A two primers random amplified polymorphic DNA procedure to obtain polymerase chain reaction fingerprints of bacterial species

Raúl Rivas;Encarna Velázquez;Angel Valverde;Pedro F. Mateos

122
Citations
Plants Probiotics as a Tool to Produce Highly Functional Fruits

Alejandro Jiménez-Gómez;Paula García-Fraile;José David Flores-Félix;Raúl Rivas

2
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