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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 72 2138 2031 30 30 219 13078

Ricardo Flores publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ricardo Flores between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ricardo Flores published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2003. 9 of the 268 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2003. 1978: 3 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 28 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications
1978 2025

268 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ricardo Flores: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 3
1979 2
1980 0
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 2
1987 3
1988 2
1989 3
1990 2
1991 2
1992 6
1993 2
1994 3
1995 4
1996 4
1997 4
1998 7
1999 11
2000 6
2001 10
2002 5
2003 28
2004 6
2005 8
2006 14
2007 7
2008 12
2009 6
2010 6
2011 10
2012 10
2013 6
2014 7
2015 6
2016 5
2017 18
2018 5
2019 4
2020 4
2021 5
2022 3
2023 4
2024 5
2025 4
Total 268
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Ricardo Flores publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ricardo Flores sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 215–224 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 219 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134 219
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Ricardo Flores D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ricardo Flores sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72–73 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150 72
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Overview

Ricardo Flores is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in plant virology, molecular biology, and related fields. Their work spans various areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

The scientist's research focuses prominently on topics including Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Plant Reproductive Biology, and Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer.

Flores has published articles in several venues, with a noted presence in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Virus Evolution, PlantwisePlus Knowledge Bank, Gastroenterology, and the Annual Review of Virology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Flores include Francesco Di Serio, Beatriz Navarro, Andrew Fu, Joseph F. LaComb, and Alexandra Guillaume.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • "Advances in Viroid-Host Interactions" (2021), Annual Review of Virology
  • "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pospiviroidae" (2020), Journal of General Virology
  • "Viroid pathogenesis: a critical appraisal of the role of RNA silencing in triggering the initial molecular lesion" (2020), FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • "Reassessing species demarcation criteria in viroid taxonomy by pairwise identity matrices" (2021), Virus Evolution
  • "A scenario for the emergence of protoviroids in the RNA world and for their further evolution into viroids and viroid-like RNAs by modular recombinations and mutations" (2022), Virus Evolution

Best Publications

  • Viroids and viroid-host interactions.

    Ricardo Flores;Carmen Hernández;A. Emilio Martínez de Alba;José-Antonio Daròs

  • Peripheral regions of natural hammerhead ribozymes greatly increase their self-cleavage activity

    Marcos De la Peña;Selma Gago;Ricardo Flores

  • Extremely high mutation rate of a hammerhead viroid

    Selma Gago;Selma Gago;Santiago F. Elena;Santiago F. Elena;Ricardo Flores;Ricardo Flores;Rafael Sanjuán;Rafael Sanjuán

  • Plus and minus RNAs of peach latent mosaic viroid self-cleave in vitro via hammerhead structures.

    Carmen Hernandez;Ricardo Flores

  • A rapid and reproducible assay for quantitative estimation of proteins using bromophenol blue.

    R. Flores

  • Small RNAs containing the pathogenic determinant of a chloroplast‐replicating viroid guide the degradation of a host mRNA as predicted by RNA silencing

    Beatriz Navarro;Andreas Gisel;Maria Elena Rodio;Sonia Delgado

  • Sequences of Citrus tristeza virus separated in time and space are essentially identical.

    María R. Albiach-Martí;Munir Mawassi;Siddarame Gowda;Tatineni Satyanarayana

  • Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid: Unusual structural properties of a subgroup of self-cleaving viroids with hammerhead ribozymes

    Beatriz Navarro;Ricardo Flores

  • Replication of avocado sunblotch viroid: evidence for a symmetric pathway with two rolling circles and hammerhead ribozyme processing.

    J A Daròs;J F Marcos;C Hernández;R Flores

  • A proposed scheme for viroid classification and nomenclature

    R. Flores;J. W. Randles;M. Bar-Joseph;T. O. Diener

  • Two Chloroplastic Viroids Induce the Accumulation of Small RNAs Associated with Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing

    A. E. Martínez de Alba;R. Flores;C. Hernández

  • Current status of viroid taxonomy.

    F. Di Serio;R. Flores;J. Th. J. Verhoeven;S.-F. Li

  • Viroids: Survivors from the RNA World?

    Ricardo Flores;Selma Gago-Zachert;Pedro Serra;Rafael Sanjuán

  • Genomic Structure of Three Phenotypically Different Isolates of Peach Latent Mosaic Viroid: Implications of the Existence of Constraints Limiting the Heterogeneity of Viroid Quasispecies

    S. Ambrós;C. Hernández;J. C. Desvignes;R. Flores

  • The complete genome sequence of the major component of a mild citrus tristeza virus isolate.

    M C Vives;L Rubio;C López;J Navas-Castillo

  • A chloroplastic RNA polymerase resistant to tagetitoxin is involved in replication of avocado sunblotch viroid.

    José-Antonio Navarro;Antonio Vera;Ricardo Flores

  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase 6 Delays Accumulation and Precludes Meristem Invasion of a Viroid That Replicates in the Nucleus

    Francesco Di Serio;Angel-Emilio Martínez de Alba;Beatriz Navarro;Andreas Gisel

  • A chloroplast protein binds a viroid RNA in vivo and facilitates its hammerhead-mediated self-cleavage

    José‐Antonio Daròs;Ricardo Flores

  • Viroids: The Noncoding Genomes

    Ricardo Flores;Francesco Di Serio;Carmen Hernández

  • Avsunviroidae family: viroids containing hammerhead ribozymes.

    Ricardo Flores;Jose-Antonio Daròs;Carmen Hernández

Frequent Co-Authors

José-Antonio Daròs
José-Antonio Daròs Universitat Politècnica de València
Francesco Di Serio
Francesco Di Serio National Research Council (CNR)
Luis Navarro
Luis Navarro Universidade de Vigo
Leandro Peña
Leandro Peña Universitat Politècnica de València
Vicente Pallás
Vicente Pallás Universitat Politècnica de València
José Guerri
José Guerri Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
Santiago F. Elena
Santiago F. Elena Santa Fe Institute
Jesús Navas-Castillo
Jesús Navas-Castillo University of Malaga
Thierry Candresse
Thierry Candresse University of Bordeaux
William O. Dawson
William O. Dawson University of Florida

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