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D-Index
56
Citations
10866
World Ranking
14465
National Ranking
306

Sonia Ramos 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 Sonia Ramos sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 160 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sonia Ramos 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 Sonia Ramos sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sonia Ramos is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Food Science.

Their work addresses a range of topics related to the biochemical and physiological impacts of diet and natural compounds on metabolic health. Key themes in their research include:

  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
  • Food composition and properties
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress

Sonia Ramos has contributed to several scientific papers, published mostly during the years 2020 and 2021, with notable works including:

  • "Dietary Flavonoids and Insulin Signaling in Diabetes and Obesity" (2021) in the journal Cells
  • "Impact of cocoa flavanols on human health" (2021) in Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • "Impact of diet on gut microbiota" (2020) in Current Opinion in Food Science
  • "Cocoa diet modulates gut microbiota composition and improves intestinal health in Zucker diabetic rats" (2020) in Food Research International
  • "Impact of Dietary Flavanols on Microbiota, Immunity and Inflammation in Metabolic Diseases" (2021) in Nutrients

The frequent collaborators in Sonia Ramos's research include María Ángeles Martín, Esther García-Díez, Jara Pérez-Jiménez, María Elvira López-Oliva, and David Álvarez-Cilleros.

Ramos's research has been published predominantly in the following journals:

  • Nutrients
  • Food & Function
  • Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • Antioxidants
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • Cancer chemoprevention and chemotherapy: Dietary polyphenols and signalling pathways

    Sonia Ramos

  • Effects of dietary flavonoids on apoptotic pathways related to cancer chemoprevention.

    Sonia Ramos

  • Determination of malondialdehyde (MDA) by high-performance liquid chromatography in serum and liver as a biomarker for oxidative stress: Application to a rat model for hypercholesterolemia and evaluation of the effect of diets rich in phenolic antioxidants from fruits

    Raquel Mateos;Elena Lecumberri;Sonia Ramos;Luis Goya

  • Quercetin Induces Apoptosis via Caspase Activation, Regulation of Bcl-2, and Inhibition of PI-3-Kinase/Akt and ERK Pathways in a Human Hepatoma Cell Line (HepG2)

    Ana Belén Granado-Serrano;María Angeles Martín;Laura Bravo;Luis Goya

  • Quercetin protects human hepatoma HepG2 against oxidative stress induced by tert-butyl hydroperoxide

    Mario Alía;Sonia Ramos;Raquel Mateos;Ana Belén Granado-Serrano

  • Influence of quercetin and rutin on growth and antioxidant defense system of a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2).

    Mario Alía;Raquel Mateos;Sonia Ramos;Elena Lecumberri

  • Response of the antioxidant defense system to tert-butyl hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide in a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2).

    Mario Alía;Sonia Ramos;Raquel Mateos;Laura Bravo

  • Quercetin modulates Nrf2 and glutathione-related defenses in HepG2 cells: Involvement of p38

    Ana Belén Granado-Serrano;María Angeles Martín;Laura Bravo;Luis Goya

  • Cocoa flavonoids up-regulate antioxidant enzyme activity via the ERK1/2 pathway to protect against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells

    María Ángeles Martín;Ana Belén Granado Serrano;Sonia Ramos;María Izquierdo Pulido

  • Comparative Effects of Food-Derived Polyphenols on the Viability and Apoptosis of a Human Hepatoma Cell Line (HepG2)

    Sonia Ramos;Margarita Alía;Laura Bravo;Luis Goya

  • Cocoa flavonoids attenuate high glucose-induced insulin signalling blockade and modulate glucose uptake and production in human HepG2 cells.

    Isabel Cordero-Herrera;María Ángeles Martín;Luis Goya;Sonia Ramos

  • Hydroxytyrosol induces antioxidant/detoxificant enzymes and Nrf2 translocation via extracellular regulated kinases and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B pathways in HepG2 cells.

    María Angeles Martín;Sonia Ramos;Ana Belén Granado-Serrano;Ildefonso Rodríguez-Ramiro

  • Cocoa flavonoids improve insulin signalling and modulate glucose production via AKT and AMPK in HepG2 cells

    Isabel Cordero-Herrera;María Angeles Martín;Laura Bravo;Luis Goya

  • A diet rich in dietary fiber from cocoa improves lipid profile and reduces malondialdehyde in hypercholesterolemic rats.

    Elena Lecumberri;Luis Goya;Raquel Mateos;Mario Alía

  • Molecular mechanisms of (-)-epicatechin and chlorogenic acid on the regulation of the apoptotic and survival/proliferation pathways in a human hepatoma cell line.

    Ana Belén Granado-Serrano;María Angeles Martín;María Izquierdo-Pulido;Luis Goya

  • Procyanidin B2 and a cocoa polyphenolic extract inhibit acrylamide-induced apoptosis in human Caco-2 cells by preventing oxidative stress and activation of JNK pathway.

    Ildefonso Rodríguez-Ramiro;Sonia Ramos;Laura Bravo;Luis Goya

  • Protection of human HepG2 cells against oxidative stress by cocoa phenolic extract.

    María Angeles Martín;Sonia Ramos;Raquel Mateos;Ana Belén Granado Serrano

  • Epicatechin induces NF-κB, activator protein-1 (AP-1) and nuclear transcription factor erythroid 2p45-related factor-2 (Nrf2) via phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) and extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) signalling in HepG2 cells

    Ana Belen Granado-Serrano;Maria Anegeles Martin;Guy Haegeman;Luis Goya

  • Procyanidin B2 induces Nrf2 translocation and glutathione S-transferase P1 expression via ERKs and p38-MAPK pathways and protect human colonic cells against oxidative stress

    Ildefonso Rodríguez-Ramiro;Sonia Ramos;Laura Bravo;Luis Goya

  • Potential for preventive effects of cocoa and cocoa polyphenols in cancer.

    Maria Angeles Martin;Luis Goya;Sonia Ramos

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Goya
Luis Goya Spanish National Research Council
María Ángeles Martín
María Ángeles Martín Spanish National Research Council
Laura Bravo
Laura Bravo Spanish National Research Council
Raquel Mateos
Raquel Mateos Spanish National Research Council
Lucia Panzella
Lucia Panzella University of Naples Federico II
Alessandra Napolitano
Alessandra Napolitano University of Naples Federico II
Carmen Cámara
Carmen Cámara Complutense University of Madrid
Marco d'Ischia
Marco d'Ischia University of Naples Federico II
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University
Blanca Hernández-Ledesma
Blanca Hernández-Ledesma Spanish National Research Council

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