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## Sara Izquierdo, one of the most cited biotechnologists in the field of environmental sciences

16/12/2024 |
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Sara Izquierdo Zandalinas, a researcher from the Department of Biochemistry and Natural Sciences at the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, has been ranked among the most cited researchers in the field of animal and plant sciences in the latest edition of the Highly Cited Researchers ranking, published annually by the American company Clarivate Analytics.

The biotechnologist from the Ramón y Cajal Programme at the UJI has described this as "an honour and an incentive to continue researching and facing scientific challenges with the same passion", asserting that "this personal recognition adds to my motivation and strengthens my confidence in the profession and in my efforts to make progress in research". In 2016 she was awarded the extraordinary doctorate prize, and her work has been recognised with the Francisco Sabater Prize of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology (2019), the Young Scientist Prize of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (2021) and the Santiago Grisolía Prize (GVA, 2022).

She has carried out research at the universities of North Texas and Missouri in the United States. She is a member of the Ecophysiology and Biotechnology Research Group and also of the Educational Innovation Group of Studies Related to Life Sciences (INECVI). She believes that collaboration between research institutions in this field is essential because "it provides access to knowledge, technologies and resources that would be difficult to access individually". It also serves to "enrich and broaden the scope of projects and facilitate the validation and extrapolation of results in different geographical and climatic scenarios".

Her area of research focuses on the study of the physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of plants when exposed to combined abiotic stresses, an area that, according to Izquierdo, "faces the challenge of the complexity inherent in the study of combined stresses, as they represent unpredictable and complex interactions that require innovative methodologies and advanced technological resources that are not always available, such as funding for long-term research projects".

The study of these responses is essential for the development of crop improvement tools. Her research group has identified key mechanisms that regulate these responses, which has made it possible to define molecular markers and strategies to improve plant resilience to adverse climatic conditions, and also, she says, "to highlight the importance of analysing stresses in a combined way, an approach that more accurately reflects the real conditions that plants face in the field".

Her research has been published in more than 60 high-impact journals, her articles have received more than 9,100 citations and her h-index is 40. Although the results have a strong local and regional component, especially in regionally specific crops, "the results can often be extrapolated globally because the physiological and molecular mechanisms described are universal in many plant species". However, she explains, "the practical implementation of this knowledge may vary according to the specific climatic, economic and agricultural conditions of each location, which is why collaboration with other countries facilitates the validation of findings and adaptation to different agricultural needs".

**Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2024**

Ninety-six scientists linked to Spanish research centres and institutions have been awarded the title of Highly Cited Researcher by the scientific consultancy firm Analytics, based on a bibliometric study carried out by the Institute of Scientific Information in London. The researcher from Castelló is one of nine in the Valencian Community and one of eleven in her field. The full list (Highly Cited Researchers) of 2024 and the summary can be found here.

The list is an annual recognition that highlights influential social scientists from around the world who have made broad and significant contributions to their fields. This year, 6,886 awards were made to 6,636 individuals from more than 1,200 institutions in 59 countries and regions. The total number of awards exceeds the number of individuals because some have excelled in more than one area of Essential Science Indicator (ESI) research.

The selection process involves a rigorous evaluation of data from Highly Cited Papers published in trusted science and social science journals indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index over the 11-year period (2013-2023). It now includes enhanced filters to address phenomena such as hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation or anomalous citation patterns, among others. Clarivate is a leading global provider of transformative intelligence. For more information, visit [www.clarivate.com](http://www.clarivate.com).

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