Ricardo

Ricardo Ramirez-Romero

I'm a Biologist by the 'Universidad de las Américas-Puebla' (UDLA-P). In November 2004, I obtained a doctorate at the 'Université Paris XIII-Paris Nord' (Supervisors: Dr. Minh-Ha Pham-Delegue and Dr. Laure Kaiser), so I had the chance to live in Paris for five years. After this, In January 2005, I went back to Mexico and performed a Postdoc for two years at the 'Instituto de Ecología A.C' (INECOL) (Laboratory of Dr. Martín Aluja). Since 2007, I have worked at the 'Universidad de Guadalajara, México' (UdG), first as Associate Professor and later as a Full Professor. I performed research stays at Texas A & M University (Lab of Dr. Julio Bernal), the USDA in Florida (Lab of Dr. John Sivinski), the INRA at Sophia Antipolis in France (Lab of Dr. Nicolas Desneux), and was invited to perform an academic visit to the Tianjin Institute of Plant Protection, in the City of Tianjin, China. In 2019-2020 I performed a sabbatical stay with Dr. Jorge Contreras Garduño at ENES-UNAM, Morelia, Mexico. To date, my scientific contributions encompass co-authorship on 58 publications, including 56 articles in JCR®-indexed journals with over 1090 citations, excluding self-citations (h-index of 20, according to JCR®-WoS). Additionally, my work includes 2 articles in non-JCR®-indexed journals, 7 outreach publications (with more than 14,000 views on the site of Academia.edu), and 2 book chapters. I taught at the UDLA-P (undergraduate level), and currently, I lecture at the UdG (undergraduate and graduate level). I have actively supervised both undergraduate and graduate theses, with many of the students under my guidance contributing as co-authors in publications featured in JCR®-indexed journals. Additionally, I have served or currently serve on thesis committees or as an examiner at my home institution (UdG), the Colegio de Posgraduados (COLPOS-Montecillo, Mexico), the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina), and the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Other of my scientific activities include Associate Editor for Pest Management Science (IF: 3.8, Q1, JCR®2023), Entomologia Generalis (IF: 5.6, Q1, JCR®2023), CABI A&B (IF: 2.8, Q1, JCR®2023), Neotropical Entomology (IF: 1.4, Q2, JCR®2023) and Biological Control (IF: 3.7, Q1, JCR®2023). Reviewer for 24 international journals (JCR®), for the Mexican Ministry of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation (SECIHTI, Mexico), the National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ, Mexico), and the AgreenSkills and AgreenSkills + program (France). Besides the ecology of insects, I enjoy reading novels, philosophy, and history. Now reading 'Homo Deus' by Yuval Noah Harari. Previously, 'Grey Bees' by Andrei Kurkov.

Papers

56) Ullah F, Pirasanna-Pandi G, Murtaza G, Sarangi S, Gul H, Li X, Chavarín-Gómez LE, Ramírez-Romero R, Guedes RN, Desneux N, Lu Y. 2025. Evolving strategies in agroecosystem pest control: Transitioning from chemical to green management. Journal of Pest Science Accepted [4.8 & Q1]

55) Wu SL, Ramirez-Romero R, Kandegama W, Bai QR, Biondi A, Monticelli LS, Desneux N, Zang LS. 2025. Effects of host switching and successive multigenerational rearing of the parasitoid Eretmocerus corni (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on host preference and adaptation. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. Accepted [2.8 & Q1]

54) Wyckhuys KAG, Zou Y, Crowder DW, Adriani E, Albaytar AB, Beltran MJB, Fekih IB, Camargo-Gil C, Sta. Cruz FC, Cicero L, Colmenarez YC, Cuellar-Palacios CM, Dubois T, Eigenbrode SD, Francis F, Fereres A, Haddi K, Khamis FM, Lann CL, Le Ralec A, Lopez L, Lyu B, Montoya-Lerma J, Muñoz-Cardenas K, Nurkomar I, Palmeros-Suarez PA, Perier JD, Ramírez-Romero R, Roudine S, Sanches MM, Sanchez-Garcia FJ, Signabon FB, van Baaren J, Vásquez C, Xu P, Lu Y, Elkahky M. 2025. Biological control mitigates spread of vector-borne plant pathogens. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment Accepted [IF=6.0 & Q1]

53) Murtaza G, Ullah F, Zhao Z, Liao Z, Trujillo-Pahua V, Ramirez-Romero R, Li Z. 2025. Insect responses to heatwaves and their influence on Integrated Pest Management. Entomologia Generalis Accepted [IF=6.9 & Q1]

52) Du W, Zou Z, Monticelli LS, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Ramirez-Romero R, Liu G, Hu Y. 2025. Effects of cold storage on biological characteristics of two Trichogramma species produced through multiparasitism. Entomologia Generalis. Accepted [IF=6.9 & Q1]

51) Torres-Enciso P, Printzen-Cruz WE, Zang LS, Sánchez-Hernández CV, Ramirez-Romero R.* 2025. Sex-specific predation preferences of the generalist predator, Geocoris punctipes, regarding the mobility, developmental stage, and coloration of Myzus persicae prey. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. 6:1, 0019 [2.8 & Q1] . DOI: 10.1079/ab.2025.0019

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Miscelaneous

Reviewer for Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Oikos, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Journal of Economic Entomology, Journal of Applied Entomology, Bulletin of Entomological Research, Ecotoxicology, Crop Protection, Biocontrol, Biological Control, Biocontrol Science & Technology, Journal of Applied Ecology, International Journal of Biological Sciences, Insects, Journal of Insect Science, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Phytoparasitica, Bulletin of Insectology, Agriculture and Forest Entomology, Journal of Apicultural Science, Entomologia Generalis, Pest Management Science.

Reviewer for the Mexican Ministry of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation (SECIHTI: Participation in evaluating proposals in the funding programs ‘Fondos Bilaterales,’ ‘Fondos Mixtos,’ ‘Retenciones-Repatriaciones,’ ‘Ciencia Básica,’ ‘Investigadores por México,’ and ‘Ciencia de Frontera.’

Associate Editor for Pest Management Science, ranked in the top 10 of ISI Web of Science, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 3.8, Q1 (JCR®2023).

Associate Editor for Entomologia Generalis, ranked in the top 10 of ISI-WoS, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 5.6, Q1 (JCR®2023).

Associate Editor for CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, ranked 22nd out of 89 of ISI-WoS, category Agriculture. Impact Factor: 2.8, Q1 (JCR®2023).

Associate Editor for Neotropical Entomology, ranked 46th out of 109 of ISI-WoS, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 1.4, Q2 (JCR®2023).

Editor for Biological Control, ranked in the top 10 of ISI-WoS, category Entomology. Impact Factor: 3.7, Q1 (JCR®2023).