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Researcher · National University of San Marcos · Peru

Américo Castro Luna

Américo Castro Luna publishes mostly in Plant Science, Food Science and Periodontics, on topics such as Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,983,988
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Peru
#6,550
of 7,808
Works
18
Citations
22
Citations per work
1.2
h-index
3
i10-index 0Top 95% in Plant Science
Américo Castro Luna

What does Américo Castro Luna research?

Américo Castro Luna's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (37%), Dentistry (9%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (5%).

Life Sciences: 8 works · 41.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 works · 37.2% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 20.9% of their workFood Science: 3 works · 16.3% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 works · 4.7% of their workPharmacology: 1 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 39.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 18.7% of their workDentistry: 2 works · 9.3% of their workPeriodontics: 2 works · 9.3% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 4.7% of their workPharmacology: 1 works · 4.7% of their workNursing: 1 works · 4.7% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKAmérico CastroLuna18works
Life Sciences42%Health Sciences19%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences737.2%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics14.7%
  2. Everything else739.4%
    1. Dentistry29.3%
    2. Medicine14.7%
    3. Nursing14.7%
  1. 1Plant Science21% of their works
  2. 2Food Science16% of their works
  3. 3Periodontics9% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology5% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works
  6. 6Pharmacology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Américo Castro Luna's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antioxidant Activity, Medicinal Plants, Natural Products, Antioxidant, Bioactive Compounds, Pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Antimicrobial Activity.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Antioxidant Activity94 topics
  2. Medicinal Plants73 topics
  3. Natural Products52 topics
  4. Antioxidant42 topics
  5. Bioactive Compounds42 topics
  6. Pharmacology42 topics
  7. Phytochemistry42 topics
  8. Antimicrobial Activity31 topic
  9. Essential Oils31 topic
  10. Oral Microbiome31 topic
  11. Periodontal Diseases31 topic
  12. Apiaceae Family21 topic
  13. Cardiovascular Health21 topic
  14. Ethnobotany21 topic
  15. Garlic21 topic
  16. Hypercholesterolemia21 topic
  17. Mycotoxins21 topic
  18. Pharmacological Studies21 topic
  19. Policosanol21 topic
  20. Polyacetylenes21 topic
  21. Psidium guajava21 topic
  22. Toxicology21 topic
  23. hypoglycemic21 topic

Where does Américo Castro Luna work?

Américo Castro Luna's main affiliation in the publication record is National University of San Marcos, Peru.

How many publications and citations does Américo Castro Luna have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 22 citations for Américo Castro Luna, an h-index of 3, ranking #6,983,988 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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