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Researcher · College of Staten Island · United States

Benjamin Kest

Benjamin Kest publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

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World rank
#1,104,914
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#357,373
of 1,627,098
Works
74
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
58.9
h-index
33
i10-index 60Top 14% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Benjamin Kest

What does Benjamin Kest research?

Benjamin Kest's work is mostly in Neuroscience (33%), Medicine (32%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%).

Life Sciences: 36 works · 49.3% of their workNeuroscience: 24 works · 32.7% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 works · 29.0% of their workBehavioral Neuroscience: 3 works · 3.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 works · 16.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 16.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 24 works · 31.8% of their workMedicine: 24 works · 31.8% of their workPhysiology: 16 works · 22.1% of their workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 works · 6.5% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 18.9% of their workTHEIR WORKBenjamin Kest74works
Life Sciences49%Health Sciences32%

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. Neuroscience2432.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1216.6%
    1. Medicine2431.8%
  3. Everything else1418.9%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience29% of their works
  2. 2Physiology22% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology17% of their works
  4. 4Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6% of their works
  5. 5Behavioral Neuroscience4% of their works
  6. 6Psychiatry and Mental health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benjamin Kest's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Stress, Depression, Neuropeptides, Receptors, Central Sensitization, Neuropathic Pain, Crystal Structure and G-Protein-Coupled Receptors.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Stress633 topics
  2. Depression552 topics
  3. Neuropeptides471 topic
  4. Receptors471 topic
  5. Central Sensitization431 topic
  6. Neuropathic Pain431 topic
  7. Crystal Structure191 topic
  8. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors191 topic
  9. Cancer Pain121 topic
  10. Pain Management121 topic
  11. Chaperone101 topic
  12. Sigma-1 Receptor101 topic
  13. Brain81 topic
  14. Cortisol81 topic
  15. Dopamine81 topic
  16. Neurotransmission81 topic
  17. Serotonin81 topic
  18. Synaptic Plasticity81 topic

Where does Benjamin Kest work?

Benjamin Kest's main affiliation in the publication record is College of Staten Island, United States.

How many publications and citations does Benjamin Kest have?

OpenAlex counts 74 works and 4,355 citations for Benjamin Kest, an h-index of 33, ranking #1,104,914 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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