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Researcher · Michigan State University · United States

Donna R. Fontana

Donna R. Fontana publishes mostly in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,831,628
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,559,766
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
361
Citations per work
16.4
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 55% in Cell Biology
Donna R. Fontana

What does Donna R. Fontana research?

Donna R. Fontana's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (41%), Neuroscience (7%), Medicine (7%).

Life Sciences: 12 works · 53.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 41.3% of their workCell Biology: 5 works · 24.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 17.2% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 6.9% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 6.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 5.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 34.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 6.9% of their workMedicine: 2 works · 6.9% of their workPhysiology: 2 works · 6.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 5.2% of their workChemistry: 1 works · 5.2% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 works · 5.2% of their workTHEIR WORKDonna R. Fontana22works
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences7%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology941.3%
    2. Neuroscience26.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.2%
  2. Everything else834.5%
    1. Medicine26.9%
    1. Chemistry15.2%
  1. 1Cell Biology24% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology17% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience7% of their works
  4. 4Physiology7% of their works
  5. 5Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donna R. Fontana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Stem Cells, Extracellular Matrix, Cell Mechanics, Mechanotransduction, Microbial Diversity, Bioelectric Signals, Channelrhodopsin and Microgravity.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Stem Cells152 topics
  2. Extracellular Matrix142 topics
  3. Cell Mechanics111 topic
  4. Mechanotransduction111 topic
  5. Microbial Diversity62 topics
  6. Bioelectric Signals41 topic
  7. Channelrhodopsin41 topic
  8. Microgravity41 topic
  9. Optogenetics41 topic
  10. Planarian Regeneration41 topic
  11. Spaceflight41 topic
  12. Biological Soil Crusts31 topic
  13. Cell Adhesion31 topic
  14. Cyanobacteria31 topic
  15. Eukaryotic Microbes31 topic
  16. Evolutionary Origins31 topic
  17. Integrins31 topic
  18. Isothermal Titration Calorimetry31 topic
  19. Thermodynamics31 topic

Where does Donna R. Fontana work?

Donna R. Fontana's main affiliation in the publication record is Michigan State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donna R. Fontana have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 361 citations for Donna R. Fontana, an h-index of 12, ranking #6,831,628 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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