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Researcher · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · France

Francisco J. Varela

Francisco J. Varela publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology, on topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces and Embodied and Extended Cognition.

ORCID 0000-0001-8403-4467 OpenAlex
World rank
#345,751
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#19,386
of 324,115
Works
177
Citations
36k
Citations per work
201.8
h-index
54
i10-index 93Top 3.3% in Cognitive Neuroscience
Francisco J. Varela

What does Francisco J. Varela research?

Francisco J. Varela's work is mostly in Neuroscience (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Medicine (4%).

Everything else: 83 works · 46.7% of their workLife Sciences: 74 works · 41.7% of their workNeuroscience: 63 works · 35.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 56 works · 31.5% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 works · 3.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 works · 6.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 11 works · 6.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 4.3% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 4.3% of their workNeurology: 8 works · 4.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 3.9% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 3.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 7 works · 3.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 3.4% of their workPsychology: 6 works · 3.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 6 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancisco J.Varela177works
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences3%

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. Everything else8346.7%
    1. Neuroscience6335.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology116.3%
    1. Medicine84.3%
    1. Engineering73.9%
    1. Psychology63.4%
  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience32% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology6% of their works
  3. 3Neurology4% of their works
  4. 4Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francisco J. Varela's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations, Brain-Computer Interfaces, EEG Analysis, Embodied Cognition, Predictive Brain Theory, Artificial Immune Systems and Immune System.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Cortical Networks441 topic
  2. Neuronal Oscillations441 topic
  3. Brain-Computer Interfaces231 topic
  4. EEG Analysis231 topic
  5. Embodied Cognition231 topic
  6. Predictive Brain Theory231 topic
  7. Artificial Immune Systems181 topic
  8. Immune System181 topic
  9. Functional Connectivity161 topic
  10. Resting-State fMRI161 topic
  11. Neural Processing151 topic
  12. Visual Perception151 topic
  13. Prebiotic Chemistry121 topic
  14. RNA World121 topic
  15. Gene Regulatory Networks111 topic
  16. Stochastic Gene Expression111 topic

Where does Francisco J. Varela work?

Francisco J. Varela's main affiliation in the publication record is Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France.

How many publications and citations does Francisco J. Varela have?

OpenAlex counts 177 works and 35,717 citations for Francisco J. Varela, an h-index of 54, ranking #345,751 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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