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Researcher · University of California, Irvine · United States

Frank M. LaFerla

Frank M. LaFerla publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, 14-3-3 protein interactions and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

ORCID 0000-0003-2324-6911 OpenAlex
World rank
#41,616
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#19,261
of 358,040
Works
54
Citations
544
Citations per work
10.1

What does Frank M. LaFerla research?

Molecular Biology: 28.8%Physiology: 23.3%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6.8%Pharmacology: 5.5%other fields: 35.6%29%top field
Molecular Biology28.8%Physiology23.3%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience6.8%Pharmacology5.5%other fields35.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology29% of their works
  2. 2Physiology23% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience7% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology6% of their works
  5. 5Computational Theory and Mathematics6% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frank M. LaFerla's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Amyloid Hypothesis, Tau Pathology, Neurological Disorders, 14-3-3 Proteins, Acetylcholinesterase and Cell Signaling.

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. Oxidative Stress213 topics
  2. Neuroinflammation192 topics
  3. Amyloid Hypothesis161 topic
  4. Tau Pathology161 topic
  5. Neurological Disorders72 topics
  6. 14-3-3 Proteins41 topic
  7. Acetylcholinesterase41 topic
  8. Cell Signaling41 topic
  9. Cholinesterase Inhibitors41 topic
  10. Molecular Docking41 topic
  11. Virtual Screening41 topic
  12. Cytokines31 topic
  13. Depression31 topic
  14. Neurotransmission31 topic
  15. Synaptic Plasticity31 topic
  16. Endoplasmic Reticulum21 topic
  17. Gene Therapy21 topic
  18. Retinitis Pigmentosa21 topic
  19. Stress21 topic

Where does Frank M. LaFerla work?

Frank M. LaFerla's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Irvine, United States.

How many publications and citations does Frank M. LaFerla have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 544 citations for Frank M. LaFerla, ranking #41,616 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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