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Researcher · Microbiomas Foundation · Colombia

Howard Junca

Howard Junca publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution, on topics such as Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

ORCID 0000-0003-4546-6229 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,092,780
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Colombia
#642
of 23,024
Works
125
Citations
3.1k
Citations per work
24.5
h-index
34
i10-index 59Top 11% in Molecular Biology
Howard Junca

What does Howard Junca research?

Howard Junca's work is mostly in Environmental Science (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Everything else: 54 works · 43.4% of their workLife Sciences: 37 works · 29.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 works · 17.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 22 works · 17.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 works · 11.6% of their workInsect Science: 11 works · 8.5% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 3.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 34 works · 27.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 34 works · 27.1% of their workEcology: 16 works · 12.6% of their workPollution: 14 works · 11.0% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKHoward Junca125works
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences27%

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 else5443.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2217.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1411.6%
    1. Environmental Science3427.1%
  1. 1Molecular Biology18% of their works
  2. 2Ecology13% of their works
  3. 3Pollution11% of their works
  4. 4Insect Science8% of their works
  5. 5Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Howard Junca's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microbial Communities, Gut Microbiota, Biodegradation, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Genome-Scale Models and Metabolic Engineering.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Microbial Communities402 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota303 topics
  3. Biodegradation271 topic
  4. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons271 topic
  5. Marine Microbes241 topic
  6. Microbial Biogeography241 topic
  7. Genome-Scale Models151 topic
  8. Metabolic Engineering151 topic
  9. Metagenomic Analysis131 topic
  10. Short-Chain Fatty Acids131 topic
  11. Symbiont131 topic
  12. Wolbachia131 topic
  13. Aquaculture91 topic
  14. Fish Immunology91 topic
  15. RNA-Seq91 topic
  16. sequence alignment91 topic
  17. Honey Bees81 topic
  18. Neonicotinoids81 topic

Where does Howard Junca work?

Howard Junca's main affiliation in the publication record is Microbiomas Foundation, Colombia.

How many publications and citations does Howard Junca have?

OpenAlex counts 125 works and 3,066 citations for Howard Junca, an h-index of 34, ranking #1,092,780 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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