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Researcher · University of Coimbra · Portugal

João Cotas

João Cotas publishes mostly in Aquatic Science, Oceanography and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds, Marine and coastal plant biology and Algal biology and biofuel production.

ORCID 0000-0002-5244-221X OpenAlex
World rank
#56,659
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#69
of 41,760
Works
121
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
36.5
h-index
35
i10-index 60Top 3.2% in Aquatic Science
João Cotas

What does João Cotas research?

João Cotas's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (47%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%), Energy (9%).

Life Sciences: 68 works · 55.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 57 works · 47.0% of their workAquatic Science: 40 works · 32.7% of their workPlant Science: 10 works · 8.3% of their workFood Science: 7 works · 6.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 works · 8.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 11 works · 8.9% of their workEverything else: 30 works · 25.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 23 works · 19.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 works · 9.8% of their workOceanography: 12 works · 9.8% of their workEnergy: 11 works · 9.2% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 works · 9.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJoão Cotas121works
Life Sciences56%Physical Sciences19%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5747.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology118.9%
  2. Everything else3025.1%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences129.8%
    2. Energy119.2%
  1. 1Aquatic Science33% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography10% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology9% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science8% of their works
  6. 6Food Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe João Cotas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antioxidant Activity, Health Benefits, Bioactive Compounds, Seaweed, Protein Hydrolysates, Kelp Forests, Seagrasses and Biodiesel.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Antioxidant Activity1072 topics
  2. Health Benefits1072 topics
  3. Bioactive Compounds801 topic
  4. Seaweed801 topic
  5. Protein Hydrolysates452 topics
  6. Kelp Forests301 topic
  7. Seagrasses301 topic
  8. Biodiesel291 topic
  9. Microalgae291 topic
  10. ACE Inhibitory Peptides271 topic
  11. Bioactive Peptides271 topic
  12. Functional Foods242 topics
  13. Aquaculture222 topics
  14. Biostimulants181 topic
  15. Nutrition182 topics
  16. Plant Growth181 topic
  17. Sea Cucumbers141 topic
  18. Triterpene Glycosides141 topic
  19. Climate Change101 topic
  20. Food Security101 topic
  21. Fatty Acids81 topic
  22. Fish Feed81 topic

Where does João Cotas work?

João Cotas's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Coimbra, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does João Cotas have?

OpenAlex counts 121 works and 4,416 citations for João Cotas, an h-index of 35, ranking #56,659 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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