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Researcher · Esteve Química (Spain) · Spain

José Miguel Vela

José Miguel Vela publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology, on topics such as Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0002-6809-1477 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,410,104
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Spain
#29,062
of 204,306
Works
179
Citations
6.2k
Citations per work
34.7
h-index
43
i10-index 101Top 5.9% in Molecular Biology
José Miguel Vela

What does José Miguel Vela research?

José Miguel Vela's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Neuroscience (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Life Sciences: 104 works · 58.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 works · 28.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 51 works · 28.5% of their workNeuroscience: 31 works · 17.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 works · 13.2% of their workNeurology: 7 works · 3.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 works · 12.5% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 works · 8.0% of their workInsect Science: 8 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 59 works · 33.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 16 works · 8.9% of their workMedicine: 16 works · 8.9% of their workPhysiology: 16 works · 8.9% of their workTHEIR WORKJosé Miguel Vela179works
Life Sciences58%Health Sciences9%

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 Biology5128.5%
    2. Neuroscience3117.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2212.5%
  2. Everything else5933.0%
    1. Medicine168.9%
  1. 1Molecular Biology28% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience13% of their works
  3. 3Physiology9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science4% of their works
  6. 6Neurology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe José Miguel Vela's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chaperone, Sigma-1 Receptor, Neuroinflammation, Neuropeptides, Receptors, Central Sensitization, Neuropathic Pain and Coleoptera.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Chaperone671 topic
  2. Sigma-1 Receptor671 topic
  3. Neuroinflammation542 topics
  4. Neuropeptides441 topic
  5. Receptors441 topic
  6. Central Sensitization391 topic
  7. Neuropathic Pain391 topic
  8. Coleoptera302 topics
  9. Crystal Structure301 topic
  10. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors301 topic
  11. Taxonomy302 topics
  12. Cerambycidae171 topic
  13. Neotropical Region171 topic
  14. Microglia151 topic
  15. Neurodegeneration151 topic
  16. Biological Activities141 topic
  17. Phenothiazines141 topic
  18. Evolution131 topic
  19. Phylogeny131 topic

Where does José Miguel Vela work?

José Miguel Vela's main affiliation in the publication record is Esteve Química (Spain), Spain.

How many publications and citations does José Miguel Vela have?

OpenAlex counts 179 works and 6,208 citations for José Miguel Vela, an h-index of 43, ranking #1,410,104 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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