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Researcher · Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência · Portugal

Karina B. Xavier

Karina B. Xavier publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Gut microbiota and health, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

ORCID 0000-0001-5210-1434 OpenAlex
World rank
#142,316
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#311
of 41,760
Works
98
Citations
7.7k
Citations per work
79.1
h-index
39
i10-index 54Top 7.8% in Molecular Biology
Karina B. Xavier

What does Karina B. Xavier research?

Karina B. Xavier's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (56%), Medicine (10%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%).

Life Sciences: 61 works · 61.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 55 works · 56.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 33 works · 34.1% of their workGenetics: 13 works · 13.3% of their workEndocrinology: 5 works · 5.5% of their workMolecular Medicine: 3 works · 3.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 5.5% of their workPlant Science: 5 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 28.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 9.8% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 9.8% of their workInfectious Diseases: 10 works · 9.8% of their workTHEIR WORKKarina B. Xavier98works
Life Sciences62%Health Sciences10%

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 Biology5556.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences55.5%
  2. Everything else2828.3%
    1. Medicine109.8%
  1. 1Molecular Biology34% of their works
  2. 2Genetics13% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases10% of their works
  4. 4Endocrinology6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karina B. Xavier's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microbial Communities, Antibiotic Resistance, Gut Microbiota, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Bacteria, Biofilms, Epidemiology and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea.

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. Microbial Communities692 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance643 topics
  3. Gut Microbiota361 topic
  4. Short-Chain Fatty Acids361 topic
  5. Bacteria331 topic
  6. Biofilms331 topic
  7. Epidemiology332 topics
  8. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea221 topic
  9. Bacterial Physiology221 topic
  10. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation221 topic
  11. Gene Regulation221 topic
  12. Cholera111 topic
  13. Vibrio cholerae111 topic
  14. Adaptation91 topic
  15. ESKAPE Pathogens91 topic
  16. Evolution91 topic
  17. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria91 topic
  18. Prebiotics81 topic
  19. Probiotics81 topic

Where does Karina B. Xavier work?

Karina B. Xavier's main affiliation in the publication record is Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Karina B. Xavier have?

OpenAlex counts 98 works and 7,748 citations for Karina B. Xavier, an h-index of 39, ranking #142,316 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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