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Researcher · Universidad de la República de Uruguay · Uruguay

Laura Castro

Laura Castro publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology, on topics such as Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects and Redox biology and oxidative stress.

ORCID 0000-0002-5771-7630 OpenAlex
World rank
#430,730
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uruguay
#35
of 3,394
Works
67
Citations
5.8k
Citations per work
86.9
h-index
26
i10-index 35Top 20% in Molecular Biology
Laura Castro

What does Laura Castro research?

Laura Castro's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (47%), Medicine (15%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%).

Life Sciences: 34 works · 51.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 works · 46.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 23 works · 33.7% of their workCell Biology: 4 works · 5.7% of their workClinical Biochemistry: 3 works · 4.0% of their workCancer Research: 2 works · 3.4% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 works · 4.6% of their workImmunology: 3 works · 4.6% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 33.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 14.9% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 14.9% of their workPhysiology: 10 works · 14.9% of their workTHEIR WORKLaura Castro67works
Life Sciences51%Health Sciences15%

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 Biology3146.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology34.6%
  2. Everything else2333.7%
    1. Medicine1014.9%
  1. 1Molecular Biology34% of their works
  2. 2Physiology15% of their works
  3. 3Cell Biology6% of their works
  4. 4Immunology5% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Biochemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Cancer Research3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Laura Castro's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Endothelial Dysfunction, Nitric Oxide and Redox Regulation.

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. Reactive Oxygen Species584 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress503 topics
  3. Inflammation272 topics
  4. Mitochondria221 topic
  5. Mitochondrial Dysfunction221 topic
  6. Endothelial Dysfunction191 topic
  7. Nitric Oxide191 topic
  8. Redox Regulation91 topic
  9. Thioredoxin System91 topic
  10. Hemoglobin81 topic
  11. NADPH Oxidases81 topic
  12. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps81 topic
  13. Scavenger Receptor81 topic
  14. ATP Synthase61 topic
  15. Biochemical Genetics61 topic
  16. Light Harvesting61 topic
  17. Metabolic Disorders61 topic
  18. Photosystem II61 topic
  19. Vacuolar ATPases61 topic

Where does Laura Castro work?

Laura Castro's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay.

How many publications and citations does Laura Castro have?

OpenAlex counts 67 works and 5,819 citations for Laura Castro, an h-index of 26, ranking #430,730 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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