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Researcher · University of Pittsburgh · United States

Laura M DeCastro

Laura M DeCastro publishes mostly in Genetics, Hematology and Health, on topics such as Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Iron Metabolism and Disorders and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,841,840
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#564,722
of 1,627,098
Works
44
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
56.5
h-index
16
i10-index 18Top 34% in Genetics (Medicine)
Laura M DeCastro

What does Laura M DeCastro research?

Laura M DeCastro's work is mostly in Medicine (70%), Social Sciences (7%).

Health Sciences: 31 works · 70.3% of their workMedicine: 31 works · 70.3% of their workGenetics: 17 works · 38.1% of their workHematology: 10 works · 22.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 3.4% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 works · 3.4% of their workPhysiology: 1 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 22.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 6.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 6.8% of their workHealth: 3 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKLaura M DeCastro44works
Health Sciences70%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine3170.3%
  2. Everything else1022.9%
    1. Social Sciences36.8%
  1. 1Genetics38% of their works
  2. 2Hematology23% of their works
  3. 3Health7% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3% of their works
  6. 6Physiology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Laura M DeCastro's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sickle-cell Disease, Thalassemia, Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Hepcidin, Iron Regulation, Neuroprotection and Religion.

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.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Sickle-cell Disease401 topic
  2. Thalassemia401 topic
  3. Anemia243 topics
  4. Iron Deficiency182 topics
  5. Hepcidin131 topic
  6. Iron Regulation131 topic
  7. Neuroprotection82 topics
  8. Religion71 topic
  9. Spirituality71 topic
  10. Alloimmunization61 topic
  11. Blood Groups61 topic
  12. Chronic Kidney Disease51 topic
  13. Heart Failure51 topic
  14. JAK2 Mutation51 topic
  15. Myelofibrosis51 topic
  16. Cannabinoid Receptors31 topic
  17. Endocannabinoid System31 topic
  18. Fibrinogen31 topic
  19. Transglutaminases31 topic

Where does Laura M DeCastro work?

Laura M DeCastro's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pittsburgh, United States.

How many publications and citations does Laura M DeCastro have?

OpenAlex counts 44 works and 2,485 citations for Laura M DeCastro, an h-index of 16, ranking #1,841,840 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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