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Researcher · Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Panama

Luis Carlos Mejía

Luis Carlos Mejía publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy.

ORCID 0000-0003-2135-5241 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,477,965
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Panama
#123
of 781
Works
68
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
56.5
h-index
26
i10-index 37Top 9.9% in Plant Science
Luis Carlos Mejía

What does Luis Carlos Mejía research?

Luis Carlos Mejía's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%).

Life Sciences: 46 works · 67.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 works · 48.3% of their workPlant Science: 19 works · 28.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 works · 7.7% of their workInsect Science: 5 works · 7.1% of their workHorticulture: 4 works · 5.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 19.2% of their workCell Biology: 8 works · 11.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 22 works · 32.5% of their workTHEIR WORKLuis Carlos Mejía68works
Life Sciences68%

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 Sciences3348.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1319.2%
  2. Everything else2232.5%
  1. 1Plant Science28% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology8% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science7% of their works
  6. 6Horticulture6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Luis Carlos Mejía's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogenetic Analysis, Endophytic Fungi, Fungal Pathogens, Plant Immunity, Fungal Diversity, Mycorrhizal Fungi, Agroforestry and Cacao.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis262 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi211 topic
  3. Fungal Pathogens211 topic
  4. Plant Immunity162 topics
  5. Fungal Diversity131 topic
  6. Mycorrhizal Fungi131 topic
  7. Agroforestry101 topic
  8. Cacao101 topic
  9. Gene Silencing81 topic
  10. Microbial Pathogens81 topic
  11. Rhizosphere Interactions81 topic
  12. Viral RNA Silencing81 topic
  13. Endophyte Symbiosis61 topic
  14. Grass-Fungal Interaction61 topic
  15. Symbiont61 topic
  16. Wolbachia61 topic
  17. Lichen51 topic
  18. Symbiosis51 topic

Where does Luis Carlos Mejía work?

Luis Carlos Mejía's main affiliation in the publication record is Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

How many publications and citations does Luis Carlos Mejía have?

OpenAlex counts 68 works and 3,844 citations for Luis Carlos Mejía, an h-index of 26, ranking #1,477,965 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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