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Researcher · University of Gothenburg · Sweden

Marcela Pekna

Marcela Pekna publishes mostly in Neurology, Immunology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms and Complement system in diseases.

ORCID 0000-0003-2734-8237 OpenAlex
World rank
#159,634
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#1,641
of 71,437
Works
128
Citations
14k
Citations per work
112.7
h-index
49
i10-index 95Top 2.4% in Neurology (Neuroscience)
Marcela Pekna

What does Marcela Pekna research?

Marcela Pekna's work is mostly in Neuroscience (36%), Immunology and Microbiology (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%).

Life Sciences: 77 works · 59.9% of their workNeuroscience: 45 works · 35.5% of their workNeurology: 22 works · 16.8% of their workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 13 works · 10.2% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 works · 8.5% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 works · 14.0% of their workImmunology: 18 works · 14.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 10.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 13 works · 10.4% of their workEverything else: 47 works · 36.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 4 works · 3.3% of their workMedicine: 4 works · 3.3% of their workSurgery: 4 works · 3.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMarcela Pekna128works
Life Sciences60%Health Sciences3%

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. Neuroscience4535.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1814.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1310.4%
  2. Everything else4736.8%
    1. Medicine43.3%
  1. 1Neurology17% of their works
  2. 2Immunology14% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology10% of their works
  4. 4Developmental Neuroscience10% of their works
  5. 5Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience8% of their works
  6. 6Surgery3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Marcela Pekna's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Innate Immunity, Brain Development, Neurodegeneration, Microglia, Neuroinflammation, Adult Stem Cells, Neurogenesis and Complement.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Innate Immunity823 topics
  2. Brain Development802 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration562 topics
  4. Microglia491 topic
  5. Neuroinflammation491 topic
  6. Adult Stem Cells311 topic
  7. Neurogenesis311 topic
  8. Complement261 topic
  9. Immune261 topic
  10. Synaptic Plasticity242 topics
  11. Inflammation162 topics
  12. GABAergic151 topic
  13. Neurotransmission151 topic
  14. BDNF91 topic
  15. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation91 topic
  16. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy91 topic
  17. Left Ventricular Assist Device91 topic
  18. Neonatal Encephalopathy91 topic
  19. Neurotrophins91 topic
  20. Calcium Modulated Proteins71 topic
  21. S100 Proteins71 topic

Where does Marcela Pekna work?

Marcela Pekna's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Marcela Pekna have?

OpenAlex counts 128 works and 14,426 citations for Marcela Pekna, an h-index of 49, ranking #159,634 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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