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Researcher · Microbiomas Foundation · Colombia

Marcela Villegas-Plazas

Marcela Villegas-Plazas publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution, on topics such as Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Mine drainage and remediation techniques and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants.

ORCID 0000-0002-2163-9052 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,222,448
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Colombia
#5,955
of 23,024
Works
21
Citations
260
Citations per work
12.4
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 87% in Molecular Biology
Marcela Villegas-Plazas

What does Marcela Villegas-Plazas research?

Marcela Villegas-Plazas's work is mostly in Environmental Science (34%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 9 works · 41.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 34.2% of their workEcology: 2 works · 11.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 works · 11.4% of their workPollution: 2 works · 11.4% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 6.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 6.8% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 36.3% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 22.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 15.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 15.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 6.8% of their workInsect Science: 1 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKMarcelaVillegas-Plazas21works
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences41%

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. Environmental Science734.2%
    2. Engineering16.8%
  2. Everything else836.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology315.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.8%
  1. 1Molecular Biology16% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry11% of their works
  3. 3Pollution11% of their works
  4. 4Ecology11% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Marcela Villegas-Plazas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microbial Communities, Microbial Ecology, Marine Natural Products, Biodegradation, Bioleaching, Metal Recovery, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Remediation.

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 Communities62 topics
  2. Microbial Ecology52 topics
  3. Marine Natural Products42 topics
  4. Biodegradation31 topic
  5. Bioleaching31 topic
  6. Metal Recovery31 topic
  7. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons31 topic
  8. Remediation31 topic
  9. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria31 topic
  10. Climate Change21 topic
  11. Coral Reefs21 topic
  12. Drug Discovery21 topic
  13. Gene Regulatory Networks21 topic
  14. Marine Microbes21 topic
  15. Microbial Biogeography21 topic
  16. Microbial Symbionts21 topic
  17. Natural Products21 topic
  18. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms21 topic
  19. Stochastic Gene Expression21 topic

Where does Marcela Villegas-Plazas work?

Marcela Villegas-Plazas's main affiliation in the publication record is Microbiomas Foundation, Colombia.

How many publications and citations does Marcela Villegas-Plazas have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 260 citations for Marcela Villegas-Plazas, an h-index of 8, ranking #4,222,448 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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