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Researcher · Austral University · Argentina

Marcelo José Villar

Marcelo José Villar publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments and Nerve injury and regeneration.

ORCID 0009-0000-3874-0635 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,179,326
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Argentina
#1,735
of 38,473
Works
137
Citations
6k
Citations per work
43.5
h-index
43
i10-index 92Top 7.5% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Marcelo José Villar

What does Marcelo José Villar research?

Marcelo José Villar's work is mostly in Neuroscience (31%), Medicine (22%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Life Sciences: 54 works · 39.3% of their workNeuroscience: 42 works · 30.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 37 works · 27.2% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 works · 3.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 works · 8.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 8.5% of their workEverything else: 53 works · 38.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 31 works · 22.3% of their workMedicine: 31 works · 22.3% of their workPhysiology: 17 works · 12.7% of their workSurgery: 7 works · 5.2% of their workReproductive Medicine: 6 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMarcelo JoséVillar137works
Life Sciences39%Health Sciences22%

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. Neuroscience4230.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology128.5%
  2. Everything else5338.4%
    1. Medicine3122.3%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience27% of their works
  2. 2Physiology13% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology8% of their works
  4. 4Surgery5% of their works
  5. 5Reproductive Medicine4% of their works
  6. 6Endocrine and Autonomic Systems4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Marcelo José Villar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Depression, Neuronal Plasticity, Anxiety, Neuropeptides, Opioid, Receptors, Central Sensitization and Neuropathic Pain.

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. Depression742 topics
  2. Neuronal Plasticity642 topics
  3. Anxiety622 topics
  4. Neuropeptides622 topics
  5. Opioid511 topic
  6. Receptors511 topic
  7. Central Sensitization411 topic
  8. Neuropathic Pain411 topic
  9. Synaptic Plasticity352 topics
  10. BDNF231 topic
  11. Neurotrophins231 topic
  12. GPR54 Gene151 topic
  13. Puberty151 topic
  14. Cardiovascular Disease141 topic
  15. Urotensin II141 topic
  16. GABAergic121 topic
  17. Neurotransmission121 topic
  18. Oxytocin111 topic
  19. Social Behavior111 topic
  20. Crystal Structure91 topic
  21. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors91 topic

Where does Marcelo José Villar work?

Marcelo José Villar's main affiliation in the publication record is Austral University, Argentina.

How many publications and citations does Marcelo José Villar have?

OpenAlex counts 137 works and 5,954 citations for Marcelo José Villar, an h-index of 43, ranking #1,179,326 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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