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Researcher · Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos · Argentina

María I. Vacas

María I. Vacas publishes mostly in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology, on topics such as Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,346,069
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Argentina
#17,831
of 38,473
Works
52
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
26.5
h-index
23
i10-index 37Top 28% in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
María I. Vacas

What does María I. Vacas research?

María I. Vacas's work is mostly in Neuroscience (37%), Medicine (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Life Sciences: 24 works · 46.3% of their workNeuroscience: 19 works · 37.3% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 14 works · 26.9% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 works · 10.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 9.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 9.0% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 33.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 20.1% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 20.1% of their workPhysiology: 5 works · 9.7% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 works · 5.2% of their workReproductive Medicine: 3 works · 5.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMaría I. Vacas52works
Life Sciences46%Health Sciences20%

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. Neuroscience1937.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology59.0%
  2. Everything else1733.6%
    1. Medicine1020.1%
  1. 1Endocrine and Autonomic Systems27% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience10% of their works
  3. 3Physiology10% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology9% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5% of their works
  6. 6Reproductive Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe María I. Vacas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Circadian Clock, Melatonin, Hormonal Regulation, Brain, Crystal Structure, Drosophila, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors and Neuroscience.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Circadian Clock301 topic
  2. Melatonin301 topic
  3. Hormonal Regulation102 topics
  4. Brain71 topic
  5. Crystal Structure71 topic
  6. Drosophila71 topic
  7. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors71 topic
  8. Neuroscience71 topic
  9. Stress71 topic
  10. GPR54 Gene61 topic
  11. Puberty61 topic
  12. Memory51 topic
  13. Sleep51 topic
  14. Channelrhodopsin41 topic
  15. Ghrelin41 topic
  16. Leptin41 topic
  17. Optogenetics41 topic

Where does María I. Vacas work?

María I. Vacas's main affiliation in the publication record is Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos, Argentina.

How many publications and citations does María I. Vacas have?

OpenAlex counts 52 works and 1,378 citations for María I. Vacas, an h-index of 23, ranking #5,346,069 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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