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Octávio Luiz Franco

Octávio Luiz Franco publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Microbiology, on topics such as Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Biochemical and Structural Characterization and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

World rank
#417,325
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Brazil
#4,683
of 38,702
Works
74
Citations
282
Citations per work
3.8

What does Octávio Luiz Franco research?

Molecular Biology: 27.1%Plant Science: 15.3%Microbiology: 13.6%Genetics: 3.4%other fields: 40.6%27%top field
Molecular Biology27.1%Plant Science15.3%Microbiology13.6%Genetics3.4%other fields40.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology27% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science15% of their works
  3. 3Microbiology14% of their works
  4. 4Genetics3% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science3% of their works
  6. 6Biotechnology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Octávio Luiz Franco's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antimicrobial Peptides, Host Defense, Cyclotides, Sortase, Bacillus thuringiensis, RNA Interference, Antioxidant Activity and Bacteria.

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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Antimicrobial Peptides161 topic
  2. Host Defense161 topic
  3. Cyclotides121 topic
  4. Sortase121 topic
  5. Bacillus thuringiensis41 topic
  6. RNA Interference41 topic
  7. Antioxidant Activity31 topic
  8. Bacteria31 topic
  9. Bioactive Peptides31 topic
  10. Biofilms31 topic
  11. Botanical Insecticides31 topic
  12. Essential Oils31 topic
  13. Plant Molecular Farming31 topic
  14. Recombinant Proteins31 topic
  15. Cowpea21 topic
  16. Genetics21 topic

Where does Octávio Luiz Franco work?

Octávio Luiz Franco's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.

How many publications and citations does Octávio Luiz Franco have?

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 282 citations for Octávio Luiz Franco, ranking #417,325 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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