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Researcher · Universitat Pompeu Fabra · Spain

Óscar Lao

Óscar Lao publishes mostly in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology, on topics such as Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Genetic diversity and population structure.

ORCID 0000-0002-8525-9649 OpenAlex
World rank
#157,061
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Spain
#2,248
of 204,306
Works
137
Citations
8.5k
Citations per work
62.4
h-index
44
i10-index 70Top 6.4% in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Óscar Lao

What does Óscar Lao research?

Óscar Lao's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (59%), Social Sciences (5%), Arts and Humanities (4%).

Life Sciences: 81 works · 59.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 81 works · 59.2% of their workGenetics: 63 works · 45.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 15 works · 10.7% of their workCell Biology: 4 works · 2.7% of their workEverything else: 44 works · 31.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 9.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 4.8% of their workAnthropology: 3 works · 2.4% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 works · 2.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 6 works · 4.2% of their workArcheology: 6 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKÓscar Lao137works
Life Sciences59%Social Sciences9%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8159.2%
  2. Everything else4431.8%
    1. Social Sciences74.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities64.2%
  1. 1Genetics46% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
  3. 3Archeology4% of their works
  4. 4Cell Biology3% of their works
  5. 5Geography, Planning and Development2% of their works
  6. 6Anthropology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Óscar Lao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Population Genetics, Ancient DNA, Genomic Analysis, Genome-Wide Association, Genetic Diversity, Genetic Variation, Haplotype Mapping and Genetic Structure.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Population Genetics724 topics
  2. Ancient DNA411 topic
  3. Genomic Analysis411 topic
  4. Genome-Wide Association352 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity332 topics
  6. Genetic Variation261 topic
  7. Haplotype Mapping261 topic
  8. Genetic Structure241 topic
  9. Population Dynamics241 topic
  10. Genetics222 topics
  11. Biomedical Research131 topic
  12. Race131 topic
  13. Age Estimation111 topic
  14. Sex Determination111 topic
  15. Genetic Variants91 topic
  16. Genomic Selection91 topic
  17. Melanin91 topic
  18. Pigmentation91 topic
  19. Plant Breeding91 topic
  20. Sequence Interpretation91 topic

Where does Óscar Lao work?

Óscar Lao's main affiliation in the publication record is Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

How many publications and citations does Óscar Lao have?

OpenAlex counts 137 works and 8,549 citations for Óscar Lao, an h-index of 44, ranking #157,061 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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