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Óscar Porras

Óscar Porras publishes mostly in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

World rank
#690,979
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Costa Rica
#140
of 373
Works
15
Citations
57
Citations per work
3.8

What does Óscar Porras research?

Epidemiology: 22.2%Infectious Diseases: 22.2%Nutrition and Dietetics: 11.1%Health: 11.1%other fields: 33.4%22%top field
Epidemiology22.2%Infectious Diseases22.2%Nutrition and Dietetics11.1%Health11.1%other fields33.4%

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

  1. 1Epidemiology22% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases22% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics11% of their works
  4. 4Health11% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions11% of their works
  6. 6Immunology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Óscar Porras's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Probiotics, Adolescent Health, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, COVID-19 Vaccine and Human Milk Composition.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy42 topics
  2. HIV Transmission31 topic
  3. Preexposure Prophylaxis31 topic
  4. Probiotics32 topics
  5. Adolescent Health21 topic
  6. COVID-19 Vaccine21 topic
  7. Community-Acquired Pneumonia21 topic
  8. Human Milk Composition21 topic
  9. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine21 topic
  10. Preterm Infants21 topic
  11. Sexual Behavior21 topic
  12. Vaccine Hesitancy21 topic
  13. Cardiovascular Disease11 topic
  14. Genetic Mutations11 topic
  15. HIV Infection11 topic
  16. Lactic Acid Bacteria11 topic
  17. Prebiotics11 topic
  18. Primary Immunodeficiency11 topic

Where does Óscar Porras work?

Óscar Porras's main affiliation in the publication record is Hospital Nacional de Niños, Costa Rica.

How many publications and citations does Óscar Porras have?

Science Explorer counts 15 works and 57 citations for Óscar Porras, ranking #690,979 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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