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Rita de Sousa

Rita de Sousa publishes mostly in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Insect Science, on topics such as Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors and Dermatological diseases and infestations.

World rank
#1,144,388
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#6,142
of 9,113
Works
24
Citations
56
Citations per work
2.3

What does Rita de Sousa research?

Parasitology: 25.5%Infectious Diseases: 23.5%Insect Science: 7.8%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5.9%other fields: 37.3%26%top field
Parasitology25.5%Infectious Diseases23.5%Insect Science7.8%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5.9%other fields37.3%

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

  1. 1Parasitology26% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases24% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science8% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology6% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rita de Sousa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Public Health, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Lyme Disease, Tick-Borne Diseases, Pathogenesis, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Zoonotic Infections.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology306 topics
  2. Public Health233 topics
  3. Host-Pathogen Interactions142 topics
  4. Lyme Disease121 topic
  5. Tick-Borne Diseases121 topic
  6. Pathogenesis102 topics
  7. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers81 topic
  8. Zoonotic Infections81 topic
  9. Vector Control73 topics
  10. Arboviral Diseases31 topic
  11. Bed Bugs31 topic
  12. Scabies31 topic
  13. Zika Virus31 topic
  14. Bluetongue Virus21 topic
  15. Chagas Disease21 topic
  16. Culicoides Biting Midges21 topic
  17. Symbiont21 topic
  18. Trypanosoma cruzi21 topic
  19. Wolbachia21 topic
  20. Honey Bees11 topic
  21. Neonicotinoids11 topic

Where does Rita de Sousa work?

Rita de Sousa's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Rita de Sousa have?

Science Explorer counts 24 works and 56 citations for Rita de Sousa, ranking #1,144,388 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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