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Researcher · University of the South Pacific · Fiji

Rufino Varea

Rufino Varea publishes mostly in Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

ORCID 0000-0002-3002-6944 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,728,126
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Fiji
#80
of 368
Works
37
Citations
308
Citations per work
8.3
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 75% in Pollution
Rufino Varea

What does Rufino Varea research?

Rufino Varea's work is mostly in Environmental Science (48%), Social Sciences (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 47.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 18 works · 47.6% of their workPollution: 7 works · 17.9% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 works · 14.3% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 works · 8.3% of their workEcology: 3 works · 7.1% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 35.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 11.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 11.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 4 works · 11.9% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 4.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 4.8% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKRufino Varea37works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences48%Social Sciences12%

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. Environmental Science1847.6%
  2. Everything else1335.7%
    1. Social Sciences411.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.8%
  1. 1Pollution18% of their works
  2. 2Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis14% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  4. 4Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Ecology7% of their works
  6. 6General Agricultural and Biological Sciences5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rufino Varea's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Recycling, Waste Management, Marine Environment, Microplastics, Bioaccumulation, E-Waste, Environmental Exposure and Environmental Impacts.

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. Recycling202 topics
  2. Waste Management202 topics
  3. Marine Environment131 topic
  4. Microplastics131 topic
  5. Bioaccumulation92 topics
  6. E-Waste71 topic
  7. Environmental Exposure72 topics
  8. Environmental Impacts71 topic
  9. Biomarkers51 topic
  10. Fake News51 topic
  11. Misinformation51 topic
  12. Oxidative Stress51 topic
  13. Brominated Flame Retardants41 topic
  14. Climate Change41 topic
  15. Coral Reefs41 topic
  16. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons41 topic
  17. Bisphenol A31 topic
  18. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals31 topic
  19. Islands31 topic
  20. Small States31 topic

Where does Rufino Varea work?

Rufino Varea's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the South Pacific, Fiji.

How many publications and citations does Rufino Varea have?

OpenAlex counts 37 works and 308 citations for Rufino Varea, an h-index of 9, ranking #1,728,126 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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