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Researcher · University of Minho · Portugal

Rui A. Sousa

Rui A. Sousa publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, on topics such as Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications.

World rank
#237,481
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#722
of 9,113
Works
30
Citations
254
Citations per work
8.5

What does Rui A. Sousa research?

Biomaterials: 21.4%Biomedical Engineering: 17.9%Surgery: 10.7%Polymers and Plastics: 7.1%other fields: 42.9%21%top field
Biomaterials21.4%Biomedical Engineering17.9%Surgery10.7%Polymers and Plastics7.1%other fields42.9%

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

  1. 1Biomaterials21% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Surgery11% of their works
  4. 4Polymers and Plastics7% of their works
  5. 5Rheumatology5% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rui A. Sousa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Bone Regeneration, Nanocomposites, Scaffolds, Drug Delivery and Biodegradable Polymers.

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. Tissue Engineering143 topics
  2. Biomaterials112 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications82 topics
  4. Bone Regeneration81 topic
  5. Nanocomposites82 topics
  6. Scaffolds81 topic
  7. Drug Delivery62 topics
  8. Biodegradable Polymers51 topic
  9. Polylactic Acid51 topic
  10. Cartilage31 topic
  11. Electrospinning31 topic
  12. Hip Arthroplasty31 topic
  13. Nanofibers31 topic
  14. Osteoarthritis31 topic
  15. Silk Fibroin31 topic
  16. Spider Silk31 topic
  17. Total Hip Replacement31 topic
  18. Bioactive Compounds21 topic
  19. Complex Fluids21 topic
  20. Rheology21 topic
  21. Seaweed21 topic

Where does Rui A. Sousa work?

Rui A. Sousa's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Minho, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Rui A. Sousa have?

Science Explorer counts 30 works and 254 citations for Rui A. Sousa, ranking #237,481 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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