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Researcher · University of Latvia · Latvia

Valdis Pīrāgs

Valdis Pīrāgs publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.

ORCID 0000-0002-3650-7394 OpenAlex
World rank
#734,911
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Latvia
#92
of 618
Works
33
Citations
73
Citations per work
2.2

What does Valdis Pīrāgs research?

Molecular Biology: 23.3%Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16.3%Infectious Diseases: 9.3%Genetics: 7.0%other fields: 44.1%23%top field
Molecular Biology23.3%Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism16.3%Infectious Diseases9.3%Genetics7.0%other fields44.1%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology23% of their works
  2. 2Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism16% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases9% of their works
  4. 4Genetics7% of their works
  5. 5Surgery7% of their works
  6. 6Oncology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Valdis Pīrāgs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: AMP-Activated Protein Kinase, Metformin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, Epidemiology, Type 2 Diabetes, Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Aspirin.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. AMP-Activated Protein Kinase51 topic
  2. Metformin51 topic
  3. Cardiovascular Outcomes41 topic
  4. Epidemiology42 topics
  5. Type 2 Diabetes41 topic
  6. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea31 topic
  7. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation31 topic
  8. Aspirin21 topic
  9. Brown Adipose Tissue21 topic
  10. Cholesterol-lowering21 topic
  11. Clopidogrel21 topic
  12. Gut Microbiota21 topic
  13. Microbial Communities21 topic
  14. Statins21 topic
  15. Thermogenesis21 topic
  16. Genetics11 topic
  17. Type 1 Diabetes11 topic

Where does Valdis Pīrāgs work?

Valdis Pīrāgs's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Latvia, Latvia.

How many publications and citations does Valdis Pīrāgs have?

Science Explorer counts 33 works and 73 citations for Valdis Pīrāgs, ranking #734,911 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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