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Researcher · Universidad de Antioquia · Colombia

Valeria Villegas

Valeria Villegas publishes mostly in Oncology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as melanin and skin pigmentation, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

ORCID 0000-0002-9560-029X OpenAlex
World rank
#840,816
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Colombia
#439
of 23,024
Works
32
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
40.6
h-index
13
i10-index 14Top 44% in Oncology
Valeria Villegas

What does Valeria Villegas research?

Valeria Villegas's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (38%), Medicine (25%).

Life Sciences: 12 works · 38.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 works · 38.2% of their workGenetics: 5 works · 15.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 11.2% of their workCell Biology: 3 works · 7.9% of their workCancer Research: 1 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 37.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 24.8% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 24.8% of their workOncology: 5 works · 16.9% of their workDermatology: 3 works · 7.9% of their workTHEIR WORKValeria Villegas32works
Life Sciences38%Health Sciences25%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1238.2%
  2. Everything else1237.0%
    1. Medicine824.8%
  1. 1Oncology17% of their works
  2. 2Genetics16% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology11% of their works
  4. 4Dermatology8% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology8% of their works
  6. 6Cancer Research3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Valeria Villegas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetics, Skin Cancer, Epidemiology, Genome-Wide Association, Melanin, Pigmentation, Population Genetics and Immune Checkpoint Blockade.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetics92 topics
  2. Skin Cancer92 topics
  3. Epidemiology72 topics
  4. Genome-Wide Association72 topics
  5. Melanin71 topic
  6. Pigmentation71 topic
  7. Population Genetics72 topics
  8. Immune Checkpoint Blockade61 topic
  9. PD-1 and PD-L161 topic
  10. Dermoscopy51 topic
  11. Genomic Selection51 topic
  12. Melanoma51 topic
  13. Plant Breeding51 topic
  14. Oxidative Stress41 topic
  15. UV Radiation41 topic
  16. Molecular Signaling31 topic
  17. Tooth Development31 topic
  18. Cleft Lip21 topic
  19. Cleft Palate21 topic
  20. Genetic Variation21 topic
  21. Haplotype Mapping21 topic

Where does Valeria Villegas work?

Valeria Villegas's main affiliation in the publication record is Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

How many publications and citations does Valeria Villegas have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 1,298 citations for Valeria Villegas, an h-index of 13, ranking #840,816 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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