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Researcher · Epsom Hospital · United Kingdom

Valerie Piercy

Valerie Piercy publishes mostly in Physiology, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology, on topics such as Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Pharmacological Effects and Assays.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,830,474
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#136,373
of 367,258
Works
17
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
129.1
h-index
13
i10-index 14Top 46% in Physiology (Medicine)
Valerie Piercy

What does Valerie Piercy research?

Valerie Piercy's work is mostly in Medicine (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%).

Everything else: 7 works · 43.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 35.3% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 35.3% of their workPhysiology: 4 works · 23.5% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 works · 5.9% of their workSurgery: 1 works · 5.9% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 21.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 11.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 11.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 5.9% of their workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 works · 5.9% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 works · 3.9% of their workImmunology: 1 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKValerie Piercy17works
Life Sciences22%Health Sciences35%

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. Everything else743.1%
    1. Medicine635.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology211.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology13.9%
  1. 1Physiology24% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Animal Science and Zoology6% of their works
  4. 4Surgery6% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6% of their works
  6. 6Immunology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Valerie Piercy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Exercise, Insulin Resistance, Brown Adipose Tissue, Thermogenesis, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Stress and Clenbuterol.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Exercise102 topics
  2. Insulin Resistance102 topics
  3. Brown Adipose Tissue81 topic
  4. Thermogenesis81 topic
  5. Crystal Structure51 topic
  6. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors51 topic
  7. Stress42 topics
  8. Clenbuterol31 topic
  9. Ractopamine31 topic
  10. Brain21 topic
  11. Cortisol21 topic
  12. Dopamine21 topic
  13. Genetics21 topic
  14. Inflammation21 topic
  15. Metabolism21 topic
  16. Obesity21 topic
  17. Protein21 topic
  18. Serotonin21 topic
  19. Type 1 Diabetes21 topic

Where does Valerie Piercy work?

Valerie Piercy's main affiliation in the publication record is Epsom Hospital, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Valerie Piercy have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 2,194 citations for Valerie Piercy, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,830,474 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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