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Researcher · University of Aveiro · Portugal

Virgília S. Silva

Virgília S. Silva publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications.

ORCID 0000-0002-1962-6543 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,037,966
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Portugal
#32,377
of 41,760
Works
29
Citations
541
Citations per work
18.7
h-index
13
i10-index 16Top 45% in Biomedical Engineering
Virgília S. Silva

What does Virgília S. Silva research?

Virgília S. Silva's work is mostly in Engineering (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Materials Science (14%).

Life Sciences: 10 works · 34.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 13.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 13.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 works · 12.3% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 12.3% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 8.6% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 8.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 30.9% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 17.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 17.3% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 13.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 13.6% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 26.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 8.6% of their workNursing: 2 works · 8.6% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 works · 8.6% of their workTHEIR WORKVirgília S. Silva29works
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences9%

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 Biology413.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences412.3%
    3. Neuroscience28.6%
    1. Engineering517.3%
    2. Materials Science413.6%
  3. Everything else826.0%
    1. Nursing28.6%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering17% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology14% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry14% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science12% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics9% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Virgília S. Silva's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidative Stress, Toxicity, Aluminum Toxicity, Plant Adaptation, Tissue Engineering, Nanomaterials, Neurological Disorders and Biomaterials.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress142 topics
  2. Toxicity123 topics
  3. Aluminum Toxicity101 topic
  4. Plant Adaptation101 topic
  5. Tissue Engineering102 topics
  6. Nanomaterials82 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders82 topics
  8. Biomaterials51 topic
  9. Biomedical Applications51 topic
  10. Graphene51 topic
  11. Nanoparticles52 topics
  12. Scaffolds51 topic
  13. Copper41 topic
  14. Neurotransmission41 topic
  15. Synaptic Plasticity41 topic
  16. Zinc41 topic
  17. Antimicrobial31 topic
  18. Silver31 topic
  19. DNA nanotechnology21 topic
  20. Lipid Rafts21 topic
  21. Membrane Lipids21 topic
  22. Self-Assembly21 topic

Where does Virgília S. Silva work?

Virgília S. Silva's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Aveiro, Portugal.

How many publications and citations does Virgília S. Silva have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 541 citations for Virgília S. Silva, an h-index of 13, ranking #6,037,966 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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