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Researcher · Central University of Ecuador · Ecuador

Yosselin Vicuña

Yosselin Vicuña publishes mostly in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics and Amoebic Infections and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0003-4230-3213 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,139,710
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ecuador
#558
of 6,574
Works
23
Citations
900
Citations per work
39.1
h-index
13
i10-index 15Top 46% in Parasitology
Yosselin Vicuña

What does Yosselin Vicuña research?

Yosselin Vicuña's work is mostly in Immunology and Microbiology (26%), Medicine (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%).

Everything else: 9 works · 37.8% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 31.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 works · 26.2% of their workParasitology: 6 works · 26.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 4.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 4.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 7 works · 31.1% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 26.2% of their workInfectious Diseases: 4 works · 16.4% of their workEpidemiology: 1 works · 4.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 4.9% of their workNursing: 1 works · 4.9% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKYosselin Vicuña23works
Life Sciences31%Health Sciences31%

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 else937.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology626.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.9%
    1. Medicine626.2%
    2. Nursing14.9%
  1. 1Parasitology26% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases16% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology5% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology5% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Yosselin Vicuña's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Helminth Infections, Schistosomiasis, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia.

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. Epidemiology175 topics
  2. Helminth Infections91 topic
  3. Schistosomiasis91 topic
  4. Pathogenesis82 topics
  5. Diagnosis72 topics
  6. Cryptosporidium51 topic
  7. Entamoeba histolytica51 topic
  8. Giardia51 topic
  9. pyogenic liver abscess51 topic
  10. Norovirus31 topic
  11. Rotavirus31 topic
  12. Chagas Disease21 topic
  13. Ecosystem21 topic
  14. Leptospira21 topic
  15. Parasites21 topic
  16. Sex Determination21 topic
  17. Trypanosoma cruzi21 topic
  18. X Chromosome Inactivation21 topic
  19. Zoonotic Disease21 topic

Where does Yosselin Vicuña work?

Yosselin Vicuña's main affiliation in the publication record is Central University of Ecuador, Ecuador.

How many publications and citations does Yosselin Vicuña have?

OpenAlex counts 23 works and 900 citations for Yosselin Vicuña, an h-index of 13, ranking #2,139,710 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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