Alex Castro

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alex Castro is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Castro has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 18 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alex Castro's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (22 papers), Sports Performance and Training (15 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (13 papers). Alex Castro is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (22 papers), Sports Performance and Training (15 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (13 papers). Alex Castro collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Australia. Alex Castro's co-authors include Miguel Domínguez, J.P. Niedmann, Carmen Franco, Eleonora Horvath, Sergio Majlis, Ricardo L. Rossi, Cláudia Regina Cavaglieri, Mara Patrícia Traina Chacon‐Mikahil, Claude Bouchard and Mauro Gonçalves and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Alex Castro

46 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An Ultrasonogram Reporting System for Thyroid Nodules Stratifying Cancer Risk for Clinical Management

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Castro Brazil	15	650	423	246	222	216	51	1.4k
Αreti Triantafyllou Greece	24	460 0.7×	433 1.0×	114 0.5×	327 1.5×	256 1.2×	123	2.1k
Łukasz A. Małek Poland	23	114 0.2×	356 0.8×	147 0.6×	329 1.5×	102 0.5×	149	2.0k
Stefano Benedini Italy	19	441 0.7×	283 0.7×	36 0.1×	18 0.1×	290 1.3×	50	1.1k
Mira Kang South Korea	19	146 0.2×	138 0.3×	75 0.3×	89 0.4×	219 1.0×	68	1.0k
R. E. Bourey United States	22	474 0.7×	325 0.8×	354 1.4×	20 0.1×	970 4.5×	31	2.0k
Kim C. Westerlind United States	24	176 0.3×	163 0.4×	67 0.3×	29 0.1×	469 2.2×	50	1.6k
Arun G. Maiya India	15	344 0.5×	67 0.2×	83 0.3×	106 0.5×	233 1.1×	55	859
Deodato Assanelli Italy	21	94 0.1×	198 0.5×	58 0.2×	53 0.2×	247 1.1×	67	1.4k
A. Hage United States	18	204 0.3×	1.1k 2.7×	346 1.4×	139 0.6×	147 0.7×	42	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Castro

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20 of 20 papers shown

Castro, Alex, et al.. (2024). Nanoparticles in terrestrial sediments and the behavior of the spectral optics of Sentinel-3B OLCI Satellite images in a river basin of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(19). 28040–28061. 3 indexed citations

Castro, Alex, et al.. (2024). Preparation of ruminal fluid and serum samples from beef cattle for nuclear magnetic resonance based–metabolomics. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 68(6). 1401–1414.

Ribeiro, Caroline F., Alex Castro, Ícaro Putinhon Caruso, et al.. (2024). The polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic affects mitochondrial function in prostate cancer cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(1). 24–24. 6 indexed citations

Castro, Alex, et al.. (2024). Hypotensive effects of exercise training: are postmenopausal women with hypertension non-responders or responders?. Hypertension Research. 47(8). 2172–2182. 2 indexed citations

Castro, Alex, Aparecida Maria Catai, Patrícia Rehder‐Santos, et al.. (2023). Insights into the Serum Metabolic Adaptations in Response to Inspiratory Muscle Training: A Metabolomic Approach Based on 1H NMR and UHPLC-HRMS/MS. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(23). 16764–16764. 1 indexed citations

Castro, Alex, et al.. (2023). Hemodynamic Predictors of Blood Pressure Responsiveness to Continuous Aerobic Training in Postmenopausal Hypertensive Women. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 21(9). 517–525. 3 indexed citations

Bortoleto, Marco Antônio Coelho, et al.. (2023). Body composition profile of Brazilian national circus school students. Retos. 52. 69–75. 1 indexed citations

Castro, Alex, et al.. (2023). Serum Metabolites Associated with Muscle Hypertrophy after 8 Weeks of High- and Low-Load Resistance Training. Metabolites. 13(3). 335–335. 3 indexed citations

Castro, Alex, et al.. (2021). Association Between Changes in Serum and Skeletal Muscle Metabolomics Profile With Maximum Power Output Gains in Response to Different Aerobic Training Programs: The Times Study. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 756618–756618. 8 indexed citations

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Pott, Henrique, Maria Carolina Bezerra Di Medeiros Leal, Alex Castro, et al.. (2021). Phenylalanine and COVID-19: Tracking disease severity markers. International Immunopharmacology. 101(Pt A). 108313–108313. 39 indexed citations

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Castro, Alex, et al.. (2021). Serum metabolites associated with increased insulin resistance and low cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight adolescents. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 32(1). 269–278. 5 indexed citations

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Lima, Tanes, Renato Chaves Souto Branco, Alex Castro, et al.. (2020). Regulation of Lin28a-miRNA let-7b-5p pathway in skeletal muscle cells by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 319(3). C541–C551. 9 indexed citations

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Castro, Alex, et al.. (2020). Altered metabolomic profiling of overweight and obese adolescents after combined training is associated with reduced insulin resistance. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16880–16880. 26 indexed citations

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Castro, Alex, et al.. (2020). Commentary: Metabolomics-Based Studies Assessing Exercise-Induced Alterations of the Human Metabolome: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Physiology. 11. 353–353. 8 indexed citations

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Ross, Robert, Bret H. Goodpaster, Lauren G. Koch, et al.. (2019). Precision exercise medicine: understanding exercise response variability. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(18). 1141–1153. 183 indexed citations

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Castro, Alex, André Luís Lugnani de Andrade, Arthur Fernandes Gáspari, et al.. (2019). Association of skeletal muscle and serum metabolites with maximum power output gains in response to continuous endurance or high-intensity interval training programs: The TIMES study – A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0212115–e0212115. 35 indexed citations

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Bracho, María Alma, et al.. (2018). ZOOPLANCTON DE AGUAS DE LASTRE DE BUQUES QUE ARRIBAN AL SISTEMA DE MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA. 38(1). 1–14. 1 indexed citations

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Conceição, Miguel Soares, Guilherme Defante Telles, Cleiton Augusto Libardi, et al.. (2018). Augmented Anabolic Responses after 8-wk Cycling with Blood Flow Restriction. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 51(1). 84–93. 43 indexed citations

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Campos, Gustavo Constantino de, et al.. (2017). Femoral positioning influences ipsi-and contralateral anterior cruciate ligament rupture following its reconstruction: Systematic review and meta-analysis. World Journal of Orthopedics. 8(8). 644–644. 5 indexed citations

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Castro, Alex, et al.. (2012). EFEITO DA SIMULAÇÃO DO JOGO DE BASQUETEBOL SOBRE O PICO DE TORQUE E RAZÃO FUNCIONAL DOS MÚSCULOS ESTABILIZADORES DO TORNOZELO. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 19(4). 68–76. 1 indexed citations

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