Alex Rafacho

2.4k total citations
88 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Alex Rafacho is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Rafacho has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Surgery, 37 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 36 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alex Rafacho's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (37 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (23 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (16 papers). Alex Rafacho is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (37 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (23 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (16 papers). Alex Rafacho collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Spain and Sweden. Alex Rafacho's co-authors include Antônio C. Boschero, José Roberto Bosqueiro, Sebastião Roberto Taboga, Iván Quesada, Ángel Nadal, Henrik Ortsäter, Everson Araújo Nunes, Everardo M. Carneiro, Daniele Lisboa Ribeiro and Tânia Mary Cestari and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alex Rafacho

84 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Rafacho Brazil 25 654 564 533 440 318 88 1.8k
Ruth Gutiérrez‐Aguilar Mexico 18 486 0.7× 478 0.8× 459 0.9× 624 1.4× 290 0.9× 35 1.6k
Dale S. Edgerton United States 25 931 1.4× 550 1.0× 893 1.7× 600 1.4× 202 0.6× 64 2.0k
Patricia Serradas France 23 836 1.3× 518 0.9× 1.1k 2.0× 715 1.6× 547 1.7× 48 2.2k
Peter Huypens Germany 19 749 1.1× 875 1.6× 1.0k 1.9× 1.2k 2.7× 429 1.3× 29 2.7k
Mariana P. Monteiro Portugal 31 853 1.3× 985 1.7× 900 1.7× 577 1.3× 186 0.6× 157 3.1k
Rémy Burcelin France 16 760 1.2× 862 1.5× 588 1.1× 849 1.9× 220 0.7× 21 2.1k
Patrick T. Fueger United States 29 431 0.7× 1.1k 2.0× 767 1.4× 1.2k 2.7× 312 1.0× 62 2.6k
Barbara C. Fam Australia 23 432 0.7× 954 1.7× 488 0.9× 1.0k 2.3× 235 0.7× 32 2.4k
Maria Tereza Nunes Brazil 27 802 1.2× 597 1.1× 267 0.5× 700 1.6× 165 0.5× 113 2.2k
Dawn E. W. Livingstone United Kingdom 25 2.0k 3.1× 853 1.5× 361 0.7× 361 0.8× 204 0.6× 46 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Rafacho

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Rafacho

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Rafacho. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Rafacho based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Rafacho. Alex Rafacho is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Roma, Letícia Prates, et al.. (2025). Commercial glyphosate formulations exceed active ingredient toxicity via mitochondrial ROS and transcriptomic disruption. Toxicology in Vitro. 111. 106178–106178.
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Freitas, Mariella Bontempo, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity in the preferential diet of neotropical bats impacts the pancreatic islet mass and α and β cell distribution. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 348. 114449–114449.
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Pinto, Soraia, et al.. (2023). Zein nanoparticles as oral carrier for mometasone furoate delivery. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 13(11). 2948–2959. 10 indexed citations
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Silva, Rodrigo A. da, et al.. (2022). Preconception exposure to malathion and glucose homeostasis in rats: Effects on dams during pregnancy and post-term periods, and on their progeny.. Environmental Pollution. 316(Pt 2). 120633–120633. 2 indexed citations
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Rafacho, Alex, Renata Silvério, Roberto Betti, et al.. (2022). The effects of macronutrients composition on hormones and substrates during a meal tolerance test in drug-naive and sitagliptin-treated individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomized crossover study. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 66(3). 312–323. 1 indexed citations
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Gonçalves, Rosângela Mayer, Marcelo Falchetti, Nauana Somensi, et al.. (2021). COX-2 promotes mammary adipose tissue inflammation, local estrogen biosynthesis, and carcinogenesis in high-sugar/fat diet treated mice. Cancer Letters. 502. 44–57. 30 indexed citations
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Ortsäter, Henrik, et al.. (2021). Coadministration of sitagliptin or metformin has no major impact on the adverse metabolic outcomes induced by dexamethasone treatment in rats. Life Sciences. 286. 120026–120026. 2 indexed citations
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Vilela, Fabiana C., et al.. (2020). Neonatal overnutrition programming impairs cholecystokinin effects in adultmale rats. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 86. 108494–108494. 8 indexed citations
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Brunetta, Henver S., et al.. (2019). Impact of glucocorticoid treatment before pregnancy on glucose homeostasis of offspring exposed to glucocorticoid in adult life. Life Sciences. 237. 116913–116913. 8 indexed citations
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Romero‐Zerbo, Silvana‐Yanina, Inmaculada Ruz‐Maldonado, Alex Rafacho, et al.. (2017). The cannabinoid ligand LH-21 reduces anxiety and improves glucose handling in diet-induced obese pre-diabetic mice. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3946–3946. 16 indexed citations
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Rafacho, Alex, Henrik Ortsäter, Ángel Nadal, & Iván Quesada. (2014). Glucocorticoid treatment and endocrine pancreas function: implications for glucose homeostasis, insulin resistance and diabetes. Journal of Endocrinology. 223(3). R49–R62. 158 indexed citations
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Romero‐Zerbo, Silvana‐Yanina, Alex Rafacho, Juan Suárez, et al.. (2011). A role for the putative cannabinoid receptor GPR55 in the islets of Langerhans. Journal of Endocrinology. 211(2). 177–185. 98 indexed citations
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Rafacho, Alex, et al.. (2010). Metabolic parameters of rats prone to display wild-running of the audiogenic crisis and fights induced by REM-sleep deprivation. Sleep Science. 3(2). 74–84. 1 indexed citations
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Rafacho, Alex, et al.. (2010). Insulin and glucose sensitivity, insulin secretion and β-cell distribution in endocrine pancreas of the fruit bat Artibeus lituratus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 157(2). 142–148. 16 indexed citations
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Barbosa, Helena C.L., Alex Rafacho, José Roberto Bosqueiro, et al.. (2008). INGAP-PP up-regulates the expression of genes and proteins related to K+ATP channels and ameliorates Ca2+ handling in cultured adult rat islets. Regulatory Peptides. 148(1-3). 39–45. 17 indexed citations
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Rafacho, Alex, et al.. (2007). Efeitos da administração de dexametasona in vivo sobre glicemia, insulinemia e substratos circulantes são dependentes do tempo de tratamento. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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