Carolina Ayala

946 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 679 citations indexed

About

Carolina Ayala is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Carolina Ayala has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 679 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Geophysics, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Carolina Ayala's work include Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America (5 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (2 papers). Carolina Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America (5 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (2 papers). Carolina Ayala collaborates with scholars based in Colombia, United States and Panama. Carolina Ayala's co-authors include V. Valencia, Camilo Montes, A. Cardona, Carlos Jaramillo, V. Ramirez, H. Niño, Andrés Pardo, Lina C. Pérez-Ángel, Germán Bayona and Katrin Augustin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Carolina Ayala

10 papers receiving 659 citations

Hit Papers

Middle Miocene closure of... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway
    2015 479 citations Camilo Montes, A. Cardona et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carolina Ayala Colombia 6 243 155 150 101 101 12 679
H. Niño Colombia 3 145 0.6× 151 1.0× 148 1.0× 101 1.0× 98 1.0× 3 524
V. Ramirez Chile 4 157 0.6× 173 1.1× 149 1.0× 104 1.0× 110 1.1× 8 603
Sergio A. Restrepo-Moreno Colombia 9 318 1.3× 144 0.9× 169 1.1× 103 1.0× 92 0.9× 21 691
Lina C. Pérez-Ángel United States 8 134 0.6× 169 1.1× 163 1.1× 117 1.2× 123 1.2× 13 623
Lydian M. Boschman Netherlands 17 663 2.7× 159 1.0× 171 1.1× 142 1.4× 91 0.9× 33 1.1k
María Dolores Hernández Rueda Colombia 11 291 1.2× 234 1.5× 281 1.9× 170 1.7× 90 0.9× 16 822
Habib Alimohammadian Iran 9 154 0.6× 244 1.6× 137 0.9× 67 0.7× 47 0.5× 14 671
Svetlana V. Nikolaeva Russia 13 138 0.6× 349 2.3× 122 0.8× 59 0.6× 76 0.8× 55 594
Jorge Alejandro Obando Bastidas Colombia 4 65 0.3× 88 0.6× 72 0.5× 90 0.9× 147 1.5× 13 431
He Tang China 11 166 0.7× 184 1.2× 306 2.0× 79 0.8× 43 0.4× 18 700

Countries citing papers authored by Carolina Ayala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carolina Ayala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carolina Ayala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carolina Ayala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carolina Ayala 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 Carolina Ayala. Carolina Ayala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Ayala, Carolina, et al.. (2022). Alterations in Hypothalamic Mechanisms Associated with Reduced Suckling-Induced Prolactin Secretion in the Lactation-Deficient OFA hr/hr Rat. Neuroendocrinology. 113(3). 304–318. 1 indexed citations
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Ayala, Carolina, et al.. (2022). Managing Disruptions in Early Care & Education: Lessons from COVID-19. Early Childhood Education Journal. 52(2). 281–292. 2 indexed citations
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Montes, Camilo, A. Cardona, Carlos Jaramillo, et al.. (2015). Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway. Science. 348(6231). 226–229. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Augustin, Katrin, et al.. (2014). Analysis of intercity bus markets on long distances in an established and a young market: The example of the U.S. and Germany. Research in Transportation Economics. 48. 245–254. 37 indexed citations
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Bayona, Germán, et al.. (2012). Procedencia de las unidades Paleógenas de la cuenca del Catatumbo y su comparación con las cuencas adyacentes: relación con la convergencia de la placa Caribe. 37(2). 123–151. 1 indexed citations
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Cardona, A., Camilo Montes, Carolina Ayala, et al.. (2012). From arc-continent collision to continuous convergence, clues from Paleogene conglomerates along the southern Caribbean–South America plate boundary. Tectonophysics. 580. 58–87. 43 indexed citations
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Bayona, Germán, A. Cardona, Carlos Jaramillo, et al.. (2012). Early Paleogene magmatism in the northern Andes: Insights on the effects of Oceanic Plateau–continent convergence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 331-332. 97–111. 82 indexed citations
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Ballesteros, M.Á., et al.. (2009). Neumotórax catamenial secundario a endometriosis torácica. Clínica e Investigación en Ginecología y Obstetricia. 36(1). 31–34.
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Costanzo-Álvarez, V., et al.. (2006). Hydrocarbon-induced magnetic contrasts in some Venezuelan and Colombian oil wells. Earth Planets and Space. 58(10). 1401–1410. 21 indexed citations
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Ayala, Carolina, et al.. (1994). Modelización gravimétrica de la Isla de Mallorca. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 7(3). 215–227. 3 indexed citations

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