Daniel Simancas‐Racines

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Daniel Simancas‐Racines is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Simancas‐Racines has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Physiology, 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Simancas‐Racines's work include Diet and metabolism studies (17 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (9 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (8 papers). Daniel Simancas‐Racines is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (17 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (9 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (8 papers). Daniel Simancas‐Racines collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, Italy and United States. Daniel Simancas‐Racines's co-authors include Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez, Arturo J Martí-Carvajal, Diana Buitrago‐García, Paula Zambrano-Achig, Rosa del Campo, José A. Pérez‐Molina, Agustín Ciapponi, Javier Zamora, Omar Sued and Anne WS Rutjes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Simancas‐Racines

95 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review

2020 449 citations Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez, Diana Buitrago‐García et al. profile →
Nutritional Strategies for Battling Obesity-Linked Liver Disease: the Role of Medical Nutritional Therapy in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Management

2025 31 citations Daniel Simancas‐Racines, Giuseppe Annunziata et al. Current Obesity Reports profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Simancas‐Racines Ecuador	22	497	295	242	200	196	115	1.9k
Yuqing Zhang United States	25	447 0.9×	253 0.9×	463 1.9×	285 1.4×	450 2.3×	117	2.5k
Yiru Wang China	23	605 1.2×	110 0.4×	440 1.8×	223 1.1×	239 1.2×	105	2.4k
Coziana Ciurtin United Kingdom	24	629 1.3×	412 1.4×	390 1.6×	201 1.0×	227 1.2×	154	2.8k
Yue Zhang China	26	252 0.5×	214 0.7×	444 1.8×	270 1.4×	196 1.0×	229	2.3k
Zsolt Szakács Hungary	25	414 0.8×	280 0.9×	256 1.1×	388 1.9×	608 3.1×	108	2.1k
Min Seo Kim South Korea	25	238 0.5×	313 1.1×	266 1.1×	244 1.2×	338 1.7×	121	2.1k
Runming Jin China	20	629 1.3×	143 0.5×	594 2.5×	171 0.9×	196 1.0×	103	2.3k
Nelli Farkas Hungary	26	453 0.9×	218 0.7×	361 1.5×	382 1.9×	671 3.4×	182	2.7k
Kai Wang China	25	198 0.4×	161 0.5×	431 1.8×	254 1.3×	415 2.1×	117	2.6k
Lei Zhao China	20	860 1.7×	89 0.3×	388 1.6×	298 1.5×	257 1.3×	108	2.3k

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Hafez, Wael, Asrar Rashid, Feras Al‐Obeidat, et al.. (2025). Evaluating gene expression patterns for NF-κB1, TNF, and VEGF A& VEGF B in a mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24. 100124–100124.

Simancas‐Racines, Daniel, et al.. (2025). The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Dercum’s Disease: Exploring the Intersection of Obesity, Pain, and Inflammation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(22). 11130–11130.

Simancas‐Racines, Daniel, Ludovica Verde, Giuseppe Annunziata, et al.. (2025). Targeting Cytokine Dysregulation in Psoriasis: The Role of Dietary Interventions in Modulating the Immune Response. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 2895–2895. 8 indexed citations

Annunziata, Giuseppe, Evelyn Frías-Toral, Alexander Bertuccioli, et al.. (2025). Beyond dietary therapy: addressing weight stigma awareness in medical students. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 951–951.

Simancas‐Racines, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Endometriosis: Challenges in Clinical Molecular Diagnostics and Treatment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(9). 3979–3979. 5 indexed citations

Simancas‐Racines, Daniel, Carella Am, Marco Marchetti, et al.. (2025). Obesity and breast cancer: exploring the nexus of chronic inflammation, metabolic dysregulation, and nutritional strategies. Food and Agricultural Immunology. 36(1). 3 indexed citations

Simancas‐Racines, Daniel, Ana Karina Zambrano, Giuseppe Annunziata, et al.. (2025). Unlocking the potential: very-low-energy ketogenic therapy in obesity-related disorders. Food and Agricultural Immunology. 36(1). 10 indexed citations

Simancas‐Racines, Daniel, Giuseppe Annunziata, Ludovica Verde, et al.. (2025). Nutritional Strategies for Battling Obesity-Linked Liver Disease: the Role of Medical Nutritional Therapy in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Management. Current Obesity Reports. 14(1). 7–7. 31 indexed citations breakdown →

Cadena-Ullauri, Santiago, Patricia Guevara‐Ramírez, Viviana A. Ruiz‐Pozo, et al.. (2024). Genomic analysis of an Ecuadorian individual carrying an SCN5A rare variant. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 24(1). 388–388.

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Chapela, Sebastián, Florencia Ceriani, Ana Karina Zambrano, et al.. (2024). Obesity and Obesity-Related Thyroid Dysfunction: Any Potential Role for the Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD)?. Current Nutrition Reports. 13(2). 194–213. 12 indexed citations

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Verde, Ludovica, Evelyn Frías-Toral, Sara Cacciapuoti, et al.. (2024). Very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD): a therapeutic nutritional tool for acne?. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 322–322. 10 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Pozo, Viviana A., Rafael Tamayo‐Trujillo, Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, et al.. (2023). The Molecular Mechanisms of the Relationship between Insulin Resistance and Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis. Nutrients. 15(16). 3585–3585. 40 indexed citations

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Chapela, Sebastián, Daniel Simancas‐Racines, Evelyn Frías-Toral, et al.. (2023). Signals for Muscular Protein Turnover and Insulin Resistance in Critically Ill Patients: A Narrative Review. Nutrients. 15(5). 1071–1071. 14 indexed citations

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Barrea, Luigi, Ludovica Verde, Daniel Simancas‐Racines, et al.. (2023). Adherence to the Mediterranean diet as a possible additional tool to be used for screening the metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) phenotype. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 675–675. 13 indexed citations

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Liquitay, Camila Micaela Escobar, et al.. (2022). Quality assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease using the AGREE II instrument: a systematic review. BMC Gastroenterology. 22(1). 447–447. 5 indexed citations

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Arévalo-Rodríguez, Ingrid, Pamela Serón, Diana Buitrago‐García, et al.. (2021). Recommendations for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 testing: a scoping review of current guidance. BMJ Open. 11(1). e043004–e043004. 16 indexed citations

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Chérrez-Ojeda, Iván, Emanuel Vanegas, Miguel Félix, et al.. (2020). <p>Frequency of Use, Perceptions and Barriers of Information and Communication Technologies Among Latin American Physicians: An Ecuadorian Cross-Sectional Study</p>. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 13. 259–269. 11 indexed citations

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Viteri-García, Andrés, et al.. (2020). Knowledge translation: Cochrane, Wikipedia and students’ initiatives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(2). e7859–e7859. 1 indexed citations

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Chérrez-Ojeda, Iván, Juan Carlos Calderón, Donna B. Jeffe, et al.. (2019). Obstructive sleep apnea knowledge and attitudes among recent medical graduates training in Ecuador. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. 13. 1 indexed citations

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Chérrez-Ojeda, Iván, Miguel Félix, Emanuel Vanegas, et al.. (2018). Preferences of ICT among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis: An Ecuadorian Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare Informatics Research. 24(4). 292–292. 4 indexed citations

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