David Carmena

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

David Carmena is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Carmena has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Parasitology, 70 papers in Infectious Diseases and 34 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Carmena's work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (119 papers), Amoebic Infections and Treatments (65 papers) and Parasitic infections in humans and animals (34 papers). David Carmena is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (119 papers), Amoebic Infections and Treatments (65 papers) and Parasitic infections in humans and animals (34 papers). David Carmena collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. David Carmena's co-authors include Guillermo A. Cardona, Pamela C. Köster, Aitziber Benito, Begoña Bailo, Aida de Lucio, David Carling, Stephen R. Martin, L.F. Haire, S.J. Gamblin and Matthew J. Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Carmena

137 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure of mammalian AMPK and its regulation by ADP

2011 712 citations David Carmena et al. profile →
Structural basis of AMPK regulation by small molecule activators

2013 428 citations David Carmena et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Carmena Spain	37	2.6k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	144	4.5k
Parviz Shayan Iran	31	1.3k 0.5×	773 0.5×	177 0.1×	896 0.8×	248 0.2×	137	3.2k
Yoon Kong South Korea	29	1.8k 0.7×	296 0.2×	516 0.4×	485 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	149	3.0k
Thidarut Boonmars Thailand	27	932 0.4×	384 0.3×	395 0.3×	552 0.5×	154 0.1×	145	2.3k
Hak Sun Yu South Korea	32	652 0.3×	474 0.3×	159 0.1×	1.1k 0.9×	162 0.1×	177	3.2k
Harry Dawson United States	31	349 0.1×	342 0.2×	239 0.2×	890 0.7×	140 0.1×	84	2.9k
Jean‐Paul Motta Canada	28	340 0.1×	531 0.4×	313 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	113 0.1×	46	2.8k
Miriam Rodríguez‐Sosa Mexico	31	637 0.2×	186 0.1×	158 0.1×	431 0.4×	333 0.3×	87	2.4k
Chin Wen Png Singapore	22	263 0.1×	505 0.3×	461 0.4×	1.9k 1.6×	125 0.1×	35	3.1k
Shipra Vaishnava United States	20	337 0.1×	722 0.5×	406 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	63 0.1×	33	3.5k
Amy G. Hise United States	30	270 0.1×	1.2k 0.8×	225 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	114 0.1×	41	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Carmena

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Carmena

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Carmena

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Figueiredo, Ana M., et al.. (2025). Update on Blastocystis: highlights from the Fourth International Blastocystis Conference. Open Research Europe. 5. 11–11. 2 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Ana M., et al.. (2025). A protocol for mapping Blastocystis epidemiology and diagnostics from One Health perspective. Open Research Europe. 5. 133–133.

González‐Barrio, David, et al.. (2024). Toxoplasma gondii exposure in wildlife in Spain: Is there any predictable threat for humans and domestic animals?. The Science of The Total Environment. 935. 173290–173290. 2 indexed citations

Carmena, David, et al.. (2024). Global Dynamics of Gastrointestinal Colonisations and Antimicrobial Resistance: Insights from International Travellers to Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9(8). 182–182. 1 indexed citations

Miró, Guadalupe, David Carmena, V. Marino, et al.. (2024). Enhancing diagnostic accuracy: Direct immunofluorescence assay as the gold standard for detecting Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in canine and feline fecal samples. BMC Veterinary Research. 20(1). 445–445. 1 indexed citations

Caballero‐Gómez, Javier, Alejandro Dashti, David González‐Barrio, et al.. (2024). Detection and Molecular Diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in the Endangered Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Spain. Animals. 14(2). 340–340. 3 indexed citations

Peñuelas, Marina, David Carmena, Bernardo Guzmán-Herrador, et al.. (2024). Marked increase in cryptosporidiosis cases, Spain, 2023. Eurosurveillance. 29(28). 8 indexed citations

Moreira, Rafaela Silva, et al.. (2024). Multicentric Study on Enteric Protists Occurrence in Zoological Parks in Portugal. Pathogens. 13(10). 874–874.

Dashti, Alejandro, Pamela C. Köster, Begoña Bailo, et al.. (2023). Occurrence and limited zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Balantioides coli infections in free-ranging and farmed wild ungulates in Spain. Research in Veterinary Science. 159. 189–197. 15 indexed citations

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Köster, Pamela C., et al.. (2023). High Diversity of Giardia duodenalis Assemblages and Sub-Assemblages in Asymptomatic School Children in Ibadan, Nigeria. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8(3). 152–152. 7 indexed citations

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Hatam‐Nahavandi, Kareem, David Carmena, Mostafa Rezaeian, et al.. (2023). Gastrointestinal Parasites of Domestic Mammalian Hosts in Southeastern Iran. Veterinary Sciences. 10(4). 261–261. 13 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Ana M., Pamela C. Köster, Alejandro Dashti, et al.. (2023). Molecular Detection and Distribution of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. Infections in Wild and Domestic Animals in Portugal. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2023. 1–31. 9 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Castro, Carolina, Jenny G. Maloney, Miguel Toro-Londoño, et al.. (2023). Identification and validation of novel Blastocystis subtype ST41 in a Colombian patient undergoing colorectal cancer screening. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(5). e12978–e12978. 30 indexed citations

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López‐López, Pedro, Josman Dantas Palmeira, Rita Tinoco Torres, et al.. (2023). Survey of Zoonotic Diarrheagenic Protist and Hepatitis E Virus in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) of Portugal. Animals. 13(2). 256–256. 15 indexed citations

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Loureiro, Ana Paula, Josman Dantas Palmeira, Rita Tinoco Torres, et al.. (2022). Balantioides coli Fecal Excretion in Hunted Wild Cervids (Cervus elaphus and Dama dama) from Portugal. Pathogens. 11(11). 1242–1242. 4 indexed citations

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Köster, Pamela C., Javier Caballero‐Gómez, Begoña Bailo, et al.. (2022). Iberian wild leporidae as hosts of zoonotic enteroparasites in Mediterranean ecosystems of Southern Spain. Zoonoses and Public Health. 70(3). 223–237. 12 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Ana M., Luís Madeira de Carvalho, Rita Tinoco Torres, et al.. (2021). Parasites of the Reintroduced Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) and Sympatric Mesocarnivores in Extremadura, Spain. Pathogens. 10(3). 274–274. 10 indexed citations

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Santı́n, Mónica, Jenny G. Maloney, Nadja S. George, et al.. (2021). Molecular Detection and Characterization of Blastocystis sp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Cattle in Northern Spain. Veterinary Sciences. 8(9). 191–191. 34 indexed citations

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Lucio, Aida de, Begoña Bailo, Guillermo A. Cardona, et al.. (2016). Identification and genotyping of Giardia spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. isolates in aquatic birds in the Salburua wetlands, Álava, Northern Spain. Veterinary Parasitology. 221. 144–148. 24 indexed citations

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Weylandt, Karsten H., Joanna S. Amey, David Carmena, et al.. (2007). ClC-3 expression enhances etoposide resistance by increasing acidification of the late endocytic compartment. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 6(3). 979–986. 51 indexed citations

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