Fernando Sempértegui

1.6k total citations
37 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Fernando Sempértegui is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando Sempértegui has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Fernando Sempértegui's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 papers), Trace Elements in Health (6 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers). Fernando Sempértegui is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 papers), Trace Elements in Health (6 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers). Fernando Sempértegui collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, United States and Netherlands. Fernando Sempértegui's co-authors include Bertha Estrella, Jeffrey K. Griffiths, Davidson H. Hamer, Alicia Rodrı́guez, Elena N. Naumova, William MacLeod, Kenneth H. Brown, Lucy Baldeón, Hemmo A. Drexhage and Sara Wuehler and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Fernando Sempértegui

37 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fernando Sempértegui Ecuador 23 401 284 176 158 128 37 1.2k
M. Karvonen Finland 28 314 0.8× 282 1.0× 351 2.0× 160 1.0× 40 0.3× 58 2.9k
Kuo‐Wei Yeh Taiwan 28 152 0.4× 276 1.0× 168 1.0× 350 2.2× 159 1.2× 142 2.4k
Manju Mamtani United States 22 213 0.5× 285 1.0× 112 0.6× 343 2.2× 55 0.4× 64 1.5k
Davaasambuu Ganmaa United States 24 415 1.0× 155 0.5× 337 1.9× 129 0.8× 102 0.8× 57 1.7k
Pooja Dewan India 17 118 0.3× 155 0.5× 187 1.1× 65 0.4× 121 0.9× 90 975
Anne L. Sowell United States 20 476 1.2× 155 0.5× 470 2.7× 424 2.7× 51 0.4× 37 1.5k
Tudor Lucian Pop Romania 16 316 0.8× 223 0.8× 67 0.4× 130 0.8× 126 1.0× 138 1.2k
Dorothy Mackerras Australia 24 419 1.0× 166 0.6× 531 3.0× 156 1.0× 40 0.3× 61 1.6k
Şule Yiğit Türkiye 23 217 0.5× 231 0.8× 147 0.8× 156 1.0× 64 0.5× 145 1.7k
Murat Yurdakök Türkiye 20 180 0.4× 163 0.6× 158 0.9× 236 1.5× 84 0.7× 117 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Fernando Sempértegui

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fernando Sempértegui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando Sempértegui

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Estrella, Bertha, Fernando Sempértegui, Oscar H. Franco, Magda Cepeda, & Elena N. Naumova. (2018). Air pollution control and the occurrence of acute respiratory illness in school children of Quito, Ecuador. Journal of Public Health Policy. 40(1). 17–34. 20 indexed citations
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Baldeón, Lucy, Karin Weigelt, Harm de Wit, et al.. (2016). Study on inflammation-related genes and microRNAs, with special emphasis on the vascular repair factor HGF and miR-574-3p, in monocytes and serum of patients with T2D. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 8(1). 6–6. 24 indexed citations
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Baldeón, Lucy, Karin Weigelt, Harm de Wit, et al.. (2015). Type 2 Diabetes Monocyte MicroRNA and mRNA Expression: Dyslipidemia Associates with Increased Differentiation-Related Genes but Not Inflammatory Activation. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0129421–e0129421. 24 indexed citations
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Sempértegui, Fernando, et al.. (2014). Zinc as an adjunct to the treatment of severe pneumonia in Ecuadorian children: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 99(3). 497–505. 27 indexed citations
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Baldeón, Lucy, Karin Weigelt, Harm de Wit, et al.. (2014). Decreased Serum Level of miR-146a as Sign of Chronic Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetic Patients. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115209–e115209. 99 indexed citations
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Harris, Aaron M., Fernando Sempértegui, Bertha Estrella, et al.. (2011). Air pollution and anemia as risk factors for pneumonia in ecuadorian children: a retrospective cohort analysis. Environmental Health. 10(1). 93–93. 50 indexed citations
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Egorov, Andrey I., et al.. (2010). The effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on growth velocity in young children from poor urban communities in Ecuador. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 14(9). e788–e791. 17 indexed citations
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Sempértegui, Fernando, Bertha Estrella, Katherine L. Tucker, et al.. (2010). Metabolic syndrome in the elderly living in marginal peri-urban communities in Quito, Ecuador. Public Health Nutrition. 14(5). 758–767. 35 indexed citations
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Lutter, Chessa, et al.. (2008). Growth and Micronutrient Status in Children Receiving a Fortified Complementary Food ,. Journal of Nutrition. 138(2). 379–388. 74 indexed citations
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Wuehler, Sara, Fernando Sempértegui, & Kenneth H. Brown. (2008). Dose-response trial of prophylactic zinc supplements, with or without copper, in young Ecuadorian children at risk of zinc deficiency. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87(3). 723–733. 47 indexed citations
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Durant, John L., et al.. (2008). Spatial and temporal variations and mobile source emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Quito, Ecuador. Environmental Pollution. 157(2). 528–536. 29 indexed citations
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Naumova, Elena N., Hugo Yépes, Jeffrey K. Griffiths, et al.. (2007). Emergency room visits for respiratory conditions in children increased after Guagua Pichincha volcanic eruptions in April 2000 in Quito, Ecuador Observational Study: Time Series Analysis. Environmental Health. 6(1). 21–21. 32 indexed citations
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Sempértegui, Fernando, et al.. (2007). Low Concentrations of Zinc in Gastric Mucosa are Associated with Increased Severity of Helicobacter pylori‐Induced Inflammation. Helicobacter. 12(1). 43–48. 34 indexed citations
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Sempértegui, Fernando, Bertha Estrella, Michael R. Jordan, et al.. (2006). Nutritional, immunological and health status of the elderly population living in poor neighbourhoods of Quito, Ecuador. British Journal Of Nutrition. 96(5). 845–853. 8 indexed citations
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Rodrı́guez, Alicia, et al.. (2005). Effects of moderate doses of vitamin A as an adjunct to the treatment of pneumonia in underweight and normal-weight children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 82(5). 1090–1096. 20 indexed citations
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Hamer, Davidson H., William MacLeod, Emmanuel Addo‐Yobo, et al.. (2003). Age, temperature, and parasitaemia predict chloroquine treatment failure and anaemia in children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97(4). 422–428. 28 indexed citations
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Else, James G., et al.. (2003). Waterborne Cryptosporidium Oocyst Identification and Genotyping: Use of GIS for Ecosystem Studies in Kenya and Ecuador. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 50(s1). 548–549. 11 indexed citations
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Sempértegui, Fernando, et al.. (1995). Risk of diarrheal disease in Ecuadorian day-care centers. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 14(7). 606–611. 18 indexed citations
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