Francis Vella is a scholar working on Genetics, Economics and Econometrics and Hematology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Vella has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Genetics, 45 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 38 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Francis Vella's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (60 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (34 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (24 papers). Francis Vella is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (60 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (34 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (24 papers). Francis Vella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Francis Vella's co-authors include Marno Verbeek, Whitney K. Newey, Lídia Farré, James L. Powell, H. Lehmann, Mitali Das, Roger A. Klein, Roger Klein, J. A. M. Ager and Christopher L. Skeels and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Econometrica.
In The Last Decade
Francis Vella
223 papers
receiving
7.7k citations
Hit Papers
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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.
This map shows the geographic impact of Francis Vella's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Francis Vella with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Francis Vella more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Francis Vella. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Francis Vella. The network helps show where Francis Vella may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Vella
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francis Vella.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francis Vella 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.
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