Leonardo Mata

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Leonardo Mata is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Infectious Diseases and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonardo Mata has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 papers in Infectious Diseases and 24 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Leonardo Mata's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (30 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (29 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (22 papers). Leonardo Mata is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (30 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (29 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (22 papers). Leonardo Mata collaborates with scholars based in Costa Rica, Guatemala and United States. Leonardo Mata's co-authors include Nicholas A. Paul, Rocky de Nys, Juan J. Urrutia, Rui Santos, Alex R. Angell, Richard G. Wyatt, Andreas Schuenhoff, Marie Magnusson, Gerald T. Keusch and George F. Grady and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Leonardo Mata

147 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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The protein content of seaweeds: a universal nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor of five

2015 312 citations Leonardo Mata, Rocky de Nys et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estudio sobre la incidencia de shigelas en Guatemala 2017 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·Leonardo Mata	0
2	The effect of live feeds bathed with the red seaweed Asparagopsis armata on the survival, growth and physiology status of Sparus aurata larvae 2017 ·Fish Physiology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), Gianmaria Califano, Florbela Soares, Rodrigo Costa, Leonardo Mata, Pedro Pousão‐Ferreira, Laura Ribeiro	19
3	Reporte de un caso de granuloma hiperqueratósico producido por Candida albicans 2017 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·Leonardo Mata, Jose M. Jiménez	1
4	Using CO₂ to enhance carbon capture and biomass applications of freshwater macroalgae 2013 ·GCB Bioenergy ·Andrew J. Cole, Leonardo Mata, Nicholas A. Paul, Rocky de Nys	55
5	Seaweed extracts as a natural control against the monogenean ectoparasite, Neobenedenia sp., infecting farmed barramundi (Lates calcarifer) 2012 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·Kate S. Hutson, Leonardo Mata, Nicholas A. Paul, Rocky de Nys	39
6	Immunomagnetic separation and PCR detection show shigellae to be common faecal agents in children from urban marginal communities of Costa Rica 1996 ·Journal of Infection ·(unknown), Leonardo Mata, Xinia Siles, Alf A. Lindberg	7
7	HIV/AIDS in Costa Rica: epidemiological and sociological features, 1993. 1995 ·PubMed ·Leonardo Mata, Gilbert Ramı́rez, José A. Quesada	2
8	Diarrheal Disease as a Cause of Malnutrition 1992 ·American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Leonardo Mata	70
9	Cryptosporidiosis in Bangladesh. 1985 ·BMJ ·Nigar S. Shahid, (unknown), Bruce C. Anderson, Leonardo Mata, (unknown)	44
10	Criptosporidiosis en niños de Costa Rica: estudio transveral y longitudinal 1984 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·Leonardo Mata, (unknown), Daniel Pizarro, Marcela Vives	4
11	Treatment of 242 neonates with dehydrating diarrhea with an oral glucose-electrolyte solution 1983 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Daniel Pizarro, (unknown), Leonardo Mata	41
12	Natural history of rotavirus infection in the children of Santa María Cauqué. 1983 ·PubMed ·Leonardo Mata, A. Simhon, Juan J. Urrutia, Richard A. Kronmal	4
13	[Food consumption of children under 5 in rural communities of Costa Rica, 1977]. 1978 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Leonardo Mata	0
14	[Admissions for protein-calorie malnutrition at the National Children's Hospital, Costa Rica, 1975]. 1978 ·PubMed ·Marı́a Elena López, Leonardo Mata, (unknown), William E. Vargas, E Mohs	0
15	Viral infections during pregnancy and in early life 1977 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Leonardo Mata, (unknown), (unknown), E Mohs, (unknown)	7
16	Studies on the indigenous gastrointestinal flora of Guatemalan children 1972 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Leonardo Mata, (unknown), (unknown)	47
17	Gastrointestinal flora of children with protein—calorie malnutrition 1972 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Leonardo Mata, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roberto E. Schneider, Fernando E. Viteri	125
18	INTESTINAL COLONIZATION OF BREAST‐FED CHILDREN IN A RURAL AREA OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL* 1971 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Leonardo Mata, Juan J. Urrutia	199
19	Epidemic Shiga bacillus dysentery in Central America. II. Epidemiological studies in 1969. 1971 ·E. J. Gangarosa, David Perera, Leonardo Mata, (unknown), (unknown), L. Barth Reller	1
20	Serum immunoglobulins in protein-calorie malnutrition in pre-school children. 1970 ·A Lechtig, G. Arroyave, F. Viteri, Leonardo Mata	1

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