Valer Donca

591 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 397 citations indexed

About

Valer Donca is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Valer Donca has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 397 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Valer Donca's work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (5 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (3 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (3 papers). Valer Donca is often cited by papers focused on Nutrition and Health in Aging (5 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (3 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (3 papers). Valer Donca collaborates with scholars based in Romania, United States and Spain. Valer Donca's co-authors include Ștefan Cristian Vesa, Teodora Alexescu, Lorena Ciumărnean, Andreea Liana Răchişan, Vasile Negrean, Ioana Para, Gabriela Dogaru, Mirela-Georgiana Perné, Mircea Vasile Milaciu and Dana Crişan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Molecules and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Valer Donca

22 papers receiving 381 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.

The Effects of Flavonoids in Cardiovascular Diseases

2020 295 citations Lorena Ciumărnean, Mircea Vasile Milaciu et al. Molecules profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valer Donca Romania	7	104	96	49	47	39	25	397
Mirela-Georgiana Perné Romania	4	100 1.0×	96 1.0×	49 1.0×	46 1.0×	38 1.0×	12	331
Andreea Liana Răchişan Romania	8	141 1.4×	100 1.0×	59 1.2×	62 1.3×	43 1.1×	25	523
Francisco Torrens Zaragozá Spain	11	118 1.1×	56 0.6×	61 1.2×	35 0.7×	25 0.6×	26	371
Mona N. BinMowyna Saudi Arabia	13	151 1.5×	44 0.5×	56 1.1×	47 1.0×	38 1.0×	30	430
Thankamani Marar India	10	159 1.5×	73 0.8×	84 1.7×	32 0.7×	72 1.8×	31	544
Rony Abdi Syahputra Indonesia	12	118 1.1×	64 0.7×	93 1.9×	79 1.7×	40 1.0×	90	465
Xiao Meng China	7	141 1.4×	99 1.0×	90 1.8×	35 0.7×	57 1.5×	10	476
Adel Abdel‐Moneim Egypt	11	100 1.0×	44 0.5×	46 0.9×	110 2.3×	25 0.6×	38	368
Deepika India	7	109 1.0×	87 0.9×	52 1.1×	28 0.6×	40 1.0×	13	357

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valer Donca

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20 of 20 papers shown

Donca, Valer, et al.. (2025). Refining MASLD Phenotypes: Clinical, Metabolic, and Elastographic Differences Between Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Obesity-Driven Disease. Nutrients. 17(24). 3940–3940.

Donca, Valer, et al.. (2025). Determinants of Social Activity Among Geriatric Patients in Northern Romania: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(2). 565–565. 1 indexed citations

Moldovan, Diana, Ina Maria Kacsó, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, et al.. (2025). Malnutrition in Elderly Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease—The Role of Albuminuria. Life. 15(6). 898–898. 2 indexed citations

Crişan, Dana, et al.. (2025). Sarcopenia in MASLD—Eat to Beat Steatosis, Move to Prove Strength. Nutrients. 17(1). 178–178. 6 indexed citations

Moldovan, Diana, Ina Maria Kacsó, Dana Crişan, et al.. (2025). Mental Health and Kidneys: The Interplay Between Cognitive Decline, Depression, and Kidney Dysfunction in Hospitalized Older Adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(12). 4120–4120.

Cauli, Omar, et al.. (2024). The Association between Functional Health Patterns and Frailty in Hospitalized Geriatric Patients. Geriatrics. 9(2). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Crişan, Dana, et al.. (2024). Unveiling Health Inequalities: Exploring Metabolic Dysfunction in Rural Roma Communities. Healthcare. 12(8). 816–816. 2 indexed citations

Ungureanu, Marius‐Ionuț, et al.. (2024). Assessment of Frailty Scores Among Geriatric Patients Hospitalized in the North-Western Region of Romania: A Cross-Sectional Study. Medicina. 60(12). 1947–1947. 1 indexed citations

Tomoaia, Raluca, et al.. (2022). The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Diagnostics. 12(12). 2929–2929. 1 indexed citations

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Vesa, Ștefan Cristian, et al.. (2021). Efficacy of amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cardioversion. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 32(6). 41–52. 4 indexed citations

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Ştefancu, Andrei, Dana Crişan, Nicolae Leopold, et al.. (2020). Recent advances in surface‑enhanced Raman spectroscopy based liquid biopsy for colorectal cancer (Review). Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 20(6). 1–1. 10 indexed citations

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Ciumărnean, Lorena, Mircea Vasile Milaciu, Ștefan Cristian Vesa, et al.. (2020). The Effects of Flavonoids in Cardiovascular Diseases. Molecules. 25(18). 4320–4320. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vesa, Ștefan Cristian, et al.. (2020). Oral Anticoagulants Preference in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis or Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation. Healthcare. 8(4). 404–404. 1 indexed citations

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Dogaru, Gabriela, et al.. (2015). SARCOPENIA: DIAGNOSIS, STAGES AND TREATMENT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 32–35. 2 indexed citations

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Picoș, Alina, Valer Donca, & Andrei Picoș. (2014). Prosthetic rehabilitation in partially edentulous elders – A case report. Medicine and Pharmacy Reports. 87(3). 203–206. 2 indexed citations

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Donca, Valer, et al.. (2014). Brown tumors of the femur and pelvis secondary to a parathyroid carcinoma: Report of one case. Revista médica de Chile. 142(7). 919–923. 13 indexed citations

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Alexa, Ioana Dana, et al.. (2013). Improving quality of life of elderly people aged 85 and older by improving treatment adherence. 1–4. 6 indexed citations

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Donca, Valer, et al.. (2013). Patterns of left ventricular remodeling among patients with essential and secondary hypertension. Revista médica de Chile. 141(12). 1520–1527. 8 indexed citations

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Donca, Valer, et al.. (2009). Markers of severity of heart failure in the elderly.. 1(2). 85–94. 1 indexed citations

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Donca, Valer, et al.. (2009). Cardiovascular event risk in relation to arterial stiffness in patients with subclinical peripheral atherosclerosis.. 1(1). 45–54. 2 indexed citations

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