Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi's h-index is 24 (48 i10-index, 27,476+ total citations across 169+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of August 2026. Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi is affiliated with Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi is a researcher affiliated with Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, specializing in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Artifiicial Intelligence. Their work has been cited 27,476 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 169 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 24
- i10-Index
- 48
- Total Citations
- 27,476
- Citing Countries
- 33
As of August 2026.
Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi has an h-index of 24 and 27,476 total citations across 169 publications, with research cited by institutions in 33 countries.
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A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing
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The researcher established a foundational human gut microbial gene catalogue through metagenomic sequencing, creating a seminal reference framework that has been widely adopted by the independent scientific community.
The researcher developed a comparative framework for evaluating cutoff-dependent versus cutoff-free methods in protein contact prospecting, establishing a benchmark for methodological rigor in structural bioinformatics.
The researcher established the concept of enterotypes to characterize distinct, stable community states within the human gut microbiome, providing a foundational framework for microbial ecology.
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About Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi's research
Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi is a researcher in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Artifiicial Intelligence at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Their work has been cited 27,476 times across 169 publications (h-index 24), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing” (2010), has accumulated 15,585 citations. Other influential works include “Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome” (2011) with 9,755 citations and “Revealing the hidden functional diversity of an enzyme family” (2014) with 153 citations.
Citations of Raquel Cardoso de Melo-Minardi's research come primarily from United States, China and Brazil, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
