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Lourdes Santana

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10013
World Ranking
11755
National Ranking
438

Lourdes Santana publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lourdes Santana sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 256 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Lourdes Santana D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lourdes Santana sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lourdes Santana is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Chemistry, with notable contributions in Organic Chemistry. Subfields further encompassing their work include Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Emergency Medicine, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics and venues. These include:

  • Trending Topics on Coumarin and Its Derivatives in 2020, 2021, published in Molecules
  • Thiocoumarins: From the Synthesis to the Biological Applications, 2022, published in Molecules
  • 3-Phenylcoumarins as a Privileged Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry: The Landmarks of the Past Decade, 2021, published in Molecules
  • Seaweeds as Source of Bioactive Pigments with Neuroprotective and/or Anti-Neurodegenerative Activities: Astaxanthin and Fucoxanthin, 2024, published in Marine Drugs
  • Oxidation-labile linkers for controlled drug delivery, 2023, published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Frequent publication venues for Lourdes Santana include:

  • Molecules
  • Revista fisio&terapia.
  • Marine Drugs
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • Viruses

Key research topics addressed in their work are:

  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Lourdes Santana has collaborated with several researchers, including María João Matos, Eugenio Uriarte, Aitor Carneiro, Estela Guardado Yordi, and Fernanda Borges. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications across the fields of chemistry and medicine.

Best Publications

  • Simple coumarins and analogues in medicinal chemistry: occurrence, synthesis and biological activity.

    F. Borges;F. Roleira;N. Milhazes;L. Santana

  • Medicinal chemistry and bioinformatics--current trends in drugs discovery with networks topological indices.

    Humberto Gonzalez-Diaz;Santiago Vilar;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Proteomics, networks and connectivity indices.

    Humberto González-Díaz;Yenny González-Díaz;Lourdes Santana;Florencio M. Ubeira

  • Similarity-based modeling in large-scale prediction of drug-drug interactions

    Santiago Vilar;Eugenio Uriarte;Lourdes Santana;Tal Lorberbaum

  • Drug—drug interaction through molecular structure similarity analysis

    Santiago Vilar;Santiago Vilar;Rave Harpaz;Eugenio Uriarte;Lourdes Santana

  • Furocoumarins in medicinal chemistry. Synthesis, natural occurrence and biological activity.

    L. Santana;E. Uriarte;F. Roleira;N. Milhazes

  • Coumarins — An Important Class of Phytochemicals

    Maria João Matos;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte;Orlando A.Abreu

  • A Novel Approach for the Virtual Screening and Rational Design of Anticancer Compounds

    E Estrada;E Uriarte;A Montero;M Teijeira

  • Design, synthesis, and vasorelaxant and platelet antiaggregatory activities of coumarin-resveratrol hybrids.

    Santiago Vilar;Elías Quezada;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte

  • A QSAR model for in silico screening of MAO-A inhibitors. Prediction, synthesis, and biological assay of novel coumarins.

    Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte;Humberto González-Díaz;Giuseppe Zagotto

  • Synthesis and study of a series of 3-arylcoumarins as potent and selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitors.

    Maria J Matos;Carmen Terán;Yunierkis Pérez-Castillo;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Potential pharmacological uses of chalcones: a patent review (from June 2011 – 2014)

    Maria João Matos;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Eugenio Uriarte;Lourdes Santana

  • A new series of 3-phenylcoumarins as potent and selective MAO-B inhibitors.

    Maria Joao Matos;Dolores Viña;Elias Quezada;Carmen Picciau

  • Quantitative structure-activity relationship and complex network approach to monoamine oxidase A and B inhibitors.

    Lourdes Santana;Humberto González-Díaz;Elías Quezada;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Detection of Drug-Drug Interactions by Modeling Interaction Profile Fingerprints

    Santiago Vilar;Santiago Vilar;Eugenio Uriarte;Lourdes Santana;Nicholas P. Tatonetti

  • Synthesis and evaluation of 6-methyl-3-phenylcoumarins as potent and selective MAO-B inhibitors.

    Maria Joao Matos;Maria Joao Matos;Dolores Viña;Carmen Picciau;Carmen Picciau;Francisco Orallo

  • 3-Substituted coumarins as dual inhibitors of AChE and MAO for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    Dolores Viña;Maria João Matos;Matilde Yáñez;Lourdes Santana

  • Synthesis and Vasorelaxant Activity of New Coumarin and Furocoumarin Derivatives

    Manuel Campos-Toimil;Francisco Orallo;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Probabilistic neural network model for the in silico evaluation of anti-HIV activity and mechanism of action.

    Santiago Vilar;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Markovian chemicals "in silico" design (MARCH-INSIDE), a promising approach for computer-aided molecular design I: discovery of anticancer compounds.

    Humberto Gonzáles-Díaz;Humberto Gonzáles-Díaz;Ornella Gia;Eugenio Uriarte;Ivan Hernádez

  • Antibacterial Activity and Molecular Docking Studies of a Selected Series of Hydroxy-3-arylcoumarins

    Maria Barbara Pisano;Amit Kumar;Rosaria Medda;Gianluca Gatto

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugenio Uriarte
Eugenio Uriarte University of Santiago de Compostela
Maria João Matos
Maria João Matos University of Santiago de Compostela
Fernanda Borges
Fernanda Borges University of Porto
Humberto González-Díaz
Humberto González-Díaz University of the Basque Country
Carol Friedman
Carol Friedman Columbia University
Karl-Norbert Klotz
Karl-Norbert Klotz University of Würzburg
Jan Balzarini
Jan Balzarini KU Leuven
George Hripcsak
George Hripcsak Columbia University
Ernesto Estrada
Ernesto Estrada Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems
Graciela Andrei
Graciela Andrei KU Leuven

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Best Scientists Citing Lourdes Santana

Humberto González-Díaz

Humberto González-Díaz

University of the Basque Country

Publications: 93

Eugenio Uriarte

Eugenio Uriarte

University of Santiago de Compostela

Publications: 83

Fernanda Borges

Fernanda Borges

University of Porto

Publications: 48

M. Natália D. S. Cordeiro

M. Natália D. S. Cordeiro

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Publications: 35

Alejandro Speck-Planche

Alejandro Speck-Planche

University of Porto

Publications: 34

Kuo-Chen Chou

Kuo-Chen Chou

The Gordon Life Science Institute

Publications: 32

Maria João Matos

Maria João Matos

University of Santiago de Compostela

Publications: 28

Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina

Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Publications: 24

Ernesto Estrada

Ernesto Estrada

Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems

Publications: 16

Florencio M. Ubeira

Florencio M. Ubeira

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Publications: 16

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Publications: 11

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