Research articles

Here you can find an updated list of my research papers. Please check out my arXiv profile for the latest version of my manuscripts.

1. Castro-Prado, F., González-Manteiga, W., Costas, J., Facal, F. and Edelmann. D. (2026). “Tests for categorical data beyond Pearson: A distance covariance and energy distance approach.” Biometrical Journal 68 (3), e70129. [PDF] [DOI: 10.1002/bimj.70129] [PMID: 42252863] [arXiv:2403.12711] [data and software: zenodo.20744952]

2. Edelmann, D., Castro-Prado, F., and Goeman, J. J. (2026+). “A generalized distance covariance framework for genome-wide association studies.” [Under revision in a statistical journal.] [arXiv:2501.02403] [software]

3. Castro-Prado, F., Costas, J., Edelmann, D., González-Manteiga, W. and Penas, D. R. (2026). “Testing for genetic interaction with distance correlation.” [Accepted at the Biometrical Journal. To appear.] [arXiv:2012.05285] [software]

4. Castro-Prado, F. and González-Manteiga, W. (2020). “Nonparametric independence tests in metric spaces: What is known and what is not.” [Technical report.] [arXiv:2009.14150]

My PhD dissertation is also available online:

5. Castro-Prado, F. (2024). Nonparametric Independence Tests in High-Dimensional Settings, with Applications to the Genetics of Complex Disease. [arXiv:2407.19624] [software] [university repository] [Dialnet: 335817] [Teseo: O855097]

Non-research publications

6. Castro-Prado, F. and Temperán, G. (2019). “Probability II: Game and simulation.” Journal of the Galician Society of Statistics (ISSN 1695-7083) 52 (2), 2–5. [open-access journal site]

Slides from my talks