Alexandra S. Simões

1.4k total citations
27 papers, 672 citations indexed

About

Alexandra S. Simões is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra S. Simões has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 672 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in Microbiology and 5 papers in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Alexandra S. Simões's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (17 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (9 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (9 papers). Alexandra S. Simões is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (17 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (9 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (9 papers). Alexandra S. Simões collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Alexandra S. Simões's co-authors include Raquel Sá‐Leão, Hermı́nia de Lencastre, António Brito‐Avô, Nelson Frazão, Sónia Nunes, Ana Cristina Paulo, M. Duyme, Maria Filomena Gaspar, Mario Di Pietro and Christiane Capron and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra S. Simões

26 papers receiving 655 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandra S. Simões Portugal 15 439 194 146 110 66 27 672
Sharmila Shetty United States 16 279 0.6× 55 0.3× 134 0.9× 276 2.5× 36 0.5× 22 725
Nor Iza A. Rahman Malaysia 14 89 0.2× 25 0.1× 93 0.6× 38 0.3× 50 0.8× 50 537
Rachel McKay Canada 11 134 0.3× 28 0.1× 53 0.4× 289 2.6× 28 0.4× 20 729
Ali Ghaddar Lebanon 11 78 0.2× 28 0.1× 59 0.4× 92 0.8× 28 0.4× 26 443
Ramesh Bhatta Nepal 12 260 0.6× 320 1.6× 82 0.6× 46 0.4× 5 0.1× 27 570
Tracy P. George United States 10 322 0.7× 38 0.2× 121 0.8× 53 0.5× 66 1.0× 38 931
Kellie J. Goodlet United States 15 289 0.7× 16 0.1× 55 0.4× 25 0.2× 10 0.2× 46 548
Fiona Wilson United Kingdom 10 95 0.2× 43 0.2× 67 0.5× 42 0.4× 5 0.1× 24 488
Anna S. Howe New Zealand 15 153 0.3× 78 0.4× 190 1.3× 39 0.4× 42 0.6× 32 716
Parimi Prabhakar India 15 271 0.6× 91 0.5× 31 0.2× 48 0.4× 7 0.1× 25 481

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra S. Simões

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All Works

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Simões, Alexandra S., Ana Ramos, Fernanda Domingues, & Ângelo Luís. (2024). Pullulan-Tween 40 emulsified films containing geraniol: production and characterization as potential food packaging materials. European Food Research and Technology. 250(6). 1721–1732. 7 indexed citations
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Faria, Nuno A., Alexandra S. Simões, Carlos Palos, et al.. (2024). Genomic insights into the expansion of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae within Portuguese hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection. 148. 62–76. 5 indexed citations
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Nunes, Sónia, Ana Cristina Paulo, Alexandra S. Simões, et al.. (2021). Impact of private use of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on pneumococcal carriage among Portuguese children living in urban and rural regions. Vaccine. 39(32). 4524–4533. 19 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., João Costa, Mónica Serrano, et al.. (2021). Using Whole Genome Sequencing to Investigate a Mock-Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Real-Time. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 35(1). 36–41. 2 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., João Gregório, Isabel Couto, et al.. (2018). Fighting antibiotic resistance in Portuguese hospitals: Understanding antibiotic prescription behaviours to better design antibiotic stewardship programmes. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 13. 226–230. 14 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., et al.. (2018). Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Information System to Improve Hospital Infection Control: A Co-Design Process.. PubMed. 247. 56–60. 2 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., João Gregório, Isabel Couto, et al.. (2018). Participatory implementation of an antibiotic stewardship programme supported by an innovative surveillance and clinical decision-support system. Journal of Hospital Infection. 100(3). 257–264. 24 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., Dora Rolo, Carmen Ardanuy, et al.. (2016). lytA-based identification methods can misidentify Streptococcus pneumoniae. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 85(2). 141–148. 46 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., Isabel Couto, Cristina Toscano, et al.. (2016). Prevention and Control of Antimicrobial Resistant Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Microbiology Laboratory Rocks!. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 855–855. 18 indexed citations
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Dawid, Suzanne, Francisco Pinto, Jason Hinds, et al.. (2016). The blp Locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae Plays a Limited Role in the Selection of Strains That Can Cocolonize the Human Nasopharynx. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82(17). 5206–5215. 12 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., Wafa Achour, Tarek Ben Othman, et al.. (2015). Serotype Distribution, Antibiotic Resistance and Clonality of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Immunocompromised Patients in Tunisia. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0140390–e0140390. 20 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., et al.. (2014). Non-typeable pneumococci circulating in Portugal are of cps type NCC2 and have genomic features typical of encapsulated isolates. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 863–863. 12 indexed citations
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Rolo, Dora, Alexandra S. Simões, Arnau Domenech, et al.. (2013). Disease Isolates of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Non-Typeable S. pneumoniae Presumptively Identified as Atypical S. pneumoniae in Spain. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57047–e57047. 43 indexed citations
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Bajanca-Lavado, Maria Paula, et al.. (2013). Characteristics of Haemophilus influenzae invasive isolates from Portugal following routine childhood vaccination against H. influenzae serotype b (2002–2010). European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 33(4). 603–610. 18 indexed citations
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Simões, Alexandra S., et al.. (2011). Rapid identification of noncapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal samples allowing detection of co-colonization and reevaluation of prevalence. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 71(3). 208–216. 25 indexed citations
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Sá‐Leão, Raquel, Sofia C. Nunes, António Brito‐Avô, et al.. (2009). Changes in pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotypes carried by vaccinated and unvaccinated day-care centre attendees in Portugal, a country with widespread use of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15(11). 1002–1007. 95 indexed citations
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Marzocchi, Gian Marco, Christiane Capron, Mario Di Pietro, et al.. (2004). The use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Southern European countries. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 13(S2). ii40–ii46. 138 indexed citations

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