Ana Rita Costa

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ana Rita Costa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Rita Costa has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Ana Rita Costa's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (26 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (13 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (12 papers). Ana Rita Costa is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (26 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (13 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (12 papers). Ana Rita Costa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Ana Rita Costa's co-authors include Joana Azeredo, Diana P. Pires, Mariana Henriques, Franklin L. Nóbrega, Rosário Oliveira, Maria Elisa Rodrigues, Stan J. J. Brouns, Rodrigo Monteiro, Leon Kluskens and Pieter‐Jan Haas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ana Rita Costa

45 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Critical review on biofilm methods

2016 736 citations Joana Azeredo, Ana Rita Costa et al. profile →
Current challenges and future opportunities of phage therapy

2020 214 citations Ana Rita Costa, Joana Azeredo et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →
Mechanisms and clinical importance of bacteriophage resistance

2021 182 citations Ana Rita Costa, Cristian Aparicio-Maldonado et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ana Rita Costa Portugal	23	1.6k	1.4k	566	337	277	46	2.8k
Diana P. Pires Portugal	17	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	772 1.4×	287 0.9×	268 1.0×	35	2.4k
Luís D. R. Melo Portugal	26	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	749 1.3×	146 0.4×	363 1.3×	64	2.4k
Sandra Morales Australia	34	995 0.6×	2.5k 1.8×	1.2k 2.1×	333 1.0×	478 1.7×	68	3.3k
Changjiang Sun China	27	920 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	684 1.2×	126 0.4×	291 1.1×	87	2.2k
Pedro Garcı́a Spain	38	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	999 1.8×	179 0.5×	478 1.7×	131	4.6k
Sílvio Roberto Branco Santos Portugal	22	702 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	404 0.7×	112 0.3×	266 1.0×	38	1.6k
Damien Maura United States	22	1.2k 0.7×	907 0.6×	484 0.9×	87 0.3×	355 1.3×	24	2.0k
Anthony W. Maresso United States	29	1.3k 0.8×	784 0.6×	320 0.6×	99 0.3×	618 2.2×	85	2.6k
Susan M. Lehman United States	21	609 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	493 0.9×	113 0.3×	237 0.9×	41	1.7k
Kaitlyn E. Kortright United States	10	682 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	444 0.8×	122 0.4×	222 0.8×	15	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Muralidharan, Aswin, et al.. (2026). Molecular basis for anti-jumbo phage immunity by AVAST type 5. Molecular Cell. 86(4). 740–756.e9.

Costa, Ana Rita, et al.. (2025). Bacteriophage genomes encode both broad and specific counter-defense repertoires to overcome bacterial defense systems. Cell Host & Microbe. 33(7). 1161–1172.e5. 2 indexed citations

Mlost, Jakub, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of unsupervised learning algorithms for the classification of behavior from pose estimation data. Patterns. 6(5). 101237–101237. 1 indexed citations

Costa, Ana Rita, Daan F. van den Berg, Aswin Muralidharan, et al.. (2024). Accumulation of defense systems in phage-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Science Advances. 10(8). eadj0341–eadj0341. 36 indexed citations

Costa, Ana Rita, et al.. (2023). Monitoring phage-induced lysis of gram-negatives in real time using a fluorescent DNA dye. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 856–856. 13 indexed citations

Hu, Chunyi, Cristóbal Almendros, Ki Hyun Nam, et al.. (2021). Mechanism for Cas4-assisted directional spacer acquisition in CRISPR–Cas. Nature. 598(7881). 515–520. 34 indexed citations

Costa, Ana Rita, Daan F. van den Berg, Minfeng Xiao, et al.. (2021). Genomic characterization of four novel bacteriophages infecting the clinical pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae. DNA Research. 28(4). 17 indexed citations

Costa, Ana Rita, et al.. (2021). Mechanisms and clinical importance of bacteriophage resistance. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 46(1). 182 indexed citations breakdown →

Jonge, Patrick A. de, et al.. (2020). Development of Styrene Maleic Acid Lipid Particles as a Tool for Studies of Phage-Host Interactions. Journal of Virology. 94(23). 4 indexed citations

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Melo, Luís D. R., et al.. (2019). Efficacy and safety assessment of two enterococci phages in an in vitro biofilm wound model. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6643–6643. 62 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Hugo, Ana Rita Costa, Ergun Akturk, et al.. (2017). Ability of phages to infect Acinetobacter calcoaceticus‐Acinetobacter baumannii complex species through acquisition of different pectate lyase depolymerase domains. Environmental Microbiology. 19(12). 5060–5077. 80 indexed citations

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Nóbrega, Franklin L., Ana Rita Costa, J. Freitas Santos, et al.. (2016). Genetically manipulated phages with improved pH resistance for oral administration in veterinary medicine. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 39235–39235. 84 indexed citations

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Nóbrega, Franklin L., Ana Rita Costa, Leon Kluskens, & Joana Azeredo. (2015). Revisiting phage therapy: new applications for old resources. Trends in Microbiology. 23(4). 185–191. 237 indexed citations

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Rodrigues, Maria Elisa, Ana Rita Costa, Mariana Henriques, Joana Azeredo, & Rosário Oliveira. (2013). Evaluation of Solid and Porous Microcarriers for Cell Growth and Production of Recombinant Proteins. Methods in molecular biology. 1104. 137–147. 5 indexed citations

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Costa, Ana Rita, Maria Elisa Rodrigues, Mariana Henriques, et al.. (2013). The impact of microcarrier culture optimization on the glycosylation profile of a monoclonal antibody. SpringerPlus. 2(1). 25–25. 14 indexed citations

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Costa, Ana Rita, Maria Elisa Rodrigues, Mariana Henriques, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of the OSCAR™ system for the production of monoclonal antibodies by CHO-K1 cells. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 430(1-2). 42–46. 12 indexed citations

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Rodrigues, Maria Elisa, Pedro Fernandes, Ana Rita Costa, et al.. (2011). Preliminary evaluation of microcarrier culture for growth and monoclonal antibody production of CHO-K1 cells. BMC Proceedings. 5(S8). P111–P111. 1 indexed citations

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Rodrigues, Maria Elisa, Ana Rita Costa, Mariana Henriques, Joana Azeredo, & Rosário Oliveira. (2009). Technological progresses in monoclonal antibody production systems. Biotechnology Progress. 26(2). 332–351. 72 indexed citations

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Costa, Ana Rita, Maria Elisa Rodrigues, Mariana Henriques, Joana Azeredo, & Rosário Oliveira. (2009). Guidelines to cell engineering for monoclonal antibody production. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 74(2). 127–138. 125 indexed citations

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Costa, Ana Rita, Mariana Henriques, Rui Pedro Soares de Oliveira, & Joana Azeredo. (2009). The role of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) in Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to host tissues and subsequent antibiotic tolerance. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 28(6). 623–629. 20 indexed citations

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