Bárbara Leal

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 659 citations indexed

About

Bárbara Leal is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bárbara Leal has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 659 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 11 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bárbara Leal's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (11 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (7 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers). Bárbara Leal is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (11 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (7 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers). Bárbara Leal collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and Mozambique. Bárbara Leal's co-authors include Paulo Costa, António Martins da Silva, Cláudia Carvalho, Andreia Bettencourt, Berta Martins da Silva, António Marinho, Carlos Vasconcelos, Isabel Almeida, Fátima Farinha and João Chaves and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Progress in Neurobiology.

In The Last Decade

Bárbara Leal

36 papers receiving 652 citations

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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.

The Human Microglia Atlas (HuMicA) unravels changes in disease-associated microglia subsets across neurodegenerative conditions

2025 21 citations Josep Calafell-Segura, Bárbara Leal et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bárbara Leal Portugal	17	198	140	114	114	106	39	659
Tesfai Emahazion Sweden	11	148 0.7×	370 2.6×	62 0.5×	56 0.5×	73 0.7×	11	799
Mohammad Mahdi Eftekharian Iran	16	118 0.6×	225 1.6×	113 1.0×	47 0.4×	36 0.3×	54	643
Fuhua Peng China	18	168 0.8×	245 1.8×	418 3.7×	63 0.6×	139 1.3×	80	1.1k
Duško Kosec Serbia	18	418 2.1×	129 0.9×	58 0.5×	29 0.3×	54 0.5×	70	883
Fabienne Clot France	14	127 0.6×	111 0.8×	58 0.5×	33 0.3×	102 1.0×	27	1.1k
Sophie Binks United Kingdom	11	54 0.3×	103 0.7×	99 0.9×	31 0.3×	40 0.4×	35	808
Manjit Braitch United Kingdom	15	331 1.7×	104 0.7×	81 0.7×	25 0.2×	77 0.7×	18	785
Georgette L. Suidan United States	13	293 1.5×	235 1.7×	71 0.6×	39 0.3×	21 0.2×	21	870
Tiina Keränen Finland	11	54 0.3×	134 1.0×	49 0.4×	279 2.4×	44 0.4×	12	681
Emanuele Morena Italy	11	57 0.3×	131 0.9×	199 1.7×	26 0.2×	42 0.4×	20	522

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bárbara Leal

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leal, Bárbara, et al.. (2025). Towards screening of children students with autism spectrum disorder based on executive functions with serious game and machine learning approaches. Expert Systems with Applications. 295. 128884–128884.

Calafell-Segura, Josep, Bárbara Leal, Javier Rodríguez‐Ubreva, et al.. (2025). The Human Microglia Atlas (HuMicA) unravels changes in disease-associated microglia subsets across neurodegenerative conditions. Nature Communications. 16(1). 739–739. 21 indexed citations breakdown →

Leal, Bárbara, Cláudia Carvalho, Raquel Samões, et al.. (2024). Circulating miR-134 in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: implications in hippocampal sclerosis development and drug resistance. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 17. 1512860–1512860. 2 indexed citations

Samões, Raquel, Alberto Adriano Cavalheiro, Marcelo Tavares, et al.. (2024). MicroRNAs as potential biomarkers of response to modified Atkins diet in treatment of adults with drug-resistant epilepsy: A proof-of-concept study. Epilepsy Research. 208. 107478–107478.

Leal, Bárbara, Lívia Maia Pascoal, Marcelino Santos Neto, et al.. (2024). Effect of the consumption of cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale l.) flour-based biscuits in overweight children: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Nutrición Hospitalaria. 42(1). 19–25. 2 indexed citations

Leal, Bárbara, Vanessa Carvalho, Raquel Samões, et al.. (2023). Different relationships between epilepsy syndromes and autoimmune diseases. Epileptic Disorders. 25(1). 33–44.

Silva, Eliane, et al.. (2023). Occult hepatitis C infection identified in injection drug users with direct antiviral agents therapy and spontaneous resolution of hepatitis C virus infection. Virus Research. 329. 199104–199104. 1 indexed citations

Leal, Bárbara, et al.. (2022). The Potential of Circulating Cell-Free DNA Methylation as an Epilepsy Biomarker. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 852151–852151. 6 indexed citations

Leal, Bárbara, Aurora Barros‐Barbosa, Fátima Ferreirinha, et al.. (2022). Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE) Drug-Refractoriness Is Associated With P2X7 Receptors Overexpression in the Human Hippocampus and Temporal Neocortex and May Be Predicted by Low Circulating Levels of miR-22. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 910662–910662. 15 indexed citations

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Samões, Raquel, Rui Chorão, João Lopes, et al.. (2021). Female preponderance in genetic generalized epilepsies. Seizure. 91. 167–171. 6 indexed citations

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Leal, Bárbara, João Chaves, Tianlu Li, et al.. (2021). Epilepsy progression is associated with cumulative DNA methylation changes in inflammatory genes. Progress in Neurobiology. 209. 102207–102207. 18 indexed citations

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Leal, Bárbara, Cláudia Carvalho, Miguel Nogueira, et al.. (2021). Serum Levels of miR-146a in Patients with Psoriasis. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy. 25(4). 475–485. 13 indexed citations

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Leal, Bárbara, et al.. (2020). Microglial innate memory and epigenetic reprogramming in neurological disorders. Progress in Neurobiology. 200. 101971–101971. 31 indexed citations

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Canadas‐Sousa, Ana, Marta Santos, Bárbara Leal, Rui Medeiros, & Patrícia Dias‐Pereira. (2019). Estrogen receptors genotypes and canine mammary neoplasia. BMC Veterinary Research. 15(1). 325–325. 18 indexed citations

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Leal, Bárbara, João Chaves, Cláudia Carvalho, et al.. (2017). Brain expression of inflammatory mediators in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy patients. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 313. 82–88. 53 indexed citations

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Silva, António Martins da & Bárbara Leal. (2017). Photosensitivity and epilepsy: Current concepts and perspectives—A narrative review. Seizure. 50. 209–218. 60 indexed citations

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Leal, Bárbara, João Chaves, Cláudia Carvalho, et al.. (2016). Age of onset of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis: the effect of apolipoprotein E and febrile seizures. International Journal of Neuroscience. 127(9). 800–804. 13 indexed citations

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Marinho, António, Cláudia Carvalho, Andreia Bettencourt, et al.. (2016). Vitamin D supplementation effects on FoxP3 expression in T cells and FoxP3+/IL-17A ratio and clinical course in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: a study in a Portuguese cohort. Immunologic Research. 65(1). 197–206. 37 indexed citations

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Bettencourt, Andreia, Ana Silva, Cláudia Carvalho, et al.. (2014). The role of KIR2DS1 in multiple sclerosis - KIR in Portuguese MS patients. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 269(1-2). 52–55. 17 indexed citations

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Castro, Francisco, Bárbara Leal, Ron Bahar, et al.. (2009). Vaccination with Mage-b DNA induces CD8 T-cell responses at young but not old age in mice with metastatic breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 101(8). 1329–1337. 28 indexed citations

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