Cláudio Viegas

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Cláudio Viegas is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cláudio Viegas has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Pharmacology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Cláudio Viegas's work include Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (13 papers) and Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants (10 papers). Cláudio Viegas is often cited by papers focused on Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (23 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (13 papers) and Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants (10 papers). Cláudio Viegas collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Italy and United States. Cláudio Viegas's co-authors include Eliezer J. Barreiro, Carlos Alberto Manssour Fraga, Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, Kris Simone Tranches Dias, Vanessa Silva Gontijo, Marcelo Henrique dos Santos, Matheus de Freitas Silva, Flávia P. Dias Viegas, Marcos Pivatto and Ofentse Jacob Pooe and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Food Chemistry and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Cláudio Viegas

79 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular Hybridization: A Useful Tool in the Design of New Drug Prototypes

2007 1.1k citations Cláudio Viegas et al. Current Medicinal Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cláudio Viegas Brazil	27	1.4k	1.1k	862	629	438	88	3.3k
Luciana Scotti Brazil	33	998 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	554 0.6×	590 0.9×	645 1.5×	283	3.8k
Gabriel Navarrete‐Vázquez Mexico	35	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	306 0.4×	348 0.6×	288 0.7×	145	3.6k
Babu L. Tekwani United States	37	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	685 0.8×	608 1.0×	486 1.1×	134	4.4k
Koneni V. Sashidhara India	39	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	737 0.9×	391 0.6×	245 0.6×	141	3.9k
Samuel Estrada‐Soto Mexico	33	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	369 0.4×	662 1.1×	225 0.5×	136	3.2k
Mithun Rudrapal India	33	728 0.5×	917 0.8×	317 0.4×	402 0.6×	678 1.5×	125	3.2k
Tadigoppula Narender India	28	1.1k 0.7×	892 0.8×	391 0.5×	371 0.6×	102 0.2×	125	2.7k
Ajay Kumar India	32	457 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	614 0.7×	327 0.5×	146 0.3×	151	3.1k
Cleydson B. R. Santos Brazil	26	620 0.4×	656 0.6×	405 0.5×	298 0.5×	761 1.7×	127	2.0k
Mankil Jung South Korea	30	815 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	320 0.4×	333 0.5×	339 0.8×	92	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Cláudio Viegas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cláudio Viegas

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Gontijo, Vanessa Silva, et al.. (2025). Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in Drug Discovery Against Parkinson’s Disease: An Update. Pharmaceuticals. 18(10). 1526–1526.

Souza, Mervyn L. de, Vanessa Silva Gontijo, Marina Amaral Alves, et al.. (2025). Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Antinociceptive Properties of Novel CBD-Based Terpene-Cinnamoyl-Acyl-Hydrazone Analogues. Pharmaceuticals. 18(5). 755–755.

Silva, Matheus de Freitas, et al.. (2025). Curcumin-like Compound Inhibits Proliferation of Adenocarcinoma Cells by Inducing Cell Cycle Arrest and Senescence. Pharmaceuticals. 18(6). 914–914.

Victor, Maurício M., Bruno Silva Andrade, Guilherme Álvaro Ferreira‐Silva, et al.. (2025). Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Evaluation of the Leishmanicidal Activity of New Aromatic Symmetrical 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Bistriazoles. ACS Omega. 10(26). 27819–27829.

Gontijo, Vanessa Silva, et al.. (2024). Protein kinases as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease: a brief review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 411–441. 3 indexed citations

Silva, Matheus de Freitas, Ester Siqueira Caixeta, Rômulo Dias Novaes, et al.. (2023). A synthetic resveratrol–curcumin hybrid derivative exhibits chemopreventive effects on colon pre-neoplastic lesions by targeting Wnt/β-catenin signaling, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant pathways. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 76(5). 479–488. 2 indexed citations

Gontijo, Vanessa Silva, et al.. (2023). The role of microbiota-gut-brain axis in neurodegenerative diseases: biochemical and therapeutic aspects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 71–89.

Pressete, Carolina Girotto, Ester Siqueira Caixeta, João Adolfo Costa Hanemann, et al.. (2023). Piperine–Chlorogenic Acid Hybrid Inhibits the Proliferation of the SK-MEL-147 Melanoma Cells by Modulating Mitotic Kinases. Pharmaceuticals. 16(2). 145–145. 10 indexed citations

Viegas, Cláudio, et al.. (2023). Commissioning of 6 and 10 MV Beams for Total Body Irradiation (TBI). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(3). 1–16.

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Smid, Scott D., et al.. (2020). Phytocannabinoids: General Aspects and Pharmacological Potential in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Current Neuropharmacology. 19(4). 449–464. 29 indexed citations

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Pruccoli, Letizia, Isabella Alvim Guedes, Laurent E. Dardenne, et al.. (2020). Cinnamoyl-N-Acylhydrazone-Donepezil Hybrids: Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Multifunctional Ligands Against Neurodegenerative Diseases. Neurochemical Research. 45(12). 3003–3020. 10 indexed citations

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Makhoba, Xolani Henry, Cláudio Viegas, Rebamang A. Mosa, Flávia P. Dias Viegas, & Ofentse Jacob Pooe. (2020). <p>Potential Impact of the Multi-Target Drug Approach in the Treatment of Some Complex Diseases</p>. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 14. 3235–3249. 187 indexed citations

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Viegas, Cláudio, et al.. (2020). Pathophysiological Aspects of Inflammation and Drug Design: an Updated Overview. Revista Virtual de Química. 13(1). 167–191. 7 indexed citations

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Silva, Matheus de Freitas, Letizia Pruccoli, Newton G. Castro, et al.. (2020). Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Triazole N-acylhydrazone Hybrids for Alzheimer’s Disease. Molecules. 25(14). 3165–3165. 23 indexed citations

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Silva, Matheus de Freitas, et al.. (2018). Multi-Target Directed Drugs as a Modern Approach for Drug Design Towards Alzheimer’s Disease: An Update. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 25(29). 3491–3525. 75 indexed citations

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Viegas, Cláudio, et al.. (2017). The Contribution of Studies with Canabidiol and Synthetic Analogues in the Design of New Drug Candidates for Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Revista Virtual de Química. 9(4). 1773–1798. 3 indexed citations

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Dias, Kris Simone Tranches, et al.. (2015). A Comparative Evaluation of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition by AChE-ICER and in vitro Ellman's Modified Method of Simplified Analogs 3-O-Acetyl-N-Benzyl-Piperidine of Donepezil. Revista Virtual de Química. 7(6). 2334–2346. 2 indexed citations

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Dias, Kris Simone Tranches, et al.. (2015). Recent Applications of the MultiTarget Directed Ligands Approach for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. Revista Virtual de Química. 7(2). 4 indexed citations

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Viegas, Flávia P. Dias, et al.. (2011). Doença de Alzheimer: Caracterização, Evolução e Implicações do Processo Neuroinflamatório. Revista Virtual de Química. 3(4). 286–306. 3 indexed citations

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Viegas, Cláudio, et al.. (2009). Modificações Estruturais na (-)-Cassina e LASSBio-767: Estratégias para a Descoberta e Otimização de Novos Candidatos a Fármacos. Revista Virtual de Química. 1(2). 117–127. 1 indexed citations

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