Cristiano Soares

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Cristiano Soares is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristiano Soares has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Pollution and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cristiano Soares's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (25 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (12 papers) and Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (11 papers). Cristiano Soares is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (25 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (12 papers) and Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (11 papers). Cristiano Soares collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and Egypt. Cristiano Soares's co-authors include Fernanda Fidalgo, Ricardo Antunes Azevedo, Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho, Sofia Spormann, Alexandra de Sousa, Ruth Pereira, Manuel Azenha, Jorge Teixeira, Bruno Sousa and Maria Martins and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Cristiano Soares

50 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Plants facing oxidative challenges—A little help from the antioxidant networks

2018 331 citations Cristiano Soares, Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho et al. Environmental and Experimental Botany profile →
Accumulation of Proline in Plants under Contaminated Soils—Are We on the Same Page?

2023 102 citations Maria Martins, Bruno Sousa et al. Antioxidants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cristiano Soares Portugal	20	1.2k	419	265	153	78	54	1.6k
Basmah M. Alharbi Saudi Arabia	22	1.2k 1.0×	321 0.8×	205 0.8×	223 1.5×	69 0.9×	74	1.7k
Mukesh Kumar Kanwar India	24	1.4k 1.1×	277 0.7×	405 1.5×	108 0.7×	88 1.1×	32	1.7k
Amna Amna Amna Pakistan	20	1.2k 1.0×	304 0.7×	257 1.0×	118 0.8×	85 1.1×	37	1.5k
Abbu Zaid India	21	1.1k 0.9×	220 0.5×	262 1.0×	150 1.0×	51 0.7×	49	1.5k
Myriam S. Zawoznik Argentina	15	1.4k 1.1×	476 1.1×	234 0.9×	121 0.8×	94 1.2×	26	1.7k
Mona H. Soliman Egypt	28	2.1k 1.7×	352 0.8×	412 1.6×	225 1.5×	118 1.5×	73	2.7k
Xuecheng Sun China	27	1.6k 1.3×	317 0.8×	176 0.7×	91 0.6×	73 0.9×	71	2.0k
Abeer Hashem Saudi Arabia	26	2.0k 1.6×	247 0.6×	254 1.0×	127 0.8×	59 0.8×	54	2.3k
Imran Khan China	26	1.7k 1.3×	356 0.8×	298 1.1×	340 2.2×	71 0.9×	60	2.3k
María Florencia Iannone Argentina	11	1.2k 1.0×	471 1.1×	210 0.8×	182 1.2×	92 1.2×	13	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristiano Soares

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Martins, Maria, Cristiano Soares, Ricardo Antunes Azevedo, & Fernanda Fidalgo. (2025). How do plants cope with drought and metal co‐exposure?—An unexplored field to unravel. Annals of Applied Biology. 187(1). 4–15.

Martins, Maria, Bruno Sousa, Fátima Oliveira, et al.. (2024). The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus positively modulates Castanea sativa Miller (var. Marsol) responses to heat and drought co-exposure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 215. 108999–108999.

Martins, Maria, Bruno Sousa, Inês M. Valente, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the combined impacts of drought and Cu in barley plants – double trouble?. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 209. 108546–108546. 6 indexed citations

Pinto, Ana Paula, Fátima Fernandes, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2024). Progesterone and brassinosteroids synergistically enhance progesterone removal and antioxidant capacity of Solanum nigrum L.. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 30(8). 1353–1362. 1 indexed citations

Martins, Maria, Cristiano Soares, Bruno Sousa, et al.. (2024). Beach wrack: Discussing ecological roles, risks, and sustainable bioenergy and agricultural applications. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120526–120526. 3 indexed citations

Sousa, Bruno, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the role of proline in glyphosate‐mediated toxicity – tolerance mechanism or stress signal?. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(5). e14532–e14532. 1 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Francisca, Bruno Sousa, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2023). Are tomato plants co-exposed to heat and salinity able to ensure a proper carbon metabolism? – An insight into the photosynthetic hub. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206. 108270–108270. 10 indexed citations

Soares, Cristiano, et al.. (2023). Eucalyptus globulus Leaf Aqueous Extract Differentially Inhibits the Growth of Three Bacterial Tomato Pathogens. Plants. 12(8). 1727–1727. 6 indexed citations

Sousa, Bruno, Cristiano Soares, Maria Martins, et al.. (2022). Impact of Combined Heat and Salt Stresses on Tomato Plants—Insights into Nutrient Uptake and Redox Homeostasis. Antioxidants. 11(3). 478–478. 36 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, et al.. (2022). Modulation of the non-target phytotoxicity of glyphosate by soil organic matter in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants. Scientia Horticulturae. 310. 111773–111773. 3 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Bruno Sousa, Edgar Pinto, et al.. (2021). Foliar Application of Sodium Nitroprusside Boosts Solanum lycopersicum L. Tolerance to Glyphosate by Preventing Redox Disorders and Stimulating Herbicide Detoxification Pathways. Plants. 10(9). 1862–1862. 14 indexed citations

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Sousa, Bruno, Maria Martins, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2021). Specific glutathione-S-transferases ensure an efficient detoxification of diclofenac in Solanum lycopersicum L. plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 168. 263–271. 9 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Bruno Sousa, Edgar Pinto, et al.. (2021). Silicon Improves the Redox Homeostasis to Alleviate Glyphosate Toxicity in Tomato Plants—Are Nanomaterials Relevant?. Antioxidants. 10(8). 1320–1320. 18 indexed citations

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Rodríguez-Seijo, Andrés, Cristiano Soares, Carla Patinha, et al.. (2021). Nano-Fe2O3 as a tool to restore plant growth in contaminated soils – Assessment of potentially toxic elements (bio)availability and redox homeostasis in Hordeum vulgare L. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 425. 127999–127999. 23 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Ruth Pereira, Maria Martins, et al.. (2020). Glyphosate-dependent effects on photosynthesis of Solanum lycopersicum L.—An ecophysiological, ultrastructural and molecular approach. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 398. 122871–122871. 37 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, et al.. (2018). Effects of environmental constraints on the oxidative status of Ascophylum nodosum and Fucus serratus. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. 1 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho, Ricardo Antunes Azevedo, & Fernanda Fidalgo. (2018). Plants facing oxidative challenges—A little help from the antioxidant networks. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 161. 4–25. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soares, Cristiano, Alexandra de Sousa, Manuel Azenha, et al.. (2017). SiO2 nanomaterial as a tool to improve Hordeum vulgare L. tolerance to nano-NiO stress. The Science of The Total Environment. 622-623. 517–525. 50 indexed citations

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Sousa, Alexandra de, Hamada AbdElgawad, Han Asard, et al.. (2017). Metalaxyl Effects on Antioxidant Defenses in Leaves and Roots of Solanum nigrum L.. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1967–1967. 40 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Alexandra de Sousa, Viviana Martins, et al.. (2017). An efficient antioxidant system and heavy metal exclusion from leaves make Solanum cheesmaniae more tolerant to Cu than its cultivated counterpart. Food and Energy Security. 6(3). 123–133. 41 indexed citations

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