Diana P. Pires

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Diana P. Pires is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Diana P. Pires has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Diana P. Pires's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (33 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (16 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). Diana P. Pires is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (33 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (16 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). Diana P. Pires collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Belgium and United States. Diana P. Pires's co-authors include Joana Azeredo, Sanna Sillankorva, Luís D. R. Melo, Timothy K. Lu, Ana Rita Costa, Hugo Oliveira, Diana Vilas Boas, Sébastien Lemire, Hiroki Ando and Rodrigo Monteiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Virology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Diana P. Pires

33 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Bacteriophage-encoded depolymerases: their diversity and biotechnological applications

2016 354 citations Diana P. Pires, Hugo Oliveira et al. profile →
Current challenges and future opportunities of phage therapy

2020 214 citations Diana P. Pires, Ana Rita Costa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Diana P. Pires Portugal	17	2.0k	1.2k	772	287	285	35	2.4k
Luís D. R. Melo Portugal	26	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	749 1.0×	146 0.5×	262 0.9×	64	2.4k
Rebekah M. Dedrick United States	20	1.8k 0.9×	810 0.7×	620 0.8×	304 1.1×	205 0.7×	29	2.2k
Mzia Kutateladze United States	21	1.8k 0.9×	735 0.6×	767 1.0×	180 0.6×	279 1.0×	32	2.2k
Maya Merabishvili Belgium	20	1.5k 0.7×	646 0.6×	580 0.8×	202 0.7×	242 0.8×	32	1.8k
Bob Blasdel Belgium	18	1.7k 0.9×	858 0.7×	577 0.7×	181 0.6×	152 0.5×	24	1.9k
Biswajit Biswas United States	20	1.7k 0.9×	593 0.5×	732 0.9×	225 0.8×	342 1.2×	30	2.1k
Pieter‐Jan Ceyssens Belgium	33	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	793 1.0×	143 0.5×	362 1.3×	79	2.9k
Dwayne R. Roach United States	15	1.4k 0.7×	584 0.5×	506 0.7×	180 0.6×	212 0.7×	31	1.7k
Marzanna Łusiak-Szelachowska Poland	23	1.5k 0.8×	563 0.5×	625 0.8×	315 1.1×	172 0.6×	39	1.8k
В. Н. Крылов Russia	25	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	894 1.2×	194 0.7×	134 0.5×	88	2.5k

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Santos, Sílvio Roberto Branco, Aurélie Crabbé, Pavel Plevka, et al.. (2025). Directed evolution of phages in biofilms enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa control through improved lipopolysaccharide recognition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10219–10219.

Gonçalves, Bruna, Diana P. Pires, Liliana C. Fernandes, et al.. (2024). Biofilm matrix regulation by Candida glabrata Zap1 under acidic conditions: transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(12). e0120124–e0120124.

Pinto, Graça, Mónica Oleastro, Catarina Silva, et al.. (2024). Screening and in silico characterization of prophages in Helicobacter pylori clinical strains. Microbes and Infection. 27(3). 105429–105429. 1 indexed citations

Boon, Maarten, Diana P. Pires, Joana Azeredo, et al.. (2024). Exploring the transcriptional landscape of phage–host interactions using novel high-throughput approaches. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 77. 102419–102419. 10 indexed citations

Pires, Diana P., et al.. (2023). Impact of phage predation on P. aeruginosa adhered to human airway epithelium: major transcriptomic changes in metabolism and virulence-associated genes. RNA Biology. 20(1). 235–247. 5 indexed citations

Coenye, Tom, et al.. (2023). A systematic review of the use of bacteriophages for in vitro biofilm control. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 42(8). 919–928. 26 indexed citations

Costa, Ana Rita, Joana Azeredo, & Diana P. Pires. (2023). Synthetic Biology to Engineer Bacteriophage Genomes. Methods in molecular biology. 2734. 261–277. 2 indexed citations

Santos, Sílvio Roberto Branco, et al.. (2021). Unpuzzling Friunavirus-Host Interactions One Piece at a Time: Phage Recognizes Acinetobacter pittii via a New K38 Capsule Depolymerase. Antibiotics. 10(11). 1304–1304. 12 indexed citations

Pires, Diana P., Rodrigo Monteiro, Dalila Mil‐Homens, et al.. (2021). Designing P. aeruginosa synthetic phages with reduced genomes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2164–2164. 49 indexed citations

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Monteiro, Rodrigo, Diana P. Pires, Ana Rita Costa, & Joana Azeredo. (2018). Phage Therapy: Going Temperate?. Trends in Microbiology. 27(4). 368–378. 204 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P., Luís D. R. Melo, Diana Vilas Boas, Sanna Sillankorva, & Joana Azeredo. (2017). Phage therapy as an alternative or complementary strategy to prevent and control biofilm-related infections. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 39. 48–56. 223 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P. & Luís D. R. Melo. (2017). In Vitro Activity of Bacteriophages Against Planktonic and Biofilm Populations Assessed by Flow Cytometry. Methods in molecular biology. 1693. 33–41. 6 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P., Andreas Dötsch, Erin M. Anderson, et al.. (2017). A Genotypic Analysis of Five P. aeruginosa Strains after Biofilm Infection by Phages Targeting Different Cell Surface Receptors. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1229–1229. 47 indexed citations

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Costa, Ana Rita, Catarina Milho, Joana Azeredo, & Diana P. Pires. (2017). Synthetic Biology to Engineer Bacteriophage Genomes. Methods in molecular biology. 1693. 285–300. 5 indexed citations

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Azeredo, Joana, Sanna Sillankorva, & Diana P. Pires. (2014). Pseudomonas Bacteriophage Isolation and Production. Methods in molecular biology. 1149. 23–32. 12 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P., Andrew M. Kropinski, Joana Azeredo, & Sanna Sillankorva. (2014). Complete Genome Sequence of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteriophage phiIBB-PAA2. Genome Announcements. 2(1). 6 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P., Sónia Silva, Carina Almeida, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of the ability ofC. albicansto form biofilm in the presence of phage-resistant phenotypes ofP. aeruginosa. Biofouling. 29(10). 1169–1180. 5 indexed citations

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Sillankorva, Sanna, Diana P. Pires, Hugo Oliveira, Peter Neubauer, & Joana Azeredo. (2011). The Influence of P. fluorescens Cell Morphology on the Lytic Performance and Production of Phage ϕIBB-PF7A. Current Microbiology. 63(4). 347–353. 3 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P., et al.. (2011). Use of newly isolated phages for control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and ATCC 10145 biofilms. Research in Microbiology. 162(8). 798–806. 120 indexed citations

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Pires, Diana P., Sanna Sillankorva, & Joana Azeredo. (2011). The use of bacteriophages for P. aeruginosa biofilm control. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 95. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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