Fausto Almeida

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Fausto Almeida is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Fausto Almeida has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Epidemiology and 27 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Fausto Almeida's work include Fungal Infections and Studies (32 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (23 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (15 papers). Fausto Almeida is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Infections and Studies (32 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (23 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (15 papers). Fausto Almeida collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Fausto Almeida's co-authors include Patrick Santos, Márcio L. Rodrigues, Carolina Coelho, Arturo Casadevall, André Moreira Pessoni, Maria Cristina Roque‐Barreira, Caroline Patini Rezende, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Renato Graciano de Paula and Verônica S. Brauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fausto Almeida

73 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

The Still Underestimated Problem of Fungal Diseases Worldwide

2019 313 citations Fausto Almeida, Márcio L. Rodrigues et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fausto Almeida Brazil	27	1.1k	761	667	640	342	77	2.5k
Johanna Rivera United States	22	899 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	368 0.6×	304 0.9×	39	2.7k
Iran Malavazi Brazil	30	1.3k 1.2×	571 0.8×	839 1.3×	716 1.1×	94 0.3×	105	2.5k
Odile Sismeiro France	35	1.7k 1.5×	316 0.4×	794 1.2×	350 0.5×	526 1.5×	75	3.3k
Nongnuch Vanittanakom Thailand	31	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	1.5k 2.3×	1.0k 1.6×	152 0.4×	82	3.8k
Abdelmounaaïm Allaoui Belgium	30	1.1k 1.0×	618 0.8×	629 0.9×	432 0.7×	685 2.0×	49	3.8k
Hiroji Chibana Japan	27	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	1.6k 2.4×	469 0.7×	70 0.2×	108	2.8k
Vishukumar Aimanianda France	38	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	1.8k 2.7×	1.3k 2.1×	757 2.2×	90	4.3k
Oleg Krut Germany	27	1.2k 1.1×	574 0.8×	537 0.8×	91 0.1×	376 1.1×	43	2.6k
Ildinete Silva-Pereira Brazil	22	916 0.8×	531 0.7×	474 0.7×	255 0.4×	201 0.6×	65	1.8k
Aitor Rementerı́a Spain	23	842 0.8×	454 0.6×	911 1.4×	443 0.7×	140 0.4×	74	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Fausto Almeida

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fausto Almeida

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gontijo, Marco Túlio Pardini, Renata Spagolla Napoleão Tavares, Carlismari O. Grundmann, et al.. (2025). Violacein-Loaded Outer Membrane Vesicles from Salmonella enterica Exhibit Potent Anti-Melanoma Activity in Vitro and in Vivo. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 11(10). 6166–6184.

Oliveira, B., Juçara Gastaldi Cominal, Ricardo Cardoso Castro, et al.. (2025). TREM-1-Linked Inflammatory Cargo in SARS-CoV-2-Stimulated Macrophage Extracellular Vesicles Drives Cellular Senescence and Impairs Antibacterial Defense. Viruses. 17(5). 610–610.

Lima, Eliana Martins, et al.. (2024). Extracellular vesicles from the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma harzianum. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 117(1). 64–64. 3 indexed citations

Gerhardt, Jaqueline Aline, Daniel Yuri Akiyama, Caroline Patini Rezende, et al.. (2024). Sirtuin E deacetylase is required for full virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus. Communications Biology. 7(1). 704–704. 5 indexed citations

Santos, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Extracellular vesicles from human breast cancer-resistant cells promote acquired drug resistance and pro-inflammatory macrophage response. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1468229–1468229. 3 indexed citations

Almeida, Fausto, et al.. (2024). SÍNDROME DE BURNOUT: UMA ANÁLISE COM OS POLICIAIS MILITARES DO 14º BATALHÃO DO ESPÍRITO SANTO. 1(26). 43–43.

Brauer, Verônica S., et al.. (2023). Chitin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus Species. Journal of Fungi. 9(1). 89–89. 30 indexed citations

Bitencourt, Tamires A., et al.. (2023). Aspergillus fumigatus Extracellular Vesicles Display Increased Galleria mellonella Survival but Partial Pro-Inflammatory Response by Macrophages. Journal of Fungi. 9(5). 541–541. 12 indexed citations

Bitencourt, Tamires A., et al.. (2023). Extracellular Vesicles from Candida haemulonii var. vulnera Modulate Macrophage Oxidative Burst. Journal of Fungi. 9(5). 562–562. 13 indexed citations

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Bitencourt, Tamires A., André Moreira Pessoni, Patrick Santos, et al.. (2022). Fungal Extracellular Vesicles Are Involved in Intraspecies Intracellular Communication. mBio. 13(1). e0327221–e0327221. 35 indexed citations

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Ries, Laure Nicolas Annick, Patrícia Alves de Castro, Lilian Pereira Silva, et al.. (2021). Aspergillus fumigatus Acetate Utilization Impacts Virulence Traits and Pathogenicity. mBio. 12(4). e0168221–e0168221. 20 indexed citations

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Castro, Patrícia Alves de, Clara Valero, Ana Cristina Colabardini, et al.. (2021). Novel Biological Functions of the NsdC Transcription Factor in Aspergillus fumigatus. mBio. 12(1). 11 indexed citations

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Brancini, Guilherme Thomaz Pereira, Patrícia Alves de Castro, Clara Valero, et al.. (2020). Aspergillus fumigatus G-Protein Coupled Receptors GprM and GprJ Are Important for the Regulation of the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway, Secondary Metabolite Production, and Virulence. mBio. 11(5). 17 indexed citations

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Brauer, Verônica S., André Moreira Pessoni, Tamires A. Bitencourt, et al.. (2020). Extracellular Vesicles from Aspergillus flavus Induce M1 Polarization In Vitro. mSphere. 5(3). 51 indexed citations

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Santos, Patrick & Fausto Almeida. (2020). Role of Exosomal miRNAs and the Tumor Microenvironment in Drug Resistance. Cells. 9(6). 1450–1450. 91 indexed citations

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Rezende, Caroline Patini, Fabrício Freitas Fernandes, Roberto Martínez, et al.. (2019). Galectin-3 Inhibits Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Growth and Impacts Paracoccidioidomycosis through Multiple Mechanisms. mSphere. 4(2). 24 indexed citations

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Brauer, Verônica S., Caroline Patini Rezende, André Moreira Pessoni, et al.. (2019). Antifungal Agents in Agriculture: Friends and Foes of Public Health. Biomolecules. 9(10). 521–521. 205 indexed citations

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Castro, Patrícia Alves de, Ana Cristina Colabardini, Adriana Oliveira Manfiolli, et al.. (2019). Aspergillus fumigatus calcium-responsive transcription factors regulate cell wall architecture promoting stress tolerance, virulence and caspofungin resistance. PLoS Genetics. 15(12). e1008551–e1008551. 33 indexed citations

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Antoniêto, Amanda Cristina Campos, Karoline Maria Vieira Nogueira, Renato Graciano de Paula, et al.. (2019). A Novel Cys2His2 Zinc Finger Homolog of AZF1 Modulates Holocellulase Expression in Trichoderma reesei. mSystems. 4(4). 24 indexed citations

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Almeida, Fausto, Julie M. Wolf, & Arturo Casadevall. (2015). Virulence-Associated Enzymes of Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell. 14(12). 1173–1185. 98 indexed citations

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