Graça Pinto

648 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 466 citations indexed

About

Graça Pinto is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Graça Pinto has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 466 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Graça Pinto's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). Graça Pinto is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers), Microbial infections and disease research (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). Graça Pinto collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Belgium and Netherlands. Graça Pinto's co-authors include Joana Azeredo, Diana P. Pires, Ana Rita Costa, Carina Almeida, Hugo Oliveira, Sanna Sillankorva, Ana Oliveira, Lucı́lia Domingues, Yves Briers and Małgorzata Łobocka and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Scientific Reports and FEMS Microbiology Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Graça Pinto

17 papers receiving 459 citations

Hit Papers

Current challenges and future opportunities of phage therapy 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Current challenges and future opportunities of phage therapy
    2020 214 citations Diana P. Pires, Ana Rita Costa et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Graça Pinto Portugal 10 382 169 153 79 58 17 466
Jessica Sacher Canada 12 362 0.9× 169 1.0× 127 0.8× 78 1.0× 53 0.9× 20 454
Natalia Bagińska Poland 12 347 0.9× 159 0.9× 155 1.0× 69 0.9× 68 1.2× 13 501
Rodrigo Monteiro Brazil 8 307 0.8× 165 1.0× 120 0.8× 53 0.7× 54 0.9× 22 406
Iyo Takemura‐Uchiyama Japan 12 395 1.0× 188 1.1× 195 1.3× 72 0.9× 33 0.6× 29 489
Romuald Gryko Poland 10 315 0.8× 211 1.2× 192 1.3× 61 0.8× 49 0.8× 18 435
Agnieszka Necel Poland 10 506 1.3× 216 1.3× 192 1.3× 113 1.4× 100 1.7× 20 563
Seema Kumari India 9 362 0.9× 148 0.9× 170 1.1× 72 0.9× 48 0.8× 15 472
Sylwia Parasion Poland 7 361 0.9× 190 1.1× 203 1.3× 74 0.9× 31 0.5× 7 417
Tamta Tkhilaishvili Germany 14 431 1.1× 245 1.4× 220 1.4× 108 1.4× 48 0.8× 17 671
Diana Vilas Boas Portugal 9 458 1.2× 296 1.8× 241 1.6× 84 1.1× 55 0.9× 13 623

Countries citing papers authored by Graça Pinto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Graça Pinto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graça Pinto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Graça Pinto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Graça Pinto based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Graça Pinto. Graça Pinto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Pinto, Graça, et al.. (2024). Removal of virus from hands: a study on the role of washing and drying. Journal of Hospital Infection. 155. 82–87. 1 indexed citations
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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
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Akturk, Ergun, Graça Pinto, Lisa Ostyn, et al.. (2024). Combination of phages and antibiotics with enhanced killing efficacy against dual-species bacterial communities in a three-dimensional lung epithelial model. Biofilm. 9. 100245–100245. 7 indexed citations
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Pinto, Graça, et al.. (2024). Phage SEP1 hijacks Staphylococcus epidermidis stationary cells’ metabolism to replicate. mSystems. 9(7). e0026324–e0026324. 1 indexed citations
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Vale, Ana C., Fernanda Gomes, Graça Pinto, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Integration into Non-Woven Fabrics Using Different Functionalisation Methods for Prospective Application as Active Facemasks. Polymers. 15(17). 3499–3499. 8 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Hugo, Sílvio Roberto Branco Santos, Diana P. Pires, et al.. (2023). CkP1 bacteriophage, a S16-like myovirus that recognizes Citrobacter koseri lipopolysaccharide through its long tail fibers. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(11). 3621–3636. 1 indexed citations
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Pinto, Graça, Sudarshan A. Shetty, Erwin G. Zoetendal, et al.. (2022). An in vitro fermentation model to study the impact of bacteriophages targeting Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli on the colonic microbiota. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 8(1). 74–74. 6 indexed citations
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Pinto, Graça, et al.. (2021). Insights into the genome architecture and evolution of Shiga toxin encoding bacteriophages of Escherichia coli. BMC Genomics. 22(1). 366–366. 17 indexed citations
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Pinto, Graça, Scott A. Minnich, Carolyn J. Hovde, et al.. (2021). The interactions of bacteriophage Ace and Shiga toxin-producingEscherichia coliduring biocontrol. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 97(8). 10 indexed citations
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Pinto, Graça, Carina Almeida, & Joana Azeredo. (2020). Bacteriophages to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli – safety and regulatory challenges. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 40(8). 1081–1097. 24 indexed citations
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Melo, Luís D. R., Graça Pinto, Diana Vilas Boas, et al.. (2020). The Protective Effect of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Matrix against Phage Predation. Viruses. 12(10). 1076–1076. 31 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Hugo, Graça Pinto, Bruna de Oliveira Mendes, et al.. (2020). A Tailspike with Exopolysaccharide Depolymerase Activity from a New Providencia stuartii Phage Makes Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Susceptible to Serum-Mediated Killing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(13). 29 indexed citations
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Pires, Diana P., et al.. (2020). Current challenges and future opportunities of phage therapy. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 44(6). 684–700. 214 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oliveira, Hugo, Graça Pinto, Ana Oliveira, et al.. (2017). Characterization and genomic analyses of two newly isolated Morganella phages define distant members among Tevenvirinae and Autographivirinae subfamilies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46157–46157. 24 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Hugo, Graça Pinto, Hanne Hendrix, et al.. (2017). A Lytic Providencia rettgeri Virus of Potential Therapeutic Value Is a Deep-Branching Member of the T5virus Genus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(23). 9 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Hugo, Graça Pinto, Ana Oliveira, et al.. (2016). Characterization and genome sequencing of a Citrobacter freundii phage CfP1 harboring a lysin active against multidrug-resistant isolates. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(24). 10543–10553. 47 indexed citations
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Pinto, Graça, et al.. (2016). The role of Bacteriophages in Periodontal Health and Disease. Future Microbiology. 11(10). 1359–1369. 36 indexed citations

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