Helena Santos

300 total papers · 12.4k total citations
249 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Helena Santos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Santos has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Materials Chemistry and 36 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Helena Santos's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (43 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (31 papers). Helena Santos is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (43 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (31 papers). Helena Santos collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Germany and United States. Helena Santos's co-authors include Milton S. da Costa, Ana Rute Neves, David L. Turner, Ana Ramos, António V. Xavier, Jean LeGall, Lı́gia O. Martins, Nuno Borges, Karina B. Xavier and Pedro Lamosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Helena Santos

248 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Helena Santos 5.9k 1.5k 1.4k 996 955 249 9.5k
Angelo Fontana 6.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 581 0.4× 1.9k 1.9× 680 0.7× 375 13.0k
Wilfred A. van der Donk 13.6k 2.3× 1.2k 0.8× 2.5k 1.8× 1.4k 1.4× 982 1.0× 345 19.7k
Wolfgang Eisenreich 11.5k 1.9× 1.5k 1.0× 968 0.7× 840 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 358 16.5k
Roy M. Daniel 4.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 439 0.3× 1.8k 1.8× 1.2k 1.3× 190 8.0k
Willem J. H. van Berkel 7.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 754 0.6× 1.8k 1.8× 268 0.3× 314 12.7k
Douglas S. Clark 7.8k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 668 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 703 0.7× 329 14.6k
Reinhard Krämer 8.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 542 0.4× 320 0.3× 708 0.7× 232 10.8k
Bunzo Mikami 3.6k 0.6× 785 0.5× 920 0.7× 2.0k 2.0× 265 0.3× 284 7.5k
Wolfgang Buckel 8.0k 1.4× 2.4k 1.6× 412 0.3× 470 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 236 12.4k
Ernst Freese 5.1k 0.9× 945 0.6× 753 0.6× 479 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 152 7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Helena Santos

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helena Santos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Santos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helena Santos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helena Santos 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 Helena Santos. Helena Santos is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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