Inês Chen

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Inês Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Inês Chen has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Inês Chen's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Inês Chen is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Inês Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Inês Chen's co-authors include David Dubnau, Peter J. Christie, Roberta Provvedi, E C Gotschlich, Tie Chen, Silvia Bolland, Berenike Maier, Michael P. Sheetz, J. Brandon Parker and Wolfgang Zimmermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Inês Chen

23 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

DNA uptake during bacterial transformation 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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. DNA uptake during bacterial transformation
    2004 565 citations Inês Chen, David Dubnau Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Inês Chen United States 12 853 621 529 226 197 23 1.5k
Laura Hobley United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.6× 489 0.8× 561 1.1× 149 0.7× 344 1.7× 33 2.1k
Leigh G. Monahan Australia 18 1.0k 1.2× 518 0.8× 472 0.9× 331 1.5× 210 1.1× 26 1.7k
Travis J. Barnard United States 15 988 1.2× 831 1.3× 477 0.9× 132 0.6× 327 1.7× 17 1.9k
Hirofumi Nariya Japan 21 777 0.9× 488 0.8× 413 0.8× 75 0.3× 289 1.5× 55 1.4k
Matti Jalasvuori Finland 20 563 0.7× 338 0.5× 765 1.4× 180 0.8× 151 0.8× 46 1.2k
Ronald Chalmers United Kingdom 26 1.4k 1.6× 527 0.8× 346 0.7× 309 1.4× 117 0.6× 56 2.0k
Hanne C. Winther‐Larsen Norway 25 1.0k 1.2× 467 0.8× 362 0.7× 343 1.5× 90 0.5× 62 1.8k
Shiwani K. Arora United States 20 1.4k 1.6× 717 1.2× 374 0.7× 98 0.4× 361 1.8× 20 1.9k
Dorit Amikam Israel 17 1.4k 1.6× 671 1.1× 282 0.5× 254 1.1× 213 1.1× 27 2.4k
Claude Gutierrez France 29 1.4k 1.6× 1.2k 2.0× 494 0.9× 71 0.3× 200 1.0× 51 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Inês Chen

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All Works

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Chen, Inês. (2016). New DUBs on the block. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(7). 623–623. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês. (2013). Allostery through DNA. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(4). 410–410. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês. (2013). Blocking CCR5. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(10). 1145–1145. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês. (2012). The STING of viral fusion. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(8). 743–743. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês. (2011). Invading the nucleus. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(11). 1183–1183. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês. (2010). ABA receptor diversity. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês. (2009). Yeast as budding stem cells?. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 16(4). 351–351. 1 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Jogeshwar, et al.. (2007). Radiotracers for a multi‐target approach to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 50(5-6). 375–379. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês, Roberta Provvedi, & David Dubnau. (2006). A Macromolecular Complex Formed by a Pilin-like Protein in Competent Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(31). 21720–21727. 90 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês, Peter J. Christie, & David Dubnau. (2005). The Ins and Outs of DNA Transfer in Bacteria. Science. 310(5753). 1456–1460. 350 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês, et al.. (2004). Retinoic acid treated HL60 cells express CEACAM1 (CD66a) and phagocytoseNeisseria gonorrhoeae. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 42(2). 261–266. 16 indexed citations
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Maier, Berenike, Inês Chen, David Dubnau, & Michael P. Sheetz. (2004). DNA transport into Bacillus subtilis requires proton motive force to generate large molecular forces. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 11(7). 643–649. 89 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês & David Dubnau. (2004). DNA uptake during bacterial transformation. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 2(3). 241–249. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meima, Rob, Sabine Fillinger, Albert Bolhuis, et al.. (2002). The bdbDC Operon of Bacillus subtilisEncodes Thiol-disulfide Oxidoreductases Required for Competence Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(9). 6994–7001. 80 indexed citations
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Provvedi, Roberta, Inês Chen, & David Dubnau. (2001). NucA is required for DNA cleavage during transformation of Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 40(3). 634–644. 53 indexed citations
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Chen, Tie, Silvia Bolland, Inês Chen, et al.. (2001). The CGM1a (CEACAM3/CD66d)-mediated Phagocytic Pathway of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Expressing Opacity Proteins Is Also the Pathway to Cell Death. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(20). 17413–17419. 50 indexed citations
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Chen, Tie, Wolfgang Zimmermann, J. Brandon Parker, et al.. (2001). Biliary glycoprotein (BGPa, CD66a, CEACAM1) mediates inhibitory signals. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 70(2). 335–340. 60 indexed citations
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Chen, Inês, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, & Salete M. Newton. (1998). Effects of the insertion of a nonapeptide from murine IL-1β on the immunogenicity of carrier proteins delivered by live attenuated Salmonella. Archives of Microbiology. 169(2). 113–119. 3 indexed citations

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