Isabel Santana

15.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
208 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Isabel Santana is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabel Santana has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 65 papers in Physiology and 36 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Isabel Santana's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (79 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (61 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (17 papers). Isabel Santana is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (79 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (61 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (17 papers). Isabel Santana collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Isabel Santana's co-authors include Sandra Freitas, Mário R. Simões, Lara Alves, Catarina R. Oliveira, Inês Baldeiras, Diana Duro, Sandra M. Cardoso, João Marôco, Ana Pina Rodrigues and Beatriz Santiago and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Isabel Santana

199 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Pathophysiology of Blood–Brain Barrier Permeability Throu... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Pathophysiology of Blood–Brain Barrier Permeability Throughout the Different Stages of Ischemic Stroke and Its Implication on Hemorrhagic Transformation and Recovery
    2020 253 citations Luciano Almendra, Gustavo Cordeiro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Isabel Santana Portugal 41 2.0k 1.9k 1.3k 906 827 208 6.0k
Raj C. Shah United States 44 3.0k 1.5× 3.3k 1.8× 1.1k 0.9× 842 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 225 8.7k
Tormod Fladby Norway 33 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 872 1.0× 662 0.8× 129 4.8k
Hui-Fu Wang China 42 2.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 540 0.7× 158 6.9k
Steven D. Edland United States 50 3.0k 1.5× 3.6k 1.9× 1.3k 1.0× 860 0.9× 988 1.2× 156 7.5k
Jeffrey M. Burns United States 47 3.8k 1.9× 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 815 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 253 8.0k
Craig Ritchie United Kingdom 44 2.9k 1.4× 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 899 1.0× 691 0.8× 210 7.7k
Ming‐Jang Chiu Taiwan 44 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 609 0.5× 567 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 171 5.4k
Chen‐Chen Tan China 31 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 820 0.9× 414 0.5× 115 4.6k
Alina Solomon Finland 45 2.9k 1.4× 2.6k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 927 1.0× 447 0.5× 174 7.5k
James E. Galvin United States 41 2.0k 1.0× 3.2k 1.7× 644 0.5× 626 0.7× 740 0.9× 162 7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Isabel Santana

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Fields of papers citing papers by Isabel Santana

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabel Santana

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

All Works

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Ribeiro, Andreia, et al.. (2024). White matter hyperintensities in bipolar disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 15. 1343463–1343463. 3 indexed citations
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Tábuas‐Pereira, Miguel, et al.. (2024). SQSTM1 Pro392Leu presenting as a corticobasal syndrome with progressive nonfluent aphasia. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 123. 106069–106069. 1 indexed citations
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Leitão, Maria João, João Durães, Diana Duro, et al.. (2023). Blood biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment patients: Relationship between analytes and progression to Alzheimer disease dementia. European Journal of Neurology. 30(6). 1565–1573. 21 indexed citations
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Almeida, Maria Rosário, Miguel Tábuas‐Pereira, Inês Baldeiras, et al.. (2023). Characterization of Progranulin Gene Mutations in Portuguese Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(1). 511–511. 1 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Ana M., Ana M. Cardoso, Maria Rosário Almeida, et al.. (2022). Generation and Characterization of Novel iPSC Lines from a Portuguese Family Bearing Heterozygous and Homozygous GRN Mutations. Biomedicines. 10(8). 1905–1905. 2 indexed citations
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Jesus‐Ribeiro, Joana, Olinda Rebelo, Ilda Patrícia Ribeiro, et al.. (2022). The landscape of common genetic drivers and DNA methylation in low‐grade (epilepsy‐associated) neuroepithelial tumors: A review. Neuropathology. 42(6). 467–482. 2 indexed citations
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Oeckl, Patrick, Sarah Anderl‐Straub, Christine A. F. Von Arnim, et al.. (2022). Serum GFAP differentiates Alzheimer’s disease from frontotemporal dementia and predicts MCI-to-dementia conversion. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 93(6). 659–667. 64 indexed citations
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Bicker, Joana, Anabela Almeida, Francisco Sales, et al.. (2022). Clinical Application of Pharmacokinetics to Appraise Adherence to Levetiracetam in Portuguese Epileptic Patients. Biomedicines. 10(9). 2127–2127. 1 indexed citations
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Silva, Ana Rita, et al.. (2020). Estimates of Geriatric Delirium Frequency in Noncardiac Surgeries and Its Evaluation Across the Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 22(3). 613–620.e9. 39 indexed citations
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Tábuas‐Pereira, Miguel, Isabel Santana, Rita Guerreiro, & José Brás. (2020). Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics: Review of Novel Loci Associated with Disease. 8(1). 1–16. 20 indexed citations
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Tábuas‐Pereira, Miguel, Luciano Almendra, Maria Rosário Almeida, et al.. (2018). Increased risk of melanoma in C9ORF72 repeat expansion carriers: A case–control study. Muscle & Nerve. 59(3). 362–365. 2 indexed citations
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Tábuas‐Pereira, Miguel, Sandra Freitas, Cristina Martins, et al.. (2018). Aphasia Rapid Test: Estudos de Tradução, Adaptação e Validação para a População Portuguesa. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 31(5). 265–271. 7 indexed citations
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Guedes, Joana R., Isabel Santana, Catarina Cunha, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA deregulation and chemotaxis and phagocytosis impairment in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 3(1). 7–17. 61 indexed citations
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Freitas, Sandra, et al.. (2010). Adaptation studies of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) to the portuguese population. 9(3). 345–357. 29 indexed citations
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Santana, Isabel, et al.. (2000). Studies on the digestibility of royal palm nut in Cuban Creole pigs.. Cuban journal of agricultural science. 34(4). 315–322. 2 indexed citations

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