Joana Caldeira

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 809 citations indexed

About

Joana Caldeira is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joana Caldeira has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 809 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 11 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joana Caldeira's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (5 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers). Joana Caldeira is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (13 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (5 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers). Joana Caldeira collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, France and Spain. Joana Caldeira's co-authors include Mário A. Barbosa, Raquel M. Gonçalves, Maria Molinos, Catarina R. Almeida, Carla Cunha, Fernando Casares, Raquel Seruca, Joana Simões‐Correia, Graciosa Q. Teixeira and Catarina Leite Pereira and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Development and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Joana Caldeira

19 papers receiving 797 citations

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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.

Inflammation in intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration

2015 366 citations Maria Molinos, Catarina R. Almeida et al. Journal of The Royal Society Interface profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joana Caldeira Portugal	13	502	324	244	236	109	21	809
Natalia Zinchenko United States	14	215 0.4×	162 0.5×	171 0.7×	225 1.0×	125 1.1×	20	608
Joana R. Ferreira Portugal	8	201 0.4×	151 0.5×	197 0.8×	199 0.8×	57 0.5×	10	658
Jaana Lohiniva Finland	9	426 0.8×	376 1.2×	165 0.7×	208 0.9×	314 2.9×	10	856
Petteri Paassilta Finland	9	419 0.8×	392 1.2×	173 0.7×	154 0.7×	300 2.8×	10	796
Asha Guttapalli United States	15	1.1k 2.1×	540 1.7×	529 2.2×	410 1.7×	218 2.0×	17	1.5k
E. H. Evans United Kingdom	6	708 1.4×	571 1.8×	490 2.0×	136 0.6×	427 3.9×	8	1.2k
Feng‐Juan Lyu China	9	213 0.4×	160 0.5×	99 0.4×	190 0.8×	123 1.1×	19	555
Zengwu Shao China	10	173 0.3×	123 0.4×	87 0.4×	134 0.6×	75 0.7×	21	478
Chun-Yuh C. Huang United States	12	214 0.4×	149 0.5×	216 0.9×	114 0.5×	111 1.0×	14	557
Hen‐Yu Liu Taiwan	11	170 0.3×	110 0.3×	250 1.0×	179 0.8×	140 1.3×	15	770

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Ribeiro-Machado, Cláudia, et al.. (2026). Circulating Tenascin-C/-miR-155-5p Identified as Promising Prognostic Candidates of Intervertebral Disc Herniation. Bioengineering. 13(1). 74–74.

Moura, Márcio das Chagas, et al.. (2025). Harnessing CRISPR potential for intervertebral disc regeneration strategies. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 13. 1562412–1562412.

Ferreira, João N., Joana Caldeira, Mónica Mendes Sousa, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of CD44+ bovine nucleus pulposus cells with inflammation. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9156–9156. 1 indexed citations

Molinos, Maria, et al.. (2023). Alterations of bovine nucleus pulposus cells with aging. Aging Cell. 22(8). e13873–e13873. 8 indexed citations

Ribeiro-Machado, Cláudia, Susana G. Santos, Joana Caldeira, et al.. (2023). Macrophage-based therapy for intervertebral disc herniation: preclinical proof-of-concept. npj Regenerative Medicine. 8(1). 34–34. 10 indexed citations

Caldeira, Joana, Adam D. Celiz, & Nicolas Newell. (2022). A biomechanical testing method to assess tissue adhesives for annulus closure. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 129. 105150–105150. 2 indexed citations

Ferreira, Joana R., Marta L. Pinto, Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, et al.. (2022). The impact of matrix age on intervertebral disc regeneration. Biomaterials Advances. 143. 213192–213192. 4 indexed citations

Barbosa, Mário A., et al.. (2021). Intervertebral disc decellularisation: progress and challenges. European Cells and Materials. 42. 196–219. 14 indexed citations

Teixeira, Graciosa Q., Estrela Neto, Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, et al.. (2021). IL-1β-pre-conditioned mesenchymal stem/stromal cells’ secretome modulates the inflammatory response and aggrecan deposition in intervertebral disc. European Cells and Materials. 41. 431–543. 26 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Mário A., et al.. (2020). Decellularized Scaffolds for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration. Trends in biotechnology. 38(9). 947–951. 38 indexed citations

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Caldeira, Joana, Cátia Santa, Hugo Osório, et al.. (2017). Matrisome Profiling During Intervertebral Disc Development And Ageing. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11629–11629. 42 indexed citations

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Pereira, Catarina Leite, Graciosa Q. Teixeira, Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, et al.. (2016). Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells seeded on cartilaginous endplates promote Intervertebral Disc Regeneration through Extracellular Matrix Remodeling. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33836–33836. 42 indexed citations

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Antunes, Joana C., Catarina Leite Pereira, Graciosa Q. Teixeira, et al.. (2016). Poly(γ-glutamic acid) and poly(γ-glutamic acid)-based nanocomplexes enhance type II collagen production in intervertebral disc. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 28(1). 6–6. 26 indexed citations

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Rodrigues, Sílvia C., Joana Caldeira, Andreia M. Nunes, et al.. (2016). Three-dimensional scaffolds of fetal decellularized hearts exhibit enhanced potential to support cardiac cells in comparison to the adult. Biomaterials. 104. 52–64. 51 indexed citations

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Molinos, Maria, Catarina R. Almeida, Joana Caldeira, et al.. (2015). Inflammation in intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 12(104). 20141191–20141191. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Caldeira, Joana, Joana Figueiredo, Catarina Brás‐Pereira, et al.. (2015). E-cadherin-defective gastric cancer cells depend on Laminin to survive and invade. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(20). 5891–5900. 25 indexed citations

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Simões‐Correia, Joana, Soraia Melo, Joana Figueiredo, et al.. (2013). DNAJB4 molecular chaperone distinguishes WT from mutant E-cadherin, determining their fate in vitro and in vivo. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(8). 2094–2105. 22 indexed citations

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Carneiro, Patrı́cia, Maria Sofia Fernandes, Joana Figueiredo, et al.. (2012). E‐cadherin dysfunction in gastric cancer ‐ Cellular consequences, clinical applications and open questions. FEBS Letters. 586(18). 2981–2989. 63 indexed citations

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Caldeira, Joana, Joana Simões‐Correia, Joana Paredes, et al.. (2011). CPEB1 , a novel gene silenced in gastric cancer: a Drosophila approach. Gut. 61(8). 1115–1123. 42 indexed citations

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Caldeira, Joana, Paulo S. Pereira, Gianpaolo Suriano, & Fernando Casares. (2009). Using fruitflies to help understand the molecular mechanisms of human hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 53(8-9-10). 1557–1561. 5 indexed citations

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