Joana Couto

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 959 citations indexed

About

Joana Couto is a scholar working on Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joana Couto has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 959 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Oncology, 10 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joana Couto's work include Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers). Joana Couto is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers). Joana Couto collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Switzerland and United States. Joana Couto's co-authors include Mohamed Bentires‐Alj, Hubertus Kohler, Manuel Sobrinho‐Simões, Paula Soares, Marie‐May Coissieux, Atul Sethi, Alexander Schmidt, Milan Obradović, Baptiste Hamelin and Ryoko Okamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joana Couto

21 papers receiving 946 citations

Hit Papers

Glucocorticoids promote breast cancer metastasis 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 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. Glucocorticoids promote breast cancer metastasis
    2019 296 citations Milan Obradović, Baptiste Hamelin et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joana Couto Portugal 12 454 439 188 186 112 26 959
Deanna R. Brickley United States 10 222 0.5× 521 1.2× 122 0.6× 127 0.7× 71 0.6× 12 869
Heng-Yuan Tang United States 19 272 0.6× 560 1.3× 170 0.9× 428 2.3× 61 0.5× 24 1.2k
José Manuel García-Martínez Spain 14 294 0.6× 555 1.3× 192 1.0× 153 0.8× 50 0.4× 25 899
Christopher J. Strock United States 15 336 0.7× 413 0.9× 96 0.5× 106 0.6× 100 0.9× 24 848
Federica Liotti Italy 18 377 0.8× 526 1.2× 193 1.0× 198 1.1× 141 1.3× 43 1.2k
Sylvie Rodrigues-Ferreira France 14 182 0.4× 445 1.0× 168 0.9× 53 0.3× 64 0.6× 24 784
In-Hoo Kim South Korea 19 195 0.4× 603 1.4× 82 0.4× 60 0.3× 118 1.1× 22 1.0k
Carla L. Van Den Berg United States 15 284 0.6× 586 1.3× 152 0.8× 154 0.8× 48 0.4× 18 768
Xiping Xin Canada 12 243 0.5× 360 0.8× 153 0.8× 43 0.2× 43 0.4× 17 776
Liang Han China 17 383 0.8× 439 1.0× 274 1.5× 32 0.2× 62 0.6× 33 902

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joana Couto

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2025). The role of procalcitonin and ProGRP in the follow-up of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Endocrine Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, Marie‐May Coissieux, Baptiste Hamelin, et al.. (2023). Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase sustains a core epigenetic program that promotes metastatic colonization in breast cancer. The EMBO Journal. 42(13). e112559–e112559. 17 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2023). Protocol for infecting and monitoring susceptible k18-hACE2 mice with SARS-CoV-2. STAR Protocols. 4(2). 102303–102303.
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Carvalho, Irene P., et al.. (2022). Infantile hypothyroidism and its relationship with delayed tooth eruption: A case report. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry. 14(12). e1039–e1043.
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2021). T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia, Cerebriform Variant. Cureus. 13(2). e13299–e13299.
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Ramos, Pedro Marques, Priska Auf der Maur, Atul Sethi, et al.. (2021). The NFIB‐ERO1A axis promotes breast cancer metastatic colonization of disseminated tumour cells. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 13(4). e13162–e13162. 33 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2020). Microscopic extrathyroid extension in papillary thyroid carcinoma: impact on response to therapy. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 64(2). 144–149. 2 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2020). Lymph Node Metastases of Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Role of Calcitonin in the Washout Fluid of Fine-Needle Aspiration. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2020. 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Obradović, Milan, Baptiste Hamelin, Nenad Manevski, et al.. (2019). Glucocorticoids promote breast cancer metastasis. Nature. 567(7749). 540–544. 296 indexed citations breakdown →
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2019). Reninoma: Uma Causa Rara de Hipertensão Endócrina. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 33(12). 835–838. 1 indexed citations
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Tralhão, José Guilherme, et al.. (2018). Gastric neuroendocrine neoplasm with late liver metastasis. Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports. 2018. 5 indexed citations
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Britschgi, Adrian, Stephan Duss, Sungeun Kim, et al.. (2016). Abstract 3305: Hippo kinases LATS1/2 control human breast cell fate. Cancer Research. 76(14_Supplement). 3305–3305. 1 indexed citations
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Koren, Shany, Linsey B. Reavie, Joana Couto, et al.. (2015). PIK3CAH1047R induces multipotency and multi-lineage mammary tumours. Nature. 525(7567). 114–118. 232 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2014). Invasive Thyroid Angiosarcoma With a Favorable Outcome. International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 12(4). e15806–e15806. 11 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, Laura Daly, Ana Paula de Almeida, et al.. (2012). STAT3 negatively regulates thyroid tumorigenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). E2361–70. 112 indexed citations
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Faustino, Alexandra, Joana Couto, Helena Pópulo, et al.. (2012). mTOR Pathway Overactivation in BRAF Mutated Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97(7). E1139–E1149. 71 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, et al.. (2012). AZD1480 Blocks Growth and Tumorigenesis of RET- Activated Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46869–e46869. 19 indexed citations
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Soares, Paula, Jorge Lima, Ana Preto, et al.. (2011). Genetic Alterations in Poorly Differentiated and Undifferentiated Thyroid Carcinomas. Current Genomics. 12(8). 609–617. 68 indexed citations
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Prazeres, Hugo, Joana Couto, Fernando Rodrigues, et al.. (2011). In vitro transforming potential, intracellular signaling properties, and sensitivity to a kinase inhibitor (sorafenib) of RET proto-oncogene variants Glu511Lys, Ser649Leu, and Arg886Trp. Endocrine Related Cancer. 18(4). 401–412. 11 indexed citations
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Couto, Joana, Hugo Prazeres, Patrícia Castro, et al.. (2009). How molecular pathology is changing and will change the therapeutics of patients with follicular cell-derived thyroid cancer: Table 1. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 62(5). 414–421. 19 indexed citations

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