José A. Lemos

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

José A. Lemos is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, José A. Lemos has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 43 papers in Epidemiology and 41 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in José A. Lemos's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (51 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (41 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (37 papers). José A. Lemos is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (51 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (41 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (37 papers). José A. Lemos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Portugal. José A. Lemos's co-authors include Jacqueline Abranches, Robert A. Burne, Jessica K. Kajfasz, Anthony O. Gaca, Lin Zeng, Zezhang T. Wen, L. Jeannine Brady, Sam Palmer, Cristina Colomer‐Winter and Hyun Koo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

José A. Lemos

104 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Stress Physiology of Lactic Acid Bacteria

2016 566 citations José A. Lemos et al. profile →
The Biology of Streptococcus mutans

2019 550 citations José A. Lemos, Lin Zeng et al. profile →
Biology of Oral Streptococci

2018 385 citations Jacqueline Abranches, Lin Zeng et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
José A. Lemos United States	39	2.4k	2.3k	1.4k	1.1k	908	109	5.7k
Dennis G. Cvitkovitch Canada	51	3.7k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	100	7.5k
Jacqueline Abranches United States	35	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	964 0.9×	642 0.7×	83	4.3k
Fengxia Qi United States	43	2.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	667 0.6×	566 0.6×	88	5.1k
Zezhang T. Wen United States	33	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	722 0.6×	435 0.5×	66	4.1k
Justin Merritt United States	35	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	716 0.6×	465 0.5×	108	3.7k
Takashi Ooshima Japan	51	2.2k 0.9×	3.9k 1.7×	2.6k 1.8×	1.9k 1.7×	475 0.5×	253	7.7k
L. Jeannine Brady United States	35	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	722 0.6×	497 0.5×	85	4.2k
Haroun N. Shah United Kingdom	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	977 0.7×	786 0.7×	627 0.7×	143	5.0k
Stuart G. Dashper Australia	42	1.9k 0.8×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	453 0.4×	294 0.3×	126	5.2k
R.R.B. Russell United Kingdom	37	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	688 0.6×	427 0.5×	102	4.6k

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Walker, Alejandro R., et al.. (2025). Fructose activates a stress response shared by methylglyoxal and hydrogen peroxide in Streptococcus mutans. mBio. 16(5). e0048525–e0048525.

Kajfasz, Jessica K., Mara Corrëa Lelles Nogueira, J.R.C. Muniz, et al.. (2025). Exploring Daptomycin Hypersensitivity in Enterococcus faecium: The Impact of LafB Mutation on Bacterial Virulence. PubMed. 26(13). 5935–5935.

Lemos, José A., et al.. (2025). PBPK/PD Model of Vancomycin in Sepsis: Linking Interstitial Exposure in Perfusion-Limited Tissues to MRSA Infection. Pharmaceutics. 17(9). 1111–1111.

Schormann, Norbert, et al.. (2025). Streptococcus mutans Collagen‐Binding Protein Cnm Is a Multifunctional Adhesin: A Structural Investigation. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 40(6). 265–277.

Lemos, José A., Paulo Renato Rivas Totino, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira, et al.. (2024). Novel isothermal nucleic acid amplification method for detecting malaria parasites. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 544–544. 1 indexed citations

Archer‐Hartmann, Stephanie, Sandip Samaddar, Tridib Ganguly, et al.. (2023). Involvement of the Streptococcus mutans PgfE and GalE 4-epimerases in protein glycosylation, carbon metabolism, and cell division. Glycobiology. 33(3). 245–259. 7 indexed citations

Lam, Ling Ning, et al.. (2022). The AdcACB/AdcAII system is essential for zinc homeostasis and an important contributor of Enterococcus faecalis virulence. Virulence. 13(1). 592–608. 14 indexed citations

Lam, Ling Ning, et al.. (2022). Enterococcus faecalis Antagonizes Pseudomonas aeruginosa Growth in Mixed-Species Interactions. Journal of Bacteriology. 204(7). e0061521–e0061521. 25 indexed citations

Ganguly, Tridib, et al.. (2021). Zinc import mediated by AdcABC is critical for colonization of the dental biofilm by Streptococcus mutans in an animal model. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 36(3). 214–224. 14 indexed citations

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Lam, Ling Ning, et al.. (2021). c-di-AMP Is Essential for the Virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. Infection and Immunity. 89(11). e0036521–e0036521. 15 indexed citations

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Kajfasz, Jessica K., Peter Zuber, Tridib Ganguly, Jacqueline Abranches, & José A. Lemos. (2021). Increased Oxidative Stress Tolerance of a Spontaneously Occurring perR Gene Mutation in Streptococcus mutans UA159. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(8). 16 indexed citations

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Samaddar, Sandip, Alejandro Avilés-Reyes, Tridib Ganguly, et al.. (2021). Amyloid Aggregation of Streptococcus mutans Cnm Influences Its Collagen-Binding Activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(21). e0114921–e0114921. 12 indexed citations

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Kajfasz, Jessica K., et al.. (2020). Manganese Uptake, Mediated by SloABC and MntH, Is Essential for the Fitness of Streptococcus mutans. mSphere. 5(1). 40 indexed citations

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Colomer‐Winter, Cristina, et al.. (2019). (p)ppGpp and CodY Promote Enterococcus faecalis Virulence in a Murine Model of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. mSphere. 4(4). 17 indexed citations

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Colomer‐Winter, Cristina, Ana L. Flores‐Mireles, Kristi L. Frank, et al.. (2018). Manganese acquisition is essential for virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS Pathogens. 14(9). e1007102–e1007102. 64 indexed citations

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Beatty, Wandy L., et al.. (2018). Deficiency of MecA in Streptococcus mutans Causes Major Defects in Cell Envelope Biogenesis, Cell Division, and Biofilm Formation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2130–2130. 12 indexed citations

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Lemos, José A., Jacqueline Abranches, & Robert A. Burne. (2005). Responses of Cariogenic Streptococci to Environmental Stresses. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 7(1). 95–107. 180 indexed citations

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Lemos, José A., et al.. (2005). Cockroaches as carriers of fungi of medical importance. Mycoses. 49(1). 23–25. 31 indexed citations

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Lemos, José A.. (2000). Molecular cloning, purification and immunological responses of recombinants GroEL and DnaK from Streptococcus pyogenes. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 28(2). 121–128. 1 indexed citations

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Lemos, José A., Márcia Giambiagi-deMarval, & Angela C.D. Castro. (1998). Expression of heat-shock proteins in Streptococcus pyogenes and their immunoreactivity with sera from patients with streptococcal diseases. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 47(8). 711–715. 26 indexed citations

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