Marcos Simões-Costa

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Marcos Simões-Costa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcos Simões-Costa has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Marcos Simões-Costa's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (27 papers), Congenital heart defects research (13 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers). Marcos Simões-Costa is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (27 papers), Congenital heart defects research (13 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers). Marcos Simões-Costa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Marcos Simões-Costa's co-authors include Marianne Bronner‐Fraser, Megan Rothstein, Ana Paula Azambujá, Debadrita Bhattacharya, Stephen A. Green, Tatjana Sauka‐Spengler, Evelise Maria Nazari, Yara Maria Rauh Müller, José Xavier‐Neto and Sonja J. McKeown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcos Simões-Costa

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Establishing neural crest identity: a gene regulatory recipe

2015 440 citations Marcos Simões-Costa, Marianne Bronner‐Fraser profile →
Histone lactylation couples cellular metabolism with developmental gene regulatory networks

2024 77 citations Megan Rothstein, Marcos Simões-Costa et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcos Simões-Costa United States	24	1.6k	412	322	205	176	46	2.2k
Masataka Okabe Japan	26	2.0k 1.2×	368 0.9×	292 0.9×	253 1.2×	123 0.7×	80	2.9k
Miguel Manzanares Spain	32	3.2k 1.9×	836 2.0×	321 1.0×	336 1.6×	72 0.4×	75	3.8k
Elisabeth M. Busch‐Nentwich United Kingdom	20	1.3k 0.8×	280 0.7×	179 0.6×	611 3.0×	245 1.4×	46	2.2k
Tatjana Sauka‐Spengler United States	33	3.2k 1.9×	825 2.0×	548 1.7×	382 1.9×	77 0.4×	81	3.8k
Ela W. Knapik United States	28	1.7k 1.0×	763 1.9×	249 0.8×	970 4.7×	96 0.5×	45	2.6k
Henry Roehl United Kingdom	20	1.4k 0.9×	312 0.8×	152 0.5×	551 2.7×	92 0.5×	31	2.0k
Tatjana Piotrowski United States	28	1.9k 1.2×	383 0.9×	305 0.9×	901 4.4×	368 2.1×	47	2.9k
Paul J. Scotting United Kingdom	30	2.4k 1.5×	858 2.1×	389 1.2×	220 1.1×	73 0.4×	70	3.3k
Atsuko Ishizuya‐Oka Japan	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 2.8×	295 0.9×	171 0.8×	206 1.2×	90	2.8k
Kazuyuki Hoshijima United States	24	1.7k 1.0×	485 1.2×	119 0.4×	427 2.1×	381 2.2×	35	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Marcos Simões-Costa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcos Simões-Costa

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Chang, Ni‐Chen, et al.. (2025). Gag proteins encoded by endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2411446122–e2411446122. 4 indexed citations

Kanno, Tatiane Yumi Nakamura, Megan Rothstein, & Marcos Simões-Costa. (2025). Changes in cellular composition shape the inductive properties of Hensen’s Node. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7824–7824.

Cruz, Mário Costa, et al.. (2024). ASCL1 promotes Scrt2 expression in the neural tube. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1324584–1324584.

Rothstein, Megan, et al.. (2022). Sociosexual behavior requires both activating and repressive roles of Tfap2e/AP-2ε in vomeronasal sensory neurons. eLife. 11. 9 indexed citations

Rothstein, Megan & Marcos Simões-Costa. (2022). On the evolutionary origins and regionalization of the neural crest. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 138. 28–35. 8 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Debadrita, et al.. (2022). Pluripotency factors are repurposed to shape the epigenomic landscape of neural crest cells. Developmental Cell. 57(19). 2257–2272.e5. 25 indexed citations

Azambujá, Ana Paula & Marcos Simões-Costa. (2021). A regulatory sub-circuit downstream of Wnt signaling controls developmental transitions in neural crest formation. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1009296–e1009296. 12 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Debadrita, Ana Paula Azambujá, & Marcos Simões-Costa. (2020). Metabolic Reprogramming Promotes Neural Crest Migration via Yap/Tead Signaling. Developmental Cell. 53(2). 199–211.e6. 108 indexed citations

Simões-Costa, Marcos, et al.. (2020). Post-transcriptional tuning of FGF signaling mediates neural crest induction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(52). 33305–33316. 16 indexed citations

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Rothstein, Megan, et al.. (2019). Network architecture and regulatory logic in neural crest development. WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine. 12(2). e1468–e1468. 25 indexed citations

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Rothstein, Megan & Marcos Simões-Costa. (2019). Heterodimerization of TFAP2 pioneer factors drives epigenomic remodeling during neural crest specification. Genome Research. 30(1). 35–48. 68 indexed citations

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Simões-Costa, Marcos & Marianne Bronner‐Fraser. (2016). Reprogramming of avian neural crest axial identity and cell fate. Science. 352(6293). 1570–1573. 120 indexed citations

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Simões-Costa, Marcos, M G Stone, & Marianne Bronner‐Fraser. (2015). Axud1 Integrates Wnt Signaling and Transcriptional Inputs to Drive Neural Crest Formation. Developmental Cell. 34(5). 544–554. 56 indexed citations

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Simões-Costa, Marcos, et al.. (2014). Transcriptome analysis reveals novel players in the cranial neural crest gene regulatory network. Genome Research. 24(2). 281–290. 93 indexed citations

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Uy, Benjamin R., et al.. (2014). Evolutionarily conserved role for SoxC genes in neural crest specification and neuronal differentiation. Developmental Biology. 397(2). 282–292. 13 indexed citations

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Betancur, Paola, Marcos Simões-Costa, Tatjana Sauka‐Spengler, & Marianne Bronner‐Fraser. (2014). Expression and function of transcription factor cMyb during cranial neural crest development. Mechanisms of Development. 132. 38–43. 14 indexed citations

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Simões-Costa, Marcos, et al.. (2013). The transcription factor chicken Scratch2 is expressed in a subset of early postmitotic neural progenitors. Gene Expression Patterns. 13(5-6). 189–196. 6 indexed citations

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Müller, Yara Maria Rauh, et al.. (2007). Morphology and chronology of embryonic development inMacrobrachium acanthurus(Crustacea, Decapoda). Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 50(2). 67–74. 12 indexed citations

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Simões-Costa, Marcos, Michelle Vasconcelos, Roberta M. Cravo, et al.. (2004). The evolutionary origin of cardiac chambers. Developmental Biology. 277(1). 1–15. 86 indexed citations

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Nazari, Evelise Maria, et al.. (2003). Comparisons of Fecundity, Egg Size, and Egg Mass Volume of the Freshwater Prawns Macrobrachium Potiuna and Macrobrachium Olfersi (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 23(4). 862–868. 66 indexed citations

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