Maria Celeste Dias

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Maria Celeste Dias is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Celeste Dias has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Maria Celeste Dias's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (23 papers), Edible Oils Quality and Analysis (13 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (11 papers). Maria Celeste Dias is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (23 papers), Edible Oils Quality and Analysis (13 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (11 papers). Maria Celeste Dias collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Italy and Spain. Maria Celeste Dias's co-authors include Artur M. S. Silva, Diana C. G. A. Pinto, Conceição Santos, Helena Freitas, Ying Ma, Carlos M. Correia, José Moutinho‐Pereira, Wolfgang Brüggemann, Sónia Silva and Glória Pinto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Celeste Dias

85 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Plant Flavonoids: Chemical Characteristics and Biological Activity

2021 912 citations Maria Celeste Dias, Diana C. G. A. Pinto et al. profile →
Drought and Salinity Stress Responses and Microbe-Induced Tolerance in Plants

2020 479 citations Maria Celeste Dias, Helena Freitas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Celeste Dias Portugal	32	2.6k	1.1k	381	380	338	88	3.9k
Cristina Sgherri Italy	37	3.0k 1.1×	942 0.9×	502 1.3×	279 0.7×	446 1.3×	90	4.1k
Oksana Sytar Slovakia	34	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	568 1.5×	502 1.3×	740 2.2×	89	5.0k
Ambuj Bhushan Jha Canada	21	3.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	243 0.6×	450 1.2×	285 0.8×	43	5.2k
Muhammad Shahbaz Pakistan	36	3.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	327 0.9×	144 0.4×	448 1.3×	205	5.3k
Elisa Azzarello Italy	29	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	415 1.1×	246 0.6×	355 1.1×	72	3.8k
Mukesh Meena India	38	3.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	198 0.5×	340 0.9×	398 1.2×	130	5.0k
John M. DeLong Canada	22	3.8k 1.5×	971 0.9×	398 1.0×	296 0.8×	264 0.8×	46	4.6k
Juan M. Ruíz Spain	47	6.5k 2.5×	1.2k 1.2×	427 1.1×	280 0.7×	471 1.4×	210	7.7k
Bingsong Zheng China	36	4.9k 1.9×	2.0k 1.9×	372 1.0×	580 1.5×	436 1.3×	143	6.8k
Luca Sebastiani Italy	37	3.2k 1.2×	860 0.8×	627 1.6×	543 1.4×	571 1.7×	174	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Celeste Dias

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20 of 20 papers shown

Silva, Pedro Martins da, Elizabete Marchante, Maria Celeste Dias, et al.. (2025). Acacia invasion triggers cascading effects above- and belowground in fragmented forests. NeoBiota. 100. 345–369.

Rodrigues, Nuno, Conceição Santos, Diana C. G. A. Pinto, et al.. (2024). Effects of Summer Water Deficit Stress on Olive Fruits and Oil Quality. Horticulturae. 10(12). 1349–1349.

Dias, Maria Celeste, et al.. (2024). Ascophyllum nodosum Extract Improves Olive Performance Under Water Deficit Through the Modulation of Molecular and Physiological Processes. Plants. 13(20). 2908–2908. 4 indexed citations

Dias, Maria Celeste, Angela Fabiano, Marco Romi, et al.. (2024). Olive Leaf Extracts from Three Italian Olive Cultivars Exposed to Drought Stress Differentially Protect Cells against Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants. 13(1). 77–77. 8 indexed citations

Dias, Maria Celeste, et al.. (2024). Olive Tree Belowground Microbiota: Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria and Fungi. Plants. 13(13). 1848–1848. 7 indexed citations

Cantini, Claudio, Giampiero Cai, Diana C. G. A. Pinto, et al.. (2022). Chemical Profiling of Two Italian Olea europaea (L.) Varieties Subjected to UV-B Stress. Plants. 11(5). 680–680. 7 indexed citations

Mariz‐Ponte, Nuno, Carlos M. Correia, José Moutinho‐Pereira, et al.. (2021). Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Assessment of UV-A and UV-B Supplementation in Solanum lycopersicum. Plants. 10(5). 918–918. 11 indexed citations

Mariz‐Ponte, Nuno, et al.. (2021). Effect of Bacillus spp. and Brevibacillus sp. on the Photosynthesis and Redox Status of Solanum lycopersicum. Horticulturae. 7(2). 24–24. 28 indexed citations

Cai, Giampiero, et al.. (2021). Olive Varieties under UV-B Stress Show Distinct Responses in Terms of Antioxidant Machinery and Isoform/Activity of RubisCO. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(20). 11214–11214. 19 indexed citations

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Cai, Giampiero, et al.. (2020). UV-B Radiation Affects Photosynthesis-Related Processes of Two Italian Olea europaea (L.) Varieties Differently. Plants. 9(12). 1712–1712. 40 indexed citations

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Oliveira, José Miguel P. Ferreira de, et al.. (2019). Responses of olive plants exposed to different irrigation treatments in combination with heat shock: physiological and molecular mechanisms during exposure and recovery. Planta. 249(5). 1583–1598. 32 indexed citations

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Santos, Conceição, et al.. (2016). Plasticity of young Moringa oleifera L. plants to face water deficit and UVB radiation challenges. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 162. 278–285. 36 indexed citations

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Dias, Maria Celeste, José Moutinho‐Pereira, Carlos M. Correia, et al.. (2016). Physiological mechanisms to cope with Cr(VI) toxicity in lettuce: can lettuce be used in Cr phytoremediation?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(15). 15627–15637. 22 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Eleazar, Conceição Santos, Raquel Azevedo, et al.. (2014). Photosynthesis light-independent reactions are sensitive biomarkers to monitor lead phytotoxicity in a Pb-tolerant Pisum sativum cultivar. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(1). 574–585. 45 indexed citations

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Dias, Maria Celeste, Helena Oliveira, Armando Costa, & Conceição Santos. (2014). Improving elms performance under drought stress: The pretreatment with abscisic acid. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 100. 64–73. 32 indexed citations

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Dias, Maria Celeste, Glória Pinto, Claudiana Moura dos Santos, et al.. (2013). The role of kaolin and Bordeaux mixture in Vitis vinifera under water stress conditions: oxidative stress. BioTechnologia. 94(2). 1 indexed citations

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Correia, Bárbara, Luís Valledor, Mónica Meijón, et al.. (2013). Is the Interplay between Epigenetic Markers Related to the Acclimation of Cork Oak Plants to High Temperatures?. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53543–e53543. 68 indexed citations

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Dias, Maria Celeste, Glória Pinto, Carlos M. Correia, et al.. (2012). Photosynthetic parameters of Ulmus minor plantlets affected by irradiance during acclimatization. Biologia Plantarum. 57(1). 33–40. 26 indexed citations

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Silva, Sónia, Glória Pinto, Maria Celeste Dias, et al.. (2012). Aluminium long-term stress differently affects photosynthesis in rye genotypes. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 54. 105–112. 55 indexed citations

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Dias, Maria Celeste & Wolfgang Brüggemann. (2007). Differential inhibition of photosynthesis under drought stress in Flaveria species with different degrees of development of the C<sub>4</sub> syndrome. Photosynthetica. 45(1). 75–84. 38 indexed citations

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