Maria Sofia Núncio

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Maria Sofia Núncio is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Sofia Núncio has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Parasitology, 38 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Maria Sofia Núncio's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (46 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (38 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (18 papers). Maria Sofia Núncio is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (46 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (38 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (18 papers). Maria Sofia Núncio collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Maria Sofia Núncio's co-authors include Isabel Lopes de Carvalho, Ana Cláudia Norte, Rita de Sousa, Lise Gern, Ana Pelerito, Ana Sofia Santos, Rita Cordeiro, Alexandra Nunes, João Paulo Gomes and F. Bacellar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Sofia Núncio

64 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus

2022 501 citations Joana Isidro, Vítor Borges et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Sofia Núncio Portugal	24	1.1k	924	532	524	506	67	1.9k
Isabel Lopes de Carvalho Portugal	19	633 0.6×	578 0.6×	524 1.0×	518 1.0×	284 0.6×	51	1.3k
Pedro Anda Spain	31	1.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	186 0.3×	471 0.9×	664 1.3×	76	2.5k
E. Berriatua Spain	31	578 0.5×	647 0.7×	462 0.9×	144 0.3×	424 0.8×	97	2.6k
Nohra E. Mateus‐Pinilla United States	24	755 0.7×	327 0.4×	247 0.5×	406 0.8×	232 0.5×	73	1.7k
T. Peter United States	20	541 0.5×	485 0.5×	420 0.8×	176 0.3×	291 0.6×	35	1.2k
Karen L. Mansfield United Kingdom	28	662 0.6×	1.6k 1.8×	693 1.3×	144 0.3×	383 0.8×	59	2.5k
Raquel Escudero Spain	25	1.0k 1.0×	893 1.0×	156 0.3×	458 0.9×	392 0.8×	55	1.7k
Ina Smith Australia	25	335 0.3×	1.5k 1.6×	442 0.8×	179 0.3×	390 0.8×	68	2.2k
Martin E. Schriefer United States	30	1.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	214 0.4×	770 1.5×	472 0.9×	71	2.8k
Walter Basso Switzerland	32	2.5k 2.4×	377 0.4×	426 0.8×	113 0.2×	217 0.4×	113	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Isidro, Joana, Vítor Borges, Miguel Pinto, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus. Nature Medicine. 28(8). 1569–1572. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

Pelerito, Ana, Alexandra Nunes, Joana Isidro, et al.. (2021). Genetic Characterization of Brucella spp.: Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Approach for the Determination of Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Profiles. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 740068–740068. 12 indexed citations

Norte, Ana Cláudia, Pedro M. Araújo, Lia Giraldo da Silva Augusto, et al.. (2021). Effects of stress exposure in captivity on physiology and infection in avian hosts: no evidence of increased Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infectivity to vector ticks. Microbial Ecology. 83(1). 202–215. 2 indexed citations

Carvalho, Isabel Lopes de, et al.. (2019). Paralytic shellﬁsh poisoning due to ingestion of contaminated mussels: A 2018 case report in Caparica (Portugal). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100017–100017. 24 indexed citations

Literák, Ivan, Ana Cláudia Norte, Maria Sofia Núncio, et al.. (2015). Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 6(5). 607–610. 9 indexed citations

Carvalho, Isabel Lopes de, et al.. (2015). Meningomyeloradiculitis as an Unusual Presentation of Neuroborreliosis in Childhood. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(10). 1132–1133. 2 indexed citations

Núncio, Maria Sofia & Maria João Alves. (2014). Doenças associadas a artrópodes vetores e roedores. 1–182. 1 indexed citations

Norte, Ana Cláudia, Érika Martins Braga, Yasmine Antonini, et al.. (2013). Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?. Parasitology Research. 112(5). 1903–1912. 32 indexed citations

Palma, Mariana, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho, Hugo Costa Osório, et al.. (2013). Portuguese Hosts for Ornithodoros erraticus Ticks. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 13(10). 775–777. 10 indexed citations

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Norte, Ana Cláudia, Jaime A. Ramos, Lise Gern, Maria Sofia Núncio, & Isabel Lopes de Carvalho. (2012). Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: circulation of B. turdi and other genospecies in bird–tick cycles in Portugal. Environmental Microbiology. 15(2). 386–397. 55 indexed citations

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Norte, Ana Cláudia, et al.. (2012). Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 58(3). 327–339. 47 indexed citations

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Palma, Mariana, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho, Fátima Amaro, et al.. (2011). Borrelia hispanica in Ornithodoros erraticus, Portugal. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 18(7). 696–701. 18 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Isabel Lopes de, et al.. (2010). Francisella -Like Endosymbiont in Dermacentor reticulatus Collected in Portugal. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(2). 185–188. 28 indexed citations

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Milhano, Natacha, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho, Ana Sofia Alves, et al.. (2010). Coinfections of Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia helvetica with Borrelia lusitaniae in ticks collected in a Safari Park, Portugal. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 1(4). 172–177. 46 indexed citations

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Santos, Ana Sofia, Rita de Sousa, Fábio Aguiar-Alves, et al.. (2009). Isolation of Coxiella burnetii from the blood of a patient with positive Anaplasma phagocytophilum serological results. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15. 192–193. 3 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Isabel Lopes de, Nordin S. Zeidner, Amy J. Ullmann, et al.. (2009). Molecular Characterization of a New Isolate of Borrelia lusitaniae Derived from Apodemus sylvaticus in Portugal. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(5). 531–534. 16 indexed citations

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Santos, Ana Sofia, Fátima Amaro, Maria Margarida Santos‐Silva, et al.. (2008). Detection of Antibodies Against Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Algerian Mice ( Mus spretus ), Portugal. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 9(6). 663–669. 4 indexed citations

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Alexandre, Nuno, Ana Sofia Santos, Maria Sofia Núncio, et al.. (2008). Detection of Ehrlichia canis by polymerase chain reaction in dogs from Portugal. The Veterinary Journal. 181(3). 343–344. 25 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Isabel Lopes de, Natacha Milhano, Ana Sofia Santos, et al.. (2008). Detection of Borrelia lusitaniae , Rickettsia sp. IRS3, Rickettsia monacensis , and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus Collected in Madeira Island, Portugal. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8(4). 575–580. 21 indexed citations

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Papadopoulos, Byron, Maria Sofia Núncio, & Armindo R. Filipe. (1992). The occurrence of Rhipicephalus turanicus Pomerantzev, Matikashvily & Lototsky, 1940, a species of R. sanguineus group, in Portugal.. Acarologia. 33(4). 331–333. 5 indexed citations

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