Mário A. Barbosa

16.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
277 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Mário A. Barbosa is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Mário A. Barbosa has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 67 papers in Molecular Biology and 59 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Mário A. Barbosa's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (59 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (54 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (29 papers). Mário A. Barbosa is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (59 papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (54 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (29 papers). Mário A. Barbosa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and United Kingdom. Mário A. Barbosa's co-authors include Pedro L. Granja, Raquel M. Gonçalves, Susana G. Santos, Isabel F. Amaral, Cristina C. Barrias, M. Cristina L. Martins, Cristina Ribeiro, Carlos Fonseca, Judite N. Barbosa and Catarina R. Almeida and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biomaterials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Mário A. Barbosa

272 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Secretome: Influencing Therapeutic Potential by Cellular Pre-conditioning

2018 408 citations Joana R. Ferreira, Graciosa Q. Teixeira et al. profile →
Inflammation in intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration

2015 366 citations Maria Molinos, Catarina R. Almeida et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mário A. Barbosa Portugal	61	4.7k	3.2k	2.5k	2.4k	1.4k	277	12.9k
Bin Li China	71	8.4k 1.8×	3.8k 1.2×	4.8k 1.9×	2.9k 1.2×	655 0.5×	741	21.3k
Abhay Pandit Ireland	69	6.3k 1.3×	6.1k 1.9×	3.6k 1.4×	4.4k 1.8×	560 0.4×	387	17.9k
C. James Kirkpatrick Germany	77	6.0k 1.3×	3.9k 1.2×	6.0k 2.4×	4.7k 1.9×	555 0.4×	549	22.2k
Tingting Tang China	74	6.3k 1.3×	3.0k 0.9×	5.0k 2.0×	4.3k 1.8×	436 0.3×	463	19.5k
Lianfu Deng China	58	4.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	425 0.3×	217	11.3k
Yin Xiao Australia	72	9.2k 2.0×	3.2k 1.0×	5.2k 2.0×	3.3k 1.4×	534 0.4×	496	18.6k
Zvi Schwartz United States	76	11.7k 2.5×	2.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.6×	5.8k 2.4×	1.0k 0.7×	362	21.2k
Ung‐il Chung Japan	68	3.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	6.6k 2.6×	1.7k 0.7×	687 0.5×	317	17.5k
Milena Fini Italy	72	7.9k 1.7×	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	6.6k 2.7×	507 0.4×	657	21.0k
Jin Zhang China	63	4.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	3.5k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	797 0.6×	423	14.0k

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Castro, Flávia, Marta L. Pinto, Catarina Leite Pereira, et al.. (2025). Chitosan/γ-PGA nanoparticles and IFN-γ immunotherapy: A dual approach for triple-negative breast cancer treatment. Journal of Controlled Release. 379. 621–635. 10 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Bernardo Dias, et al.. (2025). Enhanced collagen deposition in chondrogenic inflammation with Ibuprofen-specifically loaded chitosan/poly-gamma-glutamic acid nanoparticles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 676. 125591–125591. 1 indexed citations

Haraszti, Tamás, et al.. (2024). Engineering Anisotropic Cell Models: Development of Collagen Hydrogel Scaffolds with Magneto‐Responsive PEG Microgels for Tissue Engineering Applications. Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(8). 9 indexed citations

Barbosa, Mário A., et al.. (2024). Stage-specific modulation of multinucleation, fusion, and resorption by the long non-coding RNA DLEU1 and miR-16 in human primary osteoclasts. Cell Death and Disease. 15(10). 741–741. 3 indexed citations

Pereira, Catarina Leite, Graciosa Q. Teixeira, Joana R. Ferreira, et al.. (2018). Stromal Cell Derived Factor-1-Mediated Migration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhances Collagen Type II Expression in Intervertebral Disc. Tissue Engineering Part A. 24(23-24). 1818–1830. 13 indexed citations

Nevès, Nuno, Bruno B. Campos, Isabel F. Almeida, et al.. (2015). Strontium-rich injectable hybrid system for bone regeneration. Materials Science and Engineering C. 59. 818–827. 28 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Raquel M., et al.. (2015). Macrophage response to chitosan/poly-(γ-glutamic acid) nanoparticles carrying an anti-inflammatory drug. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 26(4). 167–167. 40 indexed citations

Molinos, Maria, Catarina R. Almeida, Raquel M. Gonçalves, & Mário A. Barbosa. (2015). Improvement of Bovine Nucleus Pulposus Cells Isolation Leads to Identification of Three Phenotypically Distinct Cell Subpopulations. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(15-16). 2216–2227. 13 indexed citations

Antunes, Joana C., Roman Tsaryk, Raquel M. Gonçalves, et al.. (2015). Poly(γ-Glutamic Acid) as an Exogenous Promoter of Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(11-12). 1869–1885. 13 indexed citations

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Silva, Andreia, Marta I. Oliveira, Catarina R. Almeida, et al.. (2014). Resveratrol as a Natural Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Molecule: Implications to Dendritic Cells and Their Crosstalk with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91406–e91406. 32 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Marta I., Erica Colton, Amy K. McNally, et al.. (2013). Adsorbed Fibrinogen Enhances Production of Bone- and Angiogenic-Related Factors by Monocytes/Macrophages. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(1-2). 250–263. 34 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Serafim M., Cristina C. Barrias, Isabel F. Almeida, et al.. (2008). Injectability of a bone filler system based on hydroxyapatite microspheres and a vehicle with in situ gel‐forming ability. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 87B(1). 49–58. 46 indexed citations

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Pina, Maria de Fátima de, et al.. (2007). Epidemiologia das Fracturas do Fémur em Portugal: Fracturas do Colo do Fémur versus Fracturas de Outras Localizações Não Especificadas do Fémur. The Scientific Repository of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Polytechnic Institute of Porto). 1 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Lino, Meriem Lamghari, Mário A. Barbosa, et al.. (2004). Biocompatibility of chemoenzymatically derived dextran‐acrylate hydrogels. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 68A(3). 584–596. 49 indexed citations

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Ji, Jian, Linxian Feng, Jiacong Shen, & Mário A. Barbosa. (2002). Preparation of albumin preferential surfaces on poly(vinyl chloride) membranes via surface self‐segregation. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 61(2). 252–259. 3 indexed citations

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Leitão, Elsa, Mário A. Barbosa, & K. de Groot. (1997). XPS characterization of surface films formed on surface-modified implant materials after cell culture. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 8(7). 423–426. 9 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Mário A., et al.. (1995). Zinc-55% aluminum-1.6% silicon coating compared with zinc coating. Materials performance. 34(7). 24–28. 11 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Mário A. & Aurélio Campilho. (1994). Imaging techniques in biomaterials : digital image processing applied to orthopaedic and dental implants. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Silva, R.A., Mário A. Barbosa, G.M. Jenkins, & I. Sutherland. (1990). Electrochemistry of galvanic couples between carbon and common metallic biomaterials in the presence of crevices. Biomaterials. 11(5). 336–340. 13 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Mário A.. (1980). Passivation kinetics and pitting studies on Cr, Ni and an 18Cr-10Ni stainless steel. PhDT. 3 indexed citations

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