Paula Gomes

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
224 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Paula Gomes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paula Gomes has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Organic Chemistry and 54 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Paula Gomes's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (54 papers), Malaria Research and Control (26 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (23 papers). Paula Gomes is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (54 papers), Malaria Research and Control (26 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (23 papers). Paula Gomes collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and United States. Paula Gomes's co-authors include Nuno Vale, M. Cristina L. Martins, Cátia Teixeira, Fabíola Costa, Rui Moreira, José R. B. Gomes, Ronald C. Montelaro, Isabel Fidalgo-Carvalho, Ana Gomes and David Andreu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Paula Gomes

215 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Covalent immobilization of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) onto biomaterial surfaces

2010 474 citations Fabíola Costa, Paula Gomes et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paula Gomes Portugal	42	2.2k	1.6k	1.2k	749	597	224	6.1k
Brendan Gilmore United Kingdom	47	2.9k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	144 0.2×	720 1.2×	153	7.4k
Wojciech Kamysz Poland	42	2.7k 1.2×	608 0.4×	2.1k 1.8×	226 0.3×	856 1.4×	225	5.8k
Kimberly A. Kline United States	53	3.8k 1.7×	841 0.5×	777 0.6×	555 0.7×	340 0.6×	186	7.7k
Thirumala Govender South Africa	43	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	563 0.5×	270 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	159	6.2k
Richard J. Heath United States	35	3.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	903 0.7×	284 0.4×	299 0.5×	78	6.0k
Tony Velkov Australia	52	3.1k 1.4×	600 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	352 0.5×	419 0.7×	260	9.1k
Klaus Brandenburg Germany	61	4.7k 2.1×	1.2k 0.7×	3.3k 2.7×	323 0.4×	421 0.7×	254	10.4k
Wuyuan Lu United States	54	5.2k 2.3×	1.2k 0.7×	4.3k 3.5×	259 0.3×	430 0.7×	169	9.0k
Gianluigi Franci Italy	33	1.5k 0.7×	465 0.3×	673 0.6×	384 0.5×	767 1.3×	162	5.0k
Shouping Liu China	36	1.5k 0.7×	906 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	314 0.4×	271 0.5×	84	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paula Gomes

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Prudêncio, Cristina, et al.. (2025). Bioactive Peptides from Milk Proteins with Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antihypertensive Activities. Foods. 14(3). 535–535. 2 indexed citations

Velasco, Maria Valéria Robles, et al.. (2025). Quantification of Candida spp. using fluorescence and SERS spectroscopy for bloodstream infection diagnosis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 13(48). 15689–15698.

Prudêncio, Miguel, et al.. (2024). High efficacy of chloroquine-derived bile salts in Pluronic F127 micelles against blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 413. 125986–125986. 1 indexed citations

Adelman, James U., et al.. (2024). Ketamine Plus Propofol (Ketofol) Administration Before ECT for Depression: A Systematic Review for Hemodynamic Parameters and Depression Outcomes. CNS Spectrums. 29(5). 481–481.

Oliveira, Isabel, Miguel Prudêncio, Fátima Nogueira, et al.. (2024). “Seasoning” antimalarial drugs' action: chloroquine bile salts as novel triple-stage antiplasmodial hits. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 15(8). 2657–2662. 2 indexed citations

Ferreira, Mariana, Cláudia Nunes, Salette Reis, et al.. (2023). The Unusual Aggregation and Fusion Activity of the Antimicrobial Peptide W-BP100 in Anionic Vesicles. Membranes. 13(2). 138–138. 6 indexed citations

Gomes, Paula, et al.. (2023). Análise da vulnerabilidade natural à perda do solo do médio curso da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Apodi-Mossoró/RN/Brasil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5–21. 1 indexed citations

Costa, Fabíola, Cláudia Monteiro, Paula Parreira, et al.. (2023). Influence of Immobilization Strategies on the Antibacterial Properties of Antimicrobial Peptide-Chitosan Coatings. Pharmaceutics. 15(5). 1510–1510. 7 indexed citations

Teixeira, Cátia, et al.. (2023). Improving the Antimycobacterial Drug Clofazimine through Formation of Organic Salts by Combination with Fluoroquinolones. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1402–1402. 8 indexed citations

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Gomes, Ana, Lucinda J. Bessa, Iva Fernandes, et al.. (2021). Disclosure of a Promising Lead to Tackle Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Actions of Peptide PP4-3.1. Pharmaceutics. 13(11). 1962–1962. 10 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Cátia, et al.. (2021). Surfing the Third Wave of Ionic Liquids: A Brief Review on the Role of Surface‐Active Ionic Liquids in Drug Development and Delivery. ChemMedChem. 16(17). 2604–2611. 24 indexed citations

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Gomes, Paula, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial Peptides as Potential Anti-Tubercular Leads: A Concise Review. Pharmaceuticals. 14(4). 323–323. 26 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Cátia, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Three Antimicrobial Peptides Mixtures to Control the Phytopathogen Responsible for Fire Blight Disease. Plants. 10(12). 2637–2637. 10 indexed citations

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Tejada, Guillermo Martínez de, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial Peptides in the Battle against Orthopedic Implant-Related Infections: A Review. Pharmaceutics. 13(11). 1918–1918. 31 indexed citations

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Mariz‐Ponte, Nuno, Luísa Moura, Paula Gomes, et al.. (2021). A Synergic Potential of Antimicrobial Peptides against Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Molecules. 26(5). 1461–1461. 17 indexed citations

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Gomes, Ana, et al.. (2021). The Emerging Role of Ionic Liquid-Based Approaches for Enhanced Skin Permeation of Bioactive Molecules: A Snapshot of the Past Couple of Years. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 11991–11991. 32 indexed citations

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Gomes, Ana, Lucinda J. Bessa, Iva Fernandes, et al.. (2020). “Clicking” an Ionic Liquid to a Potent Antimicrobial Peptide: On the Route towards Improved Stability. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(17). 6174–6174. 17 indexed citations

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Pinheiro, Marina, Ana Rute Neves, Nuno Vale, et al.. (2020). Insights into the Membranolytic Activity of Antimalarial Drug-Cell Penetrating Peptide Conjugates. Membranes. 11(1). 4–4. 3 indexed citations

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Monteiro, Cláudia, Diana Oliveira, Nuno Vale, et al.. (2020). AMP–Chitosan Coating with Bactericidal Activity in the Presence of Human Plasma Proteins. Molecules. 25(13). 3046–3046. 18 indexed citations

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Gomes, Ana, Cátia Teixeira, Ricardo Ferraz, Cristina Prudêncio, & Paula Gomes. (2017). Wound-Healing Peptides for Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Other Infected Skin Injuries. Molecules. 22(10). 1743–1743. 109 indexed citations

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