Paula M. Alves

15.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
367 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Paula M. Alves is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paula M. Alves has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Molecular Biology, 97 papers in Genetics and 74 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paula M. Alves's work include Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (133 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (92 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (64 papers). Paula M. Alves is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (133 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (92 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (64 papers). Paula M. Alves collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Germany and United States. Paula M. Alves's co-authors include Manuel J.T. Carrondo, Cristina Peixoto, Margarida Serra, António Roldão, Catarina Brito, Ana P. Teixeira, Helena L.A. Vieira, Marcos F. Q. Sousa, Maria Cândida M. Mellado and Rui Oliveira and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Paula M. Alves

356 papers receiving 11.1k 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.

Virus-like particles in vaccine development

2010 651 citations António Roldão, Manuel J.T. Carrondo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paula M. Alves Portugal	56	6.8k	2.7k	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	367	11.3k
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi Japan	61	8.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	5.3k 2.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	484	14.3k
Martin Fussenegger Switzerland	67	12.0k 1.8×	3.7k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	294 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	339	16.3k
Long Zhang China	65	9.6k 1.4×	896 0.3×	860 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	773 0.6×	550	16.8k
Michael Butler Canada	49	5.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	973 0.5×	486 0.4×	481 0.4×	230	7.7k
Andrew Emili Canada	66	16.3k 2.4×	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	463 0.3×	497 0.4×	257	21.9k
Qi Zhao China	52	4.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	663 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	477 0.4×	373	12.4k
Jürgen Kopp Germany	33	6.2k 0.9×	505 0.2×	928 0.5×	521 0.4×	600 0.5×	70	10.2k
Fumiyoshi Yamashita Japan	54	5.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	363 0.3×	424 0.3×	354	10.5k
Jeffrey W. Smith United States	63	6.4k 0.9×	662 0.2×	712 0.4×	589 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	195	14.2k
Lili Wang China	68	11.2k 1.7×	858 0.3×	6.0k 3.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	525	19.0k

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Hense, Jéssica D., Driele N. Garcia, Paula M. Alves, et al.. (2025). Extracellular vesicles from cyclic mice modulate liver transcriptome in estroupause mice independent of age. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 600. 112508–112508.

Alves, Paula M., et al.. (2025). Clinical Outcomes of Chemo-Immunotherapy for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Real-World Single Centre Study in Portugal. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 38(5). 317–320.

Pijlman, Gorben P., et al.. (2025). Continuous Production of Influenza VLPs Using IC‐BEVS and Multi‐Stage Bioreactors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 122(4). 846–857. 1 indexed citations

Alves, Paula M., et al.. (2024). A roadmap towards manufacturing extracellular vesicles for cardiac repair. Trends in biotechnology. 42(10). 1305–1322. 10 indexed citations

Fontinha, Diana, Sebastian G. Wicha, Matthias Rottmann, et al.. (2024). Drug Interaction Studies of Cabamiquine:Ganaplacide Combination against Hepatic Plasmodium berghei. ACS Infectious Diseases. 11(1). 69–79. 1 indexed citations

Alves, Paula M., et al.. (2023). Impact of dual‐baculovirus infection on the Sf9 insect cell transcriptome during rAAV production using single‐cell RNA‐seq. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 120(9). 2588–2600. 5 indexed citations

Carvalho, Sofia B., et al.. (2022). Biolayer Interferometry Analysis for a Higher Throughput Quantification of In-Process Samples of a Rotavirus Vaccine. Vaccines. 10(10). 1585–1585. 2 indexed citations

Mendes, Rita, Gonçalo Graça, Fernanda Silva, et al.. (2022). Exploring Metabolic Signatures of Ex Vivo Tumor Tissue Cultures for Prediction of Chemosensitivity in Ovarian Cancer. Cancers. 14(18). 4460–4460. 7 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Ana F., et al.. (2021). Bioengineered Liver Cell Models of Hepatotropic Infections. Viruses. 13(5). 773–773. 6 indexed citations

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Silva, Marta M., Patrícia Gomes‐Alves, Sara Sousa Rosa, et al.. (2018). Full-length human CCBE1 production and purification: leveraging bioprocess development for high quality glycosylation attributes and functionality. Journal of Biotechnology. 285. 6–14. 2 indexed citations

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Suter‐Dick, Laura, Paula M. Alves, Bas J. Blaauboer, et al.. (2015). Stem Cell-Derived Systems in Toxicology Assessment. Stem Cells and Development. 24(11). 1284–1296. 43 indexed citations

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Terrasso, Ana Paula, Catarina Pinto, Margarida Serra, et al.. (2015). Novel scalable 3D cell based model for in vitro neurotoxicity testing: Combining human differentiated neurospheres with gene expression and functional endpoints. Journal of Biotechnology. 205. 82–92. 23 indexed citations

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Simão, Daniel, Catarina Pinto, Stefania Piersanti, et al.. (2014). Modeling Human Neural Functionality In Vitro : Three-Dimensional Culture for Dopaminergic Differentiation. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(3-4). 654–668. 35 indexed citations

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Carinhas, Nuno, Rui Oliveira, Paula M. Alves, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, & Ana P. Teixeira. (2012). Systems biotechnology of animal cells: the road to prediction. Trends in biotechnology. 30(7). 377–385. 30 indexed citations

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Vicente, Tiago, José P. B. Mota, Cristina Peixoto, Paula M. Alves, & Manuel J.T. Carrondo. (2010). Modeling protein binding and elution over a chromatographic surface probed by surface plasmon resonance. Journal of Chromatography A. 1217(13). 2032–2041. 12 indexed citations

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Miranda, Joana P., Armanda Rodrigues, Rui Tostões, et al.. (2010). Extending Hepatocyte Functionality for Drug-Testing Applications Using High-Viscosity Alginate–Encapsulated Three-Dimensional Cultures in Bioreactors. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 16(6). 1223–1232. 83 indexed citations

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Malpique, Rita, Daniela Souza Ferreira, Friederike Ehrhart, et al.. (2009). Alginate Encapsulation as a Novel Strategy for the Cryopreservation of Neurospheres. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 16(5). 965–977. 45 indexed citations

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Miranda, Joana P., Sofia Batista Leite, Ursula Müller‐Vieira, et al.. (2008). Towards an Extended Functional Hepatocyte In Vitro Culture. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 15(2). 157–167. 68 indexed citations

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Carmo, Marlene, Cristina Peixoto, Ana S. Coroadinha, et al.. (2004). Quantitation of MLV-based retroviral vectors using real-time RT-PCR. Journal of Virological Methods. 119(2). 115–119. 25 indexed citations

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Alves, Paula M., et al.. (2000). Two-dimensional versus three-dimensional culture systems: Effects on growth and productivity of BHK cells. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 52(3). 429–432. 16 indexed citations

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