Raquel Costa

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 469 citations indexed

About

Raquel Costa is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Neurology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Raquel Costa has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 469 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 7 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Raquel Costa's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (10 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (5 papers). Raquel Costa is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (10 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (5 papers). Raquel Costa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and United Kingdom. Raquel Costa's co-authors include Giorgio Trinchieri, Miriam R. Fernandes, Alicia M. Cole, Poonam Aggarwal, Patrício Soares‐da‐Silva, Luís Almeida, Teresa Nunes, José Rocha, Marília Seelaender and Helena Gama and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature reviews. Cancer and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Raquel Costa

24 papers receiving 466 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.

Targeting the gut microbiota for cancer therapy

2022 181 citations Miriam R. Fernandes, Poonam Aggarwal et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raquel Costa Portugal	12	206	111	93	92	64	26	469
Karin Tunblad Sweden	13	100 0.5×	89 0.8×	189 2.0×	112 1.2×	148 2.3×	21	502
Yan Rong China	13	157 0.8×	30 0.3×	38 0.4×	48 0.5×	51 0.8×	66	455
Jianfei Nao China	12	198 1.0×	102 0.9×	30 0.3×	38 0.4×	17 0.3×	34	547
Mohammed El Mouedden Belgium	10	194 0.9×	174 1.6×	54 0.6×	38 0.4×	19 0.3×	11	483
Sama Bitarafan Iran	15	194 0.9×	70 0.6×	50 0.5×	52 0.6×	19 0.3×	41	638
Xue Gao China	12	225 1.1×	36 0.3×	41 0.4×	39 0.4×	25 0.4×	31	395
Pedro Ayuso Spain	18	198 1.0×	259 2.3×	27 0.3×	46 0.5×	26 0.4×	38	716
Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran India	10	126 0.6×	35 0.3×	48 0.5×	31 0.3×	14 0.2×	82	436
Nobuaki Matsuo Japan	9	119 0.6×	46 0.4×	22 0.2×	42 0.5×	64 1.0×	17	337
Qiushi Liao China	11	176 0.9×	74 0.7×	36 0.4×	17 0.2×	14 0.2×	18	477

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raquel Costa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ferreira, Joaquim J., Miguel Gago, Raquel Costa, et al.. (2025). Opicapone for Parkinson's disease-related sleep disturbances: The OASIS clinical trial. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 15(1). 87–96. 1 indexed citations

Chaudhuri, К. Ray, Per Odin, Joaquim J. Ferreira, et al.. (2022). Opicapone versus placebo in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease patients with end-of-dose motor fluctuation-associated pain: rationale and design of the randomised, double-blind OCEAN (OpiCapone Effect on motor fluctuations and pAiN) trial. BMC Neurology. 22(1). 88–88. 9 indexed citations

Fernandes, Miriam R., Poonam Aggarwal, Raquel Costa, Alicia M. Cole, & Giorgio Trinchieri. (2022). Targeting the gut microbiota for cancer therapy. Nature reviews. Cancer. 22(12). 703–722. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

Magalhães, Luís M., et al.. (2021). Safety of Eslicarbazepine Acetate in Elderly Versus Non-Elderly Patients with Focal Seizures: From Pooled Data of Clinical Studies to 8 Years of Post-Marketing Experience. Drug Safety. 44(10). 1099–1107. 4 indexed citations

Costa, Raquel, et al.. (2021). A Rare Case of Second-degree Atrioventricular Block and Takotsubo Syndrome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(6). 2619–2619. 1 indexed citations

Riccardi, Daniela, Rodrigo Xavier das Neves, Emídio Marques de Matos‐Neto, et al.. (2020). Plasma Lipid Profile and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Cancer Cachexia. Frontiers in Nutrition. 7. 4–4. 45 indexed citations

Castro, Gabriela Salim de, Raquel Costa, Marília Seelaender, et al.. (2020). Displaced Myonuclei in Cancer Cachexia Suggest Altered Innervation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(3). 1092–1092. 31 indexed citations

Pessoa, Ana Flávia Marçal, et al.. (2020). Effect of thyroid hormones on rat exocrine pancreas morphology and function. Life Sciences. 245. 117385–117385.

Costa, Raquel, et al.. (2019). Immediate and Late Effects of Early Weaning on Rat Gastric Cell Differentiation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(1). 196–196. 4 indexed citations

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Biondo, Luana Amorim, Alexandre Abílio de Souza Teixeira, Loreana Sanches Silveira, et al.. (2019). Tributyrin in Inflammation: Does White Adipose Tissue Affect Colorectal Cancer?. Nutrients. 11(1). 110–110. 7 indexed citations

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Mintz, Mark, J. Eric Piña-Garza, Steven M. Wolf, et al.. (2018). Safety and Tolerability of Adjunctive Eslicarbazepine Acetate (ESL) in Pediatric Patients (Aged 4–17 Years) with Partial-Onset (Focal) Seizures (POS) (P5.269). Neurology. 90(15_supplement).

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Costa, Raquel, et al.. (2018). Eslicarbazepine acetate exposure in pregnant women with epilepsy. Seizure. 58. 72–74. 14 indexed citations

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Costa, Raquel, et al.. (2018). Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Eslicarbazepine Acetate as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients Aged ≥ 65 Years with Focal Seizures. Drugs & Aging. 35(12). 1109–1117. 12 indexed citations

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Gama, Helena, et al.. (2017). Safety Profile of Eslicarbazepine Acetate as Add-On Therapy in Adults with Refractory Focal-Onset Seizures: From Clinical Studies to 6 Years of Post-Marketing Experience. Drug Safety. 40(12). 1231–1240. 19 indexed citations

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Grunze, Heinz, Raquel Costa, Teresa Nunes, et al.. (2014). Assessment of the efficacy and safety of eslicarbazepine acetate in acute mania and prevention of recurrence: Experience from multicentre, double-blind, randomised phase II clinical studies in patients with bipolar disorder I. Journal of Affective Disorders. 174. 70–82. 13 indexed citations

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Almeida, Luís, Teresa Nunes, Raquel Costa, et al.. (2013). Etamicastat, a Novel Dopamine β-Hydroxylase Inhibitor: Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics in Patients With Hypertension. Clinical Therapeutics. 35(12). 1983–1996. 27 indexed citations

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Lees, Andrew J., Joaquim J. Ferreira, Raquel Costa, et al.. (2013). Efficacy and safety of opicapone, a new COMT-inhibitor, for the treatment of motor fluctuations in Parkinson's Disease patients: BIPARK-II study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 333. e116–e116. 14 indexed citations

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Nunes, Teresa, Luís Almeida, Raquel Costa, Rui Sousa, & Patrício Soares‐da‐Silva. (2013). Efficacy, safety and tolerability of eslicarbazepine acetate in the recurrence prevention of bipolar I disorder: BIA-2093-205 phase II extension study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 333. e42–e42. 1 indexed citations

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Vaz‐da‐Silva, Manuel, Raquel Costa, Amílcar Soares, et al.. (2009). Effect of eslicarbazepine acetate on the pharmacokinetics of digoxin in healthy subjects. Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology. 23(4). 509–514. 17 indexed citations

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Vaz‐da‐Silva, Manuel, Ana I. Loureiro, Teresa Nunes, et al.. (2008). Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Interaction between Nebicapone, a Novel Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Inhibitor, and Controlled-Release Levodopa/Carbidopa 200 mg/50 mg. Drugs in R&D. 9(6). 435–446. 4 indexed citations

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