Raquel M. Gonçalves

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Raquel M. Gonçalves is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raquel M. Gonçalves has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 25 papers in Surgery and 24 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Raquel M. Gonçalves's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (34 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (15 papers). Raquel M. Gonçalves is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (34 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (15 papers). Raquel M. Gonçalves collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Germany and United States. Raquel M. Gonçalves's co-authors include Mário A. Barbosa, María José Oliveira, Flávia Castro, Ana Patrícia Cardoso, Karine Serre, Susana G. Santos, Graça Almeida‐Porada, Graciosa Q. Teixeira, Carla Cunha and Joana R. Ferreira and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Advanced Functional Materials and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Raquel M. Gonçalves

93 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Interferon-Gamma at the Crossroads of Tumor Immune Surveillance or Evasion

2018 875 citations Flávia Castro, Raquel M. Gonçalves et al. profile →
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
Raquel M. Gonçalves Portugal	35	1.2k	1.2k	891	845	842	95	4.4k
Riichiro Abe Japan	40	1.5k 1.3×	827 0.7×	1.6k 1.8×	692 0.8×	912 1.1×	167	6.5k
Raimund W. Kinne Germany	38	1.8k 1.5×	270 0.2×	1.4k 1.6×	758 0.9×	430 0.5×	129	6.1k
Michael T. Bayliss United Kingdom	52	1.7k 1.4×	775 0.7×	265 0.3×	1.6k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	113	8.0k
George R. Dodge United States	34	768 0.6×	408 0.3×	347 0.4×	995 1.2×	636 0.8×	102	3.8k
Heribert Bohlen Germany	34	1.3k 1.1×	774 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	524 0.6×	103 0.1×	81	3.7k
Karen A. Hasty United States	40	1.4k 1.2×	308 0.3×	700 0.8×	814 1.0×	537 0.6×	119	6.2k
John Hood United States	30	4.2k 3.5×	292 0.2×	648 0.7×	314 0.4×	556 0.7×	56	7.2k
Giuseppe Pirozzi Italy	39	2.0k 1.7×	355 0.3×	685 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	114 0.1×	94	5.7k
Hongwei Cheng China	35	1.7k 1.4×	292 0.2×	217 0.2×	688 0.8×	148 0.2×	101	4.3k
Clare Hughes United Kingdom	43	1.4k 1.2×	275 0.2×	361 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	943 1.1×	98	6.0k

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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

Parreira, Paula, Victoria Leiro, Aureliana Sousa, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of hMSC In Vitro Proliferation by Surface Immobilization of a Heparin-Binding Peptide. Molecules. 28(8). 3422–3422. 3 indexed citations

Pereira, Catarina Leite, Sibylle Grad, & Raquel M. Gonçalves. (2023). Biomarkers for intervertebral disc and associated back pain: From diagnosis to disease prognosis and personalized treatment. JOR Spine. 6(4). e1280–e1280. 7 indexed citations

Molinos, Maria, et al.. (2023). Alterations of bovine nucleus pulposus cells with aging. Aging Cell. 22(8). e13873–e13873. 8 indexed citations

Lai, Alon, Jennifer Gansau, Sarah E. Gullbrand, et al.. (2021). Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration in rat models: An initiative of the ORS spine section. JOR Spine. 4(2). e1150–e1150. 74 indexed citations

Neidlinger‐Wilke, Cornelia, et al.. (2021). Mesenchymal stem cell secretome decreases the inflammatory response in annulus fibrosus organ cultures. European Cells and Materials. 42. 1–19. 9 indexed citations

Barbosa, Mário A., et al.. (2021). Intervertebral disc decellularisation: progress and challenges. European Cells and Materials. 42. 196–219. 14 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Mário A., et al.. (2020). Decellularized Scaffolds for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration. Trends in biotechnology. 38(9). 947–951. 38 indexed citations

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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

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Teixeira, Graciosa Q., Catarina Leite Pereira, Flávia Castro, et al.. (2016). Anti-inflammatory Chitosan/Poly-γ-glutamic acid nanoparticles control inflammation while remodeling extracellular matrix in degenerated intervertebral disc. Acta Biomaterialia. 42. 168–179. 77 indexed citations

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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

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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

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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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Teixeira, Graciosa Q., Catarina Leite Pereira, Karin Benz, et al.. (2015). A Degenerative/Proinflammatory Intervertebral Disc Organ Culture: An Ex Vivo Model for Anti-inflammatory Drug and Cell Therapy. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 22(1). 8–19. 37 indexed citations

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Cunha, Carla, et al.. (2015). Joint analysis of IVD herniation and degeneration by rat caudal needle puncture model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 35(2). 258–268. 34 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Graciosa Q., et al.. (2014). A Multicompartment Holder for Spinner Flasks Improves Expansion and Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Three-Dimensional Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 20(12). 984–993. 18 indexed citations

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Gonçalves, Raquel M., et al.. (2012). Mesenchymal stem cell recruitment by stromal derived factor-1-delivery systems based on chitosan/poly(γ-glutamic acid) polyelectrolyte complexes. European Cells and Materials. 23. 249–261. 48 indexed citations

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Gonçalves, Raquel M., M. Cristina L. Martins, María José Oliveira, Graça Almeida‐Porada, & Mário A. Barbosa. (2010). Bioactivity of immobilized EGF on self‐assembled monolayers: Optimization of the immobilization process. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 94A(2). 576–585. 19 indexed citations

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