Rita Branco

1.5k total citations
51 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rita Branco is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Branco has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rita Branco's work include Chromium effects and bioremediation (19 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (9 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (9 papers). Rita Branco is often cited by papers focused on Chromium effects and bioremediation (19 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (9 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (9 papers). Rita Branco collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Netherlands and Denmark. Rita Branco's co-authors include Paula V. Morais, Ana Paula Chung, Romeu Francisco, Jorge F. J. Coelho, Arménio C. Serra, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Ana C. Fonseca, Milton S. da Costa, Ana P. Piedade and Volkan Gurel and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Rita Branco

50 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rita Branco Portugal 19 405 292 260 215 204 51 1.2k
Inês B. Gomes Portugal 22 446 1.1× 444 1.5× 135 0.5× 431 2.0× 60 0.3× 59 1.3k
Tālis Juhna Latvia 21 461 1.1× 198 0.7× 216 0.8× 281 1.3× 99 0.5× 88 1.4k
Ahmet Çabuk Türkiye 25 315 0.8× 253 0.9× 446 1.7× 324 1.5× 111 0.5× 89 1.9k
Tomislav Ivanković Croatia 19 160 0.4× 145 0.5× 171 0.7× 403 1.9× 241 1.2× 51 1.1k
Milind Mohan Naik India 15 446 1.1× 197 0.7× 199 0.8× 814 3.8× 70 0.3× 30 1.5k
Raman Kumar India 22 263 0.6× 162 0.6× 190 0.7× 296 1.4× 50 0.2× 81 1.3k
Min Gou China 25 159 0.4× 494 1.7× 465 1.8× 733 3.4× 108 0.5× 78 1.9k
Renjie Tu China 23 173 0.4× 286 1.0× 461 1.8× 257 1.2× 146 0.7× 46 1.7k
Linna Du China 19 333 0.8× 184 0.6× 225 0.9× 835 3.9× 76 0.4× 39 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rita Branco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rita Branco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Branco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rita Branco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rita Branco based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rita Branco. Rita Branco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Costa, Inês, et al.. (2025). Integrated processing platform for the production, recovery and separation of bio-produced tellurium particles. Separation and Purification Technology. 370. 133202–133202.
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Велизаров, Светлозар, et al.. (2024). Donnan dialytic transport and biological removal of yttrium from multi-element solutions. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129460–129460. 2 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, Roel J.W. Meulepas, H.H.M. Rijnaarts, & Nora B. Sutton. (2024). Exploring long-term retention and reactivation of micropollutant biodegradation capacity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(34). 47055–47070. 1 indexed citations
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Correia, António Alberto S., et al.. (2024). The effect of biopolymer stabilisation on biostimulated or bioaugmented mine residue for potential technosol production. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25583–25583. 2 indexed citations
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Morais, Paula V., et al.. (2024). Iron homeostasis as a cell detoxification mechanism in Mesorhizobium qingshengii J19 under yttrium exposure. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1467386–1467386. 1 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of the interface of metallic-coated biodegradable polymeric stents with prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Bioactive Materials. 46. 55–81. 5 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, et al.. (2023). Sterilized Polyhexanide-Releasing Chitosan Membranes with Potential for Use in Antimicrobial Wound Dressings. Membranes. 13(11). 877–877. 2 indexed citations
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Chung, Ana Paula, Romeu Francisco, Paula V. Morais, & Rita Branco. (2022). Genome mining to unravel potential metabolic pathways linked to gallium bioleaching ability of bacterial mine isolates. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 970147–970147. 6 indexed citations
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Francisco, Romeu, et al.. (2022). Post-measurement compressed calibration for ICP-MS-based metal quantification in mine residues bioleaching. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 16007–16007. 4 indexed citations
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Chung, Ana Paula, et al.. (2021). Relevance of FeoAB system in Rhodanobacter sp. B2A1Ga4 resistance to heavy metals, aluminium, gallium, and indium. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 105(8). 3301–3314. 13 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, et al.. (2020). Arsenic accumulation by a rhizosphere bacterial strain Ochrobactrum tritici reduces rice plant arsenic levels. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 36(2). 23–23. 15 indexed citations
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Chung, Ana Paula, Romeu Francisco, Rita Branco, et al.. (2019). Tailings microbial community profile and prediction of its functionality in basins of tungsten mine. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19596–19596. 40 indexed citations
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Francisco, Romeu, et al.. (2019). Two plant-hosted whole-cell bacterial biosensors for detection of bioavailable Cr(VI). World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35(8). 129–129. 3 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, et al.. (2019). Efficient bioaccumulation of tungsten by Escherichia coli cells expressing the Sulfitobacter dubius TupBCA system. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 42(5). 126001–126001. 9 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita & Paula V. Morais. (2016). Two superoxide dismutases from TnOtchr are involved in detoxification of reactive oxygen species induced by chromate. BMC Microbiology. 16(1). 27–27. 13 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, et al.. (2015). Hyper Accumulation of Arsenic in Mutants of Ochrobactrum tritici Silenced for Arsenite Efflux Pumps. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0131317–e0131317. 18 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita & Paula V. Morais. (2013). Identification and Characterization of the Transcriptional Regulator ChrB in the Chromate Resistance Determinant of Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e77987–e77987. 28 indexed citations
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Morais, Paula V., Rita Branco, & Romeu Francisco. (2011). Chromium resistance strategies and toxicity: what makes Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1 a strain highly resistant. BioMetals. 24(3). 401–410. 49 indexed citations
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Branco, Rita, Ana Paula Chung, Tatiana Johnston, et al.. (2008). The Chromate-Inducible chrBACF Operon from the Transposable Element Tn OtChr Confers Resistance to Chromium(VI) and Superoxide. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(21). 6996–7003. 107 indexed citations
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Morais, Paula V., et al.. (2005). Leucobacter luti sp. nov., and Leucobacter alluvii sp. nov., two new species of the genus Leucobacter isolated under chromium stress. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 29(5). 414–421. 43 indexed citations

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