Rita C. Acúrcio

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 738 citations indexed

About

Rita C. Acúrcio is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita C. Acúrcio has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 738 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Oncology, 10 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rita C. Acúrcio's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (7 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (4 papers). Rita C. Acúrcio is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (7 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (4 papers). Rita C. Acúrcio collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Israel and Spain. Rita C. Acúrcio's co-authors include Helena F. Florindo, Ronit Satchi‐Fainaro, Bárbara Carreira, Sabina Pozzi, María Medel, Inmaculada Conejos‐Sánchez, Marı́a J. Vicent, Snežana Đorđević, Ron Kleiner and Daniella Vaskovich‐Koubi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Rita C. Acúrcio

20 papers receiving 730 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.

Current hurdles to the translation of nanomedicines from bench to the clinic

2021 284 citations Snežana Đorđević, María Medel et al. Drug Delivery and Translational Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita C. Acúrcio Portugal	9	212	211	180	136	135	22	738
Bárbara Carreira Portugal	8	225 1.1×	247 1.2×	185 1.0×	178 1.3×	160 1.2×	12	765
Kala Kumar Bharani India	16	395 1.9×	182 0.9×	164 0.9×	91 0.7×	70 0.5×	27	954
JoEllyn McMillan United States	22	321 1.5×	176 0.8×	408 2.3×	204 1.5×	87 0.6×	36	1.2k
Lingxi Jiang China	15	296 1.4×	123 0.6×	194 1.1×	52 0.4×	71 0.5×	53	792
Sravan Kumar Patel United States	16	164 0.8×	168 0.8×	70 0.4×	108 0.8×	113 0.8×	33	917
Sai Kiran S. S. Pindiprolu India	18	266 1.3×	166 0.8×	59 0.3×	216 1.6×	40 0.3×	40	692
Mohammad Mahdi Nejadi Babadaei Iran	17	224 1.1×	202 1.0×	105 0.6×	102 0.8×	41 0.3×	22	637
Mojtaba Falahati Iran	16	242 1.1×	199 0.9×	136 0.8×	129 0.9×	32 0.2×	29	640
Zahra Niknam Iran	13	166 0.8×	100 0.5×	178 1.0×	75 0.6×	40 0.3×	25	571
René Lai–Kuen France	20	259 1.2×	130 0.6×	74 0.4×	49 0.4×	141 1.0×	33	843

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Moura, Liane I.F., Alessio Malfanti, Ana I. Matos, et al.. (2025). Off‐The‐Shelf Multivalent Nanoconjugate Cancer Vaccine Rescues Host Immune Response against Melanoma. Advanced Materials. 37(16). e2417348–e2417348. 5 indexed citations

Florindo, Helena F., et al.. (2025). Structural insights and clinical advances in small-molecule inhibitors targeting TGF-β receptor I. PubMed. 33(1). 200945–200945. 4 indexed citations

Acúrcio, Rita C., et al.. (2025). Harnessing sulfur-doped carbon nanodots conjugated with IDO inhibitors act as a dual-mode breast cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 381. 113575–113575. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Qiwei, Rita C. Acúrcio, Rita C. Guedes, et al.. (2025). Radiation-guided nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in primary and metastatic BRCA1-deficient tumors via immunotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 383. 113812–113812. 2 indexed citations

Carreira, Bárbara, Rita C. Acúrcio, Ana I. Matos, et al.. (2025). Polymeric-based neoantigen nanovaccine synergizes with PD-1/PD-L1 modulators, reprogramming the melanoma microenvironment. Journal of Controlled Release. 387. 114178–114178.

Matos, Ana I., Bárbara Carreira, Liane I.F. Moura, et al.. (2025). Abstract 4474: Turning up the heat: nanoimmunotherapy transforming outcomes in breast cancer treatment. Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 4474–4474.

Acúrcio, Rita C., et al.. (2024). Better, Faster, Stronger: Accelerating mRNA‐Based Immunotherapies With Nanocarriers. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. 16(6). e2017–e2017. 2 indexed citations

Matos, Ana I., Flavia Fontana, Jacopo Chiaro, et al.. (2024). Selenium Nanoparticles Synergize with a KRAS Nanovaccine against Breast Cancer. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(5). e2401523–e2401523. 8 indexed citations

Matos, Ana I., Carina Peres, Bárbara Carreira, et al.. (2023). Polyoxazoline‐Based Nanovaccine Synergizes with Tumor‐Associated Macrophage Targeting and Anti‐PD‐1 Immunotherapy against Solid Tumors. Advanced Science. 10(25). e2300299–e2300299. 15 indexed citations

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Pais, Teresa F., Nádia Duarte, Rita Neres, et al.. (2022). Brain endothelial STING1 activation by Plasmodium -sequestered heme promotes cerebral malaria via type I IFN response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2206327119–e2206327119. 22 indexed citations

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Peres, Carina, Ana I. Matos, Liane I.F. Moura, et al.. (2021). Preclinical models and technologies to advance nanovaccine development. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 172. 148–182. 33 indexed citations

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Đorđević, Snežana, María Medel, Inmaculada Conejos‐Sánchez, et al.. (2021). Current hurdles to the translation of nanomedicines from bench to the clinic. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 12(3). 500–525. 284 indexed citations breakdown →

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Florindo, Helena F., Ron Kleiner, Daniella Vaskovich‐Koubi, et al.. (2020). Immune-mediated approaches against COVID-19. Nature Nanotechnology. 15(8). 630–645. 249 indexed citations

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Carreira, Bárbara, Rita C. Acúrcio, Ana I. Matos, et al.. (2020). Nanomedicines as Multifunctional Modulators of Melanoma Immune Microenvironment. Advanced Therapeutics. 4(1). 5 indexed citations

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Acúrcio, Rita C., et al.. (2019). Structural insights and binding analysis for determining the molecular bases for programmed cell death protein ligand-1 inhibition. MedChemComm. 10(10). 1810–1818. 9 indexed citations

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Acúrcio, Rita C., Anna Scomparin, Ronit Satchi‐Fainaro, Helena F. Florindo, & Rita C. Guedes. (2018). Computer‐aided drug design in new druggable targets for the next generation of immune‐oncology therapies. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 9(3). 5 indexed citations

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Acúrcio, Rita C., Anna Scomparin, João Conniot, et al.. (2018). Structure–Function Analysis of Immune Checkpoint Receptors to Guide Emerging Anticancer Immunotherapy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61(24). 10957–10975. 26 indexed citations

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Soengas, Raquel G., Humberto Rodríguez‐Solla, Rita C. Acúrcio, et al.. (2015). General Preparation of 1‐Substituted (E)‐1,3‐Dienes under Mild Conditions. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2015(11). 2524–2530. 4 indexed citations

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Soengas, Raquel G., Rita C. Acúrcio, & Artur M. S. Silva. (2014). Preparation of indium nitronates and their Henry reactions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(43). 8593–8597. 6 indexed citations

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Soengas, Raquel G., Rita C. Acúrcio, & Artur M. S. Silva. (2014). Recent Developments in the Chemistry of gem‐Halonitro Compounds. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2014(29). 6339–6359. 17 indexed citations

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