Rita Costa

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Rita Costa is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Costa has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rita Costa's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (7 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (5 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers). Rita Costa is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (7 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (5 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers). Rita Costa collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and United States. Rita Costa's co-authors include Mélanie Königshoff, Mareike Lehmann, Darcy E. Wagner, Michael Lindner, Wioletta Skrońska-Wąsek, Hani N. Alsafadi, Kathrin Mutze, Paula M. Alves, Maaike de Vries and Roy R. Woldhuis and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, FEMS Microbiology Reviews and British Journal of Pharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Rita Costa

16 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Senolytic drugs target alveolar epithelial cell function and attenuate experimental lung fibrosisex vivo

2017 299 citations Mareike Lehmann, Martina Korfei et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Costa Germany	12	487	302	204	177	147	17	1.0k
Marnix R. Jonker Netherlands	19	489 1.0×	304 1.0×	164 0.8×	245 1.4×	68 0.5×	39	1.1k
Hidekazu Koyama Japan	21	246 0.5×	450 1.5×	216 1.1×	42 0.2×	68 0.5×	106	1.5k
Lihong Yao China	19	209 0.4×	326 1.1×	90 0.4×	212 1.2×	42 0.3×	83	977
Ryuji Fukushima Japan	17	195 0.4×	107 0.4×	182 0.9×	53 0.3×	63 0.4×	87	831
Shino Shimizu Japan	20	309 0.6×	148 0.5×	176 0.9×	429 2.4×	51 0.3×	53	1.2k
Yuanyuan Wei China	16	86 0.2×	328 1.1×	120 0.6×	77 0.4×	38 0.3×	50	716
Hesham Basma United States	16	123 0.3×	770 2.5×	437 2.1×	104 0.6×	138 0.9×	29	1.5k
Duk Hwan Kim South Korea	16	181 0.4×	408 1.4×	188 0.9×	71 0.4×	25 0.2×	47	1.1k
Ranu Surolia United States	17	324 0.7×	241 0.8×	105 0.5×	49 0.3×	26 0.2×	27	790
Jason Kelley United States	16	523 1.1×	278 0.9×	114 0.6×	153 0.9×	33 0.2×	30	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Costa

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17 of 17 papers shown

Costa, Rita, et al.. (2025). ElderWander: an accessible digital tourism platform for older adults. Information Technology & Tourism. 27(3). 833–863.

Schulz, Sarah, et al.. (2022). The role of virome in the gastrointestinal tract and beyond. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 46(6). 35 indexed citations

Costa, Rita, Darcy E. Wagner, Ali Doryab, et al.. (2021). A drug screen with approved compounds identifies amlexanox as a novel Wnt/β‐catenin activator inducing lung epithelial organoid formation. British Journal of Pharmacology. 178(19). 4026–4041. 13 indexed citations

Costa, Rita, et al.. (2020). Development of Novel Galactosylated PLGA Nanoparticles for Hepatocyte Targeting Using Molecular Modelling. Polymers. 12(1). 94–94. 15 indexed citations

Mirzaei, Mohammadali Khan, Jinling Xue, Rita Costa, et al.. (2020). Challenges of Studying the Human Virome – Relevant Emerging Technologies. Trends in Microbiology. 29(2). 171–181. 48 indexed citations

Lehmann, Mareike, Qianjiang Hu, Yan Hu, et al.. (2020). Chronic WNT/β-catenin signaling induces cellular senescence in lung epithelial cells. Cellular Signalling. 70. 109588–109588. 82 indexed citations

Salvador, Pedro, et al.. (2020). Determinants of the Need for Tracheostomy in Neurocritical Patients. Cureus. 12(11). e11654–e11654. 3 indexed citations

Ubags, Niki, Jonathan Baker, Agnes W. Boots, et al.. (2020). ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Basic and Translational Science Assembly. ERJ Open Research. 6(1). 350–2019. 2 indexed citations

Ota, Chiharu, Rita Costa, Ali Doryab, et al.. (2018). Development of a hybrid alginate-ECM hydrogel as a potential bioink for 3D bioprinting. Transplantation. LSC–1090. 3 indexed citations

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Skrońska-Wąsek, Wioletta, Kathrin Mutze, Hoeke A. Baarsma, et al.. (2017). Reduced Frizzled Receptor 4 Expression Prevents WNT/β-Catenin–driven Alveolar Lung Repair in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(2). 172–185. 85 indexed citations

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Brandsma, Corry‐Anke, Maaike de Vries, Rita Costa, et al.. (2017). Lung ageing and COPD: is there a role for ageing in abnormal tissue repair?. European Respiratory Review. 26(146). 170073–170073. 142 indexed citations

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Arnault, Émilie, Rita Costa, Patrícia Gomes‐Alves, et al.. (2017). Expansion of 3D human induced pluripotent stem cell aggregates in bioreactors: Bioprocess intensification and scaling-up approaches. Journal of Biotechnology. 246. 81–93. 72 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Mareike, Martina Korfei, Kathrin Mutze, et al.. (2017). Senolytic drugs target alveolar epithelial cell function and attenuate experimental lung fibrosisex vivo. European Respiratory Journal. 50(2). 1602367–1602367. 299 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rebelo, Sofia P., Rita Costa, Marta M. Silva, et al.. (2015). Three-dimensional co-culture of human hepatocytes and mesenchymal stem cells: improved functionality in long-term bioreactor cultures. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 11(7). 2034–2045. 63 indexed citations

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Uhl, Franziska E., Sarah Vierkotten, Darcy E. Wagner, et al.. (2015). Preclinical validation and imaging of Wnt-induced repair in human 3D lung tissue cultures. European Respiratory Journal. 46(4). 1150–1166. 113 indexed citations

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Rebelo, Sofia P., Rita Costa, Marcos F. Q. Sousa, Catarina Brito, & Paula M. Alves. (2014). Establishing Liver Bioreactors for In Vitro Research. Methods in molecular biology. 1250. 189–202. 3 indexed citations

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Rebelo, Sofia P., Rita Costa, Marta F Estrada, et al.. (2014). HepaRG microencapsulated spheroids in DMSO-free culture: novel culturing approaches for enhanced xenobiotic and biosynthetic metabolism. Archives of Toxicology. 89(8). 1347–1358. 52 indexed citations

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