Rita Leite

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 792 citations indexed

About

Rita Leite is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Leite has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 792 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Epidemiology, 5 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Rita Leite's work include Reproductive System and Pregnancy (5 papers), Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (4 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers). Rita Leite is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive System and Pregnancy (5 papers), Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (4 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers). Rita Leite collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Rita Leite's co-authors include Samuel Parry, Michal A. Elovitz, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Frederic D. Bushman, Aoife M. Roche, Kyle Bittinger, Amy G. Brown, Abigail Lauder, Alice Laughlin and Aubrey Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Rita Leite

10 papers receiving 782 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.

Comparison of placenta samples with contamination controls does not provide evidence for a distinct placenta microbiota

2016 377 citations Abigail Lauder, Aoife M. Roche et al. Microbiome profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Leite United States	9	341	234	162	143	135	12	792
Ryan M. Pace United States	12	199 0.6×	239 1.0×	125 0.8×	54 0.4×	95 0.7×	34	639
Anna Robaczewska United States	3	419 1.2×	390 1.7×	104 0.6×	141 1.0×	75 0.6×	3	924
Andrew C. Serazin United States	8	174 0.5×	257 1.1×	156 1.0×	80 0.6×	233 1.7×	9	808
Keimari Méndez Puerto Rico	8	451 1.3×	205 0.9×	65 0.4×	37 0.3×	83 0.6×	12	847
Toni-Ann Mistretta United States	12	846 2.5×	333 1.4×	93 0.6×	94 0.7×	79 0.6×	12	1.5k
Juana I Rivera-Viñas Puerto Rico	5	443 1.3×	155 0.7×	62 0.4×	36 0.3×	82 0.6×	9	778
Maxim D. Seferovic United States	16	669 2.0×	404 1.7×	184 1.1×	108 0.8×	277 2.1×	42	1.5k
Lisa F. Stinson Australia	21	668 2.0×	519 2.2×	90 0.6×	86 0.6×	159 1.2×	56	1.4k
Anna Steinert Switzerland	6	542 1.6×	117 0.5×	47 0.3×	247 1.7×	75 0.6×	9	964
Emmanuel Amabebe United Kingdom	12	523 1.5×	580 2.5×	112 0.7×	221 1.5×	53 0.4×	39	1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Leite

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rita Leite. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rita Leite 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 Leite. Rita Leite is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

Lien, Yu‐Chin, Mengyuan Kan, Rita Leite, et al.. (2025). Race and sex differences in placental lipid metabolism are associated with spontaneous early preterm birth. Biology of Reproduction. 113(3). 626–641. 1 indexed citations

Puvvula, Jagadeesh, Aimin Chen, Rebecca A. Simmons, Rita Leite, & Yu‐Chin Lien. (2025). Gestational fine particulate matter exposures and spontaneous preterm birth: Elucidating mechanisms using placental transcriptome and metabolome signatures. Placenta. 171. 121–129.

Mani, Sneha, Rebecca L. Linn, Rita Leite, et al.. (2025). Extracellular Vesicles Alter Trophoblast Function in Pregnancies Complicated by COVID‐19. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14(4). e70051–e70051.

Parry, Samuel, Rita Leite, M. Sean Esplin, et al.. (2019). Cervicovaginal fluid proteomic analysis to identify potential biomarkers for preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 222(5). 493.e1–493.e13. 21 indexed citations

Leiby, Jacob S., Kevin McCormick, Scott Sherrill-Mix, et al.. (2018). Lack of detection of a human placenta microbiome in samples from preterm and term deliveries. Microbiome. 6(1). 196–196. 180 indexed citations

Durnwald, Celeste, Katheryne Downes, Rita Leite, Michal A. Elovitz, & Samuel Parry. (2017). Predicting persistent impaired glucose tolerance in patients with gestational diabetes: The role of high sensitivity CRP and adiponectin. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 34(2). 12 indexed citations

Lauder, Abigail, Aoife M. Roche, Scott Sherrill-Mix, et al.. (2016). Comparison of placenta samples with contamination controls does not provide evidence for a distinct placenta microbiota. Microbiome. 4(1). 29–29. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

Parry, Samuel, Heping Zhang, Joseph Biggio, et al.. (2014). Maternal serum serpin B7 is associated with early spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 211(6). 678.e1–678.e12. 23 indexed citations

Schwartz, Nadav, Mary D. Sammel, Rita Leite, & Samuel Parry. (2014). First-trimester placental ultrasound and maternal serum markers as predictors of small-for-gestational-age infants. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 211(3). 253.e1–253.e8. 56 indexed citations

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Brown, Amy G., Rita Leite, Adam J. Engler, Dennis E. Discher, & Jerome F. Strauss. (2006). A hemoglobin fragment found in cervicovaginal fluid from women in labor potentiates the action of agents that promote contraction of smooth muscle cells. Peptides. 27(7). 1794–1800. 12 indexed citations

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Brown, Amy G., Rita Leite, & Jerome F. Strauss. (2004). Mechanisms Underlying “Functional” Progesterone Withdrawal at Parturition. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1034(1). 36–49. 80 indexed citations

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Leite, Rita, Amy G. Brown, & Jerome F. Strauss. (2004). Tumor necrosis factor‐α suppresses the expression of steroid receptor coactivator‐1 and ‐2: A possible mechanism contributing to changes in steroid hormone responsiveness. The FASEB Journal. 18(12). 1418–1420. 30 indexed citations

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