Rui Sousa

5.6k total citations
112 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Rui Sousa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Sousa has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Genetics and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rui Sousa's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (33 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (29 papers). Rui Sousa is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (33 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (29 papers). Rui Sousa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Spain. Rui Sousa's co-authors include Eileen M. Lafer, Robert Padilla, Richard J. Guajardo, Jianwen Jiang, Luis G. Brieba, John P. Rose, Bi‐Cheng Wang, Jianbin Huang, Debabrata Patra and Kondury Prasad and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rui Sousa

111 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rui Sousa United States 39 3.8k 968 752 538 352 112 4.4k
Shirley A. Müller Switzerland 43 3.9k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 402 0.5× 827 1.5× 569 1.6× 84 5.7k
Christiane Schaffitzel United Kingdom 38 3.9k 1.0× 849 0.9× 445 0.6× 352 0.7× 194 0.6× 90 4.7k
Imre Berger United Kingdom 42 4.9k 1.3× 658 0.7× 413 0.5× 368 0.7× 211 0.6× 133 6.0k
Kunio Takeyasu Japan 43 4.2k 1.1× 749 0.8× 400 0.5× 751 1.4× 525 1.5× 182 6.1k
Katsumi Imada Japan 41 2.8k 0.7× 1.9k 2.0× 815 1.1× 464 0.9× 610 1.7× 116 4.6k
Yuan Tu United States 13 4.3k 1.1× 938 1.0× 283 0.4× 591 1.1× 196 0.6× 20 6.1k
Kevin Flaherty United States 18 3.4k 0.9× 553 0.6× 215 0.3× 406 0.8× 544 1.5× 19 4.0k
Kliment A. Verba United States 9 4.3k 1.1× 643 0.7× 507 0.7× 593 1.1× 544 1.5× 19 5.9k
Erich M. Schwarz United States 33 3.2k 0.8× 836 0.9× 630 0.8× 337 0.6× 317 0.9× 61 5.1k
Karen G. Fleming United States 40 3.7k 1.0× 902 0.9× 236 0.3× 496 0.9× 378 1.1× 92 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Rui Sousa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Sousa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Sousa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rui Sousa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rui Sousa 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 Rui Sousa. Rui Sousa 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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Busch, David J., et al.. (2020). Hsc70 Ameliorates the Vesicle Recycling Defects Caused by Excess α-Synuclein at Synapses. eNeuro. 7(1). ENEURO.0448–19.2020. 27 indexed citations
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Ramos, Diana, et al.. (2020). Helicobacter heilmannii s.l. and peptic ulcer disease – A rare cause. Gastroenterología y Hepatología. 44(9). 664–665. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yu, Erik D. Holmstrom, Ping Yu, et al.. (2018). Incorporation of isotopic, fluorescent, and heavy-atom-modified nucleotides into RNAs by position-selective labeling of RNA. Nature Protocols. 13(5). 987–1005. 34 indexed citations
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Chaves, João, et al.. (2017). Eslicarbazepine acetate as adjunctive therapy in clinical practice: ESLADOBA study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 136(5). 407–413. 11 indexed citations
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Bianchi, Anna, Mitra S. Rana, Brittany C. Lipchick, et al.. (2017). Internally ratiometric fluorescent sensors for evaluation of intracellular GTP levels and distribution. Nature Methods. 14(10). 1003–1009. 49 indexed citations
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Velázquez‐Juárez, Gilberto, Rui Sousa, & Luis G. Brieba. (2015). The thumb subdomain of yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase is involved in processivity, transcript fidelity and mitochondrial transcription factor binding. RNA Biology. 12(5). 514–524. 7 indexed citations
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Sousa, Rui & Eileen M. Lafer. (2015). The role of molecular chaperones in clathrin mediated vesicular trafficking. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 2. 26–26. 44 indexed citations
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Pereira, Bruno, et al.. (2011). Pancreatite Aguda Induzida por Fármacos: Caso Associado ao Perindopril e Revisão da Literatura. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 1 indexed citations
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Sousa, Rui. (2010). O desenho de serviços multicanal: Managerial Report. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 1 indexed citations
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Caldeira, Ana Maria de Andrade, et al.. (2010). Alimentação entérica e impactação alimentar esofágica: que relação?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Schuermann, Jonathan P., Jianwen Jiang, Jorge Cuéllar, et al.. (2008). Structure of the Hsp110:Hsc70 Nucleotide Exchange Machine. Molecular Cell. 31(2). 232–243. 173 indexed citations
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Nayak, Dhananjaya, Qing Guo, & Rui Sousa. (2007). Functional Architecture of T7 RNA Polymerase Transcription Complexes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 371(2). 490–500. 10 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jianwen, Kondury Prasad, Eileen M. Lafer, & Rui Sousa. (2005). Structural Basis of Interdomain Communication in the Hsc70 Chaperone. Molecular Cell. 20(4). 513–524. 236 indexed citations
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Guo, Qing & Rui Sousa. (2005). Weakening of the T7 Promoter-Polymerase Interaction Facilitates Promoter Release. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(15). 14956–14961. 10 indexed citations
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Sousa, Rui & Srabani Mukherjee. (2003). T7 RNA Polymerase. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 73. 1–41. 64 indexed citations
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Sousa, Rui. (2001). Structural Virology 4. T7 RNA Polymerase.. Uirusu. 51(1). 81–94. 5 indexed citations
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Sousa, Rui. (2000). [4] Use of T7 RNA polymerase and its mutants for incorporation of nucleoside analogs into RNA. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 317. 65–74. 21 indexed citations
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Lopez, Pascal Jean, Jean Guillerez, Rui Sousa, & Marc Dreyfus. (1998). On the mechanism of inhibition of phage T7 RNA polymerase by lac repressor 1 1Edited by R. Ebright. Journal of Molecular Biology. 276(5). 861–875. 23 indexed citations
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Lopez, Pascal Jean, Jean Guillerez, Rui Sousa, & Marc Dreyfus. (1997). The low processivity of T7 RNA polymerase over the initially transcribed sequence can limit productive initiation in vivo. Journal of Molecular Biology. 269(1). 41–51. 28 indexed citations

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