Sandra Rocha

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Sandra Rocha is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Rocha has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomaterials and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Rocha's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (18 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (10 papers). Sandra Rocha is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (18 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (13 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (10 papers). Sandra Rocha collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Sweden and Germany. Sandra Rocha's co-authors include Pernilla Wittung‐Stafshede, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Kathleen M. Shannon, Viviana Gradinaru, Catherine E. Schretter, Taren Thron, Marie-Françoise Chesselet, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown, Collin Challis and Gauri G. Shastri and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Rocha

56 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

2016 2.6k citations Timothy R. Sampson, Justine W. Debelius et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Rocha Portugal	24	2.1k	1.1k	884	517	491	60	4.1k
Irene Paterniti Italy	44	1.9k 0.9×	733 0.6×	550 0.6×	709 1.4×	169 0.3×	191	5.1k
Dan Zhang China	40	2.5k 1.2×	863 0.8×	633 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	323 0.7×	201	5.6k
Jingyu Yang China	51	3.9k 1.9×	849 0.7×	244 0.3×	1.2k 2.3×	693 1.4×	362	9.3k
Xu Hu China	28	2.1k 1.0×	678 0.6×	212 0.2×	143 0.3×	695 1.4×	95	3.4k
Ron Kohen Israel	41	1.8k 0.9×	939 0.8×	329 0.4×	217 0.4×	170 0.3×	110	7.1k
Man Li China	37	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	291 0.3×	308 0.6×	120 0.2×	189	4.6k
Claudio Bucolo Italy	51	2.9k 1.4×	853 0.7×	223 0.3×	660 1.3×	292 0.6×	233	8.2k
Jie Lu China	39	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	254 0.3×	622 1.2×	230 0.5×	133	6.8k
Shashi Bala Singh India	39	2.0k 0.9×	681 0.6×	382 0.4×	321 0.6×	135 0.3×	228	5.3k
Cecilia Giulivi United States	53	5.3k 2.5×	2.8k 2.5×	398 0.5×	270 0.5×	176 0.4×	149	9.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandra Rocha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Rocha

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rocha, Sandra, Klinger Antônio da França Rodrigues, Igor A. Rodrigues, et al.. (2025). Antileishmanial activity of hesperetin on Leishmania donovani, in vitro and in silico inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and investigation of the targets sterol C-24 reductase and N-myristoyltransferase. Experimental Parasitology. 270. 108903–108903.

Jiang, Kai, Sandra Rocha, Ranjeet Kumar, Fredrik Westerlund, & Pernilla Wittung‐Stafshede. (2021). C-terminal truncation of α-synuclein alters DNA structure from extension to compaction. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 568. 43–47. 9 indexed citations

Esbjörner, Elin K., et al.. (2020). Amyloid formation of fish β-parvalbumin involves primary nucleation triggered by disulfide-bridged protein dimers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(45). 27997–28004. 13 indexed citations

Jiang, Kai, Sandra Rocha, Krishna Sriram, et al.. (2019). Alpha-Synuclein Binds to DNA and Modulates its Physical Properties. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 506a–506a.

Horváth, István, Sandra Rocha, & Pernilla Wittung‐Stafshede. (2018). In Vitro Analysis of α-Synuclein Amyloid Formation and Cross-Reactivity. Methods in molecular biology. 1779. 73–83. 5 indexed citations

Szigyártó, Imola Cs., Róbert Deák, Judith Mihály, et al.. (2017). Flow Alignment of Extracellular Vesicles: Structure and Orientation of Membrane‐Associated Bio‐macromolecules Studied with Polarized Light. ChemBioChem. 19(6). 545–551. 17 indexed citations

Wesén, Emelie, et al.. (2017). Lipid membranes catalyse the fibril formation of the amyloid-β (1–42) peptide through lipid-fibril interactions that reinforce secondary pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1859(10). 1921–1929. 88 indexed citations

García-Bonete, María-José, Maja Jensen, Christian V. Recktenwald, et al.. (2017). Bayesian Analysis of MicroScale Thermophoresis Data to Quantify Affinity of Protein:Protein Interactions with Human Survivin. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16816–16816. 10 indexed citations

Sampson, Timothy R., Justine W. Debelius, Taren Thron, et al.. (2016). Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Cell. 167(6). 1469–1480.e12. 2573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ivanova, Galya, et al.. (2013). Chitosan conjugates for DNA delivery. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(28). 11893–11893. 17 indexed citations

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Coelho, Sílvia Castro, Sandra Rocha, Petras Juzenas, et al.. (2013). Gold nanoparticle delivery-enhanced proteasome inhibitor effect in adenocarcinoma cells. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 10(10). 1345–1352. 24 indexed citations

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Rocha, Sandra, Joana A. Loureiro, Gerald Brezesinski, & Maria do Carmo Pereira. (2012). Peptide–surfactant interactions: Consequences for the amyloid-beta structure. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 420(1). 136–140. 25 indexed citations

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Coelho, Sílvia Castro, Susana Moreno‐Flores, José L. Toca‐Herrera, et al.. (2011). Nanostructure of polysaccharide complexes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 363(2). 450–455. 33 indexed citations

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Gaspar, Diana, Marlene Lúcio, Sandra Rocha, José L. F. C. Lima, & Salette Reis. (2011). Changes in PLA2 activity after interacting with anti-inflammatory drugs and model membranes: evidence for the involvement of tryptophan residues. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 164(4). 292–299. 13 indexed citations

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Gaspar, Diana, Marlene Lúcio, Kerstin Wagner, et al.. (2010). A biophysical approach to phospholipase A2 activity and inhibition by anti-inflammatory drugs. Biophysical Chemistry. 152(1-3). 109–117. 13 indexed citations

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Rocha, Sandra, et al.. (2009). Lipid/particle assemblies based on maltodextrin–gum arabic core as bio-carriers. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 76(2). 449–455. 38 indexed citations

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Rocha, Sandra, Isabel Cardoso, Hans G. Börner, et al.. (2009). Design and biological activity of β-sheet breaker peptide conjugates. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 380(2). 397–401. 41 indexed citations

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Rocha, Sandra, Andreas F. Thünemann, Maria do Carmo Pereira, et al.. (2008). Influence of fluorinated and hydrogenated nanoparticles on the structure and fibrillogenesis of amyloid beta-peptide. Biophysical Chemistry. 137(1). 35–42. 98 indexed citations

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Rocha, Sandra, Marlene Lúcio, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Salette Reis, & Gerald Brezesinski. (2007). The conformation of fusogenic B18 peptide in surfactant solutions. Journal of Peptide Science. 14(4). 436–441. 8 indexed citations

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Lima, Margarida, Maria Luı́s Queirós, Sandra Rocha, et al.. (2002). Abnormal NK Cell Lymphocytosis Detected after Splenectomy: Association with Repeated Infections, Relapsing Neutropenia, and Persistent Polyclonal B-Cell Proliferation. International Journal of Hematology. 75(5). 484–488. 4 indexed citations

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