Sara Silva

3.8k total citations
90 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Sara Silva is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Silva has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Food Science and 23 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Sara Silva's work include Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (23 papers), Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (12 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (10 papers). Sara Silva is often cited by papers focused on Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (23 papers), Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (12 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (10 papers). Sara Silva collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and United Kingdom. Sara Silva's co-authors include Manuela Pintado, Eduardo M. Costa, Mariana Veiga, Conceição Calhau, Freni K. Tavaria, Rui M. S. C. Morais, Ana Raquel Madureira, Margarida Faustino, Pedro Sousa and Jorge A. Saraiva and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Sara Silva

85 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Silva Portugal 29 970 813 720 605 498 90 2.9k
Eduardo M. Costa Portugal 28 840 0.9× 633 0.8× 574 0.8× 497 0.8× 322 0.6× 85 2.5k
Mónica Rubilar Chile 33 1.7k 1.7× 968 1.2× 581 0.8× 667 1.1× 565 1.1× 81 3.4k
Wee Sim Choo Malaysia 28 1.6k 1.7× 560 0.7× 485 0.7× 960 1.6× 541 1.1× 86 2.9k
Lourdes Maria Corrêa Cabral Brazil 31 1.0k 1.1× 732 0.9× 498 0.7× 541 0.9× 320 0.6× 131 3.1k
Caili Fu China 29 1.0k 1.1× 444 0.5× 685 1.0× 562 0.9× 365 0.7× 64 2.7k
Ahmet Yemenicioğlu Türkiye 30 1.0k 1.0× 397 0.5× 489 0.7× 746 1.2× 327 0.7× 68 2.6k
Ana Raquel Madureira Portugal 34 1.8k 1.8× 436 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 461 0.8× 733 1.5× 106 3.9k
Isabel R. Amado Spain 29 785 0.8× 436 0.5× 783 1.1× 260 0.4× 224 0.4× 52 2.2k
Nadia Oulahal France 30 1.6k 1.7× 374 0.5× 963 1.3× 534 0.9× 288 0.6× 76 3.3k
Khalid Gul India 29 1.8k 1.8× 576 0.7× 549 0.8× 981 1.6× 1.3k 2.6× 72 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Silva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Silva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Silva

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sá, Lívia Gurgel do Amaral Valente, Cecília Rocha da Silva, João Batista de Andrade Neto, et al.. (2025). Effect of promethazine against Staphylococcus aureus and its preventive action in the formation of biofilms on silicone catheters. Biofouling. 41(4). 344–361. 1 indexed citations
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Silva, Sara, et al.. (2025). Obtaining and characterization of semiconductors ceramics based on barium titanate with graphene insertion. Ceramics International. 51(23). 40556–40564.
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Brazinha, Carla, et al.. (2024). Valorization of Fish Processing by-Products: Biological and Functional Properties of Bioactive Peptides. 2(4). 393–409. 4 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Ana, Nelson Mota de Carvalho, Eduardo M. Costa, et al.. (2023). Production of Sustainable Postbiotics from Sugarcane Straw for Potential Food Applications. Applied Sciences. 13(6). 3391–3391. 7 indexed citations
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Veiga, Mariana, Manuela Amorim, Inês Pinto-Ribeiro, et al.. (2023). Cannabidiol and Cannabigerol Exert Antimicrobial Activity without Compromising Skin Microbiota. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2389–2389. 42 indexed citations
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Melo, Adma Nadja Ferreira de, Cristina Caleja, Eliana Pereira, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Alginate Edible Coatings Incorporated with Plant Extracts. Coatings. 13(9). 1487–1487. 24 indexed citations
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Silva, Sara, Manuela Machado, Marta Coelho, Eduardo M. Costa, & Manuela Pintado. (2023). Insights into the Antimicrobial Potential of Acorn Extracts (Quercus ilex and Quercus suber). Applied Sciences. 13(11). 6820–6820. 4 indexed citations
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Faustino, Margarida, Sara Silva, Eduardo M. Costa, et al.. (2023). Effect of Mannan Oligosaccharides Extracts in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Adhesion in Human Bladder Cells. Pathogens. 12(7). 885–885. 6 indexed citations
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Costa, Eduardo M., Ana Sofia Oliveira, Sara Silva, et al.. (2023). Spent Yeast Waste Streams as a Sustainable Source of Bioactive Peptides for Skin Applications. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2253–2253. 13 indexed citations
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Coelho, Marta, Soraia P. Silva, Elisabete Coelho, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Microbial-Fructo-Oligosaccharides Metabolism by Human Gut Microbiota Fermentation as Compared to Commercial Inulin-Derived Oligosaccharides. Foods. 11(7). 954–954. 26 indexed citations
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Coelho, Marta, Sara Silva, Eduardo M. Costa, et al.. (2021). Anthocyanin Recovery from Grape by-Products by Combining Ohmic Heating with Food-Grade Solvents: Phenolic Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Properties. Molecules. 26(13). 3838–3838. 30 indexed citations
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Nunes, Sara, Sofia Viana, Rosa Fernandes, et al.. (2021). Blueberry Counteracts Prediabetes in a Hypercaloric Diet-Induced Rat Model and Rescues Hepatic Mitochondrial Bioenergetics. Nutrients. 13(12). 4192–4192. 17 indexed citations
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Nunes, Sara, Sofia Viana, Rosa Fernandes, et al.. (2020). Blueberry Consumption Challenges Hepatic Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Elicits Transcriptomics Reprogramming in Healthy Wistar Rats. Pharmaceutics. 12(11). 1094–1094. 5 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Nelson Mota de, Eduardo M. Costa, Sara Silva, et al.. (2018). Fermented Foods and Beverages in Human Diet and Their Influence on Gut Microbiota and Health. Fermentation. 4(4). 90–90. 62 indexed citations
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Costa, Eduardo M., Sara Silva, Mariana Veiga, Freni K. Tavaria, & Manuela Pintado. (2018). Exploring chitosan nanoparticles as effective inhibitors of antibiotic resistant skin microorganisms – From in vitro to ex vitro testing. Carbohydrate Polymers. 201. 340–346. 17 indexed citations
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Coelho, Marta, Sara Silva, Luis M. Rodríguez‐Alcalá, et al.. (2017). Quercus based coffee-like beverage: effect of roasting process and functional characterization. Journal of Food Measurement & Characterization. 12(1). 471–479. 17 indexed citations
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Costa, Eduardo M., Sara Silva, Pedro M. Castro, et al.. (2017). Chitosan nanoparticles as alternative anti-staphylococci agents: Bactericidal, antibiofilm and antiadhesive effects. Materials Science and Engineering C. 79. 221–226. 60 indexed citations
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Silva, Sara, Eduardo M. Costa, Mariana Veiga, et al.. (2017). DNA agarose gel electrophoresis for antioxidant analysis: Development of a quantitative approach for phenolic extracts. Food Chemistry. 233. 45–51. 19 indexed citations
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Costa, Eduardo M., Sara Silva, M.R. Pereira, et al.. (2014). Chitosan mouthwash: Toxicity and in vivo validation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 111. 385–392. 32 indexed citations

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