Sérgio Simões

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sérgio Simões is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sérgio Simões has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sérgio Simões's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (4 papers). Sérgio Simões is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (4 papers). Sérgio Simões collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Canada. Sérgio Simões's co-authors include Jennifer A. Zallen, Rodrigo Fernández‐González, Jens-Christian Röper, Suzanne Eaton, Avantika Mainieri, Dene L. Farrell, Masako Tamada, J. Todd Blankenship, António Jacinto and James Castelli-Gair Hombrı́a and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Development and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sérgio Simões

10 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

2009 489 citations Rodrigo Fernández‐González, Sérgio Simões et al. Developmental Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sérgio Simões United States	8	881	578	165	146	73	11	1.1k
Jessica K. Sawyer United States	10	703 0.8×	500 0.9×	126 0.8×	131 0.9×	53 0.7×	16	965
J. Todd Blankenship United States	15	1.1k 1.2×	815 1.4×	159 1.0×	151 1.0×	83 1.1×	30	1.4k
Mohit Prasad India	11	642 0.7×	457 0.8×	151 0.9×	186 1.3×	46 0.6×	21	957
Justina Sanny United States	8	527 0.6×	482 0.8×	92 0.6×	119 0.8×	38 0.5×	9	768
Michael Smutny Austria	11	650 0.7×	405 0.7×	191 1.2×	63 0.4×	80 1.1×	14	874
Tinri Aegerter‐Wilmsen Switzerland	13	543 0.6×	437 0.8×	122 0.7×	84 0.6×	33 0.5×	20	886
Matthieu Cavey France	10	410 0.5×	422 0.7×	75 0.5×	287 2.0×	51 0.7×	11	982
Jeremiah J. Zartman United States	21	372 0.4×	601 1.0×	204 1.2×	222 1.5×	63 0.9×	58	1.1k
Bruno Monier France	15	489 0.6×	520 0.9×	116 0.7×	246 1.7×	39 0.5×	21	911
Thomas Bittig Germany	6	617 0.7×	654 1.1×	125 0.8×	175 1.2×	24 0.3×	9	967

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Simões, Sérgio, et al.. (2022). Crumbs complex–directed apical membrane dynamics in epithelial cell ingression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(7). 7 indexed citations

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Wirtz‐Peitz, Frederik, Sérgio Simões, Milena Pellikka, et al.. (2019). Apical polarity proteins recruit the RhoGEF Cysts to promote junctional myosin assembly. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(10). 3397–3414. 23 indexed citations

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Simões, Sérgio, et al.. (2017). Myosin II promotes the anisotropic loss of the apical domain during Drosophila neuroblast ingression. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(5). 1387–1404. 49 indexed citations

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Simões, Sérgio, Avantika Mainieri, & Jennifer A. Zallen. (2014). Rho GTPase and Shroom direct planar polarized actomyosin contractility during convergent extension. The Journal of Cell Biology. 204(4). 575–589. 109 indexed citations

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Simões, Sérgio, J. Todd Blankenship, Dene L. Farrell, et al.. (2010). Rho-Kinase Directs Bazooka/Par-3 Planar Polarity during Drosophila Axis Elongation. Developmental Cell. 19(3). 377–388. 208 indexed citations

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Fernández‐González, Rodrigo, Sérgio Simões, Jens-Christian Röper, Suzanne Eaton, & Jennifer A. Zallen. (2009). Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells. Developmental Cell. 17(5). 736–743. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simões, Sérgio, et al.. (2009). 03-P050 The role of Bazooka/Par3 in epithelial intercalation – A live imaging approach. Mechanisms of Development. 126. S81–S81. 1 indexed citations

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Simões, Sérgio, Barry Denholm, Dulce Azevedo, et al.. (2006). Compartmentalisation of Rho regulators directs cell invagination during tissue morphogenesis. Development. 133(21). 4257–4267. 85 indexed citations

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Simões, Sérgio, Sol Sotillos, Kevin M. Johnson, et al.. (2006). Coordinated Control of Cell Adhesion, Polarity, and Cytoskeleton Underlies Hox-Induced Organogenesis in Drosophila. Current Biology. 16(22). 2206–2216. 79 indexed citations

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Moita, Catarina, Sérgio Simões, Luís F. Moita, António Jacinto, & Pedro Fernandes. (2005). The cadherin superfamily in Anopheles gambiae: a comparative study with Drosophila melanogaster. Comparative and Functional Genomics. 6(4). 204–216. 2 indexed citations

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Parreira, Leonor, Hélia Neves, & Sérgio Simões. (2003). Notch and lymphopoiesis: a view from the microenvironment. Seminars in Immunology. 15(2). 81–89. 14 indexed citations

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