Simone Leal

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Simone Leal is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Leal has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Simone Leal's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (6 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (2 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (2 papers). Simone Leal is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (6 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (2 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (2 papers). Simone Leal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Simone Leal's co-authors include George Cross, Claudia M. Ochatt, Elizabeth Wirtz, Kevin S. W. Tan, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, James C. Morris, Edson Rondinelli, Wanderley de Souza, Turán P. Ürményi and Narcisa L. Cunha‐e‐Silva and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.

In The Last Decade

Simone Leal

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

A tightly regulated induc... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. A tightly regulated inducible expression system for conditional gene knock-outs and dominant-negative genetics in Trypanosoma brucei
    1999 1.2k citations Elizabeth Wirtz, Simone Leal et al. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simone Leal 1.2k 731 473 218 143 7 1.3k
Claudia M. Ochatt 1.1k 1.0× 727 1.0× 470 1.0× 213 1.0× 138 1.0× 7 1.3k
Elizabeth Wirtz 1.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.6× 651 1.4× 263 1.2× 165 1.2× 11 2.0k
Samson O. Obado 687 0.6× 539 0.7× 366 0.8× 70 0.3× 33 0.2× 22 953
Bernd Schimanski 868 0.7× 736 1.0× 449 0.9× 63 0.3× 18 0.1× 31 1.1k
Helena Webb 478 0.4× 238 0.3× 254 0.5× 81 0.4× 38 0.3× 13 564
Corinna Benz 511 0.4× 374 0.5× 224 0.5× 68 0.3× 30 0.2× 32 660
Sylvie Rolin 539 0.5× 270 0.4× 372 0.8× 87 0.4× 55 0.4× 17 685
Zhu‐Hong Li 352 0.3× 539 0.7× 181 0.4× 86 0.4× 43 0.3× 31 890
Federico Rojas 582 0.5× 327 0.4× 341 0.7× 45 0.2× 43 0.3× 20 713
Andréa Rodrigues Ávila 588 0.5× 444 0.6× 363 0.8× 28 0.1× 18 0.1× 40 821

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simone Leal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Leal

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

All Works

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Leal, Simone, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, James C. Morris, & George Cross. (2004). Transposon Mutagenesis of Trypanosoma brucei Identifies Glycosylation Mutants Resistant to Concanavalin A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(28). 28979–28988. 27 indexed citations
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Cunha‐e‐Silva, Narcisa L., et al.. (2004). Trypanosoma cruzi: TcRAB7 protein is localized at the Golgi apparatus in epimastigotes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 321(2). 397–402. 17 indexed citations
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Tan, Kevin S. W., Simone Leal, & George Cross. (2002). Trypanosoma brucei MRE11 is non-essential but influences growth, homologous recombination and DNA double-strand break repair. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 125(1-2). 11–21. 37 indexed citations
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Leal, Simone. (2001). Virulence of Trypanosoma brucei strain 427 is not affected by the absence of glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 114(2). 245–247. 20 indexed citations
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Leal, Simone, et al.. (2000). Trypanosoma cruzi: Cloning and Characterization of a RAB7 gene. Experimental Parasitology. 96(1). 23–31. 16 indexed citations
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Wirtz, Elizabeth, Simone Leal, Claudia M. Ochatt, & George Cross. (1999). A tightly regulated inducible expression system for conditional gene knock-outs and dominant-negative genetics in Trypanosoma brucei. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 99(1). 89–101. 1200 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leal, Simone. (1999). Modelação matemática uma proposta metodológica para o curso de economia. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations

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