Vanessa M. D’Costa

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Vanessa M. D’Costa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa M. D’Costa has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Vanessa M. D’Costa's work include Vibrio bacteria research studies (6 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (5 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (4 papers). Vanessa M. D’Costa is often cited by papers focused on Vibrio bacteria research studies (6 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (5 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (4 papers). Vanessa M. D’Costa collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and France. Vanessa M. D’Costa's co-authors include Gerard D. Wright, Donald W. Hughes, Lindsay Kalan, Fabrice Calmels, Wilson W. L. Sung, G. Brian Golding, Hendrik N. Poinar, Mariya Morar, C. Schwarz and Duane Froese and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa M. D’Costa

17 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Antibiotic resistance is ancient

2011 1.9k citations Vanessa M. D’Costa, Christine King et al. Nature profile →
Sampling the Antibiotic Resistome

2006 1.1k citations Vanessa M. D’Costa, Donald W. Hughes et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vanessa M. D’Costa Canada	11	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	727	339	17	3.6k
Kevin J. Forsberg United States	13	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	780 1.1×	219 0.6×	22	3.4k
Fiona Walsh Ireland	23	2.6k 1.7×	1.9k 1.2×	995 0.8×	636 0.9×	283 0.8×	68	4.3k
Carl‐Fredrik Flach Sweden	37	2.6k 1.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	601 0.8×	322 0.9×	63	5.3k
Linus Sandegren Sweden	29	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	501 0.7×	557 1.6×	58	3.9k
Zhiqiang Wang China	33	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	532 0.7×	513 1.5×	172	3.5k
Sara Hernando‐Amado Spain	26	784 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	370 0.5×	321 0.9×	46	2.9k
Lindsay Kalan United States	25	922 0.6×	990 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	531 0.7×	366 1.1×	53	4.0k
Mariya Morar United States	11	961 0.6×	978 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	466 0.6×	204 0.6×	16	2.6k
Meredith S. Wright United States	23	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	873 0.7×	477 0.7×	175 0.5×	42	3.0k

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17 of 17 papers shown

D’Costa, Vanessa M., et al.. (2025). Characterizing host-microbe interactions with bacterial effector proteins using proximity-dependent biotin identification (BioID). Communications Biology. 8(1). 597–597. 1 indexed citations

D’Costa, Vanessa M., et al.. (2024). Functional Divergence of the Paralog Salmonella Effector Proteins SopD and SopD2 and Their Contributions to Infection. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(8). 4191–4191. 1 indexed citations

El‐Sahli, Sara, Marie Marotel, Andrew Sulaiman, et al.. (2024). Targeting CD73 with flavonoids inhibits cancer stem cells and increases lymphocyte infiltration in a triple-negative breast cancer mouse model. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1366197–1366197. 7 indexed citations

D’Costa, Vanessa M., et al.. (2024). Suppression of Host Trafficking to Lysosomes: Fluorescence Microscopy-Based DQ-Red BSA Analysis. BIO-PROTOCOL. 14(1340). e4951–e4951. 1 indexed citations

D’Costa, Vanessa M., et al.. (2024). Analysis of Acinetobacter P-type type IV secretion system-encoding plasmid diversity uncovers extensive secretion system conservation and diverse antibiotic resistance determinants. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 68(12). e0103824–e0103824. 3 indexed citations

Xia, Xuhua, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the diversity of type IV secretion system-encoding plasmids in Acinetobacter. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 13(1). 2320929–2320929. 4 indexed citations

El‐Sahli, Sara, Andrew Sulaiman, Li Li, et al.. (2021). A triple-drug nanotherapy to target breast cancer cells, cancer stem cells, and tumor vasculature. Cell Death and Disease. 12(1). 8–8. 35 indexed citations

D’Costa, Vanessa M., Mirosław Cygler, Sergio Grinstein, et al.. (2021). Salmonella effector SopD promotes plasma membrane scission by inhibiting Rab10. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4707–4707. 16 indexed citations

El‐Sahli, Sara, et al.. (2020). Current Progresses and Challenges of Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancers. 12(12). 3529–3529. 74 indexed citations

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D’Costa, Vanessa M., Étienne Coyaud, Estelle Laurent, et al.. (2019). BioID screen of Salmonella type 3 secreted effectors reveals host factors involved in vacuole positioning and stability during infection. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2511–2522. 41 indexed citations

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Truong, Dorothy, Veronica Canadien, Gregory D. Fairn, et al.. (2018). Salmonellaexploits host Rho GTPase signalling pathways through the phosphatase activity of SopB. Cellular Microbiology. 20(10). e12938–e12938. 28 indexed citations

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D’Costa, Vanessa M., Virginie Braun, Rong Shi, et al.. (2015). Salmonella Disrupts Host Endocytic Trafficking by SopD2-Mediated Inhibition of Rab7. Cell Reports. 12(9). 1508–1518. 80 indexed citations

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D’Costa, Vanessa M., Christine King, Lindsay Kalan, et al.. (2011). Antibiotic resistance is ancient. Nature. 477(7365). 457–461. 1856 indexed citations breakdown →

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D’Costa, Vanessa M., Tariq Mukhtar, Tejal Patel, et al.. (2011). Inactivation of the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Daptomycin by Hydrolytic Mechanisms. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(2). 757–764. 54 indexed citations

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D’Costa, Vanessa M., Emma Griffiths, & Gerard D. Wright. (2007). Expanding the soil antibiotic resistome: exploring environmental diversity. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 10(5). 481–489. 203 indexed citations

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D’Costa, Vanessa M., et al.. (2006). Sampling the Antibiotic Resistome. Science. 311(5759). 374–377. 1111 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ejim, Linda, Vanessa M. D’Costa, Nadine H. Elowe, et al.. (2004). Cystathionine β-Lyase Is Important for Virulence ofSalmonella entericaSerovar Typhimurium. Infection and Immunity. 72(6). 3310–3314. 56 indexed citations

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