Vinícius M. Alves

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Vinícius M. Alves is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Molecular Biology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Vinícius M. Alves has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Vinícius M. Alves's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (31 papers), Animal testing and alternatives (10 papers) and Contact Dermatitis and Allergies (6 papers). Vinícius M. Alves is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (31 papers), Animal testing and alternatives (10 papers) and Contact Dermatitis and Allergies (6 papers). Vinícius M. Alves collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Ukraine. Vinícius M. Alves's co-authors include Eugene Muratov, Carolina Horta Andrade, Alexander Tropsha, Rodolpho C. Braga, Denis Fourches, Nicole Kleinstreuer, Judy Strickland, Luciano M. Lião, Daniel Korn and Alexey Zakharov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Vinícius M. Alves

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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STopTox: An in Silico Alternative to Animal Testing for Acute Systemic and Topical Toxicity

2022 122 citations Joyce Villa Verde Bastos Borba, Vinícius M. Alves et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vinícius M. Alves United States	23	838	587	244	169	155	53	1.5k
Rodolpho C. Braga Brazil	29	1.1k 1.3×	910 1.6×	781 3.2×	190 1.1×	129 0.8×	67	2.6k
David Allen United States	24	554 0.7×	362 0.6×	91 0.4×	148 0.9×	503 3.2×	76	1.9k
Vinícius Gonçalves Maltarollo Brazil	21	799 1.0×	841 1.4×	447 1.8×	211 1.2×	10 0.1×	110	1.9k
Jiřı́ Klimeš Czechia	22	177 0.2×	282 0.5×	212 0.9×	67 0.4×	99 0.6×	122	1.7k
R.M. McDowell United States	8	682 0.8×	299 0.5×	300 1.2×	122 0.7×	31 0.2×	10	1.2k
Teresa Garrigues Spain	24	198 0.2×	393 0.7×	128 0.5×	71 0.4×	10 0.1×	60	1.7k
Chun-Wei Tung Taiwan	21	263 0.3×	798 1.4×	67 0.3×	19 0.1×	53 0.3×	67	1.3k
Lixia Sun China	11	935 1.1×	728 1.2×	452 1.9×	148 0.9×	37 0.2×	16	1.9k
E.S. Salmina Germany	7	240 0.3×	424 0.7×	185 0.8×	164 1.0×	21 0.1×	8	1.2k

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Braga, Rodolpho C., Cleber C. Melo‐Filho, Maurício T. Tavares, et al.. (2025). Dona Flor and her two husbands: Discovery of novel HDAC6/AKT2 inhibitors for myeloid cancer treatment. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 197(Pt A). 110990–110990.

Malyutin, Andrey, Guliang Xia, Daniel W. Carney, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for the activation of proteinase-activated receptors PAR1 and PAR2. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3931–3931. 2 indexed citations

Alves, Vinícius M., Alexander J. M. Miller, Jillian L. Dempsey, et al.. (2024). Trust Not Verify? The Critical Need for Data Curation Standards in Materials Informatics. Chemistry of Materials. 36(19). 9046–9055. 5 indexed citations

Hickey, Anthony J., Alexander Tropsha, Eugene Muratov, et al.. (2024). Knowledge-based approaches to drug discovery for rare diseases. UNC Libraries.

Alves, Vinícius M., Joyce Villa Verde Bastos Borba, Rodolpho C. Braga, et al.. (2022). PreS/MD: Predictor of Sensitization Hazard for Chemical Substances Released From Medical Devices. Toxicological Sciences. 189(2). 250–259. 6 indexed citations

Korn, Daniel, Vinícius M. Alves, Joyce Villa Verde Bastos Borba, et al.. (2022). Defining clinical outcome pathways. Drug Discovery Today. 27(6). 1671–1678. 9 indexed citations

Silva, Arthur C., Joyce Villa Verde Bastos Borba, Vinícius M. Alves, et al.. (2021). Novel computational models offer alternatives to animal testing for assessing eye irritation and corrosion potential of chemicals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100028–100028. 17 indexed citations

Neves, Bruno J., Rodolpho C. Braga, Vinícius M. Alves, et al.. (2020). Deep Learning-driven research for drug discovery: Tackling Malaria. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(2). e1007025–e1007025. 37 indexed citations

Bobrowski, Tesia, Cleber C. Melo‐Filho, Daniel Korn, et al.. (2020). Learning from history: do not flatten the curve of antiviral research!. Drug Discovery Today. 25(9). 1604–1613. 27 indexed citations

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Alves, Vinícius M., Duhyeong Hwang, Eugene Muratov, et al.. (2019). Cheminformatics-driven discovery of polymeric micelle formulations for poorly soluble drugs. Science Advances. 5(6). eaav9784–eaav9784. 40 indexed citations

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Alves, Vinícius M., Rodolpho C. Braga, Eugene Muratov, & Carolina Horta Andrade. (2018). Development of Web and Mobile Applications for Chemical Toxicity Prediction. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 10 indexed citations

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Melo‐Filho, Cleber C., Gustavo Capatti Cassiano, Bruno J. Neves, et al.. (2018). QSAR-Driven Design and Discovery of Novel Compounds With Antiplasmodial and Transmission Blocking Activities. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9. 146–146. 19 indexed citations

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Alves, Vinícius M., Rodolpho C. Braga, Eugene Muratov, & Carolina Horta Andrade. (2017). QUIMIOINFORMÁTICA: UMA INTRODUÇÃO. Química Nova. 15 indexed citations

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Alves, Vinícius M., et al.. (2017). Chemical toxicity prediction for major classes of industrial chemicals: Is it possible to develop universal models covering cosmetics, drugs, and pesticides?. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 112. 526–534. 58 indexed citations

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Braga, Rodolpho C., Vinícius M. Alves, Eugene Muratov, et al.. (2015). Pred‐hERG: A Novel web‐Accessible Computational Tool for Predicting Cardiac Toxicity. Molecular Informatics. 34(10). 698–701. 184 indexed citations

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Alves, Vinícius M., Eugene Muratov, Denis Fourches, et al.. (2015). Predicting chemically-induced skin reactions. Part I: QSAR models of skin sensitization and their application to identify potentially hazardous compounds. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 284(2). 262–272. 76 indexed citations

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Braga, Rodolpho C., Vinícius M. Alves, Arthur C. Silva, et al.. (2014). Virtual Screening Strategies in Medicinal Chemistry: The State of the Art and Current Challenges. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 14(16). 1899–1912. 52 indexed citations

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Braga, Rodolpho C., Vinícius M. Alves, Eugene Muratov, et al.. (2014). Tuning hERG Out: Antitarget QSAR Models for Drug Development. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 14(11). 1399–1415. 83 indexed citations

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Braga, Rodolpho C., Vinícius M. Alves, Carlos Alberto Manssour Fraga, et al.. (2011). Combination of docking, molecular dynamics and quantum mechanical calculations for metabolism prediction of 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoyl-2-thienylhydrazone. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 18(5). 2065–2078. 18 indexed citations

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Abreu, Vinícius Augusto Carvalho de, Paulo Mendonça, Vinícius M. Alves, et al.. (2011). PRODIS: a proteomics data management system with support to experiment tracking. BMC Genomics. 12(Suppl 4). S15–S15. 4 indexed citations

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