Vítor Borges

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Vítor Borges is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Vítor Borges has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Microbiology and 22 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Vítor Borges's work include Reproductive tract infections research (20 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Vítor Borges is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (20 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Vítor Borges collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and Spain. Vítor Borges's co-authors include João Paulo Gomes, Maria José Borrego, Rita Ferreira, Alexandra Nunes, Luı́s Vieira, Joana Isidro, Miguel Pinto, Sílvia Duarte, Verónica Mixão and Daniel Sobral and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Vítor Borges

70 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus

2022 501 citations Joana Isidro, Vítor Borges et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vítor Borges Portugal	22	766	636	482	398	385	78	1.8k
Alexandra Nunes Portugal	22	657 0.9×	844 1.3×	487 1.0×	722 1.8×	240 0.6×	66	1.7k
Andrew S. Waller United Kingdom	28	533 0.7×	490 0.8×	167 0.3×	979 2.5×	818 2.1×	107	2.5k
Teresa M. Brown United States	14	597 0.8×	353 0.6×	316 0.7×	413 1.0×	580 1.5×	28	2.3k
Paul A. Beare United States	31	1.2k 1.6×	884 1.4×	215 0.4×	214 0.5×	822 2.1×	75	4.1k
Antina Lübke‐Becker Germany	29	796 1.0×	301 0.5×	168 0.3×	611 1.5×	1.1k 3.0×	96	2.7k
T. H. Pennington United Kingdom	24	345 0.5×	816 1.3×	239 0.5×	289 0.7×	557 1.4×	83	1.7k
Si‐Yang Huang China	32	323 0.4×	1.3k 2.0×	365 0.8×	109 0.3×	258 0.7×	110	2.6k
David A. Bemis United States	27	914 1.2×	604 0.9×	114 0.2×	678 1.7×	1.5k 3.9×	105	2.6k
Mark O’Dea Australia	24	233 0.3×	272 0.4×	187 0.4×	226 0.6×	496 1.3×	82	1.6k
Tesfaye Sisay Tessema Ethiopia	25	280 0.4×	467 0.7×	129 0.3×	122 0.3×	449 1.2×	144	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vítor Borges

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

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Correia, Cristina Belo, Teresa Carreira, Elsa Gonçalves, et al.. (2025). Surveying genetic markers of antibiotic resistance and genomic background in Chlamydia trachomatis: insights from a multiplex NGS-based approach in clinical strains from Portugal. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 80(4). 1072–1079.

Prata, Joana C., Carla Roque, João Paulo Gomes, et al.. (2024). Unveiling a Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak in a Rabbit Farm: Clinical Manifestation, Antimicrobial Resistance, Genomic Insights and Environmental Investigation. Microorganisms. 12(4). 785–785. 2 indexed citations

Aguilera‐Sepúlveda, Pilar, Cristina Cano‐Gómez, Vítor Borges, et al.. (2024). The key role of Spain in the traffic of West Nile virus lineage 1 strains between Europe and Africa. Infectious Diseases. 56(9). 743–758. 7 indexed citations

Correia, Cristina Belo, et al.. (2024). Raw milk cheeses from Beira Baixa, Portugal—A contributive study for the microbiological hygiene and safety assessment. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 55(2). 1759–1772. 4 indexed citations

Silva, Adriana, Vanessa Silva, João Paulo Gomes, et al.. (2024). Listeria monocytogenes from Food Products and Food Associated Environments: Antimicrobial Resistance, Genetic Clustering and Biofilm Insights. Antibiotics. 13(5). 447–447. 16 indexed citations

Correia, Cristina Belo, et al.. (2023). Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli and Coagulase Positive Staphylococci in Cured Raw Milk Cheese from Alentejo Region, Portugal. Microorganisms. 11(2). 322–322. 17 indexed citations

Nunes, Alexandra, Mónica Oleastro, Nadia Liassine, et al.. (2023). Recurrent Campylobacter jejuni Infections with In Vivo Selection of Resistance to Macrolides and Carbapenems: Molecular Characterization of Resistance Determinants. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(4). e0107023–e0107023. 8 indexed citations

Borges, Vítor, Maria João Alves, Joana Isidro, et al.. (2022). Mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2 and emergence of mutators during experimental evolution. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 10(1). 142–155. 113 indexed citations

Wenner, Sigurd, Vítor Borges, Miguel Pinto, et al.. (2022). Antimicrobial Resistance and Biofilms Underlying Catheter-Related Bloodstream Coinfection by Enterobacter cloacae Complex and Candida parapsilosis. Antibiotics. 11(9). 1245–1245. 7 indexed citations

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Isidro, Joana, Vítor Borges, Miguel Pinto, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus. Nature Medicine. 28(8). 1569–1572. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Borges, Vítor, et al.. (2022). Gonad Structure and Reproductive Cycle of Bokermannohyla nanuzae (Anura, Hylidae) in Southeastern Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology. 24(1).

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Moura, Alexandra, Noémie Lefrancq, Thierry Wirth, et al.. (2021). Emergence and global spread of Listeria monocytogenes main clinical clonal complex. Science Advances. 7(49). 40 indexed citations

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Borges, Vítor, Joana Isidro, Ana Rita de Lima, et al.. (2021). Potential recurrence of COVID-19 in a healthcare professional: SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing confirms contagiousness after re-positivity. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 112. 318–320. 1 indexed citations

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Sousa, Margarida, Nuno Silva, Vítor Borges, et al.. (2020). MRSA CC398 recovered from wild boar harboring new SCCmec type IV J3 variant. The Science of The Total Environment. 722. 137845–137845. 5 indexed citations

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Zé‐Zé, Líbia, Vítor Borges, Hugo Costa Osório, et al.. (2020). Mitogenome diversity of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus: Detection of multiple introduction events in Portugal. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(9). e0008657–e0008657. 14 indexed citations

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Borges, Vítor, Cristina Belo Correia, Joana Isidro, et al.. (2019). Chlamydia trachomatis: when the virulence-associated genome backbone imports a prevalence-associated major antigen signature. Microbial Genomics. 5(11). 29 indexed citations

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Borges, Vítor, et al.. (2019). Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Persistence in a Cell Model Mimicking Alveolar Macrophages. Microorganisms. 7(5). 113–113. 19 indexed citations

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Borges, Vítor, et al.. (2017). Insights on Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms Assembled on Different Surfaces Using Phenotypic and Genotypic Approaches. Microorganisms. 5(2). 16–16. 23 indexed citations

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Borges, Vítor, et al.. (2015). 03. Road mortality of the herpetofauna in a Cerrado ecosystem, central Brazil. Herpetological Journal. 25(3). 141–148. 8 indexed citations

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Borges, Vítor, Miguel Pinheiro, Daniel A. Sampaio, et al.. (2015). Chlamydia trachomatis In Vivo to In Vitro Transition Reveals Mechanisms of Phase Variation and Down-Regulation of Virulence Factors. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133420–e0133420. 15 indexed citations

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