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Graça Almeida-Porada

Graça Almeida-Porada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
12128
World Ranking
17879
National Ranking
7315

Graça Almeida-Porada publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Graça Almeida-Porada sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Graça Almeida-Porada D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Graça Almeida-Porada sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Graça Almeida-Porada is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research primarily spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work encompasses several subfields including hematology, genetics, molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and oncology. The main topics covered by Almeida-Porada's research include hemophilia treatment and research, prenatal screening and diagnostics, virus-based gene therapy research, mesenchymal stem cell research, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, renal and related cancers, and blood coagulation and thrombosis mechanisms.

Frequent coauthors in Almeida-Porada's body of work include:

  • Christopher D. Porada
  • Anthony Atala
  • Brady Trevisan
  • Martin Rodriguez
  • Diane Meares

Publication venues where Almeida-Porada has frequently contributed include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • Molecular Therapy
  • Blood
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Almeida-Porada include:

  • Therapeutic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Immunotherapy and for Gene and Drug Delivery, 2020, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
  • Fetal and Maternal Safety Considerations for In Utero Therapy Clinical Trials: iFeTiS Consensus Statement, 2020, Molecular Therapy
  • Functional characterization of the immunomodulatory properties of human urine-derived stem cells, 2021, Translational Andrology and Urology
  • Microfluidic devices for studying coagulation biology, 2020, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Regenerative medicine: prenatal approaches, 2022, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Almeida-Porada's research contributions are concentrated in studies relating to cellular therapies, gene therapy, prenatal treatment options, and immunomodulatory mechanisms, intersecting clinical development and translational science. Their collaborative work with a diverse group of researchers reflects a multidisciplinary approach within these intersecting biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • AC133, a Novel Marker for Human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells

    Amy H. Yin;Sheri Miraglia;Esmail D. Zanjani;Graca Almeida-Porada

  • A New Human Somatic Stem Cell from Placental Cord Blood with Intrinsic Pluripotent Differentiation Potential

    Gesine Kögler;Sandra Sensken;Judith A. Airey;Thorsten Trapp

  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Secretome: Influencing Therapeutic Potential by Cellular Pre-conditioning.

    Joana R. Ferreira;Graciosa Q. Teixeira;Susana G. Santos;Mário A. Barbosa

  • Human bone marrow CD34- cells engraft in vivo and undergo multilineage expression that includes giving rise to CD34+ cells.

    E D Zanjani;G Almeida-Porada;A G Livingston;A W Flake

  • Cotransplantation of human stromal cell progenitors into preimmune fetal sheep results in early appearance of human donor cells in circulation and boosts cell levels in bone marrow at later time points after transplantation.

    Graça Almeida-Porada;Christopher D. Porada;Nam Tran;Esmail D. Zanjani

  • Reduced Stem Cell Factor Links Smooth Myopathy and Loss of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Murine Diabetic Gastroparesis

    Viktor J. Horváth;Harsha Vittal;Andrea Lörincz;Hui Chen

  • Mesenchymal stem cells as therapeutics and vehicles for gene and drug delivery.

    Christopher D. Porada;Graça Almeida-Porada

  • Characterization and Functionality of Cardiac Progenitor Cells in Congenital Heart Patients

    Rachana Mishra;Kalpana Vijayan;Evan J. Colletti;Daniel A. Harrington

  • Cotransplantation of stroma results in enhancement of engraftment and early expression of donor hematopoietic stem cells in utero.

    Graça Almeida-Porada;Alan W. Flake;Hudson A. Glimp;Esmail D. Zanjani

  • The correlation between the adsorption of adhesive proteins and cell behaviour on hydroxyl-methyl mixed self-assembled monolayers.

    Cristina C. Barrias;M. Cristina L. Martins;Graça Almeida-Porada;Mário A. Barbosa

  • The effect of low-frequency electromagnetic field on human bone marrow stem/progenitor cell differentiation.

    Christina L. Ross;Christina L. Ross;Mevan Siriwardane;Graça Almeida-Porada;Christopher D. Porada

  • Efficient generation of human hepatocytes by the intrahepatic delivery of clonal human mesenchymal stem cells in fetal sheep.

    Jason Chamberlain;Takashi Yamagami;Evan Colletti;Neil D. Theise

  • Hematopoietic stem cells: from the bone to the bioreactor

    Gonçalo J.M. Cabrita;Bruno S. Ferreira;Cláudia Lobato da Silva;Raquel Gonçalves

  • Formation of human hepatocytes by human hematopoietic stem cells in sheep.

    Graça Almeida-Porada;Christopher D. Porada;Jason Chamberlain;Ali Torabi

  • Umbilical cord blood cells capable of engrafting in primary, secondary, and tertiary xenogeneic hosts are preserved after ex vivo culture in a noncontact system

    Ian D. Lewis;Graca Almeida-Porada;Graca Almeida-Porada;Graca Almeida-Porada;Jingbo Du;Jingbo Du;Jingbo Du;Ihor R. Lemischka;Ihor R. Lemischka;Ihor R. Lemischka

  • Ex vivo expanded cord blood cells provide rapid engraftment in fetal sheep but lack long-term engrafting potential.

    Ian K McNiece;Graça Almeida-Porada;Elizabeth J Shpall;Esmail Zanjani

  • Differentiative potential of human metanephric mesenchymal cells

    Graça Almeida-Porada;Deena El Shabrawy;Christopher Porada;Esmail D Zanjani

  • A human stromal-based serum-free culture system supports the ex vivo expansion/maintenance of bone marrow and cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

    Cláudia Lobato da Silva;Cláudia Lobato da Silva;Raquel Gonçalves;Raquel Gonçalves;Kirsten B. Crapnell;Joaquim M.S. Cabral

  • Reversible expression of CD34 by adult human bone marrow long-term engrafting hematopoietic stem cells

    Esmail D Zanjani;Graça Almeida-Porada;Anne G Livingston;HaiQun Zeng

  • Human mesenchymal stem cells form Purkinje fibers in fetal sheep heart.

    Judith A. Airey;Graça Almeida-Porada;Evan J. Colletti;Christopher D. Porada

Frequent Co-Authors

Esmail D. Zanjani
Esmail D. Zanjani University of Nevada Reno
Joaquim M. S. Cabral
Joaquim M. S. Cabral Instituto Superior Técnico
Anthony Atala
Anthony Atala Wake Forest University
Stephen St. Jeor
Stephen St. Jeor University of Nevada Reno
Alan W. Flake
Alan W. Flake Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Makio Ogawa
Makio Ogawa Medical University of South Carolina
Paul J. Simmons
Paul J. Simmons The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Simon N. Waddington
Simon N. Waddington University College London
Mário A. Barbosa
Mário A. Barbosa University of Porto

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