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D-Index
46
Citations
8599
World Ranking
4894
National Ranking
18

Isabel Couto publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Isabel Couto sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 196 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Isabel Couto D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Isabel Couto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Isabel Couto is affiliated with Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their subfields of study include Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics such as Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.

Isabel Couto has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • Anti-staphylococcal activity and mode of action of thioridazine photoproducts (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Staphylococcus aureus Causing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Companion Animals: Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles and Clonal Lineages (2022) published in Antibiotics
  • Using genomics to understand the origin and dispersion of multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Portugal (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius associated with skin and soft-tissue infections in companion animals in Lisbon, Portugal (2023) published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Virulence Potential of Biofilm-Producing Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus coagulans Causing Skin Infections in Companion Animals (2022) published in Antibiotics

The scientist's frequent publication venues include:

  • Antibiotics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Revista fisio&terapia.
  • Journal of Translational Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Isabel Couto are:

  • Sofia Santos Costa
  • Constança Pomba
  • Miguel Viveiros
  • Carolina Ferreira
  • C Morais

Best Publications

  • Multidrug Efflux Pumps in Staphylococcus aureus: an Update

    Sofia Santos Costa;Miguel Viveiros;Leonard Amaral;Isabel Couto

  • Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: comparison of results obtained in a multilaboratory effort using identical protocols and MRSA strains.

    Marilyn Chung;Hermínia De Lencastre;Peter Matthews;Peter Matthews;Alexander Tomasz

  • Inferring a Population Structure for Staphylococcus epidermidis from Multilocus Sequence Typing Data

    M. Miragaia;J. C. Thomas;I. Couto;M. C. Enright

  • Antibiotic stress, genetic response and altered permeability of E. coli.

    Miguel Viveiros;Myrielle Dupont;Liliana Rodrigues;Isabel Couto

  • Contribution of Efflux to the Emergence of Isoniazid and Multidrug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Diana Machado;Isabel Couto;João Perdigão;Liliana Rodrigues

  • Ubiquitous Presence of a mecA Homologue in Natural Isolates of Staphylococcus sciuri

    Isabel Couto;Herminia de Lencastre;Elena Severina;Elena Severina;Wesley Kloos

  • Fluorometric determination of ethidium bromide efflux kinetics in Escherichia coli

    Laura Paixão;Liliana Rodrigues;Isabel Couto;Marta Martins

  • Identification of clinical staphylococcal isolates from humans by internal transcribed spacer PCR.

    Isabel Couto;Sandro Pereira;Maria Miragaia;Ilda Santos Sanches

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in a Portuguese hospital: characterization of clonal types by a combination of DNA typing methods.

    H. de Lencastre;H. de Lencastre;I. Couto;I. Santos;J. Melo-Cristino

  • Demonstration of intrinsic efflux activity of Escherichia coli K-12 AG100 by an automated ethidium bromide method

    Miguel Viveiros;Ana Martins;Laura Paixão;Liliana Rodrigues

  • Efflux-mediated response of Staphylococcus aureus exposed to ethidium bromide

    Isabel Couto;Sofia Santos Costa;Miguel Viveiros;Marta Martins

  • Development of Methicillin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus sciuri by Transcriptional Activation of the mecA Homologue Native to the Species

    Isabel Couto;Isabel Couto;Shang Wei Wu;Alexander Tomasz;Hermínia de Lencastre;Hermínia de Lencastre

  • Contribution of efflux activity to isoniazid resistance in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

    Liliana Rodrigues;Diana Machado;Isabel Couto;Leonard Amaral

  • Genetic diversity among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE).

    M. Miragaia;I. Couto;H. De Lencastre

  • Thioridazine and chlorpromazine inhibition of ethidium bromide efflux in Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium smegmatis

    Liliana Rodrigues;Dirk Wagner;Miguel Viveiros;Daniela Sampaio

  • Ethidium bromide transport across Mycobacterium smegmatis cell-wall: correlation with antibiotic resistance.

    Liliana Rodrigues;Jorge Ramos;Isabel Couto;Leonard Amaral

  • High-level resistance to isoniazid and ethionamide in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Lisboa family is associated with inhA double mutations

    Diana Machado;João Perdigão;Jorge Ramos;Isabel Couto

  • Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Clones: Evidence of Geographic Dissemination

    Maria Miragaia;Isabel Couto;Sandro F. F. Pereira;Karl G. Kristinsson

  • A Simple Method for Assessment of MDR Bacteria for Over-Expressed Efflux Pumps.

    Marta Martins;Matthew P McCusker;Miguel Viveiros;Isabel Couto

  • Comparison of Molecular Typing Methods for Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis: Proposal for Clone Definition

    M. Miragaia;J. A. Carriço;J. C. Thomas;I. Couto

  • Exploring the contribution of efflux on the resistance to fluoroquinolones in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

    Sofia Santos Costa;Celeste Falcão;Miguel Viveiros;Diana Machado

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Viveiros
Miguel Viveiros Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Leonard Amaral
Leonard Amaral Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Marta Martins
Marta Martins Trinity College Dublin
José Melo-Cristino
José Melo-Cristino University of Lisbon
Séamus Fanning
Séamus Fanning University College Dublin
Taane G. Clark
Taane G. Clark London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Joseph Molnár
Joseph Molnár University of Szeged
Hermínia de Lencastre
Hermínia de Lencastre Rockefeller University
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ruth McNerney
Ruth McNerney University of Cape Town

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