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João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

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Biology and Biochemistry
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
17197
World Ranking
4879
National Ranking
10

João Antonio Pêgas Henriques 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 João Antonio Pêgas Henriques sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 433 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

João Antonio Pêgas Henriques 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 João Antonio Pêgas Henriques sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

João Antonio Pêgas Henriques is affiliated with the University of Caxias Do Sul in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research. Additional interests include Infectious Diseases and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's work covers various main topics including Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds, and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mariana Roesch-Ely, Juliana da Silva, Milton Quintana-Sosa, Cristiano Trindade, and Grethel León-Mejía.

Henriques has published extensively in several journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
  • Scientific Reports
  • Advances in Biological Chemistry

Some of the recent papers authored by Henriques include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 mutations in Brazil: from genomics to putative clinical conditions, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The combination of Brazilian red propolis and recombinant protein rCP01850 in the immunoprophylaxis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in mice, 2020, Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome (CBMN-CYT) assay biomarkers and telomere length analysis in relation to inorganic elements in individuals exposed to welding fumes, 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • ZnO nanoparticles alter redox metabolism of Limnoperna fortunei, 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Nile Red Incubation Time Before Reading Fluorescence Greatly Influences the Yeast Neutral Lipids Quantification, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Phenolic content and antioxidant activities of white and purple juices manufactured with organically- or conventionally-produced grapes.

    C. Dani;L.S. Oliboni;R. Vanderlinde;D. Bonatto

  • Chemical characterization, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of Brazilian red propolis.

    Caroline Olivieri da Silva Frozza;Charlene Silvestrin Celi Garcia;Gabriela Gambato;Marcia Denize Oliveira de Souza

  • Pharmacological evidences for the extracts and secondary metabolites from plants of the genus Hibiscus

    Elemar Gomes Maganha;Rafael da Costa Halmenschlager;Renato Moreira Rosa;João Antonio Pegas Henriques;João Antonio Pegas Henriques

  • Pathways of cardiac toxicity: comparison between chemotherapeutic drugs doxorubicin and mitoxantrone.

    Roberto Marques Damiani;Roberto Marques Damiani;Dinara Jaqueline Moura;Cassiana Macagnan Viau;Rafael Andrade Caceres

  • ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF pso MUTANTS SENSITIVE TO PHOTO-ADDITION OF PSORALEN DERIVATIVES IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

    J. A. P. Henriques;E. Moustacchi

  • Novel keratinase from Bacillus subtilis S14 exhibiting remarkable dehairing capabilities.

    Alexandre J. Macedo;Walter O. Beys da Silva;Renata Gava;David Driemeier

  • Reviewing and updating the major molecular markers for stem cells.

    Raquel Calloni;Elvira Alicia Aparicio Cordero;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques;Diego Bonatto

  • DNA damage and repair in haemolymph cells of golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) exposed to environmental contaminants.

    Izabel Vianna Villela;Iuri Marques de Oliveira;Juliana da Silva;Juliana da Silva;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

  • Characterization of a bacteriocin-like substance produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens isolated from the Brazilian Atlantic forest.

    Márcia P. Lisboa;Diego Bonatto;Delmar Bizani;João A.P. Henriques

  • Replication and homologous recombination repair regulate DNA double-strand break formation by the antitumor alkylator ecteinascidin 743

    Daniele Grazziotin Soares;Alexandre E. Escargueil;Virginie Poindessous;Alain Sarasin

  • Identification of multiple strains of Staphylococcus aureus colonizing nasal mucosa of food handlers

    M. Acco;F.S. Ferreira;J.A.P. Henriques;E.C. Tondo

  • Antioxidant properties of β-carboline alkaloids are related to their antimutagenic and antigenotoxic activities

    Dinara Jaqueline Moura;Marc François Richter;Jane Marlei Boeira;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

  • Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Extracts Obtained by Supercritical Extraction and Ethanolic Extraction of Brown, Green and Red Propolis Derived from Different Geographic Regions in Brazil

    Bruna Aparecida Souza Machado;Rejane Pina Dantas Silva;Gabriele de Abreu Barreto;Samantha Serra Costa

  • PARPs and the DNA damage response

    Fabricio G. Sousa;Renata Matuo;Daniele Grazziotin Soares;Daniele Grazziotin Soares;Alexandre E. Escargueil;Alexandre E. Escargueil

  • Genotoxic effects of copper sulphate in freshwater planarian in vivo, studied with the single-cell gel test (comet assay).

    Temenouga Guecheva;João A.P Henriques;Bernardo Erdtmann

  • Aqueous extracts of Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus sajor-caju exhibit high antioxidant capability and promising in vitro antitumor activity.

    T.C. Finimundy;G. Gambato;R. Fontana;M. Camassola

  • Cytostatic, cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of voacristine, an indole alkaloid in wild-type and repair-deficient yeasts

    A.A. Melo;C.B. Querol;A.T. Henriques;A.T. Henriques;J.A.P. Henriques

  • Mutagenic activity detected by the Ames test in river water under the influence of petrochemical industries

    V.M.F. Vargas;V.E.P. Motta;J.A.P. Henriques

  • Screening of plants used in south Brazilian folk medicine.

    C.B. Alice;V.M.F. Vargas;G.A.A.B. Silva;N.C.S. de Siqueira

  • THE EFFECTS OF THREE PSO GENES ON INDUCED MUTAGENESIS: A NOVEL CLASS OF MUTATIONALLY DEFECTIVE YEAST

    C. Cassier;R. Chanet;J. A. P. Henriques;E. Moustacchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira
José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo Universidade de São Paulo
Cláudia Pessoa
Cláudia Pessoa Universidade Federal do Ceará
Manoel Odorico de Moraes
Manoel Odorico de Moraes Universidade Federal do Ceará
Marco Antônio Záchia Ayub
Marco Antônio Záchia Ayub Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Alain Sarasin
Alain Sarasin Institut Gustave Roussy
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck Universidade de São Paulo
Antonio L. Braga
Antonio L. Braga Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Felipe Dal-Pizzol
Felipe Dal-Pizzol Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense

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