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Ricardo R. Brentani

Ricardo R. Brentani

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
14037
World Ranking
11880
National Ranking
218

Ricardo R. Brentani 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 Ricardo R. Brentani sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 215 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ricardo R. Brentani 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 Ricardo R. Brentani 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: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ricardo R. Brentani was affiliated with Ludwig Cancer Research in Belgium during their research career. Their academic work spanned multiple fields and subfields, with an emphasis on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Key subfields included Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Molecular Biology.

Their research covered a variety of topics, notably Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Family and Disability Support Research, and Birth, Development, and Health.

Throughout their career, they published in several frequent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Neuropsychopharmacology, Scientific Reports, Research Square, and Translational Psychiatry.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Ricardo R. Brentani included:

  • Computer-aided autism diagnosis based on visual attention models using eye tracking (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Genome-wide association study of pediatric obsessive-compulsive traits: shared genetic risk between traits and disorder (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Drug repositioning for psychiatric and neurological disorders through a network medicine approach (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • ADHD and autism symptoms in youth: a network analysis (2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
  • Genome-wide association study identifies new locus associated with OCD (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Frequent collaborators of Brentani included Guilherme V. Polanczyk, Eurípedes Constantino Miguel, Verônica Euclydes, Joana Portolese, and Gisele Rodrigues Gouveia.

Best Publications

  • Physiology of the Prion Protein

    Rafael Linden;Vilma R. Martins;Marco A. M. Prado;Martín Cammarota

  • Stress-inducible protein 1 is a cell surface ligand for cellular prion that triggers neuroprotection

    Silvio M. Zanata;Marilene H. Lopes;Adriana F. Mercadante;Glaucia N. M. Hajj

  • Pericyte Depletion Results in Hypoxia-Associated Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Metastasis Mediated by Met Signaling Pathway

    Vesselina G. Cooke;Valerie S. LeBleu;Doruk Keskin;Zainab Khan

  • Cellular prion protein transduces neuroprotective signals

    Luciana B. Chiarini;Adriana R. O. Freitas;Silvio M. Zanata;Ricardo R. Brentani

  • Cellular prion protein binds laminin and mediates neuritogenesis

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F Mercadante;Silvio M Zanata;Orestes V Forlenza

  • Shotgun sequencing of the human transcriptome with ORF expressed sequence tags

    Emmanuel Dias Neto;Ricardo Garcia Correa;Sergio Verjovski-Almeida;Marcelo R.S. Briones

  • VEGF-A and Tenascin-C produced by S100A4+ stromal cells are important for metastatic colonization

    Joyce T. O'Connell;Hikaru Sugimoto;Vesselina G. Cooke;Brian A. MacDonald

  • Interaction of cellular prion and stress-inducible protein 1 promotes neuritogenesis and neuroprotection by distinct signaling pathways.

    Marilene H. Lopes;Glaucia N. M. Hajj;Angelita G. Muras;Gabriel L. Mancini

  • PRUNE2 is a human prostate cancer suppressor regulated by the intronic long noncoding RNA PCA3

    Ahmad Salameh;Alessandro K. Lee;Marina Cardó-Vila;Diana N. Nunes

  • DNA Converts Cellular Prion Protein into the β-Sheet Conformation and Inhibits Prion Peptide Aggregation

    Yraima Cordeiro;Filipe Machado;Luiz Juliano;Maria Aparecida Juliano

  • Increased sensitivity to seizures in mice lacking cellular prion protein.

    Roger Walz;Olavo B. Amaral;Isabel C. Rockenbach;Rafael Roesler

  • Complementary hydropathy identifies a cellular prion protein receptor.

    Vilma R. Martins;Edgard Graner;José Garcia-Abreu;Sandro J. De Souza;Sandro J. De Souza

  • Identification of enolase as a laminin-binding protein on the surface of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Celia R.W. Carneiro;Edilberto Postol;Regina Nomizo;Luiz F.L. Reis

  • Detection and characterization of metalloproteinases with gelatinolytic, fibronectinolytic and fibrinogenolytic activities in Brown spider (Loxosceles intermedia) venom

    Loara Feitosa;Waldemiro Gremski;Waldemiro Gremski;Silvio S Veiga;Silvio S Veiga;M.Carolina Q.B Elias

  • Results of a prospective trial on elective modified radical classical versus supraomohyoid neck dissection in the management of oral squamous carcinoma

    Ricardo R. Brentani;Luiz P. Kowalski;José F. Soares;Humberto Torloni

  • Detailed haplotype analysis at the TP53 locus in p.R337H mutation carriers in the population of Southern Brazil: evidence for a founder effect.

    Sonia Garritano;Federica Gemignani;Edenir Inez Palmero;Magali Olivier

  • The contribution of 700,000 ORF sequence tags to the definition of the human transcriptome

    Anamaria A. Camargo;Helena P. B. Samaia;Emmanuel Dias-Neto;Daniel F. Simão

  • Endocytic intermediates involved with the intracellular trafficking of a fluorescent cellular prion protein.

    Ana C. Magalhães;Juliana A. Silva;Kil S. Lee;Kil S. Lee;Vilma R. Martins

  • Laminin‐induced PC‐12 cell differentiation is inhibited following laser inactivation of cellular prion protein

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F. Mercadante;Adriana F. Mercadante;Sı́lvio M. Zanata;Sı́lvio M. Zanata;Vilma R. Martins

  • End results of a prospective trial on elective lateral neck dissection vs type III modified radical neck dissection in the management of supraglottic and transglottic carcinomas

    Ricardo R. Brentani;Luiz P. Kowalski;José F. Soares;Humberto Torloni

Frequent Co-Authors

Vilma R. Martins
Vilma R. Martins National Institute of Standards and Technology
Andrew J.G. Simpson
Andrew J.G. Simpson Ludwig Cancer Research
Dirce Maria Carraro
Dirce Maria Carraro AC Camargo Hospital
Roger Walz
Roger Walz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Luiz Paulo Kowalski
Luiz Paulo Kowalski Universidade de São Paulo
Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Ivan Izquierdo
Ivan Izquierdo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto Universidade de São Paulo
Wadih Arap
Wadih Arap Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sergio Verjovski-Almeida
Sergio Verjovski-Almeida Universidade de São Paulo

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