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D-Index
47
Citations
8883
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4774
National Ranking
58

Susana Frases 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 Susana Frases sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 155 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susana Frases 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 Susana Frases sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susana Frases is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with extensive work in related subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science. Their research output encompasses a broad array of topics related to fungal infections, antifungal resistance, nail diseases, and plant pathogens among others.

The scientist's most prominent research topics include:

  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Nail Diseases and Treatments
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Frequent publication venues for Susana Frases include:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Future Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Current Tropical Medicine Reports

Notable recent papers demonstrating the scope of their research are:

  • "Prevalence of opportunistic invasive aspergillosis in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia," 2020, Mycoses
  • "Extracellular Vesicles Regulate Biofilm Formation and Yeast-to-Hypha Differentiation in Candida albicans," 2022, mBio
  • "Candida spp. co-infection in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia: Prevalence study and associated risk factors," 2021, Respiratory Medicine
  • "Systemic Mycoses: A Potential Alert for Complications in COVID-19 Patients," 2020, Future Microbiology
  • "Phospholipase B Is Critical for Cryptococcus neoformans Survival in the Central Nervous System," 2023, mBio

Susana Frases collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Glauber Ribeiro de Sousa Araújo
  • Rodrigo Almeida-Paes
  • Dario Corrêa-Junior
  • Vinícius Alves
  • Iara Bastos de Andrade

Best Publications

  • The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

    Oscar Zaragoza;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Magdia De Jesus;Susana Frases

  • Vesicular Polysaccharide Export in Cryptococcus neoformans Is a Eukaryotic Solution to the Problem of Fungal Trans-Cell Wall Transport

    Marcio L. Rodrigues;Leonardo Nimrichter;Débora L. Oliveira;Susana Frases

  • Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens by PCR and by ITS2 and 5.8S Ribosomal DNA Typing in Ocular Infections

    Consuelo Ferrer;Francisca Colom;Susana Frasés;Emilia Mulet

  • Bacillus anthracis produces membrane-derived vesicles containing biologically active toxins

    Johanna Rivera;Radames J. B. Cordero;Antonio S. Nakouzi;Susana Frases

  • Vesicular transport in Histoplasma capsulatum: an effective mechanism for trans-cell wall transfer of proteins and lipids in ascomycetes

    Priscila Costa Albuquerque;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Susana Frases

  • Capsule enlargement in Cryptococcus neoformans confers resistance to oxidative stress suggesting a mechanism for intracellular survival

    Oscar Zaragoza;Cara J. Chrisman;Maria Victoria Castelli;Susana Frases

  • Compositional and immunobiological analyses of extracellular vesicles released by Candida albicans

    Gabriele Vargas;Juliana D. B. Rocha;Debora Leite Oliveira;Priscila Costa Albuquerque

  • Characterization of yeast extracellular vesicles: evidence for the participation of different pathways of cellular traffic in vesicle biogenesis.

    Débora L. Oliveira;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Luna S. Joffe;Allan J. Guimarães

  • Sec6-dependent sorting of fungal extracellular exosomes and laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans.

    John Panepinto;Kazimierz Komperda;Susana Frases;Yoon Dong Park

  • Cryptococcus neoformans laccase catalyses melanin synthesis from both D- and L-DOPA.

    Helene C. Eisenman;Mascha Mues;Sarah E. Weber;Susana Frases

  • Vesicle-associated melanization in Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Helene C. Eisenman;Susana Frases;André M. Nicola;Marcio L. Rodrigues

  • Self-Aggregation of Cryptococcus neoformans Capsular Glucuronoxylomannan Is Dependent on Divalent Cations‡

    Leonardo Nimrichter;Susana Frases;Leonardo P. Cinelli;Nathan B. Viana

  • The use of chitosan to damage Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms

    Luis R. Martinez;Mircea Radu Mihu;George Han;Susana Frases

  • Melanin-covered nanoparticles for protection of bone marrow during radiation therapy of cancer.

    Andrew D. Schweitzer;Andrew D. Schweitzer;Andrew D. Schweitzer;Ekaterina Revskaya;Peter Chu;Valeria Pazo

  • Identification of a New Class of Antifungals Targeting the Synthesis of Fungal Sphingolipids

    Visesato Mor;Antonella Rella;Amir M. Farnoud;Ashutosh Singh

  • Following Fungal Melanin Biosynthesis with Solid-State NMR: Biopolymer Molecular Structures and Possible Connections to Cell-Wall Polysaccharides†

    Junyan Zhong;Susana Frases;Hsin Wang;Arturo Casadevall

  • Monoclonal Antibodies to Heat Shock Protein 60 Alter the Pathogenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum

    Allan J. Guimarães;Susana Frases;Francisco J. Gomez;Rosely M. Zancopé-Oliveira

  • Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide and exopolysaccharide fractions manifest physical, chemical, and antigenic differences.

    Susana Frases;Leonardo Nimrichter;Nathan B. Viana;Antonio Nakouzi

  • Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans grows by enlargement of polysaccharide molecules

    Susana Frases;Bruno Pontes;Leonardo Nimrichter;Nathan B. Viana

  • Lipophilic dye staining of Cryptococcus neoformans extracellular vesicles and capsule.

    André Moraes Nicola;André Moraes Nicola;Susana Frases;Arturo Casadevall

  • Cryptococcus neoformans Can Utilize the Bacterial Melanin Precursor Homogentisic Acid for Fungal Melanogenesis

    Susana Frases;Angela Salazar;Ekaterina Dadachova;Arturo Casadevall

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcio L. Rodrigues
Marcio L. Rodrigues Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Leonardo Nimrichter
Leonardo Nimrichter Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Joshua D. Nosanchuk
Joshua D. Nosanchuk Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Wanderley de Souza
Wanderley de Souza Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Igor C. Almeida
Igor C. Almeida The University of Texas at El Paso
Ernesto S. Nakayasu
Ernesto S. Nakayasu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marilene Henning Vainstein
Marilene Henning Vainstein Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Oscar Zaragoza
Oscar Zaragoza Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Melanie T. Cushion
Melanie T. Cushion University of Cincinnati Medical Center

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