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Wellington V. Cardoso

Wellington V. Cardoso

Columbia University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
12767
World Ranking
10869
National Ranking
4712

Wellington V. Cardoso publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 140 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wellington V. Cardoso 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 Wellington V. Cardoso sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wellington V. Cardoso is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, focusing primarily on research in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work emphasizes the study of pulmonary and respiratory medicine, with notable contributions in neonatal respiratory health research and congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics including:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Congenital heart defects research

Their significant publication output appears in prominent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Cell Reports
  • iScience
  • Developmental Cell

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wellington V. Cardoso include:

  • Airway basal cells show regionally distinct potential to undergo metaplastic differentiation, 2022, eLife
  • Airway basal stem cells generate distinct subpopulations of PNECs, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Contribution of Trp63CreERT2-labeled cells to alveolar regeneration is independent of tuft cells, 2022, eLife
  • Prominin 1 and Notch regulate ciliary length and dynamics in multiciliated cells of the airway epithelium, 2022, iScience
  • Prematurity alters the progenitor cell program of the upper respiratory tract of neonates, 2021, Scientific Reports

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Munemasa Mori
  • Yizhuo Zhou
  • Ying Yang
  • Jun Qian
  • Andrea Califano

The main fields of study for Wellington V. Cardoso encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their research include:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Epidemiology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Best Publications

  • The molecular basis of lung morphogenesis

    David Warburton;Margaret Schwarz;Denise Tefft;Guillermo Flores-Delgado

  • Bone marrow-derived cells as progenitors of lung alveolar epithelium.

    Darrell N. Kotton;Bei Yang Ma;Wellington V. Cardoso;Elisabeth A. Sanderson

  • Regulation of early lung morphogenesis: questions, facts and controversies

    Wellington V. Cardoso;Jining Lü

  • miR-29 Is a Major Regulator of Genes Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Leah Cushing;Ping Ping Kuang;Jun Qian;Fengzhi Shao

  • FGF-10 is a chemotactic factor for distal epithelial buds during lung development.

    William Y. Park;Barbara Miranda;Djamel Lebeche;Gakuji Hashimoto

  • Notch signaling controls the balance of ciliated and secretory cell fates in developing airways

    Po-Nien Tsao;Michelle Vasconcelos;Michelle Vasconcelos;Konstantin I. Izvolsky;Jun Qian

  • Regulation of retinoic acid signaling during lung morphogenesis

    Sarah Malpel;Cathy Mendelsohn;Wellington V. Cardoso

  • Molecular regulation of lung development.

    Wellington V Cardoso

  • Fibroblast growth factor interactions in the developing lung

    Djamel Lebeche;Sarah Malpel;Wellington V. Cardoso

  • The hippo pathway effector Yap controls patterning and differentiation of airway epithelial progenitors.

    John E. Mahoney;Munemasa Mori;Aleksander D. Szymaniak;Xaralabos Varelas

  • Collagen and Elastin in Human Pulmonary Emphysema

    Wellington V. Cardoso;Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon;Dallas M. Hyde;William M. Thurlbeck

  • Resident cellular components of the human lung: current knowledge and goals for research on cell phenotyping and function.

    Teri J. Franks;Thomas V. Colby;William D. Travis;Rubin M. Tuder

  • FGF-1 and FGF-7 induce distinct patterns of growth and differentiation in embryonic lung epithelium.

    Wellington V. Cardoso;Akihide Itoh;Hiroyuki Nogawa;Ivor Mason

  • miR-129 regulates cell proliferation by downregulating Cdk6 expression

    Junjie Wu;Jun Qian;Chun Li;Letty Kwok

  • A caudorostral wave of RALDH2 conveys anteroposterior information to the cardiac field.

    Tatiana Hochgreb;Vania L. Linhares;Diego C. Menezes;Allysson C. Sampaio

  • Spatial-Temporal Lineage Restrictions of Embryonic p63+ Progenitors Establish Distinct Stem Cell Pools in Adult Airways

    Ying Yang;Paul Riccio;Michael Schotsaert;Munemasa Mori

  • A retinoic acid–dependent network in the foregut controls formation of the mouse lung primordium

    Felicia Chen;Yuxia Cao;Jun Qian;Fengzhi Shao

  • VEGF is deposited in the subepithelial matrix at the leading edge of branching airways and stimulates neovascularization in the murine embryonic lung

    Aileen M. Healy;Laura Morgenthau;Xiahui Zhu;Harrison W. Farber

  • Inhibition of Tgfβ signaling by endogenous retinoic acid is essential for primary lung bud induction

    Felicia Chen;Tushar J Desai;Jun Qian;Karen Niederreither

  • Retinoic acid regulates morphogenesis and patterning of posterior foregut derivatives.

    Zengxin Wang;Pascal Dollé;Wellington V. Cardoso;Karen Niederreither

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva Universidade de São Paulo
Darrell N. Kotton
Darrell N. Kotton Boston University
Mary C. Williams
Mary C. Williams Boston University
Rubin M. Tuder
Rubin M. Tuder University of Colorado Denver
Joseph Loscalzo
Joseph Loscalzo Harvard Medical School
Jane E. Johnson
Jane E. Johnson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jeffrey D. Esko
Jeffrey D. Esko University of California, San Diego
Wei Shi
Wei Shi University of Southern California
Susana Lopes
Susana Lopes Leiden University Medical Center
John M. Greally
John M. Greally Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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