A. Fontana

64.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
514 papers, 32.9k citations indexed

About

A. Fontana is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Fontana has authored 514 papers receiving a total of 32.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 101 papers in Instrumentation and 99 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in A. Fontana's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (129 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (101 papers) and Glass properties and applications (86 papers). A. Fontana is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (129 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (101 papers) and Glass properties and applications (86 papers). A. Fontana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and Germany. A. Fontana's co-authors include Karl Frei, Ursula Malipiero, Stefan Bodmer, E. Giallongo, S. Cristiani, Walter Fierz, Hartmut Wekerle, Elisabeth Weber, Tobias Suter and Michael Weller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

A. Fontana

505 papers receiving 32.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Melanoma Cell Expression of Fas(Apo-1/CD95) Ligand: Implications for Tumor Immune Escape

1996 1.1k citations A. Fontana et al. profile →
RORγt drives production of the cytokine GM-CSF in helper T cells, which is essential for the effector phase of autoimmune neuroinflammation

2011 932 citations A. Fontana, Tobias Suter et al. profile →
Conversion of Membrane-bound Fas(CD95) Ligand to Its Soluble Form Is Associated with Downregulation of Its Proapoptotic Activity and Loss of Liver Toxicity

1998 685 citations A. Fontana et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Astrocytes present myelin basic protein to encephalitogenic T-cell lines

1984 659 citations A. Fontana et al. profile →
Production of prostaglandin E and an interleukin-1 like factor by cultured astrocytes and C6 glioma cells.

1982 647 citations A. Fontana et al. profile →
Increased Number of Islet-Associated Macrophages in Type 2 Diabetes

2007 613 citations A. Fontana et al. profile →
On the cellular source and function of interleukin 6 produced in the central nervous system in viral diseases

1989 591 citations A. Fontana et al. European Journal of Immunology profile →
Antigen presentation and tumor cytotoxicity by interferon‐γ‐treated microglial cells

1987 571 citations A. Fontana et al. European Journal of Immunology profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Fontana

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Fontana. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Fontana based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. Fontana. A. Fontana is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The emergence of passive galaxies in the early Universe 2021 ·IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) ·P. Santini, M. Castellano, E. Merlin, A. Fontana, Flaminia Fortuni, Dritan Kodra, B. Magnelli, N. Menci, Antonello Calabrò, Christopher C. Lovell, L. Pentericci, V. Testa, Stephen M. Wilkins	26
2	The VANDELS Survey: new constraints on the high-mass X-ray binary populations in normal star-forming galaxies at 3 < z < 5.5 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Aayush Saxena, Richard S. Ellis, (unknown), Antonello Calabrò, L. Pentericci, Adam C. Carnall, M. Castellano, Fergus Cullen, A. Fontana, Maximilien Franco, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. Gargiulo, B. Garilli, Nimish P. Hathi, D J McLeod, R. Amorín, (unknown)	9
3	Constraints on Dynamical Dark Energy Models from the Abundance of Massive Galaxies at High Redshifts 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·N. Menci, A. Grazian, M. Castellano, P. Santini, E. Giallongo, A. Lamastra, Flaminia Fortuni, A. Fontana, E. Merlin, Tao Wang, D. Elbaz, N. Sánchez	13
4	Missing [C ii] emission from early galaxies 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Stefano Carniani, Andrea Ferrara, R. Maiolino, M. Castellano, S. Gallerani, A. Fontana, M. Kohandel, Alessandro Lupi, A. Pallottini, L. Pentericci, L. Vallini, E. Vanzella	65
5	Mass and Light of Abell 370: A Strong and Weak Lensing Analysis 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Victoria Strait, Maruša Bradač, Austin Hoag, Kuang-Han Huang, Tommaso Treu, Xin Wang, R. Amorín, M. Castellano, A. Fontana, B. C. Lemaux, E. Merlin, (unknown), T. Schrabback, (unknown), Michele Trenti, Benedetta Vulcani	20
6	ALMA [C II] 158 μm Detection of a Redshift 7 Lensed Galaxy behind RX J1347.1-1145 2017 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Maruša Bradač, D. A. García-Appadoo, Kuang-Han Huang, L. Vallini, (unknown), Austin Hoag, B. C. Lemaux, (unknown), Tommaso Treu, C. L. Carilli, Mark Dijkstra, Andrea Ferrara, A. Fontana, Tucker Jones, Russell E. Ryan, Jeff Wagg, Anthony H. Gonzalez	37
7	The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS). X. Sub-kiloparsec Resolution Gas-phase Metallicity Maps at Cosmic Noon behind the Hubble Frontier Fields Cluster MACS1149.6+2223 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Xin Wang, Tucker Jones, Tommaso Treu, Takahiro Morishita, Louis E. Abramson, Gabriel Brammer, Kuang-Han Huang, Matthew A. Malkan, (unknown), A. Fontana, C. Grillo, Alaina Henry, W. Karman, Patrick L. Kelly, Charlotte Mason, A. Mercurio, P. Rosati, Keren Sharon, Michele Trenti, Benedetta Vulcani	39
8	Observing the very low surface brightness dwarfs in a deep field in the VIRGO cluster: constraints on dark matter scenarios 2017 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·N. Menci, E. Giallongo, A. Grazian, D. Paris, A. Fontana, L. Pentericci	3
9	DETECTION of LYMAN-ALPHA EMISSION from A TRIPLY IMAGED z = 6.85 GALAXY behind MACS J2129.4-0741 2016 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Kuang-Han Huang, B. C. Lemaux, (unknown), Austin Hoag, Maruša Bradač, Tommaso Treu, Mark Dijkstra, A. Fontana, Alaina Henry, Matthew A. Malkan, Charlotte Mason, Takahiro Morishita, L. Pentericci, Russell E. Ryan, Michele Trenti, Xin Wang	22
10	MHC class II–restricted antigen presentation by plasmacytoid dendritic cells inhibits T cell–mediated autoimmunity 2010 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Magali Irla, (unknown), Tobias Suter, Rami Lissilaa, Mahdia Benkhoucha, Jonathan Skupsky, Patrice H. Lalive, A. Fontana, Walter Reith, Stéphanie Hugues	108
11	The first IRAM/PdBI polarimetric millimeter survey of active galactic nuclei 2010 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Sascha Trippe, R. Neri, M. Krips, A. Castro‐Carrizo, Michael Bremer, V. Piétu, A. Fontana	11
12	Star formation and mass assembly in high redshift galaxies 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. Santini, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, S. Salimbeni, F. Fiore, Fabio Fontanot, K. Boutsia, M. Castellano, S. Cristiani, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, E. Giallongo, N. Menci, M. Nonino, D. Paris, L. Pentericci, E. Vanzella	149
13	The fraction of quiescent massive galaxies in the early Universe 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Fontana, P. Santini, A. Grazian, L. Pentericci, F. Fiore, M. Castellano, E. Giallongo, N. Menci, S. Salimbeni, S. Cristiani, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella	40
14	TNF-α suppresses the expression of clock genes by interfering with E-box-mediated transcription 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Philipp Köhler, Corinne Jud, Irene Tobler, Thomas Birchler, A. Fontana	326
15	The red and blue galaxy populations in the GOODS field: evidence for an\nexcess of red dwarfs 2007 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. Salimbeni, E. Giallongo, N. Menci, M. Castellano, A. Fontana, A. Grazian, L. Pentericci, D. Trèvese, S. Cristiani, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella	15
16	The clustering evolution of distant red galaxies in the GOODS-MUSIC sample 2006 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Grazian, A. Fontana, L. Moscardini, S. Salimbeni, N. Menci, E. Giallongo, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, M. Nonino, S. Cristiani, E. Vanzella	26
17	A new (2+1)D cluster finding algorithm based on photometric redshifts:large scale structure in the Chandra deep field south 2006 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·D. Trèvese, M. Castellano, A. Fontana, E. Giallongo	14
18	The GOODS-MUSIC sample: a multicolour catalog of near-IR selectedgalaxies in the GOODS-South field 2006 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Grazian, A. Fontana, C. De Santis, M. Nonino, S. Salimbeni, E. Giallongo, S. Cristiani, S. Gallozzi, E. Vanzella	132
19	The manifold spectra and morphologies of EROs 2003 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, P. Cassata, E. Pignatelli, G. Fasano, J. Vernet, E. B. Fomalont, K. I. Kellermann, G. Zamorani, M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, A. Renzini, S. di Serego Alighieri, A. Franceschini, E. Giallongo, A. Fontana	33
20	TNF-α and IFN-γ render microglia sensitive to Fas ligand-induced apoptosis by induction of Fas expression and down-regulation of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL 1998 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Katharina Spanaus, Ralph Schlapbach, A. Fontana	135

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