Alberto Massarotti

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alberto Massarotti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Massarotti has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Alberto Massarotti's work include Synthesis and biological activity (15 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (14 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (8 papers). Alberto Massarotti is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and biological activity (15 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (14 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (8 papers). Alberto Massarotti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Alberto Massarotti's co-authors include Gian Cesare Tron, Giovanni Sorba, Mariateresa Giustiniano, Valentina Mercalli, Ettore Novellino, Armando A. Genazzani, Silvio Aprile, Andrea Basso, Jieping Zhu and Tracey Pirali and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Massarotti

62 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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To each his own: isonitriles for all flavors. Functionalized isocyanides as valuable tools in organic synthesis

2016 364 citations Mariateresa Giustiniano, Valentina Mercalli et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto Massarotti Italy	24	1.1k	862	237	210	138	64	2.3k
Geoffrey Wells United Kingdom	27	1.6k 1.4×	2.3k 2.7×	88 0.4×	219 1.0×	52 0.4×	65	4.1k
Alessia Bertamino Italy	22	469 0.4×	670 0.8×	71 0.3×	137 0.7×	39 0.3×	83	1.5k
Krystyna Michalak Poland	26	285 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	72 0.3×	485 2.3×	85 0.6×	91	2.1k
Nicola Borbone Italy	30	381 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	31 0.1×	142 0.7×	173 1.3×	134	2.3k
Ching‐Chuan Kuo Taiwan	37	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 2.0×	133 0.6×	404 1.9×	47 0.3×	111	3.5k
Paola Fossa Italy	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	25 0.1×	140 0.7×	26 0.2×	136	2.6k
Lucio Merlini Italy	34	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.9×	96 0.4×	390 1.9×	107 0.8×	163	3.4k
Paolo Ruzza Italy	23	384 0.3×	917 1.1×	98 0.4×	142 0.7×	51 0.4×	110	2.0k
Yasumaru Hatanaka Japan	26	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	85 0.4×	97 0.5×	105 0.8×	161	2.8k
Won Jun Choi South Korea	25	497 0.4×	746 0.9×	65 0.3×	96 0.5×	37 0.3×	82	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Massarotti

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Racca, Luisa, G. Bonello, Veronica De Giorgis, et al.. (2025). Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Key Role of DGKα and DGKζ in Cell Viability. Cells. 14(21). 1721–1721.

Gallinella, Giorgio, Cinzia Sanna, Giovanni Appendino, et al.. (2025). Arzanol Inhibits Human Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase and Shows Antiviral Activity. Journal of Natural Products. 88(11). 2586–2595.

Sala, Valentina, Enrico Millo, Leonardo Terranova, et al.. (2024). A nonnatural peptide targeting the A-kinase anchoring function of PI3Kγ for therapeutic cAMP modulation in pulmonary cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(11). 107873–107873. 2 indexed citations

Eren, Gökçen, et al.. (2024). Symmetrical 2,7‐disubstituted 9H‐fluoren‐9‐one as a novel and promising scaffold for selective targeting of SIRT2. Archiv der Pharmazie. 357(12). e2400661–e2400661. 1 indexed citations

Eren, Gökçen, et al.. (2024). 2‐(Methyl(phenyl)amino)‐N‐(phenyloxyphenyl)acetamide structural motif representing a framework for selective SIRT2 inhibition. Drug Development Research. 85(4). e22224–e22224. 1 indexed citations

Massarotti, Alberto, et al.. (2021). Medicinal Chemistry of Isocyanides. Chemical Reviews. 121(17). 10742–10788. 98 indexed citations

Fallarini, Silvia, Silvio Aprile, Eleonora Panfili, et al.. (2021). The [1,2,4]Triazolo[4,3‐a]pyridine as a New Player in the Field of IDO1 Catalytic Holo‐Inhibitors. ChemMedChem. 16(22). 3439–3450. 5 indexed citations

Massarotti, Alberto, et al.. (2020). Psychotropic Drugs Show Anticancer Activity by Disrupting Mitochondrial and Lysosomal Function. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 562196–562196. 34 indexed citations

Pelliccia, Sveva, Jussara Amato, Domenica Capasso, et al.. (2019). Bio-Inspired Dual-Selective BCL-2/c-MYC G-Quadruplex Binders: Design, Synthesis, and Anticancer Activity of Drug-like Imidazo[2,1-i]purine Derivatives. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(5). 2035–2050. 47 indexed citations

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Pelliccia, Sveva, Paolo Luciano, Ettore Novellino, et al.. (2019). Photocatalytic Isocyanide-Based Multicomponent Domino Cascade toward the Stereoselective Formation of Iminofurans. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(4). 1981–1990. 21 indexed citations

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Rossi, Franca, Alberto Massarotti, Davide M. Ferraris, et al.. (2018). Crystal structure of a thermophilic O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase-derived self-labeling protein-tag in covalent complex with a fluorescent probe. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 500(3). 698–703. 10 indexed citations

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Pirali, Tracey, Elisa Ciraolo, Silvio Aprile, et al.. (2017). Identification of a Potent Phosphoinositide 3‐Kinase Pan Inhibitor Displaying a Strategic Carboxylic Acid Group and Development of Its Prodrugs. ChemMedChem. 12(18). 1542–1554. 19 indexed citations

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Donini, Stefano, Davide M. Ferraris, Riccardo Miggiano, Alberto Massarotti, & Menico Rizzi. (2017). Structural investigations on orotate phosphoribosyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a key enzyme of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1180–1180. 25 indexed citations

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Bellomo, Elisa A., et al.. (2016). The metal face of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 327-328. 70–83. 74 indexed citations

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Massarotti, Alberto & Antonio Coluccia. (2015). An in-silico approach aimed to clarify the role of Y181C and K103N HIV-1 reverse transcriptase mutations versus Indole Aryl Sulphones. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 63. 49–56. 5 indexed citations

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Massarotti, Alberto, Silvio Aprile, Valentina Mercalli, et al.. (2014). Are 1,4‐ and 1,5‐Disubstituted 1,2,3‐Triazoles Good Pharmacophoric Groups?. ChemMedChem. 9(11). 2497–2508. 124 indexed citations

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Massarotti, Alberto, Antonio Coluccia, Romano Silvestri, Giovanni Sorba, & Andrea Brancale. (2011). The Tubulin Colchicine Domain: a Molecular Modeling Perspective. ChemMedChem. 7(1). 33–42. 144 indexed citations

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Massarotti, Alberto, Antonio Coluccia, Giovanni Sorba, Romano Silvestri, & Andrea Brancale. (2011). De novo computer-aided design of novel antiviral agents. Drug Discovery Today Technologies. 9(3). e213–e218. 2 indexed citations

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Massarotti, Alberto, Mariateresa Giustiniano, Tracey Pirali, et al.. (2010). Replacement of the double bond of antitubulin chalcones with triazoles and tetrazoles: Synthesis and biological evaluation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(2). 764–768. 47 indexed citations

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Natalini, Benedetto, Antonio Macchiarulo, Roccaldo Sardella, Alberto Massarotti, & Roberto Pellicciari. (2008). Descriptive structure–separation relationship studies in chiral ligand‐exchange chromatography. Journal of Separation Science. 31(13). 2395–2403. 13 indexed citations

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