Alberto Spada

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alberto Spada is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Spada has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Plant Science, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alberto Spada's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). Alberto Spada is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (14 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). Alberto Spada collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Alberto Spada's co-authors include Junior Aristil, Alessandro Leone, Alberto Battezzati, Alberto Schiraldi, Simona Bertoli, F. Grassi, Elisabetta Caporali, F. Sala, G. Marziani and Hui Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Spada

70 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cultivation, Genetic, Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Moringa oleifera Leaves: An Overview

2015 566 citations Alberto Spada, Junior Aristil et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alberto Spada	1.7k	678	360	297	279	71	2.4k
Xiaoming Pang	1.2k 0.7×	951 1.4×	258 0.7×	343 1.2×	153 0.5×	86	2.1k
Bhushan Shrestha	1.1k 0.7×	641 0.9×	78 0.2×	185 0.6×	248 0.9×	77	2.8k
Huijuan Jia	665 0.4×	614 0.9×	210 0.6×	115 0.4×	95 0.3×	102	1.6k
Jacques Mourot	207 0.1×	760 1.1×	248 0.7×	424 1.4×	47 0.2×	139	4.1k
Ying Sun	791 0.5×	824 1.2×	394 1.1×	123 0.4×	131 0.5×	84	2.1k
Ki‐Young Kim	526 0.3×	815 1.2×	161 0.4×	76 0.3×	132 0.5×	218	1.9k
Jennifer Ann Harikrishna	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	68 0.2×	233 0.8×	67 0.2×	105	2.1k
Paulo Sérgio Pereira	570 0.3×	979 1.4×	290 0.8×	824 2.8×	62 0.2×	101	2.2k
Ying Huang	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	242 0.7×	139 0.5×	56 0.2×	126	3.0k
Jung‐Bum Lee	657 0.4×	666 1.0×	267 0.7×	51 0.2×	165 0.6×	94	3.0k

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Pozzi, Carlo, et al.. (2025). Climate change and plant genomic plasticity. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 138(9). 231–231.

Giuliani, Claudia, Alberto Spada, Sara Falsini, et al.. (2024). Micromorphological and phytochemical insights on Phlomis fruticosa L. cultivated at the G.E. Ghirardi Botanical Garden (Lombardy, Northern Italy). Flora. 314. 152505–152505. 1 indexed citations

Pozzi, Carlo, et al.. (2024). Plant developmental oddities. Planta. 260(4). 104–104. 1 indexed citations

Giuliani, Claudia, Alberto Spada, Sara Falsini, et al.. (2024). An Integrative Approach to Selected Species of Tanacetum L. (Asteraceae): Insights into Morphology and Phytochemistry. Plants. 13(2). 155–155. 8 indexed citations

Cerise, Martina, Damiano Martignago, Matteo Chiara, et al.. (2023). Rice florigens control a common set of genes at the shoot apical meristem including the F‐BOX BROADER TILLER ANGLE 1 that regulates tiller angle and spikelet development. The Plant Journal. 115(6). 1647–1660. 8 indexed citations

Pierce, Simon, Dario Maffi, Franco Faoro, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, & Alberto Spada. (2022). The leaf anatomical trade-offs associated with plant ecological strategy variation. Plant Ecology. 223(10-12). 1233–1246. 14 indexed citations

Buduo, Christian A. Di, Pierre Laurent, Carlo Zaninetti, et al.. (2021). Miniaturized 3D bone marrow tissue model to assess response to Thrombopoietin-receptor agonists in patients. eLife. 10. 12 indexed citations

Aristil, Junior, Roberto Pilu, & Alberto Spada. (2019). Morphological diversity among local and introduced maize (Zea mays L.) varieties in Haiti for yield improvement. Maydica. 64(1). 7. 1 indexed citations

Pierce, Simon, Alberto Spada, Elisabetta Caporali, Roberta M. Ceriani, & Gabriella Buffa. (2018). Enzymatic scarification of Anacamptis morio (Orchidaceae) seed facilitates lignin degradation, water uptake and germination. Plant Biology. 21(3). 409–414. 20 indexed citations

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Baronchelli, Simona, Alberto Spada, Paola Conforti, et al.. (2017). Epigenetic and transcriptional modulation of WDR5 , a chromatin remodeling protein, in Huntington's disease human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) model. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 82. 46–57. 8 indexed citations

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Pierce, Simon, Alberto Spada, Elisabetta Caporali, et al.. (2017). Identifying population thresholds for flowering plant reproductive success: the marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) as a flagship species of humid meadows and heathland. Biodiversity and Conservation. 27(4). 891–905. 3 indexed citations

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Baronchelli, Simona, Alberto Spada, Anna Moles, et al.. (2017). A Review of Research-Grade Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Qualification and Biobanking Processes. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 15(4). 384–392. 7 indexed citations

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Spada, Alberto, et al.. (2017). Generation of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Wolfram Syndrome Type 2 Patients Bearing the c.103 + 1G>A CISD2 Mutation for Disease Modeling. Stem Cells and Development. 27(4). 287–295. 6 indexed citations

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Aristil, Junior, G. Venturini, & Alberto Spada. (2017). Occurrence of Toxigenic Fungi and Aflatoxin Potential of Aspergillus spp. Strains Associated with Subsistence Farmed Crops in Haiti. Journal of Food Protection. 80(4). 626–631. 8 indexed citations

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Baronchelli, Simona, Alberto Spada, Paola Conforti, et al.. (2015). Investigating DNA Methylation Dynamics and Safety of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Toward Striatal Neurons. Stem Cells and Development. 24(20). 2366–2377. 5 indexed citations

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Nishii, Kanae, et al.. (2012). Gibberellin as a suppressor of lateral dominance and inducer of apical growth in the unifoliate Streptocarpus wendlandii (Gesneriaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 50(3). 267–287. 7 indexed citations

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Bergamaschi, S., Claudia Giavoli, Eriselda Profka, et al.. (2012). A particular phenotype in a case of Down-Turner syndrome. 15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology. 29. 2 indexed citations

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Grassi, F., Massimo Labra, S. Imazio, et al.. (2003). Evidence of a secondary grapevine domestication centre detected by SSR analysis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 107(7). 1315–1320. 146 indexed citations

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Cortelazzi, D., Vincenzo Cappiello, Stefania Ronzoni, et al.. (2003). Circulating levels of ghrelin in human fetuses. European Journal of Endocrinology. 149(2). 111–116. 80 indexed citations

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Restivo, Francesco Maria, Francesca Tassi, Elisabetta Caporali, et al.. (1995). A Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Probe for Early Diagnosis of Gender in Asparagus officinalis L.. HortScience. 30(7). 1463–1464. 20 indexed citations

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