Alberto Vacca

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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Alberto Vacca is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Vacca has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Organic Chemistry, 37 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 28 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Alberto Vacca's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (20 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (14 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Characterization (14 papers). Alberto Vacca is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (20 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (14 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Characterization (14 papers). Alberto Vacca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United Kingdom. Alberto Vacca's co-authors include Antonio Sabatini, Peter Gans, Lucia Alderighi, Andrea Ienco, Daniel T. Peters, Claudio Bianchini, Maurizio Peruzzini, Chiara Frassineti, Stefano Ghelli and Stefano Roelens and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Vacca

97 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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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.

Hyperquad simulation and speciation (HySS): a utility program for the investigation of equilibria involving soluble and partially soluble species

1999 1.5k citations Lucia Alderighi, Peter Gans et al. profile →
SUPERQUAD: an improved general program for computation of formation constants from potentiometric data

1985 1.1k citations Peter Gans, Antonio Sabatini et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto Vacca Italy	30	2.2k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	97	5.5k
Peter Gans United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.5×	849 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	977 0.8×	947 0.8×	56	4.1k
Osamu Yamauchi Japan	41	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	836 0.6×	2.4k 1.9×	1.0k 0.9×	171	5.1k
James J. Christensen United States	40	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.7×	699 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	117	7.5k
Andrea Ienco Italy	32	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	684 0.5×	971 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	156	5.0k
Tamás Kiss Hungary	42	1.7k 0.8×	3.1k 1.9×	541 0.4×	2.0k 1.6×	995 0.8×	167	5.8k
Stephen F. Lincoln Australia	34	2.0k 0.9×	578 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	570 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	276	4.9k
Antonio Sabatini Italy	31	2.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	3.1k 2.1×	2.6k 2.0×	2.7k 2.3×	59	9.2k
Ralph G. Wilkins United States	31	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	498 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	143	4.3k
Akira Odani Japan	35	943 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	976 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	860 0.7×	123	3.9k
Mauro Micheloni Italy	35	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	2.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.7×	157	4.8k

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Maffei, Manuela, Emanuela Longa, Antonio Sabatini, Alberto Vacca, & Stefano Iotti. (2016). Actomyosin interaction at low ATP concentrations. European Biophysics Journal. 46(2). 195–202. 1 indexed citations

Nativi, Cristina, et al.. (2011). Chiral Diaminopyrrolic Receptors for Selective Recognition of Mannosides, Part 1: Design, Synthesis, and Affinities of Second‐Generation Tripodal Receptors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(17). 4814–4820. 43 indexed citations

Canepari, Monica, Manuela Maffei, Emanuela Longa, et al.. (2010). Novel Approach Applied to IVMA to Study the Modulation of the Actomyosin Interaction by MgATP In Fast Skeletal Muscle. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 145a–145a. 1 indexed citations

Roelens, Stefano, Alberto Vacca, & Chiara Venturi. (2009). Binding of Ionic Species: A General Approach To Measuring Binding Constants and Assessing Affinities. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(11). 2635–2644. 51 indexed citations

Roelens, Stefano, Alberto Vacca, Oscar Francesconi, & Chiara Venturi. (2009). Ion‐Pair Binding: Is Binding Both Binding Better?. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(33). 8296–8302. 48 indexed citations

Iotti, Stefano, Chiara Frassineti, Antonio Sabatini, Alberto Vacca, & Bruno Barbiroli. (2005). Quantitative mathematical expressions for accurate in vivo assessment of cytosolic [ADP] and ΔG of ATP hydrolysis in the human brain and skeletal muscle. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1708(2). 164–177. 38 indexed citations

Facchetti, Antonio, Alessandro Abbotto, Luca Beverina, et al.. (2004). Novel coordinating motifs for lanthanide(iii) ions based on 5-(2-pyridyl)tetrazole and 5-(2-pyridyl-1-oxide)tetrazole. Potential new contrast agents. Chemical Communications. 1770–1771. 44 indexed citations

Vacca, Alberto, Stefano Ghelli, Chiara Frassineti, et al.. (2003). Determination of protonation constants of some fluorinated polyamines by means of 13 C NMR data processed by the new computer program HypNMR2000. Protonation sequence in polyamines. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 376(7). 1041–1052. 133 indexed citations

Bianchini, Claudio, Giuliano Giambastiani, Franco Laschi, et al.. (2003). Synthesis, characterization and coordination chemistry of the new tetraazamacrocycle 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,7-bis(methanephosphonic acid monoethyl ester) dipotassium salt. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(5). 879–886. 9 indexed citations

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Cecconi, Franco, Carlo A. Ghilardi, Andrea Ienco, et al.. (2002). Different Complexation Properties of Some Hydroxy Keto Heterocycles toward Beryllium(II) in Aqueous Solutions: Experimental and Theoretical Studies. Inorganic Chemistry. 41(15). 4006–4017. 21 indexed citations

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Cecconi, Franco, Carlo A. Ghilardi, Stefano Midollini, Annabella Orlandini, & Alberto Vacca. (2000). Synthesis and X-ray characterization of the new pentanickel cluster cation [Ni5(μ5-S)(μ3-S)2(μ2-S)(μ-CH3COO)(PPh3)5]+. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 3(6). 276–280. 6 indexed citations

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Alderighi, Lucia, Antonio Bianchi, Luisella Calabi, et al.. (1999). Thermodynamics of the acid dissociation of BOPTA. Determination of equilibrium constants by means of 13C NMR spectroscopy. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 2741–2745. 15 indexed citations

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Alderighi, Lucia, Alberto Vacca, Franco Cecconi, et al.. (1999). Interaction of beryllium(II) in aqueous solution with bidentate ligands containing phosphonate groups. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 285(1). 39–48. 26 indexed citations

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Domı́nguez, S., Alfredo Mederos Martín, Felipe Brito, et al.. (1997). HYDROLYSIS OF BERYLLIUM(II) IN DMSO : H2O. Main Group Metal Chemistry. 20(1). 11–18. 22 indexed citations

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Cini, Renzo, Antonio Sabatini, Alberto Vacca, & Fabrizio Zanobini. (1997). Metal complexes of propane-1,2,3-triamine. Potentiometric and calorimetric investigations. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 75(2). 212–219. 3 indexed citations

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Ghilardi, Carlo A., Stefano Midollini, Annabella Orlandini, & Alberto Vacca. (1993). Reactivity of the tripodal trithiol 1,1,1-tris(mercaptomethyl)ethane toward methyl- and ethyl-mercury halides. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 3117–3117. 18 indexed citations

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Bianchini, Claudio, Dante Masi, Maurizio Peruzzini, et al.. (1993). Classical, nonclassical, and mixed-metal osmium(II) polyhydrides stabilized by the tetraphosphine P(CH2CH2PPh2)3. Hydrogen/deuterium isotope exchange reactions promoted by a strongly bound dihydrogen ligand. Inorganic Chemistry. 32(11). 2366–2376. 55 indexed citations

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Barbaro, Pierluigi, Claudio Bianchini, Andrea Meli, et al.. (1991). Assembling ethylene, alkyl, hydride, and carbon monoxide ligands at iridium. Organometallics. 10(7). 2227–2238. 32 indexed citations

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Cecconi, Franco, Carlo A. Ghilardi, Stefano Midollini, et al.. (1990). Ligand substitution reactions of the nickel–sulphur cluster [Ni₃S₂(PEt₃)₆]²⁺. Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance characterization of mono- and di-substituted species and X-ray crystal structure of [Ni₃(μ₃-S)₂(PEt₃)₅Cl]BPh₄. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 773–779. 11 indexed citations

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Atzei, Davide, Paola Deplano, Emanuele F. Trogu, et al.. (1988). Interaction of diiodine with some tetra-substituted dithiooxamides. Crystal and molecular structure of bis(morpholinothiocarbonyl)bis(diiodine). Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 66(6). 1483–1489. 32 indexed citations

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