Antonio Moretta

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Antonio Moretta is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonio Moretta has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Microbiology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Antonio Moretta's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (6 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (4 papers). Antonio Moretta is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (6 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (4 papers). Antonio Moretta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Antonio Moretta's co-authors include Rosanna Salvia, Carmen Scieuzo, Patrizia Falabella, Alessandro Sgambato, Heiko Vogel, Angela Di Somma, Donatella Lucchetti, Michele Dario Manniello, Angela Duilio and Antonio Franco and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Antonio Moretta

11 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Hope in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields

2021 350 citations Antonio Moretta, Carmen Scieuzo et al. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology profile →
Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential weapons to counteract the antibiotic resistance

2021 180 citations Michele Dario Manniello, Antonio Moretta et al. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antonio Moretta Italy	10	569	509	413	131	124	11	1.1k
Antonio Franco Italy	11	261 0.5×	250 0.5×	544 1.3×	58 0.4×	235 1.9×	24	904
Sergey Chernysh Russia	13	444 0.8×	428 0.8×	324 0.8×	314 2.4×	28 0.2×	22	921
Anna Maria Petrone Italy	8	249 0.4×	268 0.5×	143 0.3×	52 0.4×	56 0.5×	9	631
Michele Dario Manniello Italy	10	325 0.6×	315 0.6×	158 0.4×	94 0.7×	26 0.2×	10	803
Mohammad Rahnamaeian Germany	20	502 0.9×	451 0.9×	355 0.9×	208 1.6×	21 0.2×	24	956
Joon Ha Lee South Korea	18	285 0.5×	444 0.9×	461 1.1×	261 2.0×	22 0.2×	50	993
Fatemeh Askarian Norway	18	175 0.3×	465 0.9×	54 0.1×	387 3.0×	24 0.2×	39	1.1k
Jeroen De Smet Belgium	23	154 0.3×	517 1.0×	854 2.1×	41 0.3×	434 3.5×	42	1.6k
Małgorzata Dawgul Poland	16	258 0.5×	306 0.6×	210 0.5×	55 0.4×	9 0.1×	25	626
Hui‐Yu Yi China	14	317 0.6×	302 0.6×	513 1.2×	400 3.1×	44 0.4×	18	866

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antonio Moretta

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11 of 11 papers shown

Moretta, Antonio, Carmen Scieuzo, Rosanna Salvia, et al.. (2022). Tools in the Era of Multidrug Resistance in Bacteria: Applications for New AntimicrobialPeptides Discovery. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 28(35). 2856–2866. 16 indexed citations

Somma, Angela Di, Antonio Moretta, Anna Illiano, et al.. (2022). The antimicrobial peptide Magainin-2 interacts with BamA impairing folding of E. coli membrane proteins. Frontiers in Chemistry. 10. 1013788–1013788. 7 indexed citations

Manniello, Michele Dario, Antonio Moretta, Rosanna Salvia, et al.. (2021). Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential weapons to counteract the antibiotic resistance. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(9). 4259–4282. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

Moretta, Antonio, Carmen Scieuzo, Anna Maria Petrone, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Hope in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Fields. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 668632–668632. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

Franco, Antonio, Carmen Scieuzo, Rosanna Salvia, et al.. (2021). Lipids from Hermetia illucens, an Innovative and Sustainable Source. Sustainability. 13(18). 10198–10198. 96 indexed citations

Somma, Angela Di, et al.. (2021). Interaction of Temporin-L Analogues with the E. coli FtsZ Protein. Antibiotics. 10(6). 704–704. 10 indexed citations

Somma, Angela Di, Antonio Moretta, Carmen Scieuzo, et al.. (2021). Structural and Functional Characterization of a Novel Recombinant Antimicrobial Peptide from Hermetia illucens. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 44(1). 1–13. 34 indexed citations

Salvia, Rosanna, Carmen Scieuzo, Annalisa Grimaldi, et al.. (2021). Role of Ovarian Proteins Secreted by Toxoneuron nigriceps (Viereck) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Early Suppression of Host Immune Response. Insects. 12(1). 33–33. 11 indexed citations

Somma, Angela Di, Concetta Avitabile, Antonio Moretta, et al.. (2020). The antimicrobial peptide Temporin L impairs E. coli cell division by interacting with FtsZ and the divisome complex. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1864(7). 129606–129606. 43 indexed citations

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Moretta, Antonio, Rosanna Salvia, Carmen Scieuzo, et al.. (2020). A bioinformatic study of antimicrobial peptides identified in the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16875–16875. 136 indexed citations

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Somma, Angela Di, et al.. (2020). Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Peptides. Biomolecules. 10(4). 652–652. 182 indexed citations

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