Carlo Santini

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
162 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Carlo Santini is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Oncology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlo Santini has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Organic Chemistry, 91 papers in Oncology and 37 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Carlo Santini's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (91 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (66 papers) and Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization (34 papers). Carlo Santini is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (91 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (66 papers) and Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization (34 papers). Carlo Santini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Australia and United States. Carlo Santini's co-authors include Maura Pellei, Cristina Marzano, Francesco Tisato, Marina Porchia, Valentina Gandin, Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, Claudio Pettinari, Grazia Papini, Fabio Del Bello and Marika Marinelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Scientific Reports and Coordination Chemistry Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Carlo Santini

148 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Advances in Copper Complexes as Anticancer Agents 2009 2026 2014 2020 2013 2009 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Advances in Copper Complexes as Anticancer Agents
    2013 1.5k citations Carlo Santini, Maura Pellei et al. profile →
  2. Copper Complexes as Anticancer Agents
    2009 693 citations Cristina Marzano, Maura Pellei et al. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry profile →
  3. Copper in diseases and treatments, and copper‐based anticancer strategies
    2009 687 citations Francesco Tisato, Cristina Marzano et al. profile →

Peers

Carlo Santini
Maura Pellei Italy
Marina Porchia Italy
Cristina Marzano Italy
Vladimir B. Arion Austria
Nick Hadjiliadis Greece
Domenico Osella Italy
Maria Agostina Cinellu Italy
Abraha Habtemariam United Kingdom
Éva A. Enyedy Hungary
Mallayan Palaniandavar India
Maura Pellei Italy
Carlo Santini
Citations per year, relative to Carlo Santini Carlo Santini (= 1×) peers Maura Pellei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlo Santini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlo Santini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlo Santini 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 Carlo Santini. Carlo Santini is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pellei, Maura, Carlo Santini, Chiara Battocchio, et al.. (2024). Anticancer potential of copper(i) complexes based on isopropyl ester derivatives of bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetate ligands. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(2). 849–861. 4 indexed citations
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Venditti, Iole, Giovanna Iucci, Carlo Meneghini, et al.. (2024). Cu(I) Coordination Compounds Conjugated to Au Nanorods for Future Applications in Drug Delivery: Insights in Molecular, Electronic and Cu Local Structure in Solid and Liquid Phase. ChemPhysChem. 25(12). e202400074–e202400074. 4 indexed citations
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Morelli, Maria Beatrice, Carlo Santini, Laura Zeppa, et al.. (2024). Copper-Based Complexes with Adamantane Ring-Conjugated bis(3,5-Dimethyl-pyrazol-1-yl)acetate Ligand as Promising Agents for the Treatment of Glioblastoma. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(11). 9662–9685. 2 indexed citations
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Pellei, Maura, Carlo Santini, Paolo Sgarbossa, et al.. (2023). Novel Silver Complexes Based on Phosphanes and Ester Derivatives of Bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetate Ligands Targeting TrxR: New Promising Chemotherapeutic Tools Relevant to SCLC Management. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 4091–4091. 11 indexed citations
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Bello, Fabio Del, Maura Pellei, Carlo Santini, et al.. (2022). Cu(I) and Cu(II) Complexes Based on Lonidamine-Conjugated Ligands Designed to Promote Synergistic Antitumor Effects. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(12). 4919–4937. 30 indexed citations
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Pellei, Maura, Carlo Santini, Chiara Battocchio, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Antitumor Potential of Copper Complexes Based on Ester Derivatives of Bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetate Ligands. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(16). 9397–9397. 12 indexed citations
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Gabrielli, Serena, Maura Pellei, Iole Venditti, et al.. (2020). Development of new and efficient copper(ii) complexes of hexyl bis(pyrazolyl)acetate ligands as catalysts for allylic oxidation. Dalton Transactions. 49(44). 15622–15632. 11 indexed citations
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Santini, Carlo. (2019). D. Rodrik, Dirla tutta sul mercato globale. Idee per un’economia mondiale assennata. 1084–1088. 1 indexed citations
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Fratoddi, Ilaria, Iole Venditti, Chiara Battocchio, et al.. (2019). Highly Hydrophilic Gold Nanoparticles as Carrier for Anticancer Copper(I) Complexes: Loading and Release Studies for Biomedical Applications. Nanomaterials. 9(5). 772–772. 42 indexed citations
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Marinelli, Marika, Carlo Santini, & Maura Pellei. (2016). Recent Advances in Medicinal Applications of Coinage-Metal (Cu and Ag) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 16(26). 2995–3017. 42 indexed citations
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Porchia, Marina, Alessandro Dolmella, Valentina Gandin, et al.. (2012). Neutral and charged phosphine/scorpionate copper(I) complexes: Effects of ligand assembly on their antiproliferative activity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 59. 218–226. 66 indexed citations
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Aquilanti, Giuliana, Marco Giorgetti, Marco Minicucci, et al.. (2011). A study on the coordinative versatility of new N,S-donor macrocyclic ligands: XAFS, and Cu2+ complexation thermodynamics in solution. Dalton Transactions. 40(12). 2764–2764. 35 indexed citations
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Gandin, Valentina, Maura Pellei, Francesco Tisato, et al.. (2011). A novel copper complex induces paraptosis in colon cancer cells via the activation of ER stress signalling. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 16(1). 142–151. 124 indexed citations
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Pellei, Maura, Grazia Papini, Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, et al.. (2010). Scorpionates bearing nitro substituents: mono-, bis- and tris-(3-nitro-pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligands and their copper(i) complexes. Dalton Transactions. 39(38). 8937–8937. 15 indexed citations
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Marzano, Cristina, Maura Pellei, Francesco Tisato, & Carlo Santini. (2009). Copper Complexes as Anticancer Agents. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 9(2). 185–211. 693 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pellei, Maura, Simone Alidori, Grazia Papini, et al.. (2007). Silver(i)-organophosphane complexes of electron withdrawing CF3- or NO2-substituted scorpionate ligands. Dalton Transactions. 4845–4845. 23 indexed citations
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Pellei, Maura, Giancarlo Gioia Lobbia, Carlo Santini, et al.. (2004). Synthesis, characterization and antioxidant activity of new copper(i) complexes of scorpionate and water soluble phosphane ligands. Dalton Transactions. 2822–2828. 54 indexed citations
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Lobbia, Giancarlo Gioia, John V. Hanna, Maura Pellei, et al.. (2004). Gold derivatives of scorpionates: comparison with the other coinage metal poly(pyrazolyl)borate analogues. Dalton Transactions. 951–951. 23 indexed citations
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