Carmelo Drago

918 total citations
26 papers, 673 citations indexed

About

Carmelo Drago is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Carmelo Drago has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 673 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Carmelo Drago's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (7 papers), Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry (3 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (3 papers). Carmelo Drago is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (7 papers), Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry (3 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (3 papers). Carmelo Drago collaborates with scholars based in Italy, India and United Kingdom. Carmelo Drago's co-authors include Richard F. W. Jackson, Lorenzo Caggiano, Pierfausto Seneci, Daniele Lecis, Leonardo Manzoni, Eloise Mastrangelo, Prasanna Ramani, Martino Bolognesi, Carlo Scolastico and Alessandro Ponti and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Carmelo Drago

24 papers receiving 667 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carmelo Drago Italy 15 292 261 111 87 79 26 673
Chenxi Wang China 13 234 0.8× 243 0.9× 76 0.7× 78 0.9× 112 1.4× 44 658
Rui Sang China 14 263 0.9× 196 0.8× 38 0.3× 121 1.4× 63 0.8× 41 627
Ada W.Y. Leung Canada 17 174 0.6× 300 1.1× 66 0.6× 95 1.1× 57 0.7× 30 720
Yunlong Lu China 17 377 1.3× 263 1.0× 74 0.7× 100 1.1× 85 1.1× 29 954
Piotr Jakimowicz Poland 18 194 0.7× 446 1.7× 101 0.9× 57 0.7× 122 1.5× 29 889
Laura Legnani Italy 20 629 2.2× 289 1.1× 54 0.5× 83 1.0× 108 1.4× 75 1.0k
Palwinder Singh India 21 525 1.8× 378 1.4× 49 0.4× 112 1.3× 104 1.3× 51 1.0k
Yanwu Li China 13 106 0.4× 250 1.0× 67 0.6× 41 0.5× 50 0.6× 31 523
Zhuo Wang China 21 789 2.7× 316 1.2× 103 0.9× 69 0.8× 91 1.2× 58 1.2k
Fares Hezam Al-Ostoot India 19 489 1.7× 184 0.7× 60 0.5× 44 0.5× 98 1.2× 58 913

Countries citing papers authored by Carmelo Drago

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carmelo Drago

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carmelo Drago

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

All Works

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Pulvirenti, Luana, Stefano La Malfa, Alessandra Gentile, et al.. (2025). Metabolite content and antioxidant potential of blood oranges as affected by rootstock. Food Chemistry. 478. 143634–143634.
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Drago, Carmelo, et al.. (2023). Sulfonated Polyether Ketone Membranes Embedded with Nalidixic Acid—An Emerging Controlled Drug Releaser. Polymers. 15(17). 3631–3631. 2 indexed citations
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Drago, Carmelo, et al.. (2023). Design of an Antibiotic-Releasing Polymer: Physicochemical Characterization and Drug Release Patterns. Membranes. 13(1). 102–102. 10 indexed citations
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Nanjan, Pandurangan, et al.. (2023). Pyrrole: A Decisive Scaffold for the Development of Therapeutic Agents and Structure‐Activity Relationship. ChemMedChem. 19(1). e202300447–e202300447. 42 indexed citations
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Tardiolo, Giuseppe, Marco Sebastiano Nicolò, Carmelo Drago, et al.. (2023). Orange Peel Waste as Feedstock for the Production of Glycerol-Free Biodiesel by the Microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata. Molecules. 28(19). 6846–6846. 6 indexed citations
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Drago, Carmelo, Raffaele Morrone, Nicola D’Antona, Giuseppe Ruberto, & Edoardo Napoli. (2022). Lemon seed oil: An alternative source for the production of glycerol‐free biodiesel. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 16(6). 1726–1732. 1 indexed citations
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Drago, Carmelo, et al.. (2022). Imidazole-pyridine hybrids as potent anti-cancer agents. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 180. 106323–106323. 26 indexed citations
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Continella, Alberto, Carmelo Drago, Alessandra Gentile, et al.. (2021). Secondary metabolic profiles and anticancer actions from fruit extracts of immature pomegranates. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0255831–e0255831. 11 indexed citations
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Ferretti, Anna Maria, Sandro Usseglio, Sara Mondini, et al.. (2020). Towards bio-compatible magnetic nanoparticles: Immune-related effects, in-vitro internalization, and in-vivo bio-distribution of zwitterionic ferrite nanoparticles with unexpected renal clearance. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 582(Pt B). 678–700. 29 indexed citations
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Scavullo, Cinzia, Federica Servida, Daniele Lecis, et al.. (2013). Single-agent Smac-mimetic compounds induce apoptosis in B chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL). Leukemia Research. 37(7). 809–815. 11 indexed citations
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Mondini, Sara, Carmelo Drago, Anna Maria Ferretti, Alessandra Puglisi, & Alessandro Ponti. (2013). Colloidal stability of iron oxide nanocrystals coated with a PEG-based tetra-catechol surfactant. Nanotechnology. 24(10). 105702–105702. 23 indexed citations
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Lecis, Daniele, Michelandrea De Cesare, Paola Perego, et al.. (2013). Smac mimetics induce inflammation and necrotic tumour cell death by modulating macrophage activity. Cell Death and Disease. 4(11). e920–e920. 41 indexed citations
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Manzoni, Leonardo, Laura Belvisi, Aldo Bianchi, et al.. (2012). Homo- and heterodimeric Smac mimetics/IAP inhibitors as in vivo-active pro-apoptotic agents. Part I: Synthesis. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 20(22). 6687–6708. 18 indexed citations
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Cossu, Federica, Mario Milani, Patrice Vachette, et al.. (2012). Structural Insight into Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins Recognition by a Potent Divalent Smac-Mimetic. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49527–e49527. 13 indexed citations
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Lecis, Daniele, Carmelo Drago, Leonardo Manzoni, et al.. (2010). Novel SMAC-mimetics synergistically stimulate melanoma cell death in combination with TRAIL and Bortezomib. British Journal of Cancer. 102(12). 1707–1716. 61 indexed citations
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Servida, Federica, Daniele Lecis, Cinzia Scavullo, et al.. (2010). Novel second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (Smac) mimetic compounds sensitize human leukemic cell lines to conventional chemotherapeutic drug-induced and death receptor-mediated apoptosis. Investigational New Drugs. 29(6). 1264–1275. 30 indexed citations
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Cossu, Federica, Mario Milani, Eloise Mastrangelo, et al.. (2009). Structural Basis for Bivalent Smac-Mimetics Recognition in the IAP Protein Family. Journal of Molecular Biology. 392(3). 630–644. 37 indexed citations
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Mastrangelo, Eloise, Federica Cossu, Mario Milani, et al.. (2008). Targeting the X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein through 4-Substituted Azabicyclo[5.3.0]alkane Smac Mimetics. Structure, Activity, and Recognition Principles. Journal of Molecular Biology. 384(3). 673–689. 31 indexed citations
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Drago, Carmelo, Lorenzo Caggiano, & Richard F. W. Jackson. (2005). Vanadium‐Catalyzed Sulfur Oxidation/Kinetic Resolution in the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Alkyl Aryl Sulfoxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(44). 7221–7223. 140 indexed citations

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