Claudio Nicolini

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
424 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Claudio Nicolini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudio Nicolini has authored 424 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Molecular Biology, 86 papers in Materials Chemistry and 75 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Claudio Nicolini's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (45 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (41 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (39 papers). Claudio Nicolini is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (45 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (41 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (39 papers). Claudio Nicolini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Russia. Claudio Nicolini's co-authors include Eugenia Pechkova, Manoj K. Ram, Victor Erokhin, Sergio Paddeu, Valter Bavastrello, Sandro Carrara, Paolo Facci, M. Adami, Renato Baserga and A. Chiabrera and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Claudio Nicolini

408 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Chromatin Structure and F... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Chromatin Structure and Function
    1979 892 citations Claudio Nicolini profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Claudio Nicolini 4.3k 2.0k 1.7k 1.5k 1.0k 424 9.0k
Shaopeng Wang 3.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 3.1k 2.1× 329 0.3× 259 8.8k
Christoph Bräuchle 3.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 3.4k 1.9× 2.1k 1.4× 763 0.8× 222 10.5k
Christopher R. Lowe 7.4k 1.7× 3.9k 2.0× 1.2k 0.7× 5.0k 3.3× 1.0k 1.0× 348 14.7k
Hui Zhang 3.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.9k 1.3× 722 0.7× 242 8.2k
M. Reza Ghadiri 9.9k 2.3× 1.5k 0.8× 3.3k 1.9× 2.4k 1.6× 349 0.3× 120 16.0k
Jiang Li 11.5k 2.6× 2.5k 1.3× 3.3k 1.9× 5.9k 4.0× 527 0.5× 441 17.7k
Ignacy Gryczyński 6.1k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 4.5k 2.6× 4.9k 3.3× 221 0.2× 485 13.7k
David R. Walt 8.3k 1.9× 3.9k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 8.5k 5.7× 646 0.6× 328 18.1k
Guodong Liu 7.2k 1.6× 2.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 4.6k 3.1× 365 0.4× 264 11.0k
Yuling Wang 5.1k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 3.3k 1.9× 4.6k 3.1× 723 0.7× 448 12.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Claudio Nicolini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudio Nicolini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Claudio Nicolini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Claudio Nicolini 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 Claudio Nicolini. Claudio Nicolini 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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Nicolini, Claudio. (2017). Mimosa pudica Flower Extract Mediated Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles. NanoWorld Journal. 1(2). 1 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio. (2016). How Bibliometric Indicators Should Be Used to Assess Excellence in Science and Technology. NanoWorld Journal. 2(3). 1 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio. (2016). Ethanol Based Vesicular Carriers in Transdermal Drug Delivery: Nanoethosomes and Transethosomes in Focus. NanoWorld Journal. 1(2). 1 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio. (2015). Technology Transfer and Objective Assessment of Science and World Priority. NanoWorld Journal. 1(2). 2 indexed citations
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Pechkova, Eugenia, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, & Claudio Nicolini. (2015). Protein Crystallization by Anodic Porous Alumina (APA) Template: The Example of Hen Egg White Lysozyme (HEWL). NanoWorld Journal. 1(2). 4 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio, et al.. (2015). Synchrotron Diffraction of Multilayered LS PGA Films after Heating and Cooling. NanoWorld Journal. 1(1). 2 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio, et al.. (2015). Microarray based Functional Nanoproteomics and Cancer. TechConnect Briefs. 3(2015). 110–113. 1 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio, et al.. (2014). Drug-Protein Interactions for Clinical Research by Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Arrays-Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Factor Monitoring Nanoconductometric Assay. American journal of biochemistry & biotechnology. 10(3). 189–201. 4 indexed citations
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Bozdaganyan, Marine E., Philipp S. Orekhov, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, et al.. (2014). Docking and Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations in Potential Drugs Discovery: An Application to Influenza Virus M2 Protein. American journal of biochemistry & biotechnology. 10(3). 180–188. 8 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio. (2013). In situ Monitoring By Raman Spectroscopy of Lysozyme Conformation during “Nanotemplate” Induced Crystallization. Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology. 6(1). 7 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio & Eugenia Pechkova. (2011). In Situ Study of Nanotemplate-Induced Growth of Lysozyme Microcrystals by Submicron Gisaxs. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 311a–312a. 1 indexed citations
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Gebhardt, Ronald, Eugenia Pechkova, Christian Riekel, & Claudio Nicolini. (2010). In Situ μGISAXS: II. Thaumatin Crystal Growth Kinetic. Biophysical Journal. 99(4). 1262–1267. 22 indexed citations
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Pechkova, Eugenia, Ronald Gebhardt, Christian Riekel, & Claudio Nicolini. (2010). In Situ μGISAXS: I. Experimental Setup for Submicron Study of Protein Nucleation and Growth. Biophysical Journal. 99(4). 1256–1261. 23 indexed citations
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Larosa, Claudio, E.A. Stura, Roberto Eggenhöffner, & Claudio Nicolini. (2009). Optimization of Optical Properties of Polycarbonate Film with Thiol Gold-Nanoparticles. Materials. 2(3). 1193–1204. 15 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Claudio. (1997). Genome structure and function. From chromosomes characterization to genes technology.. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Bramanti, Emilia, E. Benedetti, E. Benedetti, et al.. (1997). Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the secondary structure of cytochrome C Langmuir-Blodgett films. Biopolymers. 42(2). 227–237. 13 indexed citations
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Tronin, Andrey, Yuri Lvov, & Claudio Nicolini. (1994). Ellipsometry and x-ray reflectometry characterization of self-assembly process of polystyrenesulfonate and polyallylamine. Colloid & Polymer Science. 272(10). 1317–1321. 36 indexed citations
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Gaglio, Salvatore, M. Genovesi, C. Ruggiero, et al.. (1987). Expert systems for cancer chemotherapy. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 14(9-12). 793–802. 6 indexed citations
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El-Mofty, Sherif, M.C. Scrutton, Ada Serroni, Claudio Nicolini, & J L Farber. (1975). Early, reversible plasma membrane injury in galactosamine-induced liver cell death.. PubMed Central. 79(3). 579–96. 141 indexed citations

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