Cristina Balagna

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Cristina Balagna is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristina Balagna has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cristina Balagna's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (6 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (5 papers). Cristina Balagna is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (6 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (5 papers). Cristina Balagna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Pakistan and United States. Cristina Balagna's co-authors include Monica Ferraris, Sergio Perero, Silvia Spriano, Marta Miola, Maria Giulia Faga, Enrica Verné, Chiara Vitale‐Brovarone, Edoardo Vecchio Nepita, Elena Percivalle and David Lembo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Acta Biomaterialia.

In The Last Decade

Cristina Balagna

31 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Silver Nanoparticles: Review of Antiviral Properties, Mechanism of Action and Applications

2023 113 citations Rachele Francese, David Lembo et al. Microorganisms profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cristina Balagna Italy	18	467	426	199	197	106	31	1.2k
Sergio Perero Italy	23	512 1.1×	408 1.0×	126 0.6×	111 0.6×	130 1.2×	49	1.2k
Polina Prokopovich United Kingdom	28	583 1.2×	950 2.2×	405 2.0×	141 0.7×	329 3.1×	85	2.4k
Ali Dabbagh Malaysia	17	323 0.7×	521 1.2×	92 0.5×	149 0.8×	87 0.8×	34	974
L. Klimek Poland	21	359 0.8×	245 0.6×	162 0.8×	340 1.7×	50 0.5×	177	1.4k
Maxime Cloutier Canada	9	304 0.7×	309 0.7×	69 0.3×	54 0.3×	30 0.3×	14	912
Adel A. Abdelwahab United Kingdom	22	273 0.6×	392 0.9×	252 1.3×	143 0.7×	35 0.3×	54	1.6k
Jingzhe Pan United Kingdom	21	206 0.4×	368 0.9×	206 1.0×	266 1.4×	73 0.7×	47	1.5k
Juliana Martins de Souza e Silva Germany	20	351 0.8×	380 0.9×	56 0.3×	286 1.5×	22 0.2×	56	1.2k
M.T. Pham Germany	20	491 1.1×	446 1.0×	129 0.6×	113 0.6×	48 0.5×	75	1.1k
Marc Engels‐Deutsch France	9	342 0.7×	306 0.7×	68 0.3×	44 0.2×	70 0.7×	18	965

Countries citing papers authored by Cristina Balagna

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristina Balagna

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

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Rinaldi, Antonio, et al.. (2025). Antibacterial Nanocomposite Ceramic Coating for Liquid Filtration Application. Nanomaterials. 15(12). 911–911. 1 indexed citations

Francese, Rachele, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial and Antiviral Activities of Silver Nanocluster/Silica Composite Coatings Deposited onto Air Filters. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(3). 3955–3965. 10 indexed citations

Francese, Rachele, et al.. (2023). Silver Nanoparticles: Review of Antiviral Properties, Mechanism of Action and Applications. Microorganisms. 11(3). 629–629. 113 indexed citations breakdown →

Perero, Sergio, Andrea Cochis, Alessandro Calogero Scalia, et al.. (2023). Washing resistant antibacterial composite coatings on cotton textiles. Cellulose. 30(15). 9877–9897. 7 indexed citations

Balagna, Cristina, Rachele Francese, Sergio Perero, David Lembo, & Monica Ferraris. (2021). Nanostructured composite coating endowed with antiviral activity against human respiratory viruses deposited on fibre-based air filters. Surface and Coatings Technology. 409. 126873–126873. 40 indexed citations

Balagna, Cristina, Sergio Perero, Elena Percivalle, Edoardo Vecchio Nepita, & Monica Ferraris. (2020). Virucidal effect against coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 of a silver nanocluster/silica composite sputtered coating. Open Ceramics. 1. 100006–100006. 186 indexed citations

Balagna, Cristina, Sergio Perero, Francesca Bosco, et al.. (2020). Antipathogen nanostructured coating for air filters. Applied Surface Science. 508. 145283–145283. 29 indexed citations

Casalegno, Valentina, Fabrizio Valenza, Cristina Balagna, et al.. (2019). Characterisation of joined surface modified SiCf/SiC composites. Ceramics International. 46(4). 4159–4166. 9 indexed citations

Balagna, Cristina, et al.. (2017). Characterization of antibacterial silver nanocluster/silica composite coating on high performance Kevlar® textile. Surface and Coatings Technology. 321. 438–447. 25 indexed citations

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Balagna, Cristina, et al.. (2017). Effect of heat treatments on a Ni-Ti alloy sintered by Electro-Sinter-Forging. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 726. 338–347. 9 indexed citations

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Irfan, Muhammad, Sergio Perero, Marta Miola, et al.. (2017). Antimicrobial functionalization of cotton fabric with silver nanoclusters/silica composite coating via RF co-sputtering technique. Cellulose. 24(5). 2331–2345. 71 indexed citations

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Baino, Francesco, Sergio Perero, Sara Ferraris, et al.. (2013). Biomaterials for orbital implants and ocular prostheses: Overview and future prospects. Acta Biomaterialia. 10(3). 1064–1087. 75 indexed citations

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Ferraris, Monica, Sara Ferraris, Marta Miola, et al.. (2012). Effect of thermal treatments on sputtered silver nanocluster/silica composite coatings on soda-lime glasses: ionic exchange and antibacterial activity. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 14(12). 22 indexed citations

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Balagna, Cristina, Silvia Spriano, & Maria Giulia Faga. (2012). Characterization of Co–Cr–Mo alloys after a thermal treatment for high wear resistance. Materials Science and Engineering C. 32(7). 1868–1877. 76 indexed citations

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Ferraris, Monica, Cristina Balagna, Sergio Perero, et al.. (2012). Silver nanocluster/silica composite coatings obtained by sputtering for antibacterial applications. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 40. 12037–12037. 26 indexed citations

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Balagna, Cristina, Sergio Perero, Sara Ferraris, et al.. (2012). Antibacterial coating on polymer for space application. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 135(2-3). 714–722. 41 indexed citations

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Balagna, Cristina, Maria Giulia Faga, & Silvia Spriano. (2012). Tantalum-based multilayer coating on cobalt alloys in total hip and knee replacement. Materials Science and Engineering C. 32(4). 887–895. 59 indexed citations

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Balagna, Cristina, Maria Giulia Faga, & Silvia Spriano. (2011). Tantalum-Based Thin Film Coatings for Wear Resistant Arthroprostheses. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 11(10). 8994–9002. 14 indexed citations

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Balagna, Cristina, Chiara Vitale‐Brovarone, Marta Miola, et al.. (2010). Biocompatibility and Antibacterial Effect of Silver Doped 3D-Glass-Ceramic Scaffolds for Bone Grafting. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 25(6). 595–617. 17 indexed citations

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Verné, Enrica, Oana Bretcanu, Cristina Balagna, et al.. (2008). Early stage reactivity and in vitro behavior of silica-based bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 20(1). 75–87. 76 indexed citations

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