Deborah Sementa

686 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 489 citations indexed

About

Deborah Sementa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Sementa has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 489 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Biomaterials and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Deborah Sementa's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (10 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Deborah Sementa is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (10 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Deborah Sementa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. Deborah Sementa's co-authors include Rein V. Ulijn, Mohit Kumar, Ankit Jain, Daniela Kroiss, Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Elisa Riedo, V. Narang, Salma Kassem, Tong Wang and James M. Aramini and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Sementa

16 papers receiving 489 citations

Hit Papers

Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry
    2021 269 citations Deborah Sementa, Ankit Jain et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Sementa United States 11 262 243 156 107 56 16 489
Jeonghun Lee South Korea 13 283 1.1× 237 1.0× 128 0.8× 144 1.3× 173 3.1× 41 579
Debmalya Bhunia India 13 321 1.2× 327 1.3× 158 1.0× 72 0.7× 85 1.5× 28 601
Pallavi M. Gosavi United States 11 246 0.9× 359 1.5× 119 0.8× 85 0.8× 78 1.4× 13 628
Ziyao Kang China 11 170 0.6× 310 1.3× 168 1.1× 95 0.9× 109 1.9× 14 554
Eline Bartolami France 14 131 0.5× 626 2.6× 366 2.3× 96 0.9× 67 1.2× 18 822
Seongeon Jin South Korea 12 235 0.9× 279 1.1× 107 0.7× 120 1.1× 221 3.9× 20 549
Lan Yao United States 12 150 0.6× 342 1.4× 154 1.0× 53 0.5× 161 2.9× 23 611
Jongdoo Lim United States 18 153 0.6× 571 2.3× 335 2.1× 150 1.4× 105 1.9× 26 975
Gavin T. Noble United Kingdom 8 328 1.3× 428 1.8× 108 0.7× 65 0.6× 197 3.5× 8 683
Geoffray Leriche United States 13 90 0.3× 392 1.6× 239 1.5× 97 0.9× 106 1.9× 28 612

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Sementa

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Sementa, Deborah, et al.. (2025). Context dependence in assembly code for supramolecular peptide materials and systems. Nature Reviews Materials. 10(6). 449–472. 11 indexed citations
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Green, Christopher M., Deborah Sementa, Divita Mathur, et al.. (2024). Sequestration within peptide coacervates improves the fluorescence intensity, kinetics, and limits of detection of dye-based DNA biosensors. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 49–49. 14 indexed citations
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Mohapatra, Somesh, Mariane B. Melo, Jacob Rodriguez, et al.. (2024). Design of Cytotoxic T Cell Epitopes by Machine Learning of Human Degrons. ACS Central Science. 10(4). 793–802. 2 indexed citations
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Jain, Ankit, Deborah Sementa, Maya Narayanan Nair, et al.. (2024). Aqueous Graphene Dispersion and Biofunctionalization via Enzymatic Oxidation of Tripeptides. Small. 20(38). e2400775–e2400775. 2 indexed citations
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Kassem, Salma, Deborah Sementa, Alfredo Vidal Ceballos, et al.. (2023). Localized and regulated peptide pigment formation inside liquid droplets through confined enzymatic oxidation. Chemical Communications. 59(95). 14138–14141. 9 indexed citations
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Sementa, Deborah, et al.. (2023). Sequence‐Tunable Phase Behavior and Intrinsic Fluorescence in Dynamically Interacting Peptides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(50). e202311479–e202311479. 23 indexed citations
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Sementa, Deborah, et al.. (2023). Sequence‐Tunable Phase Behavior and Intrinsic Fluorescence in Dynamically Interacting Peptides. Angewandte Chemie. 135(50). 2 indexed citations
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Sementa, Deborah, et al.. (2021). Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry. Chemical Reviews. 121(22). 13869–13914. 269 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lampel, Ayala, Scott A. McPhee, Salma Kassem, et al.. (2021). Melanin‐Inspired Chromophoric Microparticles Composed of Polymeric Peptide Pigments. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(14). 7564–7569. 32 indexed citations
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Trotta, Anna Maria, Michela Aurilio, Crescenzo D’Alterio, et al.. (2021). Novel Peptide-Based PET Probe for Non-invasive Imaging of C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4 (CXCR4) in Tumors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(6). 3449–3461. 12 indexed citations
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Lampel, Ayala, Scott A. McPhee, Salma Kassem, et al.. (2021). Melanin‐Inspired Chromophoric Microparticles Composed of Polymeric Peptide Pigments. Angewandte Chemie. 133(14). 7642–7647. 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mohit, Deborah Sementa, V. Narang, Elisa Riedo, & Rein V. Ulijn. (2020). Self‐Assembly Propensity Dictates Lifetimes in Transient Naphthalimide–Dipeptide Nanofibers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(38). 8372–8376. 30 indexed citations
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Maro, Salvatore Di, Francesco Saverio Di Leva, Anna Maria Trotta, et al.. (2017). Structure–Activity Relationships and Biological Characterization of a Novel, Potent, and Serum Stable C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4 (CXCR4) Antagonist. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(23). 9641–9652. 23 indexed citations
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Maro, Salvatore Di, Anna Maria Trotta, Diego Brancaccio, et al.. (2016). Exploring the N-Terminal Region of C-X-C Motif Chemokine 12 (CXCL12): Identification of Plasma-Stable Cyclic Peptides As Novel, Potent C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4 (CXCR4) Antagonists. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 59(18). 8369–8380. 27 indexed citations
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Vignaroli, Gianluca, Deborah Sementa, Emmanuele Crespan, et al.. (2014). Exploring the Chemical Space around the Privileged Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine Scaffold: Toward Novel Allosteric Inhibitors of T315I-Mutated Abl. ACS Combinatorial Science. 16(4). 168–175. 12 indexed citations

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