Elena Foroni

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Elena Foroni is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Foroni has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Food Science and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Elena Foroni's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (13 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (8 papers). Elena Foroni is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (13 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (8 papers). Elena Foroni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Ireland and Spain. Elena Foroni's co-authors include Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura, Francesca Turroni, Abelardo Margollés, Francesca Bottacini, Miguel Gueimonde, Angela Ribbera, Sabrina Duranti, Vanessa Giubellini and Julian R. Marchesi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Elena Foroni

23 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diversity of Bifidobacteria within the Infant Gut Microbiota

2012 502 citations Francesca Turroni, Clelia Peano et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Foroni Italy	20	1.9k	1.3k	785	342	304	23	2.4k
Herbert C. Chiang United States	7	1.9k 1.0×	796 0.6×	574 0.7×	287 0.8×	465 1.5×	7	2.7k
Christian Chervaux France	17	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	547 0.7×	370 1.1×	234 0.8×	23	2.4k
Tomoko Yaeshima Japan	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	887 1.1×	278 0.8×	255 0.8×	58	2.6k
Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana Spain	24	1.4k 0.7×	819 0.7×	491 0.6×	207 0.6×	192 0.6×	43	2.0k
Steven A. Frese United States	26	1.5k 0.8×	896 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	286 0.8×	402 1.3×	57	2.6k
Alice Viappiani Italy	34	2.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	799 1.0×	374 1.1×	508 1.7×	73	3.6k
Hugh M. B. Harris Ireland	20	2.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	903 1.2×	263 0.8×	316 1.0×	27	3.5k
Chiara Ferrario Italy	28	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	636 0.8×	281 0.8×	475 1.6×	47	3.1k
Yong Jun Goh United States	29	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	984 1.3×	376 1.1×	157 0.5×	47	2.6k
Gaspar Pérez-Martı́nez Spain	38	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	793 1.0×	597 1.7×	365 1.2×	110	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Elena Foroni

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elena Foroni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Foroni

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

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Serafini, Fausta, Francesco Strati, Patricia Ruas‐Madiedo, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of adhesion properties and antibacterial activities of the infant gut commensal Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Anaerobe. 21. 9–17. 62 indexed citations

Milani, Christian, Arancha Hevia, Elena Foroni, et al.. (2013). Assessing the Fecal Microbiota: An Optimized Ion Torrent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analysis Protocol. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68739–e68739. 251 indexed citations

Milani, Christian, Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, et al.. (2013). Comparative Genomics of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Reveals a Strict Monophyletic Bifidobacterial Taxon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(14). 4304–4315. 71 indexed citations

Turroni, Francesca, Clelia Peano, Daniel A. Pass, et al.. (2012). Diversity of Bifidobacteria within the Infant Gut Microbiota. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36957–e36957. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

Serafini, Fausta, Francesca Turroni, Simone Guglielmetti, et al.. (2012). An efficient and reproducible method for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 333(2). 146–152. 27 indexed citations

Bottacini, Francesca, Christian Milani, Francesca Turroni, et al.. (2012). Bifidobacterium asteroides PRL2011 Genome Analysis Reveals Clues for Colonization of the Insect Gut. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44229–e44229. 119 indexed citations

Duranti, Sabrina, Francesca Turroni, Christian Milani, et al.. (2012). Exploration of the Genomic Diversity and Core Genome of the Bifidobacterium adolescentis Phylogenetic Group by Means of a Polyphasic Approach. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(1). 336–346. 14 indexed citations

Turroni, Francesca, Francesco Strati, Elena Foroni, et al.. (2012). Analysis of Predicted Carbohydrate Transport Systems Encoded by Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(14). 5002–5012. 62 indexed citations

Álvarez‐Martín, Pablo, Mary O’Connell Motherway, Francesca Turroni, et al.. (2012). A Two-Component Regulatory System Controls Autoregulated Serpin Expression in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(19). 7032–7041. 24 indexed citations

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Foroni, Elena, Fausta Serafini, Davide Amidani, et al.. (2011). Genetic analysis and morphological identification of pilus-like structures in members of the genus Bifidobacterium. Microbial Cell Factories. 10(S1). S16–S16. 97 indexed citations

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Turroni, Francesca, Elena Foroni, Fausta Serafini, et al.. (2011). Ability of Bifidobacterium breve To Grow on Different Types of Milk: Exploring the Metabolism of Milk through Genome Analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(20). 7408–7417. 36 indexed citations

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Bottacini, Francesca, Fabio Dal Bello, Francesca Turroni, et al.. (2011). Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BLC1. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(22). 6387–6388. 19 indexed citations

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Ventura, Marco, Francesca Turroni, Elena Foroni, et al.. (2010). Analyses of bifidobacterial prophage-like sequences. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 98(1). 39–50. 14 indexed citations

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Turroni, Francesca, Elena Foroni, Mary O’Connell Motherway, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the Serpin-Encoding Gene ofBifidobacterium breve210B. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(10). 3206–3219. 59 indexed citations

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Bottacini, Francesca, Duccio Medini, Angelo Pavesi, et al.. (2010). Comparative genomics of the genus Bifidobacterium. Microbiology. 156(11). 3243–3254. 94 indexed citations

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Turroni, Francesca, Julian R. Marchesi, Elena Foroni, et al.. (2009). Microbiomic analysis of the bifidobacterial population in the human distal gut. The ISME Journal. 3(6). 745–751. 114 indexed citations

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Turroni, Francesca, Elena Foroni, Vanessa Giubellini, et al.. (2009). Exploring the Diversity of the Bifidobacterial Population in the Human Intestinal Tract. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(6). 1534–1545. 255 indexed citations

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Ventura, Marco, Francesca Turroni, Gipsi Lima‐Mendez, et al.. (2009). Comparative Analyses of Prophage-Like Elements Present in Bifidobacterial Genomes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(21). 6929–6936. 41 indexed citations

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Turroni, Francesca, Angela Ribbera, Elena Foroni, Douwe van Sinderen, & Marco Ventura. (2008). Human gut microbiota and bifidobacteria: from composition to functionality. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 94(1). 35–50. 174 indexed citations

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Ventura, Marco, Aldert Zomer, Carlos Canchaya, et al.. (2007). Comparative Analyses of Prophage-Like Elements Present in Two Lactococcus lactis Strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(23). 7771–7780. 38 indexed citations

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