F. Franceschi

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

F. Franceschi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Franceschi has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Molecular Medicine and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in F. Franceschi's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (10 papers). F. Franceschi is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (10 papers). F. Franceschi collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Israel and United States. F. Franceschi's co-authors include Ada Yonath, Raz Zarivach, Heike Bartels, Ilana Agmon, Ante Tocilj, Frank Schluenzen, A. Bashan, Frank Schlünzen, J. Harms and Anat Bashan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

F. Franceschi

59 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Structural basis for the interaction of antibiotics with the peptidyl transferase centre in eubacteria

2001 813 citations Frank Schlünzen, Raz Zarivach et al. Nature profile →
Structure of Functionally Activated Small Ribosomal Subunit at 3.3 Å Resolution

2000 761 citations Frank Schluenzen, Ante Tocilj et al. profile →
High Resolution Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit from a Mesophilic Eubacterium

2001 714 citations Frank Schluenzen, Raz Zarivach et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. Franceschi Germany	27	3.5k	955	458	449	397	60	4.4k
Anat Bashan Israel	35	3.0k 0.8×	883 0.9×	352 0.8×	257 0.6×	301 0.8×	67	3.7k
Mark Paetzel Canada	32	2.2k 0.6×	960 1.0×	356 0.8×	447 1.0×	445 1.1×	59	3.3k
G. Minasov United States	34	2.7k 0.8×	460 0.5×	398 0.9×	571 1.3×	448 1.1×	88	3.9k
Oleg V. Tsodikov United States	33	2.6k 0.7×	665 0.7×	624 1.4×	224 0.5×	334 0.8×	101	3.4k
Changjiang Dong United Kingdom	35	2.2k 0.6×	881 0.9×	524 1.1×	483 1.1×	311 0.8×	65	4.2k
Andrew Sharff United States	21	2.7k 0.8×	781 0.8×	507 1.1×	497 1.1×	803 2.0×	31	4.3k
Paola Fucini Germany	34	2.9k 0.8×	760 0.8×	330 0.7×	211 0.5×	299 0.8×	54	3.7k
Andrew L. Lovering United Kingdom	32	1.7k 0.5×	671 0.7×	325 0.7×	481 1.1×	307 0.8×	64	3.0k
J.A. Brannigan United Kingdom	39	3.4k 1.0×	934 1.0×	484 1.1×	315 0.7×	779 2.0×	99	5.1k
Brian T. Wimberly United States	17	4.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	233 0.5×	255 0.6×	460 1.2×	27	5.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ismail, Husna, et al.. (2025). Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among patients with bloodstream infections in South Africa: Consolidated surveillance data, 2015–2021. PLoS ONE. 20(7). e0324262–e0324262.

Jacobsson, Susanne, Daniel Golparian, Joakim Oxelbark, et al.. (2023). Pharmacodynamics of zoliflodacin plus doxycycline combination therapy against Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a gonococcal hollow-fiber infection model. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1291885–1291885. 6 indexed citations

McEntee, Laura, Adam Johnson, Nicola Farrington, et al.. (2022). Assessment of flomoxef combined with amikacin in a hollow-fibre infection model for the treatment of neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income healthcare settings. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 77(12). 3349–3357. 3 indexed citations

Farrington, Nicola, Adam Johnson, Laura McEntee, et al.. (2022). Flomoxef and fosfomycin in combination for the treatment of neonatal sepsis in the setting of highly prevalent antimicrobial resistance. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 77(5). 1334–1343. 10 indexed citations

Jacobsson, Susanne, Daniel Golparian, Joakim Oxelbark, et al.. (2022). Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Zoliflodacin Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains With Amino Acid Substitutions in the Zoliflodacin Target GyrB Using a Dynamic Hollow Fiber Infection Model. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 874176–874176. 22 indexed citations

Scudeller, Luigia, Elda Righi, Damiano Bragantini, et al.. (2021). Systematic review and meta-analysis of in vitro efficacy of antibiotic combination therapy against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 57(5). 106344–106344. 74 indexed citations

Docobo-Pérez, Fernando, Nicola Farrington, Adam Johnson, et al.. (2021). Amikacin Combined with Fosfomycin for Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis in the Setting of Highly Prevalent Antimicrobial Resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 65(7). e0029321–e0029321. 15 indexed citations

Carrara, Elena, Alessia Savoldi, Laura J. V. Piddock, et al.. (2021). Clinical management of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria: a worldwide cross-sectional survey addressing the use of antibiotic combinations. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 28(1). 66–72. 15 indexed citations

Savoldi, Alessia, Elena Carrara, Laura J. V. Piddock, et al.. (2021). The role of combination therapy in the treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem resistant gram-negatives: a systematic review of clinical studies. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 545–545. 26 indexed citations

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Skripkin, Eugene, Timothy McConnell, Joseph A. DeVito, et al.. (2008). Rχ-01, a New Family of Oxazolidinones That Overcome Ribosome-Based Linezolid Resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 52(10). 3550–3557. 61 indexed citations

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Schlünzen, Frank, J. Harms, F. Franceschi, et al.. (2003). Structural Basis for the Antibiotic Activity of Ketolides and Azalides. Structure. 11(3). 329–338. 187 indexed citations

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Bashan, Anat, Ilana Agmon, Raz Zarivach, et al.. (2003). Structural Basis of the Ribosomal Machinery for Peptide Bond Formation, Translocation, and Nascent Chain Progression. Molecular Cell. 11(1). 91–102. 227 indexed citations

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Schlünzen, Frank, Raz Zarivach, J. Harms, et al.. (2001). Structural basis for the interaction of antibiotics with the peptidyl transferase centre in eubacteria. Nature. 413(6858). 814–821. 813 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simitsopoulou, Maria, et al.. (1999). Ribosomal gene disruption in the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus HB8. European Journal of Biochemistry. 266(2). 524–532. 7 indexed citations

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Yonath, Ada & F. Franceschi. (1998). Functional universality and evolutionary diversity: insights from the structure of the ribosome. Structure. 6(6). 679–684. 21 indexed citations

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Yonath, Ada, J. Harms, Harly A. S. Hansen, et al.. (1998). Crystallographic Studies on the Ribosome, a Large Macromolecular Assembly Exhibiting Severe Nonisomorphism, Extreme Beam Sensitivity and No Internal Symmetry. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 54(6). 945–955. 56 indexed citations

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Bartels, Heike, William S. Bennett, Harly A. S. Hansen, et al.. (1995). The suitability of a monofunctional reagent of an undecagold cluster for phasing data collected from the large ribosomal subunits from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Biopolymers. 37(6). 411–419. 3 indexed citations

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Franceschi, F., et al.. (1994). Crystallography of halophilic ribosome: The isolation of an internal ribonucleoprotein complex. Biophysical Chemistry. 50(1-2). 3–16. 9 indexed citations

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Avila-Sakar, Agustin, Tinglu Guan, Talmon Arad, et al.. (1994). Electron Cryomicroscopy of Bacillus stearothermophilus 50 S Ribosomal Subunits Crystallized on Phospholipid Monolayers. Journal of Molecular Biology. 239(5). 689–697. 26 indexed citations

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Choli, Theodora, F. Franceschi, Ada Yonath, & Brigitte Wittmann‐Liebold. (1993). Isolation and Characterization of a New Ribosomal Protein from the Thermophilic Eubacteria,Thermus thermophilus, T. aquaticusandT. flavus. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 374(1-6). 377–384. 18 indexed citations

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