Federica Villa

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Federica Villa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Earth-Surface Processes and Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Federica Villa has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 28 papers in Conservation. Recurrent topics in Federica Villa's work include Building materials and conservation (31 papers), Conservation Techniques and Studies (28 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (27 papers). Federica Villa is often cited by papers focused on Building materials and conservation (31 papers), Conservation Techniques and Studies (28 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (27 papers). Federica Villa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Federica Villa's co-authors include Francesca Cappitelli, Cristina Cattò, Andrea Polo, Emanuele Rondonotti, Roberto de Franchis, Pamela Principi, C. Sorlini, Patricia Sanmartín, Fabio Forlani and Philip S. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Federica Villa

116 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

The Control of Cultural Heritage Microbial Deterioration

2020 109 citations Francesca Cappitelli, Cristina Cattò et al. Microorganisms profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Federica Villa Italy	33	751	659	540	498	454	117	3.0k
Patrick Di Martino France	27	214 0.3×	1.4k 2.2×	145 0.3×	159 0.3×	52 0.1×	84	3.0k
Iwona B. Beech United Kingdom	38	657 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	261 0.5×	86 0.2×	12 0.0×	101	4.8k
Francesca Cappitelli Italy	38	1.7k 2.3×	889 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	31 0.1×	3 0.0×	132	3.7k
Stefano Fedi Italy	27	82 0.1×	927 1.4×	57 0.1×	153 0.3×	5 0.0×	61	3.2k
Diego A. Moreno Spain	21	96 0.1×	388 0.6×	63 0.1×	23 0.0×	12 0.0×	56	1.6k
Miyuki Nishijima Japan	24	40 0.1×	1.4k 2.2×	29 0.1×	42 0.1×	25 0.1×	72	3.4k
Minhong Zhang China	46	222 0.3×	490 0.7×	25 0.0×	69 0.1×	9 0.0×	158	6.6k
Hazel A. Barton United States	28	373 0.5×	889 1.3×	38 0.1×	50 0.1×	2 0.0×	68	2.8k
Kevin J. Purdy United Kingdom	29	48 0.1×	776 1.2×	32 0.1×	23 0.0×	7 0.0×	66	2.4k
Satoshi Osawa Japan	27	17 0.0×	513 0.8×	15 0.0×	984 2.0×	612 1.3×	285	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Federica Villa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Federica Villa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Federica Villa

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

All Works

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Tiziani, Raphael, Heinke Jäger, Stefano Cesco, et al.. (2025). Life on the edge: mineral incrustations colonized by fungal communities in the sulfur fumarole on Sierra Negra volcano (Galápagos Archipelago). Royal Society Open Science. 12(3). 250010–250010. 1 indexed citations

Villa, Federica, et al.. (2024). Methodological challenges for the investigation of the dual role of biofilms on outdoor heritage. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176450–176450. 5 indexed citations

Cattò, Cristina, Matteo Mori, Patricia Y. Hayes, et al.. (2024). Anti-biofilm efficacy of novel silica-based nanoparticles functionalized with natural derivatives for surface coating. Materials Today Chemistry. 42. 102375–102375. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yuehua, et al.. (2023). Water activity in subaerial microbial biofilms on stone monuments. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165790–165790. 4 indexed citations

Villa, Federica, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Role of Subaerial Biofilms in Cultural Heritage Conservation with Infrared Thermography. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18–18. 2 indexed citations

Ratti, A., Fabio Forlani, Matteo Mori, et al.. (2023). Unlocking the Antibiofilm Potential of Natural Compounds by Targeting the NADH:quinone Oxidoreductase WrbA. Antioxidants. 12(8). 1612–1612. 2 indexed citations

Ratti, A., Fabio Forlani, Matteo Mori, et al.. (2023). Mechanistic Insights into the Antibiofilm Mode of Action of Ellagic Acid. Pharmaceutics. 15(6). 1757–1757. 12 indexed citations

Christodoulou, Michael S., Federica Villa, Andrea Pinto, & Francesca Cappitelli. (2022). Correlation between Perturbation of Redox Homeostasis and Antibiofilm Capacity of Phytochemicals at Non-Lethal Concentrations. Antioxidants. 11(12). 2451–2451. 3 indexed citations

Rossi, Federico, Cristina Cattò, Gianmarco Mugnai, Federica Villa, & Fabio Forlani. (2021). Effects of the Quinone Oxidoreductase WrbA on Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation and Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants. 10(6). 919–919. 15 indexed citations

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Savoldelli, S., Cristina Cattò, Federica Villa, et al.. (2021). Biological risk assessment in the History and Historical Documentation Library of the University of Milan. The Science of The Total Environment. 790. 148204–148204. 12 indexed citations

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Cappitelli, Francesca, Cristina Cattò, & Federica Villa. (2020). The Control of Cultural Heritage Microbial Deterioration. Microorganisms. 8(10). 1542–1542. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cattò, Cristina, Francesca Cappitelli, Giusy D’Attoma, et al.. (2019). Non-Lethal Effects of N-Acetylcysteine on Xylella fastidiosa Strain De Donno Biofilm Formation and Detachment. Microorganisms. 7(12). 656–656. 13 indexed citations

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Domingo, Guido, Federica Villa, Candida Vannini, et al.. (2019). Label-Free Proteomic Approach to Study the Non-lethal Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on a Gut Bacterium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2709–2709. 6 indexed citations

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Gulotta, Davide, Federica Villa, Francesca Cappitelli, & Lucia Toniolo. (2018). Biofilm colonization of metamorphic lithotypes of a renaissance cathedral exposed to urban atmosphere. The Science of The Total Environment. 639. 1480–1490. 40 indexed citations

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Marzorati, Stefania, Andrea Goglio, Stephanie Fest-Santini, et al.. (2018). Air-breathing bio-cathodes based on electro-active biochar from pyrolysis of Giant Cane stalks. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 44(9). 4496–4507. 29 indexed citations

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Polo, Andrea, Davide Gulotta, Nadia Santo, et al.. (2012). Importance of subaerial biofilms and airborne microflora in the deterioration of stonework: a molecular study. Biofouling. 28(10). 1093–1106. 32 indexed citations

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Polo, Andrea, Maria Vittoria Diamanti, Thomas Bjarnsholt, et al.. (2011). Effects of Photoactivated Titanium Dioxide Nanopowders and Coating on Planktonic and Biofilm Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 87(6). 1387–1394. 33 indexed citations

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Sanmartín, Patricia, Federica Villa, B. Silva, Francesca Cappitelli, & B. Prieto. (2010). Color measurements as a reliable method for estimating chlorophyll degradation to phaeopigments. Biodegradation. 22(4). 763–771. 53 indexed citations

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Nolasco‐Soria, Héctor, et al.. (2006). Ritmo circadiano de la actividad enzimática digestiva del camarón blanco Litopenaeus vannamei y su efecto en el horario de alimentación. 2(2). 55–64. 3 indexed citations

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Biagi, Federico, Emanuele Rondonotti, J. Campanella, et al.. (2006). Video Capsule Endoscopy and Histology for Small-Bowel Mucosa Evaluation: A Comparison Performed by Blinded Observers. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 4(8). 998–1003. 60 indexed citations

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