Franca Piras

1.1k total citations
41 papers, 869 citations indexed

About

Franca Piras is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Franca Piras has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 869 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Franca Piras's work include Corneal Surgery and Treatments (11 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Franca Piras is often cited by papers focused on Corneal Surgery and Treatments (11 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Franca Piras collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Ecuador and Qatar. Franca Piras's co-authors include Cristina Maxia, P. Sirigu, Maria Teresa Perra, Daniela Murtas, Luigi Minerba, Romano Colombari, C. Floris, Doménico Ribatti, Beatrice Nico and Ignazio Alberto Zucca and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cancer and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Franca Piras

39 papers receiving 853 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franca Piras Italy 18 325 285 238 196 89 41 869
Nihal Kaplan United States 18 465 1.4× 74 0.3× 216 0.9× 150 0.8× 139 1.6× 39 1.0k
M Korabiowska Germany 18 471 1.4× 313 1.1× 169 0.7× 149 0.8× 161 1.8× 80 1.1k
Yoshifumi Fujita Japan 17 582 1.8× 324 1.1× 170 0.7× 69 0.4× 186 2.1× 53 1.3k
Klara Valyi‐Nagy United States 20 466 1.4× 182 0.6× 43 0.2× 157 0.8× 135 1.5× 46 967
Qinghang Meng United States 14 370 1.1× 76 0.3× 83 0.3× 81 0.4× 92 1.0× 29 707
Minoru Sasano Japan 15 234 0.7× 129 0.5× 187 0.8× 317 1.6× 53 0.6× 48 918
Helen Turner United States 14 388 1.2× 103 0.4× 309 1.3× 641 3.3× 35 0.4× 20 1.2k
Janelle Sharkey Australia 15 390 1.2× 549 1.9× 78 0.3× 702 3.6× 95 1.1× 18 1.4k
Simone Vogel Germany 13 233 0.7× 150 0.5× 48 0.2× 377 1.9× 118 1.3× 24 848
Guangpu Shi United States 16 490 1.5× 90 0.3× 93 0.4× 457 2.3× 42 0.5× 27 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Franca Piras

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franca Piras

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franca Piras

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Piras, Alessandra, Silvia Porcedda, Antonella Smeriglio, et al.. (2025). Chemical Composition and Bioactivity of Extracts Obtained from Prunus spinosa Seeds by Supercritical CO2 Extraction. Molecules. 30(8). 1757–1757.
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Piras, Franca, Valeria Sogos, Federica Pollastro, & Antonella Rosa. (2024). Protective Effect of Arzanol against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress Damage in Differentiated and Undifferentiated SH-SY5Y Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7386–7386. 6 indexed citations
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Rosa, Antonella, Franca Piras, Federica Pollastro, et al.. (2024). Comparative Evaluation of Anticancer Activity of Natural Methoxylated Flavones Xanthomicrol and Eupatilin in A375 Skin Melanoma Cells. Life. 14(3). 304–304. 3 indexed citations
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Piras, Alessandra, Silvia Porcedda, Antonella Smeriglio, et al.. (2024). Chemical Composition, Nutritional, and Biological Properties of Extracts Obtained with Different Techniques from Aronia melanocarpa Berries. Molecules. 29(11). 2577–2577. 5 indexed citations
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Manca, Claudia, et al.. (2024). Anti-neuroinflammatory effects of conjugated linoleic acid isomers, c9,t11 and t10,c12, on activated BV-2 microglial cells. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 18. 1442786–1442786.
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Sogos, Valeria, Paola Caria, Franca Piras, et al.. (2021). Human Neuronal Cell Lines as An In Vitro Toxicological Tool for the Evaluation of Novel Psychoactive Substances. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(13). 6785–6785. 17 indexed citations
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Murtas, Daniela, Cristina Maxia, Andrea Diana, et al.. (2017). Role of epithelial–mesenchymal transition involved molecules in the progression of cutaneous melanoma. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 148(6). 639–649. 20 indexed citations
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Orrù, Germano, Pierpaolo Coni, Luigi Minerba, et al.. (2014). Association between the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism and pterygium in Sardinian patients: a population based case–control study. BMJ Open. 4(10). e005627–e005627. 12 indexed citations
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Zucca, Ignazio Alberto, et al.. (2014). Angiotensin II: immunohistochemical study in Sardinian pterygium. European Journal of Histochemistry. 58(3). 2426–2426. 4 indexed citations
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Girolamo, Nick Di, Ignazio Alberto Zucca, Cristina Maxia, et al.. (2013). Immunohistochemical analysis of angiotensin converting enzyme in Sardinian pterygium.. PubMed. 28(6). 759–66. 7 indexed citations
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Massidda, Myosotis, Carla Maria Calò, Laura Corrias, et al.. (2011). Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene does not contribute to genetic predisposition to elite soccer’s performance in Italians. Medicina dello Sport. 64(1). 45–54. 3 indexed citations
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Piras, Franca, Maria Teresa Perra, Francesco Atzori, et al.. (2011). Nestin expression associates with poor prognosis and triple negative phenotype in locally advanced (T4) breast cancer. European Journal of Histochemistry. 55(4). e39–e39. 36 indexed citations
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Piras, Franca, Antonella De Montis, Luigi Minerba, et al.. (2011). Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in women in Benin, West Africa. Virology Journal. 8(1). 514–514. 53 indexed citations
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Ribatti, Doménico, Beatrice Nico, Maria Teresa Perra, et al.. (2010). Erythropoietin is involved in angiogenesis in human primary melanoma. International Journal of Experimental Pathology. 91(6). 495–499. 21 indexed citations
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Murtas, Daniela, Franca Piras, Luigi Minerba, et al.. (2010). Nuclear factor-κB expression is predictive of overall survival in patients with cutaneous melanoma. Oncology Letters. 1(4). 633–639. 6 indexed citations
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Maxia, Cristina, Maria Teresa Perra, Luigi Minerba, et al.. (2009). Relationship between the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and survivin in primary pterygium.. PubMed. 15. 458–63. 19 indexed citations
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Piras, Franca. (2009). The stem cell marker nestin predicts poor prognosis in human melanoma. Oncology Reports. 23(1). 17–24. 64 indexed citations
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Maxia, Cristina, Maria Teresa Perra, Luigi Minerba, et al.. (2008). Expression of survivin protein in pterygium and relationship with oxidative DNA damage. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 12(6a). 2372–2380. 29 indexed citations
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Ribatti, Doménico, Beatrice Nico, Cristina Maxia, et al.. (2007). Neovascularization and mast cells with tryptase activity increase simultaneously in human pterygium. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 11(3). 585–589. 42 indexed citations
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Maxia, Cristina, Paola Scano, Daniela Murtas, et al.. (2007). A Morphological and 13C NMR Study of the Extramandibular Fat Bodies of the Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba). The Anatomical Record. 290(7). 913–919. 8 indexed citations

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