Francesca Alfei

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Francesca Alfei is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Alfei has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 2 papers in Oncology and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Alfei's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Francesca Alfei is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Francesca Alfei collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Francesca Alfei's co-authors include Dietmar Zehn, Daniel T. Utzschneider, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann, Vijaykumar Chennupati, Sandra P. Calderon-Copete, Mélanie Charmoy, Dominik Wieland, Werner Held and Sylvain Pradervand and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Alfei

6 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

T Cell Factor 1-Expressing Memory-like CD8+ T Cells Sustain the Immune Response to Chronic Viral Infections

2016 668 citations Daniel T. Utzschneider, Mélanie Charmoy et al. Immunity profile →
TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection

2019 546 citations Francesca Alfei, Kristiyan Kanev et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Alfei Switzerland	6	1.3k	880	279	139	90	6	1.5k
Patrick Roelli Switzerland	7	625 0.5×	418 0.5×	221 0.8×	92 0.7×	55 0.6×	7	852
Jolie G. Cullen Australia	7	681 0.5×	384 0.4×	221 0.8×	99 0.7×	36 0.4×	8	842
Jessica Fioravanti Spain	15	559 0.4×	400 0.5×	209 0.7×	197 1.4×	137 1.5×	22	998
Dominik Wieland Germany	7	850 0.7×	502 0.6×	142 0.5×	280 2.0×	250 2.8×	8	1.1k
Eunseon Ahn United States	8	675 0.5×	466 0.5×	208 0.7×	75 0.5×	28 0.3×	14	960
Marjolein Sluijter Netherlands	21	1.2k 0.9×	768 0.9×	364 1.3×	99 0.7×	10 0.1×	38	1.5k
Jean‐Christophe Beltra United States	8	737 0.6×	595 0.7×	195 0.7×	52 0.4×	20 0.2×	9	962
Hsiao‐Wei Tsao United States	7	626 0.5×	429 0.5×	249 0.9×	53 0.4×	24 0.3×	7	843
Francesca Rini Italy	17	733 0.6×	478 0.5×	388 1.4×	81 0.6×	31 0.3×	26	1.0k
Robin Handon United States	9	1.3k 1.0×	471 0.5×	194 0.7×	54 0.4×	13 0.1×	11	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Alfei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Alfei

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

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Chorro, Laurent, Sooraj Achar, Susanne Oberle, et al.. (2022). T cell receptor and IL-2 signaling strength control memory CD8+ T cell functional fitness via chromatin remodeling. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2240–2240. 29 indexed citations

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Alfei, Francesca, Ping‐Chih Ho, & Wan‐Lin Lo. (2021). DCision-making in tumors governs T cell anti-tumor immunity. Oncogene. 40(34). 5253–5261. 48 indexed citations

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Alfei, Francesca, Kristiyan Kanev, Maike Hofmann, et al.. (2019). TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection. Nature. 571(7764). 265–269. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rota, Giorgia, Anh Thu Dang, Francesca Alfei, et al.. (2018). Shp-2 Is Dispensable for Establishing T Cell Exhaustion and for PD-1 Signaling In Vivo. Cell Reports. 23(1). 39–49. 118 indexed citations

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Utzschneider, Daniel T., Mélanie Charmoy, Vijaykumar Chennupati, et al.. (2016). T Cell Factor 1-Expressing Memory-like CD8+ T Cells Sustain the Immune Response to Chronic Viral Infections. Immunity. 45(2). 415–427. 668 indexed citations breakdown →

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Utzschneider, Daniel T., Francesca Alfei, Patrick Roelli, et al.. (2016). High antigen levels induce an exhausted phenotype in a chronic infection without impairing T cell expansion and survival. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(9). 1819–1834. 122 indexed citations

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