Francesca Arena

1.9k total citations
63 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Arena is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Arena has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Francesca Arena's work include Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (18 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (16 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (14 papers). Francesca Arena is often cited by papers focused on Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (18 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (16 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (14 papers). Francesca Arena collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Netherlands. Francesca Arena's co-authors include Silvio Aime, Eliana Gianolio, Dario Livio Longo, Lorena Consolino, Paola Bardini, Antonio Scipioni, Rachele Stefanìa, Enzo Terreno, Annasofia Anemone and Martina Capozza and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Arena

61 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Arena Italy 24 651 412 360 325 255 63 1.6k
Rachele Stefanìa Italy 20 421 0.6× 312 0.8× 273 0.8× 231 0.7× 111 0.4× 52 955
Jianguo Lin China 26 533 0.8× 465 1.1× 853 2.4× 676 2.1× 423 1.7× 135 2.3k
Diego Tesauro Italy 23 370 0.6× 319 0.8× 195 0.5× 717 2.2× 495 1.9× 76 1.8k
Cinzia Imberti United Kingdom 20 610 0.9× 344 0.8× 503 1.4× 427 1.3× 731 2.9× 33 2.0k
Matthew S. Tremblay United States 18 344 0.5× 169 0.4× 138 0.4× 564 1.7× 154 0.6× 28 1.8k
Dong‐Eun Lee South Korea 22 761 1.2× 291 0.7× 1.1k 3.2× 830 2.6× 234 0.9× 49 2.4k
Lina He China 17 577 0.9× 490 1.2× 778 2.2× 684 2.1× 108 0.4× 52 2.2k
Hongyan Xu China 17 341 0.5× 362 0.9× 292 0.8× 255 0.8× 40 0.2× 52 1.4k
Gary Gellerman Israel 22 235 0.4× 232 0.6× 354 1.0× 850 2.6× 389 1.5× 85 1.6k
Zuyong Xia United States 14 422 0.6× 88 0.2× 421 1.2× 938 2.9× 246 1.0× 17 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Arena

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Arena

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All Works

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Boccalon, Mariangela, Barbara Rolando, Roberta Napolitano, et al.. (2024). Exploring flavylium-based SWIR emitters: Design, synthesis and optical characterization of dyes derivatized with polar moieties. Bioorganic Chemistry. 148. 107462–107462.
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Arena, Francesca, Mariangela Boccalon, Roberta Napolitano, et al.. (2023). Short-wave infrared fluorescence imaging of near-infrared dyes with robust end-tail emission using a small-animal imaging device. PNAS Nexus. 2(8). pgad250–pgad250. 3 indexed citations
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Anemone, Annasofia, Martina Capozza, Francesca Arena, et al.. (2021). In vitro and in vivo comparison of MRI chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) properties between native glucose and 3‐O‐Methyl‐D‐glucose in a murine tumor model. NMR in Biomedicine. 34(12). e4602–e4602. 10 indexed citations
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Garello, Francesca, Francesca Arena, Paola Bardini, et al.. (2019). Novel Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Targeted Near-Infrared Fluorescence Dye for Image-Guided Surgery of Prostate Cancer. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 22(1). 85–93. 21 indexed citations
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Anemone, Annasofia, Lorena Consolino, Francesca Arena, Martina Capozza, & Dario Livio Longo. (2019). Imaging tumor acidosis: a survey of the available techniques for mapping in vivo tumor pH. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 38(1-2). 25–49. 112 indexed citations
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Filippi, Miriam, Francesca Garello, Chiara Pasquino, et al.. (2018). Indocyanine green labeling for optical and photoacoustic imaging of mesenchymal stem cells after in vivo transplantation. Journal of Biophotonics. 12(5). e201800035–e201800035. 30 indexed citations
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Arena, Francesca, Paola Bardini, Francesco Blasi, et al.. (2018). Gadolinium presence, MRI hyperintensities, and glucose uptake in the hypoperfused rat brain after repeated administrations of gadodiamide. Neuroradiology. 61(2). 163–173. 12 indexed citations
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Longo, Dario Livio, Antonietta Bartoli, Lorena Consolino, et al.. (2016). In Vivo Imaging of Tumor Metabolism and Acidosis by Combining PET and MRI-CEST pH Imaging. Cancer Research. 76(22). 6463–6470. 134 indexed citations
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Hu, He, Francesca Arena, Eliana Gianolio, et al.. (2016). Mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with fluorescent and MRI reporters for the visualization of murine tumors overexpressing αvβ3receptors. Nanoscale. 8(13). 7094–7104. 28 indexed citations
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Longo, Dario Livio, Francesca Arena, Lorena Consolino, et al.. (2015). Gd-AAZTA-MADEC, an improved blood pool agent for DCE-MRI studies on mice on 1 T scanners. Biomaterials. 75. 47–57. 42 indexed citations
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Gianolio, Eliana, Claudia Cabella, Sonia Colombo Serra, et al.. (2014). B25716/1: a novel albumin-binding Gd-AAZTA MRI contrast agent with improved properties in tumor imaging. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 19(4-5). 715–726. 29 indexed citations
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Tei, Lorenzo, et al.. (2013). A new ditopic GdIII complex functionalized with an adamantyl moiety as a versatile building block for the preparation of supramolecular assemblies. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 19(2). 133–143. 12 indexed citations
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D’Onofrio, Mariapina, Eliana Gianolio, Alberto Ceccon, et al.. (2012). High Relaxivity Supramolecular Adducts Between Human‐Liver Fatty‐Acid‐Binding Protein and Amphiphilic GdIII Complexes: Structural Basis for the Design of Intracellular Targeting MRI Probes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(32). 9919–9928. 24 indexed citations
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Accardo, Antonella, Eliana Gianolio, Francesca Arena, et al.. (2012). Nanostructures based on monoolein or diolein and amphiphilic gadolinium complexes as MRI contrast agents. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 1(5). 617–628. 9 indexed citations
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Gianolio, Eliana, Francesca Arena, Gustav J. Strijkers, et al.. (2010). Photochemical activation of endosomal escape of MRI‐Gd‐agents in tumor cells. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 65(1). 212–219. 25 indexed citations
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Gianolio, Eliana, Roberta Napolitano, Franco Fedeli, Francesca Arena, & Silvio Aime. (2009). Poly-β-cyclodextrin based platform for pH mapping via a ratiometric 19F/1H MRI method. Chemical Communications. 6044–6044. 53 indexed citations
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Aime, Silvio, Eliana Gianolio, Francesca Arena, et al.. (2008). New cyclodextrin dimers and trimers capable of forming supramolecular adducts with shape-specific ligands. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(2). 370–379. 37 indexed citations
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Arena, Francesca, et al.. (1992). Research on heterocyclic compounds. XXX. Synthesis and pharmacological activity of 2-methylimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine-3-carboxylic acids.. PubMed. 47(6). 931–44. 5 indexed citations
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Stella, Lucien, et al.. (1990). Research on heterocyclic compounds. Antiinflammatory activity of some imidazo(1,2-c) pyrimidine derivatives. Pharmacological Research. 22. 80–81. 5 indexed citations

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