Francesca Leonelli

1.2k total citations
68 papers, 945 citations indexed

About

Francesca Leonelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Leonelli has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 945 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Francesca Leonelli's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (8 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (8 papers). Francesca Leonelli is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (8 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (8 papers). Francesca Leonelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and France. Francesca Leonelli's co-authors include Alessio Valletta, Luisa Maria Migneco, Lorenzo Gontrani, Rinaldo Marini Bettolo, Enrico Bodo, Ruggero Caminiti, Marco Campetella, P. Postorino, Fabrizio Vetica and Sara Mangialardo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Leonelli

64 papers receiving 933 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 Leonelli Italy 18 319 253 195 123 87 68 945
Meena Kumari India 21 697 2.2× 539 2.1× 326 1.7× 158 1.3× 103 1.2× 42 1.4k
Fereshteh Shiri Iran 21 480 1.5× 335 1.3× 52 0.3× 175 1.4× 63 0.7× 74 1.1k
Oleg I. Gnezdilov Russia 19 158 0.5× 293 1.2× 138 0.7× 184 1.5× 93 1.1× 92 938
Upendra Kumar Singh India 16 504 1.6× 318 1.3× 177 0.9× 72 0.6× 37 0.4× 19 845
Denitsa Yancheva Bulgaria 21 339 1.1× 545 2.2× 76 0.4× 146 1.2× 71 0.8× 106 1.2k
Mehraj ud din Parray India 15 328 1.0× 215 0.8× 92 0.5× 129 1.0× 42 0.5× 19 589
Leigh Ford Australia 17 196 0.6× 266 1.1× 306 1.6× 128 1.0× 83 1.0× 27 871
Chiranjib Banerjee India 14 240 0.8× 305 1.2× 150 0.8× 126 1.0× 46 0.5× 30 710
Ignacio Delso Spain 21 478 1.5× 991 3.9× 157 0.8× 90 0.7× 59 0.7× 64 1.4k
Hajime Katano Japan 22 483 1.5× 161 0.6× 100 0.5× 181 1.5× 155 1.8× 113 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Leonelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Leonelli

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All Works

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Giustini, Mauro, et al.. (2025). Carbon Dots as Nano‐Photocatalysts: A Green Tool for Indole and Heteroarenes Alkylation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(59). e02043–e02043.
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Masi, Annalisa, Francesca Leonelli, S. Lunardi, et al.. (2025). Extraction and characterization of polysaccharide mixtures from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: A case study as a consolidant for paper-based artworks. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications. 9. 100713–100713.
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Leonelli, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Carbon Dots as Bioactive Antifungal Nanomaterials. ChemMedChem. 19(23). e202400463–e202400463. 17 indexed citations
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Feroci, Marta, et al.. (2024). Selective Interaction of Chiral Carbon Dots with Nucleic Acids: A Promising Nanosensing Platform. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(70). e202402787–e202402787. 7 indexed citations
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Ximenis, Marta, et al.. (2023). Oxime metathesis: tuneable and versatile chemistry for dynamic networks. Chemical Science. 15(7). 2359–2364. 11 indexed citations
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Simonetti, Giovanna, Alessio Valletta, Elena Miranda, et al.. (2023). Targeting the Antifungal Activity of Carbon Dots against Candida albicans Biofilm Formation by Tailoring Their Surface Functional Groups. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(18). e202303631–e202303631. 19 indexed citations
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Montone, Carmela Maria, et al.. (2022). Stereoselective Synthesis of Spiro-Decalin Oxindole Derivatives via Sequential Organocatalytic Michael–Domino Michael/Aldol Reaction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(15). 10454–10461. 9 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Francesca, Andrea Giacomo Marrani, Luisa Maria Migneco, et al.. (2022). Self-Healing and Reprocessable Oleic Acid-Based Elastomer with Dynamic S-S Bonds as Solvent-Free Reusable Adhesive on Copper Surface. Polymers. 14(22). 4919–4919. 2 indexed citations
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Vetica, Fabrizio, et al.. (2022). Organocatalyst Design for the Stereoselective Annulation towards Bicyclic Diketones and Analogues. Symmetry. 14(2). 355–355. 7 indexed citations
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Triolo, Alessandro, Fabrizio Lo Celso, Natalia V. Plechkova, et al.. (2020). Structure of anisole derivatives by total neutron and X-ray scattering: Evidences of weak C H⋯O and C H⋯π interactions in the liquid state. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 314. 113795–113795. 9 indexed citations
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Alisi, Maria Alessandra, Francesca Ceccacci, Beatrice Garrone, et al.. (2018). Targeting Serotonin 2A and Adrenergic α1 Receptors for Ocular Antihypertensive Agents: Discovery of 3,4‐Dihydropyrazino[1,2‐b]indazol‐1(2H)‐one Derivatives. ChemMedChem. 13(15). 1597–1607. 11 indexed citations
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Brufani, Mario, Nicoletta Rizzi, Clara Meda, et al.. (2017). Novel Locally Active Estrogens Accelerate Cutaneous Wound Healing-Part 2. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2510–2510. 12 indexed citations
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Gentili, Patrizia, Neva Bešker, Marco D’Abramo, et al.. (2015). Kinetics and mechanistic study of competitive inhibition of thymidine phosphorylase by 5-fluoruracil derivatives. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 140. 121–127. 11 indexed citations
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Condello, Maria, Luisa Giansanti, Francesca Leonelli, et al.. (2015). Inclusion of new 5-fluorouracil amphiphilic derivatives in liposome formulation for cancer treatment. MedChemComm. 6(9). 1639–1642. 24 indexed citations
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Campetella, Marco, Lorenzo Gontrani, Francesca Leonelli, L. Bencivenni, & Ruggero Caminiti. (2014). Two Different Models to Predict Ionic‐Liquid Diffraction Patterns: Fixed‐Charge versus Polarizable Potentials. ChemPhysChem. 16(1). 197–203. 29 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Francesca, Francesca Ceccacci, Alessio Sferrazza, et al.. (2012). Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis and X-ray Structure Determination of (+)-2-Deoxyoryzalexin S from (+)-Podocarpic Acid. Structural Nonidentity with Its Nominal Natural Isolated Enantiomer. Journal of Natural Products. 75(11). 1944–1950. 11 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Francesca, et al.. (2008). Synthesis of new 2-phosphono-α-d-glycoside derivatives by stereoselective oxa-Michael addition to a d-galacto derived enone. Carbohydrate Research. 343(7). 1133–1141. 5 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Francesca, et al.. (2007). Spectroscopic characterization of 6‐hydroxy and 1‐methyl‐6‐hydroxybicyclo[2.2.2]octan‐2‐one ethylene acetals and ethylene dithioacetals. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 45(5). 420–423. 1 indexed citations
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Leonelli, Francesca, et al.. (2003). Chiral HPLC Resolution of the Wieland–Miescher Ketone and Derivatives. Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies. 26(3). 409–424. 8 indexed citations

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