Francesco Francia

2.1k total citations
60 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Francesco Francia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Francia has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Francesco Francia's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (47 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (21 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). Francesco Francia is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (47 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (21 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). Francesco Francia collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Germany. Francesco Francia's co-authors include Giovanni Venturoli, Bruno Andrea Melandri, Antonia Mallardi, Gerardo Palazzo, Dieter Oesterhelt, Marco Malferrari, Wolfgang Barz, Lorenzo Cordone, Simona Fermani and Laure Michelet and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Francia

57 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Francia Italy	24	1.3k	408	324	267	240	60	1.7k
Giovanni Venturoli Italy	28	2.0k 1.5×	718 1.8×	646 2.0×	269 1.0×	308 1.3×	97	2.4k
Albert Guskov Netherlands	26	2.2k 1.7×	461 1.1×	626 1.9×	289 1.1×	421 1.8×	69	3.1k
Leszek Fiedor Poland	25	1.0k 0.8×	311 0.8×	222 0.7×	231 0.9×	463 1.9×	70	1.7k
Kazumasa Muramoto Japan	22	1.7k 1.2×	191 0.5×	559 1.7×	149 0.6×	185 0.8×	45	2.2k
Marc Lutz France	28	1.4k 1.1×	653 1.6×	471 1.5×	106 0.4×	245 1.0×	54	1.8k
Artur Osyczka Poland	26	1.9k 1.4×	248 0.6×	282 0.9×	137 0.5×	420 1.8×	83	2.3k
Zheng‐Yu Wang Japan	28	1.2k 0.9×	513 1.3×	352 1.1×	207 0.8×	330 1.4×	116	2.1k
Yukihiro Kimura Japan	26	1.3k 1.0×	450 1.1×	538 1.7×	238 0.9×	141 0.6×	82	1.6k
Marina Verkhovskaya Finland	27	1.6k 1.2×	183 0.4×	578 1.8×	102 0.4×	107 0.4×	48	1.9k
Dror Noy Israel	23	949 0.7×	261 0.6×	224 0.7×	73 0.3×	369 1.5×	47	1.4k

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Mezzetti, Alberto, Marco Malferrari, Giovanni Venturoli, et al.. (2025). Rapid-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared Difference Spectroscopy with Two-Dimensional Correlation Analysis to Show the Build-Up of Light-Adapted States in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. Applied Spectroscopy. 79(5). 756–766.

Venturoli, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). Use of bacterial photosynthetic vesicles to evaluate the effect of ionic liquids on the permeability of biological membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1866(3). 184291–184291. 1 indexed citations

Venturoli, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). Trehalose Interferes with the Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Chain of Cereibacter (Rhodobacter) sphaeroides Permeating the Bacterial Chromatophore Membrane. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(24). 13420–13420.

Barone, Martina, Monica Barone, Francesca Ricci, et al.. (2021). A Specific Host/Microbial Signature of Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Is Associated to Thrombosis and Marrow Fibrosis in Polycythemia Vera. Cancers. 13(19). 4968–4968. 1 indexed citations

Malferrari, Marco, Danilo Malferrari, Francesco Francia, et al.. (2015). Ionic liquids effects on the permeability of photosynthetic membranes probed by the electrochromic shift of endogenous carotenoids. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(11). 2898–2909. 12 indexed citations

Michelet, Laure, Mirko Zaffagnini, Samuel Morisse, et al.. (2013). Redox regulation of the Calvin–Benson cycle: something old, something new. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 470–470. 328 indexed citations

Malferrari, Marco, Francesco Francia, & Giovanni Venturoli. (2011). Coupling between Electron Transfer and Protein–Solvent Dynamics: FTIR and Laser-Flash Spectroscopy Studies in Photosynthetic Reaction Center Films at Different Hydration Levels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115(49). 14732–14750. 26 indexed citations

Savitsky, Anton, Marco Malferrari, Francesco Francia, Giovanni Venturoli, & K. Möbius. (2010). Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers in Trehalose Glasses: Coupling between Protein Conformational Dynamics and Electron-Transfer Kinetics as Studied by Laser-Flash and High-Field EPR Spectroscopies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 114(39). 12729–12743. 29 indexed citations

Veronesi, Giulia, Francesco Francia, F. Boscherini, et al.. (2010). X-ray absorption studies of Zn2+-binding sites in Escherichia coli transhydrogenase and its βH91K mutant. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1797(4). 494–500. 6 indexed citations

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Francia, Francesco, et al.. (2007). The inhibitory binding site(s) of Zn²⁺ in cytochrome c oxidase. FEBS Letters. 581(4). 611–616. 15 indexed citations

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Francia, Francesco, Giulia Veronesi, Dong‐Woo Lee, et al.. (2007). X-Ray Absorption Studies of Zn2+ Binding Sites in Bacterial, Avian, and Bovine Cytochrome bc1 Complexes. Biophysical Journal. 93(8). 2934–2951. 18 indexed citations

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Gubellini, Francesca, Francesco Francia, Paola Turina, et al.. (2007). Heterogeneity of photosynthetic membranes from Rhodobacter capsulatus: Size dispersion and ATP synthase distribution. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1767(11). 1340–1352. 11 indexed citations

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Francia, Francesco, F. Boscherini, Consiglia Pacelli, et al.. (2007). EXAFS reveals a structural zinc binding site in the bovine NADH‐Q oxidoreductase. FEBS Letters. 581(29). 5645–5648. 6 indexed citations

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Francia, Francesco, Antonia Mallardi, Gerardo Palazzo, et al.. (2004). Multiple Scattering X-Ray Absorption Studies of Zn2+ Binding Sites in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. Biophysical Journal. 88(3). 2038–2046. 14 indexed citations

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Scheuring, Simon, et al.. (2004). Structural Role of PufX in the Dimerization of the Photosynthetic Core Complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(5). 3620–3626. 94 indexed citations

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Francia, Francesco, Gerardo Palazzo, Antonia Mallardi, Lorenzo Cordone, & Giovanni Venturoli. (2004). Probing light-induced conformational transitions in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers embedded in trehalose–water amorphous matrices. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1658(1-2). 50–57. 40 indexed citations

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Borsetti, Francesca, Roberto Borghese, Francesco Francia, et al.. (2003). Reduction of potassium tellurite to elemental tellurium and its effect on the plasma membrane redox components of the facultative phototroph Rhodobacter capsulatus. PROTOPLASMA. 221(1-2). 153–161. 38 indexed citations

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Piazza, Roberto, Matteo Pierno, Emanuele Vignati, et al.. (2003). Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of a Surfactant-Solubilized Membrane Protein. Physical Review Letters. 90(20). 208101–208101. 26 indexed citations

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Francia, Francesco, Jun Wang, Hans Zischka, Giovanni Venturoli, & Dieter Oesterhelt. (2002). Role of the N‐ and C‐terminal regions of the PufX protein in the structural organization of the photosynthetic core complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(7). 1877–1885. 43 indexed citations

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Barz, Wolfgang, Francesco Francia, Giovanni Venturoli, et al.. (1995). Role of PufX protein in photosynthetic growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. 1. PufX is required for efficient light-driven electron transfer and photophosphorylation under anaerobic conditions.. Biochemistry. 34(46). 15235–15247. 60 indexed citations

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