Francesco Leonetti

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Francesco Leonetti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Leonetti has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Organic Chemistry and 23 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Leonetti's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (23 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (12 papers). Francesco Leonetti is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (23 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (12 papers). Francesco Leonetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Francesco Leonetti's co-authors include Angelo Carotti, Marco Catto, Angela Stefanachi, Leonardo Pisani, Charles S. Craik, Orazio Nicolotti, Jonathan A. Ellman, Bradley J. Backes, Jennifer L. Harris and Sami Mahrus and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Leonetti

92 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

  1. Coumarin: A Natural, Privileged and Versatile Scaffold for Bioactive Compounds
    2018 491 citations Angela Stefanachi, Francesco Leonetti et al. Molecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesco Leonetti Italy 32 1.7k 1.6k 992 708 616 93 4.3k
David J. Maloney United States 43 3.3k 1.9× 991 0.6× 390 0.4× 905 1.3× 363 0.6× 140 5.6k
Michael Gütschow Germany 44 3.3k 1.9× 2.2k 1.4× 891 0.9× 941 1.3× 578 0.9× 281 6.4k
A. Ganesan United Kingdom 45 3.9k 2.3× 2.5k 1.6× 848 0.9× 744 1.1× 366 0.6× 152 6.4k
Billy W. Day United States 52 3.5k 2.0× 2.4k 1.5× 753 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 219 0.4× 178 7.5k
Giuseppe Campiani Italy 42 2.8k 1.6× 2.5k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 510 0.7× 912 1.5× 234 6.1k
Chunquan Sheng China 52 4.5k 2.6× 4.1k 2.6× 843 0.8× 1.4k 2.0× 474 0.8× 263 9.3k
Samy O. Meroueh United States 35 2.0k 1.2× 542 0.3× 479 0.5× 601 0.8× 311 0.5× 89 4.2k
Rui Moreira Portugal 38 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 389 0.4× 603 0.9× 528 0.9× 187 5.2k
Liangren Zhang China 39 2.8k 1.6× 2.4k 1.5× 300 0.3× 456 0.6× 452 0.7× 236 6.2k
Yechun Xu China 36 2.4k 1.4× 699 0.4× 768 0.8× 349 0.5× 1.2k 1.9× 138 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Leonetti

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All Works

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Stefanachi, Angela, Marialessandra Contino, Rubén Prieto‐Díaz, et al.. (2023). Multicomponent Reaction-Assisted Drug Discovery: A Time- and Cost-Effective Green Approach Speeding Up Identification and Optimization of Anticancer Drugs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6581–6581. 60 indexed citations
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Sarcina, Lucia, Pietro Delre, Angela Stefanachi, et al.. (2023). Controlling the Binding Efficiency of Surface Confined Antibodies through the Design of Mixed Self‐Assembled Monolayers. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(12). 12 indexed citations
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Delre, Pietro, José Brea, Alessia Ligresti, et al.. (2023). N-adamantyl-anthranil amide derivatives: New selective ligands for the cannabinoid receptor subtype 2 (CB2R). European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 248. 115109–115109. 4 indexed citations
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Intranuovo, Francesca, Leonardo Brunetti, Pietro Delre, et al.. (2022). Development of N-(1-Adamantyl)benzamides as Novel Anti-Inflammatory Multitarget Agents Acting as Dual Modulators of the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor and Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(1). 235–250. 5 indexed citations
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Sarcina, Lucia, Eleonora Macchia, Giuliana Loconsole, et al.. (2022). Fast and Reliable Electronic Assay of a Xylella fastidiosa Single Bacterium in Infected Plants Sap. Advanced Science. 9(30). e2203900–e2203900. 17 indexed citations
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Tricarico, Domenico, et al.. (2022). Inflammatory Related Reactions in Humans and in Canine Breast Cancers, A Spontaneous Animal Model of Disease. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 752098–752098. 8 indexed citations
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Iacobazzi, Rosa Maria, Ilaria Arduino, R. Fonte, et al.. (2021). Microfluidic-Assisted Preparation of Targeted pH-Responsive Polymeric Micelles Improves Gemcitabine Effectiveness in PDAC: In Vitro Insights. Cancers. 14(1). 5–5. 19 indexed citations
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Stefanachi, Angela, Rosaria Anna Picca, Eleonora Macchia, et al.. (2021). Negatively charged ions to probe self-assembled monolayer reorganization driven by interchain interactions. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(33). 10935–10943. 6 indexed citations
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Stefanachi, Angela, Chiara Riganti, Joanna Kopecka, et al.. (2020). Design and synthesis of fluorescent ligands for the detection of cannabinoid type 2 receptor (CB2R). European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 188. 112037–112037. 16 indexed citations
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Iacobazzi, Rosa Maria, Annalisa Cutrignelli, Angela Stefanachi, et al.. (2020). Hydroxy-Propil-β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes of two Biphenylnicotinamide Derivatives: Formulation and Anti-Proliferative Activity Evaluation in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Models. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(18). 6545–6545. 6 indexed citations
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Blasi, Davide, Lucia Sarcina, Angela Stefanachi, et al.. (2020). Enhancing the Sensitivity of Biotinylated Surfaces by Tailoring the Design of the Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayer Synthesis. ACS Omega. 5(27). 16762–16771. 29 indexed citations
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Camorani, Simona, Ilaria Granata, Francesca Collina, et al.. (2020). Novel Aptamers Selected on Living Cells for Specific Recognition of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. iScience. 23(4). 100979–100979. 23 indexed citations
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Stefanachi, Angela, Francesco Leonetti, Leonardo Pisani, Marco Catto, & Angelo Carotti. (2018). Coumarin: A Natural, Privileged and Versatile Scaffold for Bioactive Compounds. Molecules. 23(2). 250–250. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nicolotti, Orazio, Marino Convertino, Francesco Leonetti, et al.. (2012). Estimation of the Binding Free Energy by Linear Interaction Energy Models. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 12(6). 551–561. 4 indexed citations
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Stefanachi, Angela, Orazio Nicolotti, Francesco Leonetti, et al.. (2008). 1,3-Dialkyl-8-(hetero)aryl-9-OH-9-deazaxanthines as potent A2B adenosine receptor antagonists: Design, synthesis, structure–affinity and structure–selectivity relationships. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(22). 9780–9789. 26 indexed citations
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Choe, Youngchool, Francesco Leonetti, Doron C. Greenbaum, et al.. (2006). Substrate Profiling of Cysteine Proteases Using a Combinatorial Peptide Library Identifies Functionally Unique Specificities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(18). 12824–12832. 344 indexed citations
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Blatt, Neal B., Jeffrey J. Bednarski, Francesco Leonetti, et al.. (2002). Benzodiazepine-induced superoxide signalsB cell apoptosis: mechanistic insight and potential therapeutic utility. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(8). 1123–1132. 50 indexed citations
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Blatt, Neal B., Jeffrey J. Bednarski, Francesco Leonetti, et al.. (2002). Benzodiazepine-induced superoxide signalsB cell apoptosis: mechanistic insight and potential therapeutic utility. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(8). 1123–1132. 3 indexed citations

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