Francesco Salvatore

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
345 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Francesco Salvatore is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Salvatore has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Epidemiology and 36 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Francesco Salvatore's work include RNA modifications and cancer (25 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (25 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers). Francesco Salvatore is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (25 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (25 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers). Francesco Salvatore collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Francesco Salvatore's co-authors include Valeria D’Argenio, Claudia Corbo, Giuseppe Castaldo, Ennio Tasciotti, Lucia Sacchetti, Paolo Arcari, Rosanna Martinelli, Roberto Molinaro, Alessandro Parodi and Naama E. Toledano Furman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Salvatore

333 papers receiving 9.0k citations

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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.

The Impact of Nanoparticle Protein Corona on Cytotoxicity, Immunotoxicity and Target Drug Delivery

2015 523 citations Claudia Corbo, Alessandro Parodi et al. profile →
The complete sequence of a full length cDNA for human liver glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase: evidence for multiple mRNA species

1984 392 citations Francesco Salvatore et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Salvatore Italy	47	4.2k	907	887	858	856	345	9.2k
George E. Sandusky United States	46	5.3k 1.3×	744 0.8×	550 0.6×	1.6k 1.8×	692 0.8×	201	9.6k
Grietje Molema Netherlands	56	4.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	397 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	618 0.7×	229	10.3k
Masashi Suzuki Japan	60	8.3k 2.0×	523 0.6×	598 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	471	15.0k
Kirk C. Hansen United States	63	5.9k 1.4×	938 1.0×	947 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	797 0.9×	310	12.8k
Alberto Albertini Italy	54	3.4k 0.8×	918 1.0×	1.7k 2.0×	1.1k 1.3×	841 1.0×	282	9.8k
Hiroshi Maeda Japan	58	4.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	492 0.6×	493 0.6×	425 0.5×	229	11.1k
Yang Yang China	54	6.0k 1.5×	803 0.9×	542 0.6×	691 0.8×	596 0.7×	531	12.1k
Karin Scharffetter‐Kochanek Germany	61	4.4k 1.1×	951 1.0×	838 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	608 0.7×	294	14.7k
Yutaka Mizushima Japan	51	2.7k 0.6×	806 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	339 0.4×	370	10.4k
Rolf Larsson Sweden	53	5.1k 1.2×	554 0.6×	927 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	783 0.9×	306	10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesco Salvatore

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Salvatore

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

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Maggio, Federica Di, et al.. (2025). A Strategy for Single-Run Sequencing of the Water Buffalo Genome: (II) Fast One-Step Assembly of Highly Continuous Chromosome Sequences. Animals. 15(20). 3014–3014.

Maggio, Federica Di, Alessandra Calabrese, Giovanni Marino, et al.. (2025). Predictive genomic medicine enlarges the spectrum of predisposing mutations for head and neck cancers via a panel of 56 genes selected for human neoplasia in Southern Italy: a pilot study. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 64(2). 295–304.

Salvatore, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Design and 3D Printing of Low-Cost Functional Sports Devices for the Upper Limb. Prosthesis. 7(1). 17–17.

Maggio, Federica Di, Marcella Nunziato, Vincenzo Montesarchio, et al.. (2024). A Novel DNA Variant in SMARCA4 Gene Found in a Patient Affected by Early Onset Colon Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2716–2716.

Imperlini, Esther, Luisa Di Marzio, Armando Cevenini, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the impact of different liposomal formulations on the plasma protein corona composition might give hints on the targeting capability of nanoparticles. Nanoscale Advances. 6(17). 4434–4449. 2 indexed citations

Imperlini, Esther, Christian Celia, Armando Cevenini, et al.. (2021). Nano-bio interface between human plasma and niosomes with different formulations indicates protein corona patterns for nanoparticle cell targeting and uptake. Nanoscale. 13(10). 5251–5269. 20 indexed citations

Cevenini, Armando, Christian Celia, Stefania Orrù, et al.. (2020). Liposome-Embedding Silicon Microparticle for Oxaliplatin Delivery in Tumor Chemotherapy. Pharmaceutics. 12(6). 559–559. 26 indexed citations

Nardelli, Carmela, Laura Iaffaldano, Vincenzo Pilone, et al.. (2017). Changes in the MicroRNA Profile Observed in the Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Obese Patients after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. Journal of Obesity. 2017. 1–6. 26 indexed citations

D’Argenio, Valeria, Valentina Del Monaco, Lorella Paparo, et al.. (2017). Altered miR‐193a‐5p expression in children with cow's milk allergy. Allergy. 73(2). 379–386. 24 indexed citations

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Cevenini, Armando, Iman K. Yazdi, Alessandro Parodi, et al.. (2016). One-pot synthesis of pH-responsive hybrid nanogel particles for the intracellular delivery of small interfering RNA. Biomaterials. 87. 57–68. 64 indexed citations

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Nardelli, Carmela, Ilaria Granata, Laura Iaffaldano, et al.. (2016). miR-138/miR-222 Overexpression Characterizes the miRNome of Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Obesity. Stem Cells and Development. 26(1). 4–14. 18 indexed citations

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Canani, Roberto Berni, Lorella Paparo, Rita Nocerino, et al.. (2015). Differences in DNA methylation profile of Th1 and Th2 cytokine genes are associated with tolerance acquisition in children with IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy. Clinical Epigenetics. 7(1). 38–38. 68 indexed citations

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Tomaiuolo, Giovanna, Francesca Taraballi, Silvia Minardi, et al.. (2015). Red blood cells affect the margination of microparticles in synthetic microcapillaries and intravital microcirculation as a function of their size and shape. Journal of Controlled Release. 217. 263–272. 64 indexed citations

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Buono, Pasqualina, et al.. (2001). Differential distribution of aldolase A and C in the human central nervous system. Journal of Neurocytology. 30(12). 957–965. 29 indexed citations

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Fortunato, Giuliana, et al.. (1999). A case of discordance between genotype and phenotype in a malignant hyperthermia family. European Journal of Human Genetics. 7(4). 415–420. 12 indexed citations

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Cimino, L., et al.. (1998). Effect of N-acetyl-cysteine on lymphomonocyte glutathione and response to interferon treatment in C-virus chronic hepatitis.. PubMed. 30(2). 189–93. 4 indexed citations

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Grosso, Michela, Emilia Rippa, G. Villani, et al.. (1995). Molecular genetic characterization and prenatal diagnosis in a family with Hunter disease.. PubMed. 35(6). 1261–7. 3 indexed citations

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Buono, Pasqualina, Giovanni Paolella, Francesco Paolo Mancini, Paola Izzo, & Francesco Salvatore. (1988). The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the human aldolase C. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(10). 4733–4733. 12 indexed citations

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Savoia, Marcella, Fabrizio Pane, Giuliana Fortunato, Francesco Salvatore, & Lucia Sacchetti. (1988). The use of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves analysis in the evaluation of the diagnostic efficiency of serum pseudouridine as a tumor marker.. PubMed. 37(2). 119–27. 1 indexed citations

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Salvatore, Francesco & Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. (1977). The Biochemistry of adenosylmethionine : [proceedings of an international symposium on the biochemistry of adenosylmethionine, sponsored by the Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, held in Rome, Italy May 21-26, 1974]. Columbia University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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