Franco Mangia

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Franco Mangia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Mangia has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Franco Mangia's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (17 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (8 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (6 papers). Franco Mangia is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (17 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (8 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (6 papers). Franco Mangia collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Austria. Franco Mangia's co-authors include Arturo Bevilacqua, Emiliano Brunamonti, Francesca D’Olimpio, Paolo Renzi, Valeria Carola, Maria Teresa Fiorenza, Rosella Colonna, Charles J. Epstein, Claudio Sette and Pellegrino Rossi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Development.

In The Last Decade

Franco Mangia

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Evaluation of the elevated plus-maze and open-field tests for the assessment of anxiety-related behaviour in inbred mice
    2002 563 citations Valeria Carola, Francesca D’Olimpio et al. Behavioural Brain Research profile →

Peers

Franco Mangia
Ayalla Barnea United States
Norio Iijima Japan
K.‐Y. Francis Pau United States
Shogo Haraguchi Japan
Felino R. Cagampang United Kingdom
T. John Wu United States
Luciano Debéljuk United States
Paul C. Goldsmith United States
Chad D. Foradori United States
Alejandro Lomniczi United States
Ayalla Barnea United States
Franco Mangia
Citations per year, relative to Franco Mangia Franco Mangia (= 1×) peers Ayalla Barnea

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Mangia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Mangia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Franco Mangia. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Franco Mangia. The network helps show where Franco Mangia may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Mangia

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Canterini, Sonia, Jessica Dragotto, Andrea Dardis, et al.. (2017). Shortened primary cilium length and dysregulated Sonic hedgehog signaling in Niemann-Pick C1 disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(12). 2277–2289. 53 indexed citations
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Nicolia, Vincenzina, Gábor G. Kovács, Sonia Canterini, et al.. (2016). Sexually Dimorphic Expression of Reelin in the Brain of a Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 61(3). 359–367. 12 indexed citations
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Caporali, Paola, Francesco Bruno, Jessica Dragotto, et al.. (2016). Developmental delay in motor skill acquisition in Niemann-Pick C1 mice reveals abnormal cerebellar morphogenesis. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 94–94. 30 indexed citations
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Loizzo, Stefano, Sonia Canterini, Fioretta Palombi, et al.. (2015). Visual evoked potentials of Niemann-Pick type C1 mice reveal an impairment of the visual pathway that is rescued by 2-hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 10(1). 133–133. 19 indexed citations
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Fuso, Andrea, Vincenzina Nicolia, Laura Ricceri, et al.. (2012). S-adenosylmethionine reduces the progress of the Alzheimer-like features induced by B-vitamin deficiency in mice. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(7). 1482.e1–1482.e16. 109 indexed citations
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Puglisi, Rossella, et al.. (2011). The nuclear form of glutathione peroxidase 4 is associated with sperm nuclear matrix and is required for proper paternal chromatin decondensation at fertilization. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 227(4). 1420–1427. 49 indexed citations
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Canterini, Sonia, et al.. (2010). Subcellular TSC22D4 Localization in Cerebellum Granule Neurons of the Mouse Depends on Development and Differentiation. The Cerebellum. 11(1). 28–40. 20 indexed citations
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Puglisi, Rossella, Arturo Bevilacqua, Gianfranco Carlomagno, et al.. (2007). Mice Overexpressing the Mitochondrial Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase in Male Germ Cells Show Abnormal Spermatogenesis and Reduced Fertility. Endocrinology. 148(9). 4302–4309. 16 indexed citations
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Luconi, Michaela, et al.. (2005). Enhancement of mouse sperm motility by the PI3-kinase inhibitor LY294002 does not result in toxic effects on preimplantation embryo development. Human Reproduction. 20(12). 3500–3504. 14 indexed citations
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Puglisi, Rossella, Federica Tramer, Gianfranco Carlomagno, et al.. (2005). PHGPx in spermatogenesis: how many functions?. Contraception. 72(4). 291–293. 25 indexed citations
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Fiorenza, Maria Teresa, et al.. (2004). Early Transcriptional Activation of the Hsp70.1 Gene by Osmotic Stress in One-Cell Embryos of the Mouse1. Biology of Reproduction. 70(6). 1606–1613. 31 indexed citations
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Carola, Valeria, Francesca D’Olimpio, Emiliano Brunamonti, et al.. (2003). Anxiety-related behaviour in C57BL/6↔BALB/c chimeric mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 150(1-2). 25–32. 15 indexed citations
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Carola, Valeria, Francesca D’Olimpio, Emiliano Brunamonti, Franco Mangia, & Paolo Renzi. (2002). Evaluation of the elevated plus-maze and open-field tests for the assessment of anxiety-related behaviour in inbred mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 134(1-2). 49–57. 563 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bevilacqua, Arturo, Leann H. Kinnunen, & Franco Mangia. (1992). Genetic manipulation of mammalian dictyate oocytes: Factors affecting transient expression of microinjected DNA templates. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 33(2). 124–130. 10 indexed citations
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Fiorenza, Maria Teresa & Franco Mangia. (1992). Hyperthermia Specifically Inhibits Bivalent Chromosome Disjunction in Maturing Mouse Oocytes1. Biology of Reproduction. 46(4). 658–664. 7 indexed citations
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Colonna, Rosella, Sandra Cecconi, Carla Tatone, Franco Mangia, & Roberto Buccione. (1989). Somatic cell-oocyte interactions in mouse oogenesis: Stage-specific regulation of mouse oocyte protein phosphorylation by granulosa cells. Developmental Biology. 133(1). 305–308. 32 indexed citations
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Mangia, Franco & Charles J. Epstein. (1975). Biochemical studies of growing mouse oocytes: Preparation of oocytes and analysis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase activities. Developmental Biology. 45(2). 211–220. 106 indexed citations

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