Gianfranco Diretto

5.1k total citations
107 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Gianfranco Diretto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianfranco Diretto has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Plant Science and 33 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Gianfranco Diretto's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (25 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (21 papers). Gianfranco Diretto is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (25 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (21 papers). Gianfranco Diretto collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Germany. Gianfranco Diretto's co-authors include Giovanni Giuliano, Peter Beyer, Raffaela Tavazza, Lourdes Gómez‐Gómez, Sarah Frusciante, Ángela Rubio‐Moraga, Salim Al‐Babili, V. Papacchioli, Oussama Ahrazem and Alessia Fiore and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gianfranco Diretto

103 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gianfranco Diretto Italy	34	2.2k	1.8k	1.2k	483	385	107	3.6k
Changfu Zhu Spain	39	3.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	124 0.3×	306 0.8×	106	5.3k
Ángela Rubio‐Moraga Spain	31	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	652 0.6×	1.1k 2.3×	150 0.4×	70	2.6k
José Luís Rambla Spain	32	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	643 0.5×	216 0.4×	536 1.4×	71	3.4k
M. Carmen Limón Spain	20	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	642 0.5×	51 0.1×	192 0.5×	43	3.0k
Lorenzo Zacarı́as Spain	47	2.7k 1.2×	4.0k 2.2×	2.4k 2.0×	51 0.1×	705 1.8×	143	6.2k
Hui Yuan China	24	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	59 0.1×	96 0.2×	37	2.9k
Akemi Ohmiya Japan	29	3.6k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	37 0.1×	376 1.0×	66	4.6k
Toshihiko Ashikari Japan	25	2.3k 1.0×	701 0.4×	292 0.2×	96 0.2×	523 1.4×	51	2.7k
Kim Wei Chan Malaysia	28	537 0.2×	457 0.3×	530 0.5×	61 0.1×	586 1.5×	71	2.5k
Jacob Pollier Belgium	35	3.3k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	219 0.2×	43 0.1×	310 0.8×	61	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Gianfranco Diretto

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianfranco Diretto

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20 of 20 papers shown

Diretto, Gianfranco, Alessia Fiore, Simona Felletti, et al.. (2025). Nutrients and Bioactive Compounds from Cannabis sativa Seeds: A Review Focused on Omics-Based Investigations. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(11). 5219–5219. 2 indexed citations

Jiménez, Alberto José López, et al.. (2025). Characterization of Exosome-like Nanoparticles from Saffron Tepals and Their Immunostimulatory Activity. Biology. 14(2). 215–215. 4 indexed citations

Gullì, Mariolina, Sarah Frusciante, Sara Graziano, et al.. (2025). The relevance of biochar and co-applied SynComs on maize quality and sustainability: Evidence from field experiments. The Science of The Total Environment. 968. 178872–178872. 4 indexed citations

Vitali, Roberta, Mariateresa Mancuso, Maria Sulli, et al.. (2024). Innovative Multilayer Electrospun Patches for the Slow Release of Natural Oily Extracts as Dressings to Boost Wound Healing. Pharmaceutics. 16(2). 159–159. 6 indexed citations

Akhgari, Amir, Maria Sulli, Anna Ramata‐Stunda, et al.. (2024). Capsicum chinense cell cultures: A biotechnological platform for the sustainable production of bioactive metabolites for the cosmetics market. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 63. 103478–103478. 1 indexed citations

D’Esposito, Daniela, Antimo Di Donato, Gianfranco Diretto, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Growing Area on the Expression of Fruit Traits Related to Sensory Perception in Two Tomato Cultivars. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(16). 9015–9015. 1 indexed citations

Farinon, Barbara, Maria Sulli, Gianfranco Diretto, et al.. (2024). Tomato pomace food waste from different variants as a high antioxidant potential resource. Food Chemistry. 452. 139509–139509. 17 indexed citations

Vázquez‐Vilar, Marta, Asun Fernández‐del‐Carmen, Victor García‐Carpintero, et al.. (2023). Dually biofortified cisgenic tomatoes with increased flavonoids and branched‐chain amino acids content. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21(12). 2683–2697. 4 indexed citations

Noronha, Henrique, Sarah Frusciante, Gianfranco Diretto, et al.. (2023). Role in Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis of the Grapevine Plastidic Phosphoenolpyruvate Translocator VviPPT1. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 44(3). 1233–1248. 2 indexed citations

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Lorenzo-Rebenaque, Laura, Gianfranco Diretto, Sarah Frusciante, et al.. (2023). Modulation of Caecal Microbiota and Metabolome Profile in Salmonella-Infected Broilers by Phage Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(20). 15201–15201. 3 indexed citations

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Demurtas, Olivia Costantina, Alessandro Nicolia, & Gianfranco Diretto. (2023). Terpenoid Transport in Plants: How Far from the Final Picture?. Plants. 12(3). 634–634. 18 indexed citations

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Vitali, Roberta, Laura Lorenzo-Rebenaque, Eleonora Colantoni, et al.. (2022). Gut–Brain Axis: Insights from Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Brain Tumor Development in a Mouse Model of Experimental Colitis Induced by Dextran Sodium Sulfate. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(19). 11495–11495. 18 indexed citations

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Mancuso, Mariateresa, Mirella Tanori, Eleonora Colantoni, et al.. (2022). Liver Steatosis and Steatohepatitis Alter Bile Acid Receptors in Brain and Induce Neuroinflammation: A Contribution of Circulating Bile Acids and Blood-Brain Barrier. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 14254–14254. 10 indexed citations

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Barja, M. Victoria, Gianfranco Diretto, Igor Florez‐Sarasa, et al.. (2021). Several geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase isoforms supply metabolic substrates for carotenoid biosynthesis in tomato. New Phytologist. 231(1). 255–272. 64 indexed citations

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Diretto, Gianfranco, David S. Peñaranda, Sarah Frusciante, et al.. (2021). Early Embryo Exposure to Assisted Reproductive Manipulation Induced Subtle Changes in Liver Epigenetics with No Apparent Negative Health Consequences in Rabbit. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(18). 9716–9716. 7 indexed citations

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Benincasa, Paolo, Roberto D’Amato, Beatrice Falcinelli, et al.. (2020). Grain Endogenous Selenium and Moderate Salt Stress Work as Synergic Elicitors in the Enrichment of Bioactive Compounds in Maize Sprouts. Agronomy. 10(5). 735–735. 24 indexed citations

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Marco‐Jiménez, Francisco, David S. Peñaranda, Gianfranco Diretto, et al.. (2020). Long-term and transgenerational phenotypic, transcriptional and metabolic effects in rabbit males born following vitrified embryo transfer. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11313–11313. 20 indexed citations

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Diretto, Gianfranco, Verónica Aragonés, Sarah Frusciante, et al.. (2020). Efficient production of saffron crocins and picrocrocin in Nicotiana benthamiana using a virus-driven system. Metabolic Engineering. 61. 238–250. 62 indexed citations

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Diretto, Gianfranco, Xin Jin, Teresa Capell, Changfu Zhu, & Lourdes Gómez‐Gómez. (2019). Differential accumulation of pelargonidin glycosides in petals at three different developmental stages of the orange-flowered gentian (Gentiana lutea L. var. aurantiaca). PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0212062–e0212062. 33 indexed citations

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Sulli, Maria, Giuseppe Mandolino, Chiara Onofri, et al.. (2017). Molecular and biochemical characterization of a potato collection with contrasting tuber carotenoid content. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0184143–e0184143. 46 indexed citations

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