Gino Cingolani

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Gino Cingolani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gino Cingolani has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gino Cingolani's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers). Gino Cingolani is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers). Gino Cingolani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Gino Cingolani's co-authors include Emad S. Alnemri, Corey Rogers, Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Kaylen Lott, Adam S. Olia, Larry Gerace, Christoph W. Müller, Janna Bednenko, Ruth A. Pumroy and Carlo Petosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gino Cingolani

104 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Cleavage of DFNA5 by caspase-3 during apoptosis mediates progression to secondary necrotic/pyroptotic cell death

2017 1.2k citations Gino Cingolani et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gino Cingolani United States	37	4.2k	1.2k	701	551	549	106	5.6k
David Sarracino United States	36	2.1k 0.5×	617 0.5×	530 0.8×	433 0.8×	690 1.3×	63	4.9k
Kevin S. Johnson United Kingdom	23	6.0k 1.4×	799 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	1.0k 1.9×	406 0.7×	40	9.1k
Marcin Nowotny Poland	30	4.1k 1.0×	348 0.3×	971 1.4×	622 1.1×	690 1.3×	71	5.2k
Nico Callewaert Belgium	47	5.7k 1.3×	403 0.3×	1.4k 1.9×	530 1.0×	710 1.3×	161	8.3k
Raymond J. Owens United Kingdom	46	3.8k 0.9×	295 0.2×	1.0k 1.5×	628 1.1×	699 1.3×	177	6.3k
Roland Contreras Belgium	46	5.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	952 1.7×	570 1.0×	153	7.8k
Swati Jain United States	18	2.9k 0.7×	334 0.3×	353 0.5×	430 0.8×	467 0.9×	60	4.2k
Yong Xiong United States	44	4.0k 0.9×	293 0.2×	797 1.1×	650 1.2×	730 1.3×	151	5.8k
Andrew Bradbury United States	41	4.0k 0.9×	663 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	434 0.8×	321 0.6×	162	6.1k
Imre Berger United Kingdom	42	4.9k 1.1×	413 0.3×	336 0.5×	658 1.2×	644 1.2×	133	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Gino Cingolani

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Gino Cingolani's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Gino Cingolani with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Gino Cingolani more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Gino Cingolani

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gino Cingolani. 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 Gino Cingolani. The network helps show where Gino Cingolani may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gino Cingolani

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Girdhar, Amandeep, M.E. Cicardi, Miyuki Hayashi, et al.. (2025). NLS-binding deficient Kapβ2 reduces neurotoxicity via selective interaction with C9orf72-ALS/FTD dipeptide repeats. Communications Biology. 8(1). 2–2. 2 indexed citations

Ko, Ying‐Hui, Fenglin Li, Junwei Li, et al.. (2025). Ran modulates allosteric crosstalk between importin β surfaces. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11425–11425.

Ko, Ying‐Hui, Ravi K. Lokareddy, Steven G. Doll, et al.. (2024). Single Acetylation-mimetic Mutation in TDP-43 Nuclear Localization Signal Disrupts Importin α1/β Signaling. Journal of Molecular Biology. 436(20). 168751–168751. 4 indexed citations

Lokareddy, Ravi K., Chun-Feng David Hou, Francesca Forti, et al.. (2024). Integrative structural analysis of Pseudomonas phage DEV reveals a genome ejection motor. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8482–8482. 6 indexed citations

Ko, Ying‐Hui, Fenglin Li, Ravi K. Lokareddy, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for nuclear import of hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleocapsid core. Science Advances. 10(2). eadi7606–eadi7606. 14 indexed citations

Lokareddy, Ravi K., et al.. (2024). Non-redundant roles for the human mRNA decapping cofactor paralogs DCP1a and DCP1b. Life Science Alliance. 7(11). e202402938–e202402938. 1 indexed citations

Li, Fenglin, Chun-Feng David Hou, Ravi K. Lokareddy, et al.. (2023). High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the Pseudomonas bacteriophage E217. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4052–4052. 27 indexed citations

Lokareddy, Ravi K., Fenglin Li, Chun-Feng David Hou, et al.. (2023). Molecular Architecture of Salmonella Typhimurium Virus P22 Genome Ejection Machinery. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(24). 168365–168365. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, David C. Young, Alexander E. Aleshin, et al.. (2022). A periplasmic cinched protein is required for siderophore secretion and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2255–2255. 19 indexed citations

10.

Doll, Steven G., Fenglin Li, Ying‐Hui Ko, et al.. (2022). Recognition of the TDP-43 nuclear localization signal by importin α1/β. Cell Reports. 39(13). 111007–111007. 35 indexed citations

11.

Sharp, Kim A., Xiang‐Jun Lu, Gino Cingolani, & Stephen C. Harvey. (2019). DNA Conformational Changes Play a Force-Generating Role during Bacteriophage Genome Packaging. Biophysical Journal. 116(11). 2172–2180. 8 indexed citations

12.

Riccio, Amanda A., Gino Cingolani, & John M. Pascal. (2015). PARP-2 domain requirements for DNA damage-dependent activation and localization to sites of DNA damage. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(4). 1691–1702. 83 indexed citations

13.

Bhardwaj, Anshul, Rajeshwer S. Sankhala, Adam S. Olia, et al.. (2015). Structural Plasticity of the Protein Plug That Traps Newly Packaged Genomes in Podoviridae Virions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(1). 215–226. 14 indexed citations

14.

Sun, Jim, Axel Siroy, Ravi K. Lokareddy, et al.. (2015). The tuberculosis necrotizing toxin kills macrophages by hydrolyzing NAD. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(9). 672–678. 103 indexed citations

15.

Bhardwaj, Anshul, Sherwood Casjens, & Gino Cingolani. (2014). Exploring the atomic structure and conformational flexibility of a 320 Å long engineered viral fiber using X-ray crystallography. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 70(2). 342–353. 8 indexed citations

16.

Bhardwaj, Anshul, Nancy Walker‐Kopp, Sherwood Casjens, & Gino Cingolani. (2009). An Evolutionarily Conserved Family of Virion Tail Needles Related to Bacteriophage P22 gp26: Correlation between Structural Stability and Length of the α-Helical Trimeric Coiled Coil. Journal of Molecular Biology. 391(1). 227–245. 14 indexed citations

17.

Zheng, Hongjin, et al.. (2008). A Conformational Switch in Bacteriophage P22 Portal Protein Primes Genome Injection. Molecular Cell. 29(3). 376–383. 35 indexed citations

18.

Olia, Adam S., Sherwood Casjens, & Gino Cingolani. (2007). Structure of phage P22 cell envelope–penetrating needle. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 14(12). 1221–1226. 68 indexed citations

19.

Bednenko, Janna, Gino Cingolani, & Larry Gerace. (2003). Importin β contains a COOH-terminal nucleoporin binding region important for nuclear transport. The Journal of Cell Biology. 162(3). 391–401. 121 indexed citations

20.

Cingolani, Gino, Janna Bednenko, Matthew T. Gillespie, & Larry Gerace. (2002). Molecular Basis for the Recognition of a Nonclassical Nuclear Localization Signal by Importin β. Molecular Cell. 10(6). 1345–1353. 163 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact