Giovanna Morelli

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Giovanna Morelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanna Morelli has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Giovanna Morelli's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (10 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (8 papers). Giovanna Morelli is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (10 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (8 papers). Giovanna Morelli collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Giovanna Morelli's co-authors include Mark Achtman, Mark Achtman, Martin Maiden, Ian M. Feavers, Jane A. Bygraves, Edward J. Feil, Joanne E. Russell, Dominique A. Caugant, Rachel Urwin and Jiaji Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Bacteriology and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Giovanna Morelli

42 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Multilocus sequence typin... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Multilocus sequence typing: A portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms
    1998 2.8k citations Giovanna Morelli, Mark Achtman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Yersinia pestis , the cause of plague, is a recently emerged clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
    1999 781 citations Mark Achtman, Giovanna Morelli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giovanna Morelli Germany 28 2.5k 1.9k 1.8k 1.6k 1.1k 42 6.8k
Jos P. M. van Putten Netherlands 55 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 3.0k 1.8× 474 0.4× 189 8.7k
Wim Gaastra Netherlands 51 3.5k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 803 0.5× 303 0.3× 170 8.9k
Thierry Wirth France 36 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 300 0.2× 862 0.8× 68 6.6k
Christine Pourcel France 44 5.9k 2.4× 1.9k 1.0× 3.7k 2.0× 512 0.3× 511 0.5× 139 10.9k
Bart Barrell United Kingdom 24 2.7k 1.1× 639 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 692 0.4× 224 0.2× 37 6.5k
Jean‐Pierre Claverys France 42 2.4k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 158 0.1× 71 5.5k
Christoph M. Tang United Kingdom 48 2.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 124 0.1× 148 7.1k
Mikael Skurnik Finland 57 3.8k 1.5× 4.7k 2.4× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 252 0.2× 255 10.3k
Stephen F. Porcella United States 58 2.2k 0.9× 985 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 992 0.6× 241 0.2× 144 9.4k
E. Richard Moxon United Kingdom 47 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 3.1k 1.7× 3.8k 2.4× 165 0.2× 116 6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanna Morelli

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All Works

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Morelli, Giovanna, Xavier Didelot, Barica Kušećek, et al.. (2010). Microevolution of Helicobacter pylori during Prolonged Infection of Single Hosts and within Families. PLoS Genetics. 6(7). e1001036–e1001036. 115 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Sandra, Giovanna Morelli, Barica Kušećek, et al.. (2008). Horizontal versus Familial Transmission of Helicobacter pylori. PLoS Pathogens. 4(10). e1000180–e1000180. 115 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, et al.. (2007). The rise and spread of a new pathogen: Seroresistant Moraxella catarrhalis. Genome Research. 17(11). 1647–1656. 64 indexed citations
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Eppinger, Mark, Claudia Baar, Bodo Linz, et al.. (2006). Who Ate Whom? Adaptive Helicobacter Genomic Changes That Accompanied a Host Jump from Early Humans to Large Felines. PLoS Genetics. 2(7). e120–e120. 136 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark, Giovanna Morelli, Peixuan Zhu, et al.. (2004). Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(51). 17837–17842. 344 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, Xiaoyan Wang, Bodo Linz, et al.. (2004). Distinguishing human ethnic groups by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori : Lessons from Ladakh. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(14). 4746–4751. 124 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark & Giovanna Morelli. (2003). Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis. Humana Press eBooks. 67. 147–155. 4 indexed citations
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Claus, Heike, Ray Borrow, Mark Achtman, et al.. (2003). Genetics of capsule O‐acetylation in serogroup C, W‐135 and Y meningococci. Molecular Microbiology. 51(1). 227–239. 79 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark, et al.. (1999). Yersinia pestis , the cause of plague, is a recently emerged clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(24). 14043–14048. 781 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morelli, Giovanna, Burkhard Malorny, Kerstin Müller, et al.. (1997). Clonal descent and microevolution of Neisseria meningitidis during 30 years of epidemic spread. Molecular Microbiology. 25(6). 1047–1064. 86 indexed citations
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Santini, Maria Teresa, C. Cametti, Pietro L. Indovina, Giovanna Morelli, & Gianfranco Donelli. (1997). Polylysine induces changes in membrane electrical properties of K562 cells. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 35(2). 165–174. 31 indexed citations
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Morelli, Giovanna, Jesús Del Valle, C. J. Lammel, et al.. (1994). Immunogenicity and evolutionary variability of epitopes within IgA1 protease from serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis. Molecular Microbiology. 11(1). 175–187. 29 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark, et al.. (1991). Neisseriae 1990. 2 indexed citations
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Mottes, Monica, Guido Grandi, V. Sgaramella, et al.. (1979). Different specific activities of the monomeric and oligomeric forms of plasmid DNA in transformation of B. subtilis and E. coli. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 174(3). 281–286. 60 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark, et al.. (1978). Cell-cell interactions in conjugating Escherichia coli: Con− mutants and stabilization of mating aggregates. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 164(2). 171–183. 132 indexed citations
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Canosi, Umberto, Giovanna Morelli, & Thomas A. Trautner. (1978). The relationship between molecular structure and transformation efficiency of some S. aureus plasmids isolated from B. subtilis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 166(3). 259–267. 178 indexed citations
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Scherzinger, Eberhard, et al.. (1977). Bacteriophage‐T7‐Induced DNA‐Priming Protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 72(3). 543–558. 108 indexed citations

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