Leonardo Bruno

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Leonardo Bruno is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonardo Bruno has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Plant Science, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Leonardo Bruno's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (32 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers). Leonardo Bruno is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (32 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (16 papers). Leonardo Bruno collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Belgium and United Kingdom. Leonardo Bruno's co-authors include Maria Beatrice Bitonti, Adriana Chiappetta, Maria Greco, Mieke Van Lijsebettens, Antonella Muto, Hilde Nelissen, Fabrizio Araniti, Delphine Fleury, Magdalena Wołoszyńska and Marc Van Montagu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Leonardo Bruno

65 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

In Posidonia oceanica cadmium induces changes in DNA meth... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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. In Posidonia oceanica cadmium induces changes in DNA methylation and chromatin patterning
    2011 435 citations Adriana Chiappetta, Leonardo Bruno et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonardo Bruno Italy 23 1.2k 844 71 68 62 77 1.7k
Dietmar Funck Germany 25 2.3k 1.8× 1.5k 1.8× 72 1.0× 86 1.3× 22 0.4× 37 2.9k
Peiyong Xin China 24 1.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 117 1.6× 56 0.8× 60 1.0× 50 2.2k
Olga Valentová Czechia 27 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 70 1.0× 57 0.8× 41 0.7× 83 2.3k
Jean Rivoal Canada 26 1.5k 1.2× 995 1.2× 134 1.9× 104 1.5× 25 0.4× 58 2.2k
Andrzej Skoczowski Poland 22 1.3k 1.0× 396 0.5× 47 0.7× 86 1.3× 30 0.5× 80 1.7k
Adriana Chiappetta Italy 23 1.2k 1.0× 784 0.9× 91 1.3× 155 2.3× 208 3.4× 77 1.9k
Chao Zhou China 24 552 0.5× 858 1.0× 82 1.2× 14 0.2× 58 0.9× 68 1.5k
Paul F. McCabe Ireland 24 1.7k 1.4× 1.4k 1.7× 38 0.5× 66 1.0× 20 0.3× 53 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonardo Bruno

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonardo Bruno

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All Works

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Bruno, Leonardo, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of the main stress-related pathways in the DNA methylation-defective ddc mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to cadmium. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 159(6). 1362–1376. 2 indexed citations
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Sansone, Valerio, Francesca Macedonio, Teresa Poerio, et al.. (2025). Biofunctionalized and bioluminescent PVA membrane for ATP detection. Journal of Membrane Science. 737. 124772–124772.
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Bruno, Leonardo, et al.. (2025). Non-CG DNA methylation represses SDC expression to modulate hypocotyl elongation during thermormorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(9). 2517–2534. 1 indexed citations
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Muto, Antonella, Maurizio Di Marzo, Fabrizio Araniti, et al.. (2024). Development of pollinated and unpollinated ovules in Ginkgo biloba: unravelling the role of pollen in ovule tissue maturation. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(11). 3351–3367.
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Bruno, Leonardo, Giorgio Binelli, Antonella Muto, et al.. (2023). A Study of GUS Expression in Arabidopsis as a Tool for the Evaluation of Gene Evolution, Function and the Role of Expression Derived from Gene Duplication. Plants. 12(10). 2051–2051. 1 indexed citations
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Muto, Antonella, et al.. (2023). DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses. Plants. 12(2). 241–241. 12 indexed citations
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Bruno, Leonardo, Carla Díaz‐Tielas, Antonio Lupini, et al.. (2023). Short-Term Effects of Trans-Cinnamic Acid on the Metabolism of Zea mays L. Roots. Plants. 12(1). 189–189. 8 indexed citations
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Muto, Antonella, Leonardo Bruno, Claudio Lo Giudice, et al.. (2022). Comparative transcriptomic profiling of peach and nectarine cultivars reveals cultivar-specific responses to chilled postharvest storage. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1062194–1062194. 7 indexed citations
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Bruno, Leonardo, Antonella Muto, Luigi Lucini, et al.. (2021). Coumarin Interferes with Polar Auxin Transport Altering Microtubule Cortical Array Organization in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Root Apical Meristem. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(14). 7305–7305. 14 indexed citations
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Muto, Antonella, Adriana Chiappetta, Fabrizio Araniti, et al.. (2020). Genetic, metabolic and antioxidant differences among three different Calabrian populations of Cynara cardunculus subsp. cardunculus. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 155(3). 598–608. 1 indexed citations
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Landi, Marco, Biswapriya B. Misra, Antonella Muto, Leonardo Bruno, & Fabrizio Araniti. (2020). Phytotoxicity, Morphological, and Metabolic Effects of the Sesquiterpenoid Nerolidol on Arabidopsis thaliana Seedling Roots. Plants. 9(10). 1347–1347. 21 indexed citations
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Wołoszyńska, Magdalena, Pia Neyt, Marion Grasser, et al.. (2019). Histone 2B monoubiquitination complex integrates transcript elongation with RNA processing at circadian clock and flowering regulators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(16). 8060–8069. 22 indexed citations
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Muzzalupo, Innocenzo, Sabrina Micali, Leonardo Bruno, et al.. (2018). Agricultural and Food Biotechnology of Olea Europaea and Stone Fruits. The Journal of Pediatrics. 178. 141–148.e1.
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Bruno, Leonardo, et al.. (2015). Analysis of AtGUS1 and AtGUS2 in Arabidopsis root apex by a highly sensitive TSA-MISH method. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 59(4-5-6). 221–228. 5 indexed citations
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Testone, Giulio, Leonardo Bruno, Adriana Chiappetta, et al.. (2008). Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] KNOPE1, a class 1 KNOX orthologue to Arabidopsis BREVIPEDICELLUS/KNAT1, is misexpressed during hyperplasia of leaf curl disease. Journal of Experimental Botany. 59(2). 389–402. 19 indexed citations

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