Luisa Lanfranco

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Luisa Lanfranco is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luisa Lanfranco has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Plant Science, 25 papers in Pharmacology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Luisa Lanfranco's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (61 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (26 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (24 papers). Luisa Lanfranco is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (61 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (26 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (24 papers). Luisa Lanfranco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Saudi Arabia and Spain. Luisa Lanfranco's co-authors include Paola Bonfante, Valentina Fiorilli, Andrea Genre, Silvia Perotto, Mara Novero, Raffaella Balestrini, Laura Miozzi, Gian Paolo Accotto, Marco Catoni and Caroline Gutjahr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Luisa Lanfranco

90 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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. Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses
    2020 376 citations Luisa Lanfranco, Silvia Perotto et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luisa Lanfranco Italy 34 3.3k 655 633 511 459 93 3.8k
Andrea Genre Italy 36 4.7k 1.4× 454 0.7× 618 1.0× 560 1.1× 357 0.8× 78 5.1k
Christophe Roux France 30 3.3k 1.0× 459 0.7× 602 1.0× 777 1.5× 367 0.8× 65 3.8k
Uta Paszkowski United Kingdom 37 4.6k 1.4× 481 0.7× 697 1.1× 607 1.2× 214 0.5× 60 5.0k
Annegret Kohler France 40 4.8k 1.4× 939 1.4× 1.5k 2.3× 565 1.1× 753 1.6× 128 5.5k
Cristiana Sbrana Italy 37 3.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.5× 625 1.0× 371 0.7× 428 0.9× 95 3.9k
Valeria Bianciotto Italy 30 3.1k 0.9× 774 1.2× 418 0.7× 434 0.8× 815 1.8× 70 3.6k
Natalia Requena Germany 28 2.7k 0.8× 588 0.9× 509 0.8× 281 0.5× 326 0.7× 47 3.0k
Ertao Wang China 41 6.3k 1.9× 319 0.5× 1.2k 1.9× 365 0.7× 347 0.8× 81 7.0k
Philipp Franken Germany 43 6.5k 2.0× 1.1k 1.6× 1.6k 2.5× 855 1.7× 1.3k 2.9× 117 7.2k
Roland Marmeisse France 32 1.6k 0.5× 405 0.6× 763 1.2× 276 0.5× 438 1.0× 78 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luisa Lanfranco

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Giovannini, Luca, Chiara Pagliarani, Jian You Wang, et al.. (2025). Boosting Drought Resilience in Rice: The Priming Effects of Zaxinone and Its Mimics. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(6). e70667–e70667.
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Rillig, Matthias C., Anika Lehmann, Luisa Lanfranco, Tancredi Caruso, & David Johnson. (2024). Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks. Functional Ecology. 39(6). 1411–1417. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian You, Nicola Cavallini, Francesco Savorani, et al.. (2024). Integration of rice apocarotenoid profile and expression pattern of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenases reveals a positive effect of β-ionone on mycorrhization. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 207. 108366–108366. 6 indexed citations
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Fiorilli, Valentina, et al.. (2024). A fungal sRNA silences a host plant transcription factor to promote arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist. 246(3). 924–935. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Changsheng, Imran Haider, Jian You Wang, et al.. (2024). OsCYP706C2 diverts rice strigolactone biosynthesis to a noncanonical pathway branch. Science Advances. 10(35). eadq3942–eadq3942. 14 indexed citations
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Chialva, Matteo, Leonardo Perez de Souza, Mara Novero, et al.. (2023). The mycorrhizal root‐shoot axis elicits Coffea arabica growth under low phosphate conditions. New Phytologist. 239(1). 271–285. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian You, Justine Braguy, Muhammad Jamil, et al.. (2023). Disruption of the rice 4-DEOXYOROBANCHOL HYDROXYLASE unravels specific functions of canonical strigolactones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(42). e2306263120–e2306263120. 21 indexed citations
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Fiorilli, Valentina, et al.. (2023). A journey into the world of small RNAs in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist. 242(4). 1534–1544. 12 indexed citations
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Fiorilli, Valentina, Marco Forgia, Alexandre de Saint Germain, et al.. (2022). A structural homologue of the plant receptor D14 mediates responses to strigolactones in the fungal phytopathogen Cryphonectria parasitica. New Phytologist. 234(3). 1003–1017. 10 indexed citations
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Ablazov, Abdugaffor, Valentina Fiorilli, Jian You Wang, et al.. (2022). ZAXINONE SYNTHASE 2 regulates growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(1). 382–399. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian You, Saleh Alseekh, Tingting Xiao, et al.. (2021). Multi-omics approaches explain the growth-promoting effect of the apocarotenoid growth regulator zaxinone in rice. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1222–1222. 25 indexed citations
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Fracasso, Alessandra, et al.. (2020). Physiological Beneficial Effect of Rhizophagus intraradices Inoculation on Tomato Plant Yield under Water Deficit Conditions. Agronomy. 10(1). 71–71. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian You, Imran Haider, Muhammad Jamil, et al.. (2019). The apocarotenoid metabolite zaxinone regulates growth and strigolactone biosynthesis in rice. Nature Communications. 10(1). 810–810. 137 indexed citations
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Lanfranco, Luisa, Valentina Fiorilli, & Caroline Gutjahr. (2018). Partner communication and role of nutrients in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist. 220(4). 1031–1046. 168 indexed citations
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Spina, Federica, et al.. (2016). Fungal Oxidoreductases as Biocatalysts for Fine Chemicals Transformations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Fiorilli, Valentina, et al.. (2011). The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Reduces Disease Severity in Tomato Plants Infected by Botrytis Cinerea. Journal of Plant Pathology. 93(1). 237–242. 33 indexed citations
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Lanfranco, Luisa, Ronald A. Balsamo, Elena Martino, Paola Bonfante, & Silvia Perotto. (2004). Zinc ions differentially affect chitin synthase gene expression in an ericoid mycorrhizal fungus. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 138(3). 271–277. 3 indexed citations
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Lanfranco, Luisa, et al.. (1995). Chitin synthase homologs in three ectomycorrhizal truffles. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 134(1). 109–114. 9 indexed citations
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Lanfranco, Luisa. (1995). Chitin synthase homologs in three ectomycorrhizal truffles. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 134(1). 109–114. 2 indexed citations

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