Marco Ferrara

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Marco Ferrara is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Infectious Diseases and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Ferrara has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Marco Ferrara's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (8 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (7 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (7 papers). Marco Ferrara is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (8 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (7 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (7 papers). Marco Ferrara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Marco Ferrara's co-authors include Varinder K. Aggarwal, Emma Alonso, George W. Hynd, Guangyu Fang, Marina Porcelloni, Yet‐Ming Chiang, Joshua Mueller, Jessika E. Trancik, Gonçalo Pereira and Micah S. Ziegler and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Marco Ferrara

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Storage Requirements and Costs of Shaping Renewable Energ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 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. Storage Requirements and Costs of Shaping Renewable Energy Toward Grid Decarbonization
    2019 333 citations Micah S. Ziegler, Joshua Mueller et al. Joule profile →

Peers

Marco Ferrara
H. Zhu China
Hideyuki Matsumoto Japan
Jakob Burger Germany
Xuan Zhou China
Kyung Hwan Oh South Korea
Takashi Katoh Japan
Yichen Hu China
Prasad P. Kulkarni India
Tongyu Liu China
Yuze Li China
H. Zhu China
Marco Ferrara
Citations per year, relative to Marco Ferrara Marco Ferrara (= 1×) peers H. Zhu

Countries citing papers authored by Marco Ferrara

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Ferrara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Ferrara

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferrara, Marco, Yet‐Ming Chiang, & J. M. Deutch. (2019). Demonstrating Near-Carbon-Free Electricity Generation from Renewables and Storage. Joule. 3(11). 2585–2588. 30 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Micah S., Joshua Mueller, Gonçalo Pereira, et al.. (2019). Storage Requirements and Costs of Shaping Renewable Energy Toward Grid Decarbonization. Joule. 3(11). 2867–2869. 17 indexed citations
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Ferrara, Marco, Silvano Ronzoni, Pierfausto Seneci, et al.. (2019). Identification of Isoform 2 Acid-Sensing Ion Channel Inhibitors as Tool Compounds for Target Validation Studies in CNS. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10(4). 627–632. 1 indexed citations
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Türkmen, Yunus E., Vijayalakshmi A. Moorthie, C. Chun Chen, et al.. (2017). Enantioselective Synthesis of the Cyclopiazonic Acid Family Using Sulfur Ylides. Angewandte Chemie. 130(5). 1360–1364. 5 indexed citations
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Kuttruff, Christian A., Marco Ferrara, Tom Bretschneider, et al.. (2017). Discovery of BI-2545: A Novel Autotaxin Inhibitor That Significantly Reduces LPA Levels in Vivo. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(12). 1252–1257. 35 indexed citations
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Monteagudo, Edith, Massimiliano Fonsi, Xiaoyan Chu, et al.. (2010). The metabolism and disposition of a potent inhibitor of hepatitis C virus NS3/4A protease. Xenobiotica. 40(12). 826–839. 12 indexed citations
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Ferrara, Marco, et al.. (2010). Development of 2-pyrrolidinyl-N-methyl pyrimidones as potent and orally bioavailable HIV integrase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(17). 5031–5034. 12 indexed citations
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Malancona, Savina, Monica Donghi, Marco Ferrara, et al.. (2010). Allosteric inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase thumb domain site II: Structure-based design and synthesis of new templates. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(8). 2836–2848. 25 indexed citations
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Mathes, Clare M., Marco Ferrara, & Neil E. Rowland. (2009). Selection of a palatable dietary option is not preferentially reduced by cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist AM251 in female C57Bl/6J mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 94(1). 119–123. 5 indexed citations
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Harper, Steven J., Marco Ferrara, Benedetta Crescenzi, et al.. (2009). Inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease with Basic Amine Functionality at the P3-Amino Acid N-Terminus: Discovery and Optimization of a New Series of P2−P4 Macrocycles. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52(15). 4820–4837. 11 indexed citations
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Mathes, Clare M., Marco Ferrara, & Neil E. Rowland. (2008). Cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists reduce caloric intake by decreasing palatable diet selection in a novel dessert protocol in female rats. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 295(1). R67–R75. 42 indexed citations
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Ferrara, Marco, Benedetta Crescenzi, Monica Donghi, et al.. (2008). ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of a Hexahydropyrimido[1,2‐a]azepine‐2‐carboxamide Derivative (I) Useful as an HIV Integrase Inhibitor.. ChemInform. 39(11). 1 indexed citations
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Ferrara, Marco, Benedetta Crescenzi, Monica Donghi, et al.. (2007). Synthesis of a hexahydropyrimido[1,2-a]azepine-2-carboxamide derivative useful as an HIV integrase inhibitor. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(47). 8379–8382. 14 indexed citations
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Ferrara, Marco, I. H. Hutchinson, S. Wolfe, J. Stillerman, & T. Fredian. (2006). Alcasim simulation code for Alcator C-Mod. 23. 2238–2243. 7 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Varinder K., Emma Alonso, Guangyu Fang, et al.. (2001). Application of Chiral Sulfides to Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination and Cyclopropanation with In Situ Generation of the Diazo Compound. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(8). 1433–1436. 312 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Varinder K., Emma Alonso, Guangyu Fang, et al.. (2001). Verwendung chiraler Sulfide zur katalytischen asymmetrischen Aziridinierung und Cyclopropanierung mit in situ gebildeter Diazokomponente. Angewandte Chemie. 113(8). 1482–1485. 87 indexed citations
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Capperucci, Antonella, Alessandro Degl’Innocenti, Marco Ferrara, et al.. (1994). Thiophilic allylation of dithioesters and trithiocarbonates. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(1). 161–164. 10 indexed citations
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Capperucci, Antonella, Marco Ferrara, Alessandro Degl’Innocenti, et al.. (1992). Fluoride Ion Induced Thiophilic Addition of Allylsilanes to Thioketones. Synlett. 1992(11). 880–882. 15 indexed citations

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