Massimo Vassalli

3.1k total citations
128 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Massimo Vassalli is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Vassalli has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 38 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 30 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Massimo Vassalli's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (16 papers). Massimo Vassalli is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (16 papers). Massimo Vassalli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Spain. Massimo Vassalli's co-authors include Bruno Tiribilli, Boris Martinac, Pietro Ridone, Francesca Sbrana, Antonio Politi, Cristian Giardinà, Roberto Livi, Paola Gavazzo, Federica Viti and Loredana Petecchia and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Vassalli

120 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Massimo Vassalli Italy 27 678 617 430 417 411 128 2.3k
Bo Sun China 31 831 1.2× 847 1.4× 437 1.0× 491 1.2× 150 0.4× 172 3.1k
Hiroki Watanabe Japan 28 943 1.4× 325 0.5× 236 0.5× 252 0.6× 239 0.6× 163 2.5k
Allen J. Ehrlicher Canada 28 1.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.8× 377 0.9× 1.4k 3.4× 235 0.6× 64 3.5k
Jennifer H. Shin South Korea 31 838 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 514 1.2× 1.5k 3.6× 205 0.5× 115 3.9k
George Lykotrafitis United States 22 759 1.1× 807 1.3× 538 1.3× 234 0.6× 657 1.6× 52 3.0k
Masahiro Nakajima Japan 31 607 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 368 0.9× 205 0.5× 115 0.3× 301 3.2k
Adrian F. Pegoraro Canada 22 1.0k 1.5× 1.7k 2.7× 240 0.6× 1.0k 2.4× 182 0.4× 49 3.8k
Yunfeng Chen China 31 627 0.9× 565 0.9× 347 0.8× 931 2.2× 174 0.4× 89 3.0k
Steven M. Kurtz United States 26 511 0.8× 796 1.3× 136 0.3× 711 1.7× 405 1.0× 58 2.5k
Gang Ren United States 38 2.0k 2.9× 358 0.6× 461 1.1× 369 0.9× 187 0.5× 141 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Massimo Vassalli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Massimo Vassalli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Vassalli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Vassalli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Vassalli 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 Massimo Vassalli. Massimo Vassalli 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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Madhusudan, M. D., et al.. (2026). Wide-field and non-invasive imaging of brain tumours with scattered light techniques. Biomedical Optics Express. 17(3). 1112–1112.
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Fläschner, Gotthold, Patrizia Romani, Paul G. Genever, et al.. (2025). Piezo1 regulates the mechanotransduction of soft matrix viscoelasticity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9155–9155. 3 indexed citations
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Versaevel, Marie, et al.. (2025). Epithelial Cell Mechanoresponse to Matrix Viscoelasticity and Confinement Within Micropatterned Viscoelastic Hydrogels. Advanced Science. 12(18). e2408635–e2408635. 9 indexed citations
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Morena, Francesco, Giovannino Ciccone, Paolo Canepa, et al.. (2025). Contact-free characterization of nuclear mechanics using correlative Brillouin-Raman Micro-Spectroscopy in living cells. Acta Biomaterialia. 198. 291–301. 2 indexed citations
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Morena, Francesco, Chiara Argentati, I. Neri, et al.. (2025). Beyond Water Content: Unraveling Stiffness in Hydrated Materials by a Correlative Brillouin–Raman Approach. ACS Photonics. 12(7). 3794–3802.
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Argentati, Chiara, Francesco Morena, I. Neri, et al.. (2024). Brillouin spectroscopy for accurate assessment of morphological and mechanical characteristics in micro-structured samples. Journal of Physics Photonics. 6(3). 35016–35016. 3 indexed citations
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Vassalli, Massimo, et al.. (2024). Biophysical assays to test cellular mechanosensing: moving towards high throughput. Biophysical Reviews. 16(6). 875–882. 1 indexed citations
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Vassalli, Massimo, et al.. (2023). Cell shape and tension alter focal adhesion structure. Biomaterials Advances. 145. 213277–213277. 9 indexed citations
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Ross, Ewan A., Lesley-Anne Turner, Hannah Donnelly, et al.. (2023). Nanotopography reveals metabolites that maintain the immunomodulatory phenotype of mesenchymal stromal cells. Nature Communications. 14(1). 753–753. 24 indexed citations
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Viti, Federica, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Experimental Conditions on Cell Mechanics as Measured with Nanoindentation. Nanomaterials. 13(7). 1190–1190. 4 indexed citations
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Cazareth, Julie, et al.. (2023). Nanoscatterer-Assisted Fluorescence Amplification Technique. Nanomaterials. 13(21). 2875–2875.
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Viti, Federica, Raffaella Magrassi, Nicoletta Pedemonte, et al.. (2023). Patient's dermal fibroblasts as disease markers for visceral myopathy. Biomaterials Advances. 148. 213355–213355. 1 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Dipankar, et al.. (2023). Fine‐Tuning Supramolecular Assemblies by Controlling Micellar Aggregates. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 308(10). 3 indexed citations
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Neri, I., Francesco Cottone, M. Mattarelli, et al.. (2022). Cellular Mechanosensitivity: Validation of an Adaptable 3D-Printed Device for Microindentation. Nanomaterials. 12(15). 2691–2691. 3 indexed citations
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Baldini, Francesca, Mohamad Khalil, Massimo Vassalli, et al.. (2022). Relationship between Liver Stiffness and Steatosis in Obesity Conditions: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies. Biomolecules. 12(5). 733–733. 10 indexed citations
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Hodgkinson, Tom, Penelope M. Tsimbouri, Virginia Llopis-Hernández, et al.. (2021). The use of nanovibration to discover specific and potent bioactive metabolites that stimulate osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells. Science Advances. 7(9). 31 indexed citations
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Vassalli, Massimo, et al.. (2021). An Overview on Microfluidic Systems for Nucleic Acids Extraction from Human Raw Samples. Sensors. 21(9). 3058–3058. 37 indexed citations
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McDowall, Daniel, Matthew Walker, Massimo Vassalli, et al.. (2021). Controlling the formation and alignment of low molecular weight gel ‘noodles’. Chemical Communications. 57(70). 8782–8785. 15 indexed citations
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Ridone, Pietro, Elvis Pandžić, Massimo Vassalli, et al.. (2020). Disruption of membrane cholesterol organization impairs the activity of PIEZO1 channel clusters. The Journal of General Physiology. 152(8). 108 indexed citations
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Bloise, Nora, Loredana Petecchia, Gabriele Ceccarelli, et al.. (2018). The effect of pulsed electromagnetic field exposure on osteoinduction of human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on nano-TiO2 surfaces. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0199046–e0199046. 46 indexed citations

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