O. Ciferri

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

O. Ciferri is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Ciferri has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in O. Ciferri's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (21 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (19 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). O. Ciferri is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (21 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (19 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). O. Ciferri collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. O. Ciferri's co-authors include O. Tiboni, B. Parisi, Silvio Sora, Giovanna Riccardi, Leon Dure, Rino Cella, Frédéric Sala, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, A. Perani and Alberto Albertini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

O. Ciferri

93 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Spirulina, the edible microorganism 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400
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. Spirulina, the edible microorganism
    1983 487 citations O. Ciferri profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
O. Ciferri Italy 22 1.2k 672 419 286 239 94 2.5k
Ana Varela Coelho Portugal 37 1.5k 1.3× 184 0.3× 749 1.8× 23 0.1× 141 0.6× 142 4.2k
Mikael Elias France 31 2.0k 1.7× 48 0.1× 456 1.1× 88 0.3× 35 0.1× 90 3.3k
Cene Gostinčar Slovenia 29 1.1k 0.9× 61 0.1× 1.1k 2.5× 102 0.4× 414 1.7× 78 2.5k
Louis S. Tisa United States 34 1.1k 0.9× 56 0.1× 1.7k 4.1× 64 0.2× 136 0.6× 153 3.4k
Marco Bosco Italy 23 347 0.3× 24 0.0× 415 1.0× 134 0.5× 99 0.4× 41 1.4k
Ignacio González Spain 26 1.0k 0.9× 22 0.0× 451 1.1× 118 0.4× 202 0.8× 72 2.4k
Hiroshi Kuraishi Japan 24 1.5k 1.3× 50 0.1× 558 1.3× 45 0.2× 52 0.2× 77 2.5k
Christian Sohlenkamp Mexico 25 1.5k 1.3× 36 0.1× 893 2.1× 39 0.1× 31 0.1× 55 2.8k
Max Chavarría Costa Rica 22 1.4k 1.2× 51 0.1× 252 0.6× 39 0.1× 55 0.2× 61 2.3k
Min Xiao China 25 1.5k 1.3× 53 0.1× 429 1.0× 25 0.1× 81 0.3× 172 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by O. Ciferri

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. Ciferri

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of O. Ciferri. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of O. Ciferri 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 O. Ciferri. O. Ciferri 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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Ciferri, O.. (2002). The role of microorganisms in the degradation of cultural heritage. Studies in Conservation. 47(sup1). 35–45. 22 indexed citations
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Ciferri, O.. (1999). Microbial Degradation of Paintings. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65(3). 879–885. 221 indexed citations
3.
Rossi, Edda De, et al.. (1992). Molecular characterization of the genes encoding acetohydroxy acid synthase in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. Journal of General Microbiology. 138(7). 1399–1408. 11 indexed citations
4.
Riccardi, Giovanna, Edda De Rossi, Giuliano Della Valle, & O. Ciferri. (1985). Cloning of the glutamine synthetase gene fromspirulina platensis. Plant Molecular Biology. 4(2-3). 133–136. 10 indexed citations
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Ciferri, O.. (1983). Spirulina, the edible microorganism [Algae, single-cell protein].. Microbiological Research. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Shuyi, O. Tiboni, & O. Ciferri. (1983). Purification of chloroplast elongation factor Tu from a somatic hybrid between Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rustica. Plant Science Letters. 32(3). 287–293. 2 indexed citations
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Riccardi, Giovanna, et al.. (1981). Characterization of mutants ofSpirulina platensisresistant to amino acid analogues. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 12(4). 333–336. 11 indexed citations
8.
Kaul, Mohan L. H., et al.. (1980). Tissue culture studies in Pisum sativum.. 319–324. 2 indexed citations
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Tiboni, O., Christopher J. Leaver, & O. Ciferri. (1980). Immunological specificity of the chloroplast elongation factors G and Tu of spinach leaves. Plant Science Letters. 17(2). 159–167. 3 indexed citations
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Sala, Frédéric, B. Parisi, Rino Cella, & O. Ciferri. (1980). Plant cell cultures: results and perspectives.. 148 indexed citations
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Sora, Silvio, O. Ciferri, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, & Giulia Magni. (1980). Genetics and biochemistry of resistance to axenomycin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Current Genetics. 2(1). 61–67. 4 indexed citations
12.
Bursztyn, H., V. Sgaramella, O. Ciferri, & Joshua Lederberg. (1975). Transfectability of rough strains of Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Bacteriology. 124(3). 1630–1634. 11 indexed citations
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Tiboni, O. & O. Ciferri. (1971). Selective inhibition of the reactions catalyzed by ribosome‐specific transfer factors G. FEBS Letters. 19(2). 174–179. 15 indexed citations
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Parisi, B., A. Perani, O. Tiboni, & O. Ciferri. (1970). Ribosome Specificity of Transfer Factors from Unicellular Algae. Giornale botanico italiano. 104(4). 277–287. 2 indexed citations
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Parisi, B., A. Perani, Martin J. Di Grandi, & O. Ciferri. (1968). Separation and Ribosome Specificity of the Enzymes that Catalyze Protein Synthesisin Vitro. Giornale botanico italiano. 102(4). 317–326. 2 indexed citations
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Etten, James L. Van, B. Parisi, & O. Ciferri. (1966). Interchangeability of Ribosomes and Protein Synthesizing Enzymes from Penicillium cyclopium and those prepared from Other Organisms. Nature. 212(5065). 932–933. 9 indexed citations
17.
Albertini, Alberto, O. Tiboni, & O. Ciferri. (1966). Relations between tryptophan configuration and actinomycin biosynthesis. Journal of Labelled Compounds. 2(1). 90–101. 3 indexed citations
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Cassani, Giovanni, Alberto Albertini, & O. Ciferri. (1964). Separation of actinomycins by thin-layer chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 13. 238–239. 10 indexed citations
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Ciferri, O., et al.. (1959). [The metabolic cycle of 2-keto-D-gluconic acid in Leuconostoc mesenteroides].. PubMed. 35. 2123–5. 1 indexed citations
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Ciferri, O.. (1956). Thiamine-deficiency of Prototheca, a Yeast-like Achloric Alga. Nature. 178(4548). 1475–1476. 15 indexed citations

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