Paola Lucca

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Paola Lucca is a scholar working on Plant Science, Hematology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paola Lucca has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Hematology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Paola Lucca's work include Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (5 papers), Phytase and its Applications (4 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (4 papers). Paola Lucca is often cited by papers focused on Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (5 papers), Phytase and its Applications (4 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (4 papers). Paola Lucca collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Paola Lucca's co-authors include Ingo Potrykus, Xudong Ye, Salim Al‐Babili, Peter Beyer, Andreas Klöti, Jing Zhang, Richard F. Hurrell, Carmela Galli, Maurizio Molinari and Paolo Paganetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Nutrition and Theoretical and Applied Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Paola Lucca

13 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Engineering the Provitamin A (β-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free) Rice Endosperm

2000 1.4k citations Xudong Ye, Salim Al‐Babili et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paola Lucca Switzerland	11	1.6k	1.4k	468	440	286	13	2.7k
Ariel Orellana Chile	41	2.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.8×	170 0.4×	101 0.2×	792 2.8×	90	4.0k
Antonios M. Makris Greece	31	2.3k 1.5×	524 0.4×	310 0.7×	118 0.3×	110 0.4×	65	3.0k
Roberto Bollini Spain	28	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	532 1.1×	40 0.1×	226 0.8×	69	2.2k
Glenda E. Gillaspy United States	25	1.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.7×	69 0.1×	100 0.2×	133 0.5×	44	2.9k
Anna K. Block United States	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	91 0.2×	222 0.5×	144 0.5×	62	2.8k
Adolphus P. G. M. van Loon Switzerland	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	277 0.6×	28 0.1×	80 0.3×	32	2.6k
Kevin C. Glenn United States	25	905 0.6×	946 0.7×	146 0.3×	78 0.2×	43 0.2×	57	1.9k
Qingxi J. Shen United States	28	4.2k 2.7×	4.7k 3.3×	291 0.6×	211 0.5×	97 0.3×	50	5.7k
Zhiqiang Xia China	31	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	90 0.2×	68 0.2×	62 0.2×	90	2.5k

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Al‐Babili, Salim, Xudong Ye, Paola Lucca, Ingo Potrykus, & Peter Beyer. (2007). Biosynthesis of β‐Carotene (Provitamin a) in Rice Endosperm Achieved by Genetic Engineering. Novartis Foundation symposium. 236. 219–232. 4 indexed citations

Lucca, Paola, et al.. (2006). Genetic engineering approaches to enrich rice with iron and vitamin A. Physiologia Plantarum. 126(3). 291–303. 55 indexed citations

Sacchetti, Rossella, et al.. (2006). Microbial contamination in dental unit waterlines: comparison between Er:YAG laser and turbine lines.. PubMed. 13(2). 275–9. 14 indexed citations

Molinari, Maurizio, et al.. (2003). Role of EDEM in the Release of Misfolded Glycoproteins from the Calnexin Cycle. Science. 299(5611). 1397–1400. 362 indexed citations

Beyer, Peter, Salim Al‐Babili, Xudong Ye, et al.. (2002). Golden Rice: Introducing the β-Carotene Biosynthesis Pathway into Rice Endosperm by Genetic Engineering to Defeat Vitamin A Deficiency. Journal of Nutrition. 132(3). 506S–510S. 243 indexed citations

Lucca, Paola, Richard F. Hurrell, & Ingo Potrykus. (2002). Fighting Iron Deficiency Anemia with Iron-Rich Rice. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 21(sup3). 184S–190S. 163 indexed citations

Lucca, Paola, Xudong Ye, & Ingo Potrykus. (2001). Effective selection and regeneration of transgenic rice plants with mannose as selective agent. Molecular Breeding. 7(1). 43–49. 107 indexed citations

Lucca, Paola, Richard F. Hurrell, & Ingo Potrykus. (2001). Approaches to improving the bioavailability and level of iron in rice seeds. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 81(9). 828–834. 42 indexed citations

Lucca, Paola, Richard F. Hurrell, & Ingo Potrykus. (2001). Genetic engineering approaches to improve the bioavailability and the level of iron in rice grains. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 102(2-3). 392–397. 232 indexed citations

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Ye, Xudong, Salim Al‐Babili, Andreas Klöti, et al.. (2000). Engineering the Provitamin A (β-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free) Rice Endosperm. Science. 287(5451). 303–305. 1433 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lucca, Paola, Joachim Wünn, Richard F. Hurrell, & Ingo Potrykus. (2000). Development of iron‐rich rice and improvement of its absorption in humans by genetic engineering. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 23(11-12). 1983–1988. 8 indexed citations

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Al‐Babili, Salim, et al.. (2000). Engineering the Provitamin A (b-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free). 13 indexed citations

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Klöti, Andreas, Stéphane Bieri, Xiaoyuan He, et al.. (1999). Upstream and downstream sequence elements determine the specificity of the rice tungro bacilliform virus promoter and influence RNA production after transcription initiation. Plant Molecular Biology. 40(2). 249–266. 31 indexed citations

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