Paolo Decuzzi

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
208 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Paolo Decuzzi is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Decuzzi has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 72 papers in Biomaterials and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Paolo Decuzzi's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (66 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (29 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (21 papers). Paolo Decuzzi is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (66 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (29 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (21 papers). Paolo Decuzzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Paolo Decuzzi's co-authors include M. Ferrari, Mauro Ferrari, Mauro Ferrari, Sei‐Young Lee, Francesco Gentile, Ciro Chiappini, Biana Godin, Takemi Tanaka, Roberto Palomba and Wadih Arap and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Decuzzi

206 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Size and shape effects in the biodistribution of intravascularly injected particles

2009 749 citations Paolo Decuzzi et al. profile →
Cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids: The case of ionizable lipid nanoparticles

2021 255 citations Michele Schlich, Roberto Palomba et al. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine profile →
New opportunities and old challenges in the clinical translation of nanotheranostics

2023 119 citations Peter J. Gawne, Miguel Ferreira et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paolo Decuzzi Italy	52	5.0k	4.4k	2.6k	2.3k	821	208	10.8k
Mauro Ferrari Italy	51	5.8k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	3.3k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	356	13.3k
Volker Mailänder Germany	63	4.5k 0.9×	5.8k 1.3×	4.3k 1.7×	3.2k 1.4×	678 0.8×	250	13.7k
Paolo A. Netti Italy	68	8.6k 1.7×	4.7k 1.1×	3.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	639 0.8×	494	17.9k
Christoph Alexiou Germany	46	4.6k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	690 0.8×	256	9.0k
Hu Zhang China	56	4.8k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	3.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	706 0.9×	411	11.6k
Yuejun Kang China	59	7.2k 1.4×	2.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	595 0.7×	254	11.0k
André G. Skirtach Belgium	62	4.7k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	634 0.8×	282	12.7k
Ji‐Ho Park South Korea	51	5.4k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	3.6k 1.4×	3.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	228	11.4k
Xiaoyang Xu China	49	4.2k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	3.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	478 0.6×	133	10.7k
Florence Gazeau France	64	8.0k 1.6×	6.2k 1.4×	3.4k 1.3×	3.9k 1.7×	508 0.6×	204	13.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Decuzzi

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Willcockson, Helen H., Antonietta Greco, Roberto Palomba, et al.. (2025). Sustained release of exogeneous fetuin-A from Hyaluronic acid microplates decreases joint degeneration, synovial hyperplasia and muscle damage in a murine post-traumatic osteoarthritis model. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 27(1). 178–178.

Spanò, Raffaele, Anna Lisa Palange, Peter J. Gawne, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Thrombolysis Safety in Post-Acute Ischemic Stroke with Tissue Plasminogen Activator-Associated Microparticles. ACS Nano. 19(25). 22882–22899. 1 indexed citations

Naidu, Gonna Somu, et al.. (2025). On The Retrograde Transport of RNA-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles Designed for Brain Delivery. PubMed. 5(5). 375–387. 1 indexed citations

Schlich, Michele, et al.. (2024). Boosting antigen-specific T cell activation with lipid-stabilized protein nanoaggregates. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 661. 124404–124404. 2 indexed citations

Brahmachari, Sayanti, et al.. (2024). Tackling myelin deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders using drug delivery systems. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 207. 115218–115218. 8 indexed citations

Spanò, Raffaele, et al.. (2023). REVIEW: “ISCHEMIC STROKE: From Fibrinolysis to Functional Recovery” Nanomedicine: emerging approaches to treat ischemic stroke. Neuroscience. 550. 102–113. 2 indexed citations

Palange, Anna Lisa, Daniele Di Mascolo, Miguel Ferreira, et al.. (2023). Boosting the Potential of Chemotherapy in Advanced Breast Cancer Lung Metastasis via Micro‐Combinatorial Hydrogel Particles. Advanced Science. 10(10). e2205223–e2205223. 11 indexed citations

Francesco, Valentina Di, Daniela P. Boso, Thomas L. Moore, Bernhard A. Schrefler, & Paolo Decuzzi. (2023). Machine learning instructed microfluidic synthesis of curcumin-loaded liposomes. Biomedical Microdevices. 25(3). 29–29. 26 indexed citations

Özkan, Hüseyin, Martina Di Francesco, Helen H. Willcockson, et al.. (2022). Sustained inhibition of CC-chemokine receptor-2 via intraarticular deposition of polymeric microplates in post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 13(2). 689–701. 8 indexed citations

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Schlich, Michele, Roberto Palomba, Gabriella Costabile, et al.. (2021). Cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids: The case of ionizable lipid nanoparticles. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 6(2). e10213–e10213. 255 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bedingfield, Sean K., Juan M. Colazo, Martina Di Francesco, et al.. (2021). Top-Down Fabricated microPlates for Prolonged, Intra-articular Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 siRNA Nanocarrier Delivery to Reduce Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis. ACS Nano. 15(9). 14475–14491. 44 indexed citations

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MacRitchie, Neil, Valentina Di Francesco, Miguel Ferreira, et al.. (2021). Nanoparticle theranostics in cardiovascular inflammation. Seminars in Immunology. 56. 101536–101536. 16 indexed citations

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Francesco, Valentina Di, Martina Di Francesco, Paolo Decuzzi, Roberto Palomba, & Miguel Ferreira. (2021). Synthesis of Two Methotrexate Prodrugs for Optimizing Drug Loading into Liposomes. Pharmaceutics. 13(3). 332–332. 3 indexed citations

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Pompo, Gemma Di, Margherita Cortini, Roberto Palomba, et al.. (2021). Curcumin-Loaded Nanoparticles Impair the Pro-Tumor Activity of Acid-Stressed MSC in an In Vitro Model of Osteosarcoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11). 5760–5760. 19 indexed citations

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Francesco, Valentina Di, Roberto Palomba, Miguel Ferreira, et al.. (2020). Modulating Lipoprotein Transcellular Transport and Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation in ApoE^–/– Mice via Nanoformulated Lipid–Methotrexate Conjugates. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(34). 37943–37956. 30 indexed citations

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Mascolo, Daniele Di, Serena Varesano, Roberto Benelli, et al.. (2019). Nanoformulated Zoledronic Acid Boosts the Vδ2 T Cell Immunotherapeutic Potential in Colorectal Cancer. Cancers. 12(1). 104–104. 30 indexed citations

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Francesco, Martina Di, Rosita Primavera, Roberto Palomba, et al.. (2018). Hierarchical Microplates as Drug Depots with Controlled Geometry, Rigidity, and Therapeutic Efficacy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(11). 9280–9289. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Aeju, Daniele Di Mascolo, Marco Francardi, et al.. (2016). Spherical polymeric nanoconstructs for combined chemotherapeutic and anti-inflammatory therapies. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 12(7). 2139–2147. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Wing K., Adrian M. Kopacz, Wylie Stroberg, et al.. (2011). Multiscale framework for biomedical simulation from molecular dynamics to continuum mechanics. 5(2). 61–80. 1 indexed citations

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Gentile, Francesco & Paolo Decuzzi. (2010). Time dependent dispersion of nanoparticles in blood vessels. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering. 3(5). 517–524. 8 indexed citations

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