Piergiorgio Pietta

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Piergiorgio Pietta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Piergiorgio Pietta has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biochemistry and 12 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Piergiorgio Pietta's work include Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (18 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (12 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (11 papers). Piergiorgio Pietta is often cited by papers focused on Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (18 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (12 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (11 papers). Piergiorgio Pietta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Sweden. Piergiorgio Pietta's co-authors include Paolo Simonetti, Pierluigi Mauri, Claudio Gardana, Angelo Rava, Lorenzo Bramati, G. Testolin, Markus Minoggio, Enrica Canzi, R. Zanchi and M. Carini and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Biochemistry, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology.

In The Last Decade

Piergiorgio Pietta

77 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Flavonoids as Antioxidants 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Flavonoids as Antioxidants
    2000 3.9k citations Piergiorgio Pietta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Piergiorgio Pietta Italy 29 2.6k 1.9k 1.7k 1.4k 999 77 6.7k
Makoto Oyaizu Japan 6 3.4k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 2.7k 1.5× 2.7k 1.9× 779 0.8× 20 7.1k
Gen‐ichiro Nonaka Japan 51 2.7k 1.0× 3.7k 2.0× 2.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 964 1.0× 242 8.2k
Pin‐Der Duh Taiwan 35 2.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 710 0.7× 71 5.9k
Nobuji Nakatani Japan 48 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.3× 947 0.9× 162 7.2k
Leonor M. Almeida Portugal 38 2.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 790 0.8× 77 5.8k
Joe A. Vinson United States 40 4.0k 1.6× 1.6k 0.9× 2.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 717 0.7× 103 8.7k
R. Hiltunen Finland 45 2.3k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 3.5k 2.0× 2.8k 2.0× 588 0.6× 200 7.8k
Hiroe Kikuzaki Japan 41 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 737 0.7× 103 6.2k
Robert T. Rosen United States 45 1.4k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 473 0.5× 95 5.3k
J.R.S. Hoult United Kingdom 38 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 664 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 103 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Piergiorgio Pietta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Piergiorgio Pietta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piergiorgio Pietta

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

All Works

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Gardana, Claudio, et al.. (2007). Analysis of the polyphenolic fraction of propolis from different sources by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 45(3). 390–399. 211 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi, Markus Minoggio, Giuseppe Rossoni, et al.. (2003). Liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization ion trap mass spectrometry of terpene lactones in plasma of animals. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 32(4-5). 633–639. 27 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi, Markus Minoggio, Paolo Simonetti, Claudio Gardana, & Piergiorgio Pietta. (2002). Analysis of saccharides in beer samples by flow injection with electrospray mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16(8). 743–748. 29 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio & Pierluigi Mauri. (2001). Analysis of flavonoids in medicinal plants. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 335. 26–45. 20 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi, Paolo Simonetti, Claudio Gardana, et al.. (2001). Liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry of terpene lactones in plasma of volunteers dosed with Ginkgo biloba L. extracts. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 15(12). 929–934. 63 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi & Piergiorgio Pietta. (2000). Electrospray characterization of selected medicinal plant extracts. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 23(1). 61–68. 76 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi & Piergiorgio Pietta. (2000). High performance liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry ofHypericum perforatum extracts. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 14(2). 95–99. 59 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi, et al.. (1997). Analytical strategies in the structural characterization of elcatonin. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 11(12). 1292–1296. 1 indexed citations
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Mauri, Pierluigi, et al.. (1996). Analysis of Stevia glycosides by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 17(2). 367–371. 39 indexed citations
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Stella, R., et al.. (1989). Model compound sorption by the resins XAD-2, XAD-8 and diethylaminoethylcellulose. Journal of Chromatography A. 478. 225–230. 1 indexed citations
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Pettersson, Per, J Andrasko, Angelika Görg, et al.. (1988). Stable storage conditions of immobiline chemicals for isoelectric focusing. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 16(2-3). 141–164. 32 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio, et al.. (1988). Determination of isoquinoline alkaloids from Peumus boldus by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 457. 442–445. 29 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio, et al.. (1987). Purity assay of ketoprofen by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 387. 525–527. 6 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio, et al.. (1987). Simultaneous isocratic high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of flavones and coumarins in Matricaria chamomilla extracts. Journal of Chromatography A. 404(1). 279–281. 15 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio, et al.. (1986). Isocratic liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of Passiflora incarnata L. and Crataegus monogyna flavonoids in drugs. Journal of Chromatography A. 357. 233–237. 24 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio, et al.. (1985). Long‐term storage of free and polyacrylamide gel‐bound Immobiline chemicals. Electrophoresis. 6(4). 162–170. 26 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio, et al.. (1983). High-performance liquid chromatographic assay for zomepirac and its main metabolite in urine. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 275(1). 217–222. 2 indexed citations
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Pietta, Piergiorgio. (1979). Simplified thin-layer chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of chloramphenicol and 1-(4′-nitrophenyl)-2-aminopropane-1,3-diol. Journal of Chromatography A. 177(1). 177–179. 2 indexed citations

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