Piero Procacci

5.2k total citations
134 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Piero Procacci is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Piero Procacci has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 39 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Piero Procacci's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (48 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (47 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (30 papers). Piero Procacci is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (48 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (47 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (30 papers). Piero Procacci collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Piero Procacci's co-authors include Riccardo Chelli, Vincenzo Schettino, Massimo Marchi, Marco Pagliai, Gianni Cardini, Francesco Luigi Gervasio, Simone Marsili, S. Califano, Marina Macchiagodena and Alessandro Barducci and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Piero Procacci

130 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Piero Procacci Italy	37	1.9k	1.5k	999	651	637	134	4.1k
Richard H. Henchman United Kingdom	30	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	801 0.8×	421 0.6×	360 0.6×	65	4.1k
Emilio Gallicchio United States	37	3.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	638 1.0×	452 0.7×	93	5.6k
Andrew C. Simmonett United States	26	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	712 1.1×	713 1.1×	64	4.6k
Thomas A. Darden United States	38	3.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	691 0.7×	376 0.6×	502 0.8×	92	5.5k
Alessandro Barducci Switzerland	30	3.9k 2.0×	986 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	410 0.6×	242 0.4×	60	5.8k
Stefan Boresch Austria	33	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	707 0.7×	241 0.4×	293 0.5×	67	3.1k
Davide Branduardi Italy	20	3.4k 1.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	497 0.8×	211 0.3×	29	5.5k
George A. Kaminski United States	19	3.1k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	758 1.2×	554 0.9×	34	5.7k
Fabio Sterpone France	32	2.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	420 0.6×	446 0.7×	101	4.3k
Haibo Yu Australia	34	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	541 0.8×	418 0.7×	124	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Piero Procacci

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Wang, Xiaohui, Hongyu Wang, Wenting Tang, et al.. (2025). Achieving Chemical Accuracy in Cyclodextrin Host–Guest Binding via Integrative Atomistic Modelling. Advanced Science. 13(10). e19782–e19782.

Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2025). Solvation Free Energies of Drug-like Molecules via Fast Growth in an Explicit Solvent: Assessment of the AM1-BCC, RESP/HF/6–31G*, RESP-QM/MM, and ABCG2 Fixed-Charge Approaches. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(16). 7977–7990.

Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2025). Development of a New AMBER Force Field for Cysteine and Histidine Cadmium‐Binding Proteins and Its Validation Through QM/MM MD Simulations. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 46(16). e70154–e70154. 1 indexed citations

Falsetti, Irene, Gaia Palmini, Roberto Zonefrati, et al.. (2025). Antiproliferative Role of Natural and Semi-Synthetic Tocopherols on Colorectal Cancer Cells Overexpressing the Estrogen Receptor β. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(5). 2305–2305.

Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2024). Identification of Potential Inhibitors of the SARS‐CoV‐2 NSP13 Helicase via Structure‐Based Ligand Design, Molecular Docking and Nonequilibrium Alchemical Simulations. ChemMedChem. 19(10). e202400095–e202400095. 5 indexed citations

Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2022). 2-Butanol Aqueous Solutions: A Combined Molecular Dynamics and Small/Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126(47). 8826–8833. 4 indexed citations

Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2021). Virtual Double-System Single-Box for Absolute Dissociation Free Energy Calculations in GROMACS. Figshare. 2 indexed citations

Macchiagodena, Marina, Marco Pagliai, & Piero Procacci. (2021). Characterization of the non-covalent interaction between the PF-07321332 inhibitor and the SARS-CoV-2 main protease. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 110. 108042–108042. 37 indexed citations

Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2021). Virtual Double-System Single-Box for Absolute Dissociation Free Energy Calculations in GROMACS. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 61(11). 5320–5326. 19 indexed citations

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Procacci, Piero, Marina Macchiagodena, Marco Pagliai, Guido Guarnieri, & F. Iannone. (2020). Interaction of hydroxychloroquine with SARS-CoV2 functional proteins using all-atoms non-equilibrium alchemical simulations. Chemical Communications. 56(62). 8854–8856. 21 indexed citations

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Macchiagodena, Marina, et al.. (2020). Virtual Double-System Single-Box: A Nonequilibrium Alchemical Technique for Absolute Binding Free Energy Calculations: Application to Ligands of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(11). 7160–7172. 25 indexed citations

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Macchiagodena, Marina, Marco Pagliai, Claudia Andreini, Antonio Rosato, & Piero Procacci. (2020). Upgraded AMBER Force Field for Zinc-Binding Residues and Ligands for Predicting Structural Properties and Binding Affinities in Zinc-Proteins. ACS Omega. 5(25). 15301–15310. 29 indexed citations

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Macchiagodena, Marina, Marco Pagliai, & Piero Procacci. (2020). Identification of potential binders of the main protease 3CLpro of the COVID-19 via structure-based ligand design and molecular modeling. Chemical Physics Letters. 750. 137489–137489. 115 indexed citations

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Selvolini, Giulia, Marina Macchiagodena, Dilsat Ozkan‐Ariksoysal, et al.. (2020). Mycotoxins aptasensing: From molecular docking to electrochemical detection of deoxynivalenol. Bioelectrochemistry. 138. 107691–107691. 36 indexed citations

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Iannone, F., Fiorenzo Ambrosino, G. Bracco, et al.. (2019). CRESCO ENEA HPC clusters: a working example of a multifabric GPFS Spectrum Scale layout. Florence Research (University of Florence). 1051–1052. 95 indexed citations

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Pagliai, Marco, Marina Macchiagodena, Piero Procacci, & Gianni Cardini. (2019). Evidence of a Low–High Density Turning Point in Liquid Water at Ordinary Temperature under Pressure: A Molecular Dynamics Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(20). 6414–6418. 12 indexed citations

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Pagliai, Marco, et al.. (2019). Assessment of GAFF2 and OPLS-AA General Force Fields in Combination with the Water Models TIP3P, SPCE, and OPC3 for the Solvation Free Energy of Druglike Organic Molecules. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 15(3). 1983–1995. 190 indexed citations

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Pagliai, Marco, et al.. (2019). Imidazole in Aqueous Solution: Hydrogen Bond Interactions and Structural Reorganization with Concentration. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(18). 4055–4064. 12 indexed citations

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Macchiagodena, Marina, Marco Pagliai, Claudia Andreini, Antonio Rosato, & Piero Procacci. (2019). Upgrading and Validation of the AMBER Force Field for Histidine and Cysteine Zinc(II)-Binding Residues in Sites with Four Protein Ligands. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(9). 3803–3816. 46 indexed citations

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Cioni, Matteo, Piero Procacci, Gianni Cardini, et al.. (2017). Binding Free Energies of Host–Guest Systems by Nonequilibrium Alchemical Simulations with Constrained Dynamics: Illustrative Calculations and Numerical Validation. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 13(12). 5887–5899. 13 indexed citations

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