Raffaele Colombo

898 total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 652 citations indexed

About

Raffaele Colombo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raffaele Colombo has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 652 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Raffaele Colombo's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers), HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Raffaele Colombo is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers), HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Raffaele Colombo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Slovakia. Raffaele Colombo's co-authors include Jamie R. Rich, Umberto Piarulli, Cesare Gennari, Mario Anastasia, Pietro Allevi, Paola Rota, Paolo Tarantino, Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, Patricia LoRusso and Luca Pignataro and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Cell.

In The Last Decade

Raffaele Colombo

31 papers receiving 637 citations

Hit Papers

The Journey of Antibody–Drug Conjugates: Lessons Learned ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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. The Journey of Antibody–Drug Conjugates: Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Development
    2024 65 citations Raffaele Colombo, Paolo Tarantino et al. Cancer Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raffaele Colombo Italy 16 321 220 206 153 77 33 652
Andreas F. B. Räder Germany 11 509 1.6× 196 0.9× 177 0.9× 119 0.8× 184 2.4× 13 887
Michael Weinmüller Germany 11 509 1.6× 179 0.8× 201 1.0× 118 0.8× 177 2.3× 13 884
Aurélie Maisonial‐Besset France 16 237 0.7× 266 1.2× 84 0.4× 117 0.8× 29 0.4× 33 538
Victor Gonçalves France 20 488 1.5× 243 1.1× 243 1.2× 395 2.6× 35 0.5× 42 1.0k
Curtis Harwig Canada 17 286 0.9× 332 1.5× 199 1.0× 243 1.6× 28 0.4× 27 833
Ko‐Chung Lin United States 12 275 0.9× 223 1.0× 117 0.6× 134 0.9× 258 3.4× 13 736
Bernhard Stump Switzerland 10 359 1.1× 333 1.5× 291 1.4× 312 2.0× 17 0.2× 13 836
Alberto Dal Corso Italy 18 637 2.0× 316 1.4× 411 2.0× 378 2.5× 220 2.9× 39 1.0k
Dorin Toader United States 16 427 1.3× 327 1.5× 345 1.7× 296 1.9× 22 0.3× 44 1.0k
Michael A. Dechantsreiter Germany 10 690 2.1× 345 1.6× 179 0.9× 204 1.3× 415 5.4× 12 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Raffaele Colombo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raffaele Colombo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raffaele Colombo

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All Works

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Colombo, Raffaele, et al.. (2025). Beyond the Guided Missile Paradigm: Embracing the Complexity of Antibody-Drug Conjugates. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(31). 3339–3344.
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Colombo, Raffaele, et al.. (2024). The Journey of Antibody–Drug Conjugates: Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Development. Cancer Discovery. 14(11). 2089–2108. 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Colombo, Raffaele, et al.. (2023). Abstract 2641: ZW191, a novel FRa-targeting antibody drug conjugate bearing a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor payload. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 2641–2641. 3 indexed citations
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Madera, Laurence, Raffaele Colombo, Alexander T.H. Wu, et al.. (2023). Abstract 2658: ZW251, a novel glypican-3-targeting antibody drug conjugate bearing a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor payload. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 2658–2658. 2 indexed citations
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Colombo, Raffaele. (2023). Abstract IA003: Refining our understanding of ADCs: Drug development insights from 40 years of data. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 22(12_Supplement). IA003–IA003. 1 indexed citations
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Colombo, Raffaele, et al.. (2022). Cyclopentadiene as a Multifunctional Reagent for Normal- and Inverse-Electron Demand Diels–Alder Bioconjugation. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 33(9). 1609–1619. 9 indexed citations
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Colombo, Raffaele & Jamie R. Rich. (2022). The therapeutic window of antibody drug conjugates: A dogma in need of revision. Cancer Cell. 40(11). 1255–1263. 103 indexed citations
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Colombo, Raffaele, Alexander Ma, Norman Peterson, et al.. (2020). Metabolite-Based Modification of Poly(l-lysine) for Improved Gene Delivery. Biomacromolecules. 21(9). 3596–3607. 20 indexed citations
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LaPorte, Matthew G., James C. Burnett, Raffaele Colombo, et al.. (2018). Optimization of Phenyl Indole Inhibitors of the AAA+ ATPase p97. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(11). 1075–1081. 18 indexed citations
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LaPorte, Matthew G., Raffaele Colombo, Atefeh Garzan, et al.. (2016). Optimization of pyrazole-containing 1,2,4-triazolo-[3,4-b]thiadiazines, a new class of STAT3 pathway inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(15). 3581–3585. 28 indexed citations
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Kiesel, Brian F., Robert A. Parise, Jianxia Guo, et al.. (2016). Toxicity, pharmacokinetics and metabolism of a novel inhibitor of IL-6-induced STAT3 activation. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 78(6). 1225–1235. 7 indexed citations
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Marchini, Mattia, Raffaele Colombo, Laura Belvisi, et al.. (2012). Cyclic RGD Peptidomimetics Containing Bifunctional Diketopiperazine Scaffolds as New Potent Integrin Ligands. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(20). 6195–6207. 61 indexed citations
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Rota, Paola, et al.. (2010). General and Chemoselective N‐Transacylation of Secondary Amides by Means of Perfluorinated Anhydrides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(10). 1850–1853. 23 indexed citations
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Pignataro, Luca, et al.. (2010). PhthalaPhos: Chiral Supramolecular Ligands for Enantioselective Rhodium‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(37). 6633–6637. 38 indexed citations
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Allevi, Pietro, et al.. (2010). Chemoselective Synthesis of Sialic Acid 1,7-Lactones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(16). 5542–5548. 15 indexed citations
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