Raffaele Colonna

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Raffaele Colonna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Raffaele Colonna has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Raffaele Colonna's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (12 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (8 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (6 papers). Raffaele Colonna is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (12 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (8 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (6 papers). Raffaele Colonna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Raffaele Colonna's co-authors include Paolo Bernardi, Valeria Petronilli, Fabio Di Lisa, Luca Scorrano, Giovanni Azzone, Giovanni Miotto, Marcella Canton, Paola Costantini, Marisa Brini and Stefano Massari and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Raffaele Colonna

30 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mitochondria and cell death 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 1999 200 400 600
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. Mitochondria and cell death
    1999 652 citations Paolo Bernardi, Luca Scorrano et al. European Journal of Biochemistry profile →
  2. Transient and Long-Lasting Openings of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Can Be Monitored Directly in Intact Cells by Changes in Mitochondrial Calcein Fluorescence
    1999 582 citations Valeria Petronilli, Giovanni Miotto et al. Biophysical Journal 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 Colonna Italy 22 2.0k 310 268 261 251 30 2.8k
Martin Reers Germany 15 2.1k 1.0× 373 1.2× 154 0.6× 426 1.6× 164 0.7× 21 3.5k
Bruno Dallaporta France 12 2.5k 1.3× 368 1.2× 275 1.0× 387 1.5× 131 0.5× 12 3.6k
Hiromasa Tojo Japan 32 1.6k 0.8× 277 0.9× 148 0.6× 315 1.2× 170 0.7× 111 2.9k
Alfons Lawen Australia 30 2.6k 1.3× 315 1.0× 161 0.6× 275 1.1× 150 0.6× 81 4.3k
Kathleen W. Kinnally United States 38 3.6k 1.8× 793 2.6× 328 1.2× 283 1.1× 407 1.6× 77 4.3k
Ana Maria Ibrado United States 9 3.6k 1.8× 313 1.0× 303 1.1× 240 0.9× 119 0.5× 11 4.7k
S S Tate United States 24 1.3k 0.7× 156 0.5× 162 0.6× 289 1.1× 262 1.0× 43 2.9k
Gavin P. McStay United States 18 2.4k 1.2× 171 0.6× 316 1.2× 250 1.0× 164 0.7× 32 2.9k
Michele Lorusso Italy 25 1.2k 0.6× 290 0.9× 82 0.3× 294 1.1× 156 0.6× 52 1.8k
Maurice Wibo Belgium 27 2.3k 1.1× 313 1.0× 190 0.7× 654 2.5× 325 1.3× 67 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Raffaele Colonna

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raffaele Colonna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raffaele Colonna

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Milanesi, Eva, Paola Costantini, Raffaele Colonna, et al.. (2006). The Mitochondrial Effects of Small Organic Ligands of BCL-2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(15). 10066–10072. 62 indexed citations
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Penzo, Daniele, Valeria Petronilli, Alessia Angelin, et al.. (2004). Arachidonic Acid Released by Phospholipase A2 Activation Triggers Ca2+-dependent Apoptosis through the Mitochondrial Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(24). 25219–25225. 140 indexed citations
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Scorrano, Luca, Raffaele Colonna, Valeria Petronilli, et al.. (2002). Mitochondria Are Direct Targets of the Lipoxygenase Inhibitor MK886. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(35). 31789–31795. 50 indexed citations
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Penzo, Daniele, et al.. (2002). Effects of fatty acids on mitochondria: implications for cell death. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1555(1-3). 160–165. 109 indexed citations
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Bernardi, Paolo, Luca Scorrano, Raffaele Colonna, Valeria Petronilli, & Fabio Di Lisa. (1999). Mitochondria and cell death. European Journal of Biochemistry. 264(3). 687–701. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lisa, Fabio Di, Valeria Petronilli, Raffaele Colonna, & Paolo Bernardi. (1999). Response to J. J. Lemasters et al.. Biophysical Journal. 77(3). 1749–1750. 2 indexed citations
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Scorrano, Luca, Valeria Petronilli, Raffaele Colonna, Fabio Di Lisa, & Paolo Bernardi. (1999). Chloromethyltetramethylrosamine (Mitotracker OrangeTM) Induces the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition and Inhibits Respiratory Complex I. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(35). 24657–24663. 96 indexed citations
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Petronilli, Valeria, Giovanni Miotto, Marcella Canton, et al.. (1999). Transient and Long-Lasting Openings of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Can Be Monitored Directly in Intact Cells by Changes in Mitochondrial Calcein Fluorescence. Biophysical Journal. 76(2). 725–734. 582 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bernardi, Paolo, Emy Basso, Raffaele Colonna, et al.. (1998). Perspectives on the mitochondrial permeability transition. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1365(1-2). 200–206. 32 indexed citations
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Costantini, Paola, Raffaele Colonna, & Paolo Bernardi. (1998). Induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition by N-ethylmaleimide depends on secondary oxidation of critical thiol groups. Potentiation by copper-ortho-phenanthroline without dimerization of the adenine nucleotide translocase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1365(3). 385–392. 77 indexed citations
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Bernardi, Paolo, Raffaele Colonna, Paola Costantini, et al.. (1998). The mitochondrial permeability transition. BioFactors. 8(3-4). 273–281. 154 indexed citations
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Moll, Gert N., Emanuele Papini, Raffaele Colonna, et al.. (1995). Lipid Interaction of the 37‐kDa and 58‐kDa Fragments of the Helicobacter Pylori Cytotoxin. European Journal of Biochemistry. 234(3). 947–952. 47 indexed citations
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Petronilli, Valeria, Annamaria Nicolli, Paola Costantini, Raffaele Colonna, & Paolo Bernardi. (1994). Regulation of the permeability transition pore, a voltage-dependent mitochondrial channel inhibited by cyclosporin A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1187(2). 255–259. 179 indexed citations
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Massari, Stefano, et al.. (1991). pH-dependent lipid packing, membrane permeability and fusion in phosphatidylcholine vesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1067(2). 131–138. 24 indexed citations
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Massari, Stefano, et al.. (1988). Interaction of the fluorescent probe N-(lissamine rhodamine B sulfonyl)dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine with phosphatidylcholine bilayers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 940(1). 149–157. 11 indexed citations
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Papini, Emanuele, et al.. (1987). Lipid interaction of diphtheria toxin and mutants with altered fragment B. European Journal of Biochemistry. 169(3). 629–635. 33 indexed citations
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Massari, Stefano, et al.. (1982). Effect of lipid mixing on the permeability and fusion of saturated lecithin membranes. Biochemistry. 21(9). 2134–2140. 17 indexed citations
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Colonna, Raffaele, et al.. (1972). The Membrane Structure Studied with Cationic Dyes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 24(3). 566–576. 44 indexed citations
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Colonna, Raffaele, Paolo Dell’Antone, & Giovanni Azzone. (1972). Binding changes and apparent pKa shifts of bromthymol blue as tools for mitochondrial reactions. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 151(1). 295–303. 18 indexed citations
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Colonna, Raffaele, et al.. (1970). Nucleophilic sites in energized mitochondrial membranes. FEBS Letters. 10(1). 13–16. 22 indexed citations

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