Raffaele Vecchione

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Raffaele Vecchione is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Raffaele Vecchione has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Raffaele Vecchione's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (12 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (11 papers) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (11 papers). Raffaele Vecchione is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (12 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (11 papers) and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (11 papers). Raffaele Vecchione collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Raffaele Vecchione's co-authors include Paolo A. Netti, Rezvan Jamaledin, Concetta Di Natale, Pooyan Makvandi, Valentina Onesto, Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare‬, Franklin R. Tay, Elena Lagreca, Guojun Chen and Zhen Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Raffaele Vecchione

79 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Advances in Antimicrobial Microneedle Patches for Combating Infections

2020 366 citations Rezvan Jamaledin, Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare‬ et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Stimuli-responsive transdermal microneedle patches

2021 219 citations Pooyan Makvandi, Rezvan Jamaledin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raffaele Vecchione Italy	27	955	952	596	502	320	83	2.7k
KangJu Lee South Korea	33	1.3k 1.4×	989 1.0×	666 1.1×	531 1.1×	176 0.6×	91	3.3k
Maike Windbergs Germany	30	976 1.0×	903 0.9×	645 1.1×	527 1.0×	431 1.3×	108	3.2k
Lifeng Kang Singapore	34	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	357 0.6×	584 1.2×	184 0.6×	99	3.3k
Weijiang Yu China	26	475 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	386 0.6×	422 0.8×	328 1.0×	46	2.1k
Yuetong Wang China	29	1.3k 1.3×	626 0.7×	422 0.7×	547 1.1×	306 1.0×	76	3.0k
Muhammad Sohail Arshad Pakistan	24	420 0.4×	917 1.0×	432 0.7×	241 0.5×	177 0.6×	131	1.9k
Fiorenza Rancan Germany	29	573 0.6×	775 0.8×	519 0.9×	461 0.9×	709 2.2×	72	2.8k
Pierre P. D. Kondiah South Africa	28	988 1.0×	639 0.7×	855 1.4×	415 0.8×	359 1.1×	58	2.7k
Sarah Hedtrich Germany	37	657 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	695 1.2×	912 1.8×	209 0.7×	101	3.7k
Daniele Ribeiro de Araújo Brazil	35	390 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	715 1.2×	634 1.3×	289 0.9×	130	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Raffaele Vecchione

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raffaele Vecchione

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All Works

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Lagreca, Elena, et al.. (2025). Shredded Bacterial Cellulose as a Potential Carrier of Polyphenols Derived from Apple Waste Applying Rapid Solid–Liquid Dynamic Extraction. ACS Omega. 10(14). 14010–14019.

Gregorio, Vincenza De, et al.. (2025). A Scalable Microfluidic Platform for Bacterial Cellulose Production and Characterization. ACS Omega. 10(47). 57000–57010.

Jakhmola, Anshuman, Valentina Onesto, Francesco Gentile, et al.. (2024). Polyvinyl alcohol assisted citrate based reduction of gold(III) ions: Theoretical design and experimental study on green synthesis of spherical and biocompatible gold nanoparticles. Materials Today Sustainability. 28. 101012–101012. 3 indexed citations

Vecchione, Raffaele, Valeria Panzetta, Edmondo Battista, et al.. (2024). Multistage Nanocarrier Based on an Oil Core–Graphene Oxide Shell. Pharmaceutics. 16(6). 827–827.

Lagreca, Elena, Elisabetta Caiazzo, Concetta Di Natale, et al.. (2024). Biomimetic Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsions as a Suitable Drug Delivery System to Target Inflamed Endothelial Cells. Nanomaterials. 14(15). 1286–1286. 3 indexed citations

Gregorio, Vincenza De, et al.. (2024). Exploring the evolution of bacterial cellulose precursors and their potential use as cellulose-based building blocks. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11613–11613. 9 indexed citations

Vecchione, Raffaele, et al.. (2024). Peptide Functionalization of Emulsion-Based Nanocarrier to Improve Uptake across Blood–Brain Barrier. Pharmaceutics. 16(8). 1010–1010. 2 indexed citations

Khan, Usman, et al.. (2023). Fundamentals of Skin Bioimpedances. Advanced Materials. 35(33). e2302127–e2302127. 17 indexed citations

Jamaledin, Rezvan, Rossella Sartorius, Concetta Di Natale, et al.. (2023). PLGA microparticle formulations for tunable delivery of a nano-engineered filamentous bacteriophage-based vaccine: in vitro and in silico-supported approach. Journal of nanostructure in chemistry. 14(5). 307–322. 14 indexed citations

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Vecchione, Raffaele, Vincenzo Quagliariello, Alice Busato, et al.. (2022). Biocompatible, photo-responsive layer-by-layer polymer nanocapsules with an oil core: in vitro and in vivo study. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 19(187). 20210800–20210800. 9 indexed citations

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Russo, Giacomo, Marialuisa Piccolo, Maria Grazia Ferraro, et al.. (2021). Prolonged activity of a recombinant manganese superoxide dismutase through a formulation of polymeric multi-layer nanoassemblies targeting cancer cells. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 162. 105825–105825. 4 indexed citations

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Quagliariello, Vincenzo, Raffaele Vecchione, Elena Lagreca, et al.. (2020). <p>Nano-Encapsulation of Coenzyme Q10 in Secondary and Tertiary Nano-Emulsions for Enhanced Cardioprotection and Hepatoprotection in Human Cardiomyocytes and Hepatocytes During Exposure to Anthracyclines and Trastuzumab</p>. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 15. 4859–4876. 35 indexed citations

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Salvatore, Maria Michela, Vincenza De Gregorio, Monica Gallo, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Two Extraction Methods for the Analysis of Hydrophilic Low Molecular Weight Compounds from Ganoderma lucidum Spores and Antiproliferative Activity on Human Cell Lines. Applied Sciences. 10(11). 4033–4033. 4 indexed citations

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Zare‬, Ehsan Nazarzadeh, Rezvan Jamaledin, Parvaneh Naserzadeh, et al.. (2019). Metal-Based Nanostructures/PLGA Nanocomposites: Antimicrobial Activity, Cytotoxicity, and Their Biomedical Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(3). 3279–3300. 138 indexed citations

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Profeta, Martina, et al.. (2019). Matrix metalloproteinase-cleavable nanocapsules for tumor-activated drug release. Acta Biomaterialia. 89. 265–278. 29 indexed citations

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Vecchione, Raffaele, Vincenzo Quagliariello, Pierangela Giustetto, et al.. (2016). Oil/water nano-emulsion loaded with cobalt ferrite oxide nanocubes for photo-acoustic and magnetic resonance dual imaging in cancer: in vitro and preclinical studies. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 13(1). 275–286. 35 indexed citations

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Calcagno, Vincenzo, Raffaele Vecchione, Antonio Carella, et al.. (2016). Biostability enhancement of oil core — polysaccharide multilayer shell via photoinitiator free thiol-ene ‘click’ reaction. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 142. 281–289. 16 indexed citations

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Fotticchia, Iolanda, Daniela Guarnieri, Andrea Patrizia Falanga, et al.. (2016). Energetics of ligand-receptor binding affinity on endothelial cells: An in vitro model. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 144. 250–256. 13 indexed citations

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Vecchione, Raffaele, Giuseppina Luciani, Vincenzo Calcagno, et al.. (2016). Multilayered silica-biopolymer nanocapsules with a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic tunable shell thickness. Nanoscale. 8(16). 8798–8809. 27 indexed citations

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Vecchione, Raffaele, et al.. (2015). A method to tune the shape of protein-encapsulated polymeric microspheres. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12634–12634. 25 indexed citations

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