Raluca Ştefănescu

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 861 citations indexed

About

Raluca Ştefănescu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raluca Ştefănescu has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 861 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Raluca Ştefănescu's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (8 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (4 papers). Raluca Ştefănescu is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (8 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (4 papers). Raluca Ştefănescu collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Germany and United Kingdom. Raluca Ştefănescu's co-authors include Gabriela Dumitriţa Stanciu, Bogdan-Ionel Tamba, Andrei Luca, Teodora Alexa‐Stratulat, Veronica Bild, Michael Przybylski, Cosmin Mihai, Maria Magdalena Leon, Cristina Mariana Urîtu and S. Melnic and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Raluca Ştefănescu

23 papers receiving 846 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Medicinal Plants of the Family Lamiaceae in Pain Therapy: A Review
    2018 262 citations Cristina Mariana Urîtu, Cosmin Mihai et al. Pain Research and Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raluca Ştefănescu Romania 14 335 180 163 151 127 23 861
Debin Wan United States 24 623 1.9× 180 1.0× 136 0.8× 68 0.5× 78 0.6× 56 1.4k
Kazuhiro Fujita Japan 17 278 0.8× 270 1.5× 66 0.4× 66 0.4× 103 0.8× 71 914
Maria Enrica Di Cocco Italy 23 569 1.7× 264 1.5× 32 0.2× 128 0.8× 149 1.2× 58 1.1k
Simona Bertoni Italy 25 739 2.2× 110 0.6× 30 0.2× 177 1.2× 130 1.0× 77 1.6k
Christel Drewke Germany 24 1.1k 3.2× 205 1.1× 46 0.3× 114 0.8× 83 0.7× 27 1.7k
Raghavendhar R. Kotha United States 10 287 0.9× 131 0.7× 59 0.4× 92 0.6× 86 0.7× 26 987
Jiangang Liu China 20 1.0k 3.1× 157 0.9× 43 0.3× 178 1.2× 51 0.4× 103 1.8k
Hilal Zaid Israel 21 1.6k 4.6× 183 1.0× 44 0.3× 254 1.7× 89 0.7× 43 2.2k
Edwin van den Worm Netherlands 11 183 0.5× 78 0.4× 61 0.4× 162 1.1× 93 0.7× 17 726

Countries citing papers authored by Raluca Ştefănescu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raluca Ştefănescu

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

All Works

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Ştefănescu, Raluca. (2025). Quantification of amyloid-β aggregation inhibitors gallic acid and rosmarinic acid in biological samples by LC-MS/MS. Analytical Biochemistry. 700. 115799–115799. 1 indexed citations
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Tamba, Bogdan-Ionel, Daniela Carmen Ababei, Gabriela Dumitriţa Stanciu, et al.. (2024). JWH-182: a safe and effective synthetic cannabinoid for chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain in preclinical models. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 16242–16242. 3 indexed citations
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Ştefănescu, Raluca, Carmen Solcan, Mitică Ciorpac, et al.. (2023). Acute Toxicity and Pharmacokinetic Profile of an EU-GMP-Certified Cannabis sativa L. in Rodents. Pharmaceuticals. 16(5). 694–694. 8 indexed citations
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Ababei, Daniela Carmen, Teodora Alexa‐Stratulat, Veronica Bild, et al.. (2021). Major Phytocannabinoids and Their Related Compounds: Should We Only Search for Drugs That Act on Cannabinoid Receptors?. Pharmaceutics. 13(11). 1823–1823. 48 indexed citations
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Ştefănescu, Raluca, et al.. (2021). Observation of Intact and Proteolytically Cleaved Amyloid-Beta (1–40)-Oleuropein Noncovalent Complex at Neutral pH by Mass Spectrometry. Molecules. 26(11). 3261–3261. 2 indexed citations
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Tamba, Bogdan-Ionel, Gabriela Dumitriţa Stanciu, Cristina Mariana Urîtu, et al.. (2020). Challenges and Opportunities in Preclinical Research of Synthetic Cannabinoids for Pain Therapy. Medicina. 56(1). 24–24. 23 indexed citations
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Ştefănescu, Raluca, Gabriela Dumitriţa Stanciu, Andrei Luca, Luminița Păduraru, & Bogdan-Ionel Tamba. (2020). Secondary Metabolites from Plants Possessing Inhibitory Properties against Beta-Amyloid Aggregation as Revealed by Thioflavin-T Assay and Correlations with Investigations on Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. Biomolecules. 10(6). 870–870. 29 indexed citations
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Urîtu, Cristina Mariana, Cosmin Mihai, Gabriela Dumitriţa Stanciu, et al.. (2018). Medicinal Plants of the Family Lamiaceae in Pain Therapy: A Review. Pain Research and Management. 2018. 1–44. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ştefănescu, Raluca, et al.. (2017). MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Zeins Extracted from Maize Seeds. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(1). 73–86. 2 indexed citations
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Ştefănescu, Raluca, et al.. (2017). Contribution to Casein Determination by UV Spectrophotometry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(2). 112–126. 18 indexed citations
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Todirașcu-Ciornea, Elena, et al.. (2016). Morphological and Biochemical Answer of the Wheat Seeds at Treatment with 2,4-Dinitrophenol and Potassium Iodate. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 59(0). 4 indexed citations
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Ştefănescu, Raluca, et al.. (2011). Epitope Structure of the Carbohydrate Recognition Domain of Asialoglycoprotein Receptor to a Monoclonal Antibody Revealed by High-Resolution Proteolytic Excision Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 22(1). 148–157. 17 indexed citations
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Pukala, Tara L., Brandon T. Ruotolo, Min Zhou, et al.. (2009). Subunit Architecture of Multiprotein Assemblies Determined Using Restraints from Gas-Phase Measurements. Structure. 17(9). 1235–1243. 100 indexed citations
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Leary, Julie A., Matthew R. Schenauer, Raluca Ştefănescu, et al.. (2009). Methodology for measuring conformation of solvent-disrupted protein subunits using T-WAVE ion mobility MS: An investigation into eukaryotic initiation factors. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 20(9). 1699–1706. 46 indexed citations
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Schlosser, Gitta, et al.. (2007). Copper-Induced Oligomerization of Peptides: A Model Study. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 13(5). 331–337. 19 indexed citations
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Zirah, Séverine, Raluca Ştefănescu, Marilena Manea, et al.. (2004). Zinc binding agonist effect on the recognition of the β-amyloid (4–10) epitope by anti-β-amyloid antibodies. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 321(2). 324–328. 20 indexed citations

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