Riccardo Rubbiani

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Riccardo Rubbiani is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Riccardo Rubbiani has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 27 papers in Oncology and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Riccardo Rubbiani's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (25 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (13 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (9 papers). Riccardo Rubbiani is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (25 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (13 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (9 papers). Riccardo Rubbiani collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Riccardo Rubbiani's co-authors include Ingo Ott, Gilles Gasser, Luciano Oehninger, Bernhard Spingler, Hamed Alborzinia, Stefan Wölfl, Vanessa Pierroz, Suzan Can, Stefano Ferrari and Anu Naik and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemical Communications and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Riccardo Rubbiani

46 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

N-Heterocyclic carbene metal complexes in medicinal chemi... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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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. N-Heterocyclic carbene metal complexes in medicinal chemistry
    2012 478 citations Luciano Oehninger, Riccardo Rubbiani et al. Dalton Transactions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Riccardo Rubbiani Switzerland 30 2.0k 1.4k 887 637 634 46 3.4k
Vanessa Pierroz Switzerland 26 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 871 1.0× 662 1.0× 758 1.2× 34 2.5k
Malay Patra Switzerland 32 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 581 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 397 0.6× 82 3.5k
Liang He China 31 790 0.4× 965 0.7× 958 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 905 1.4× 82 3.2k
Jincan Chen China 25 677 0.3× 769 0.5× 924 1.0× 575 0.9× 537 0.8× 81 2.2k
David K. Heidary United States 21 735 0.4× 821 0.6× 823 0.9× 658 1.0× 466 0.7× 47 2.0k
Susan Monro Canada 26 1.0k 0.5× 983 0.7× 1.5k 1.7× 559 0.9× 1.4k 2.2× 35 3.1k
Vojtěch Novohradský Czechia 28 950 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 486 0.5× 516 0.8× 417 0.7× 60 1.9k
Hana Kostrhunová Czechia 28 949 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 435 0.5× 610 1.0× 345 0.5× 82 1.9k
Samuel G. Awuah United States 24 648 0.3× 619 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 549 0.9× 905 1.4× 65 2.6k
Johannes Karges China 37 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 2.0k 2.3× 1.0k 1.6× 2.6k 4.2× 121 4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Riccardo Rubbiani

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubbiani, Riccardo, Tobias Weil, Marco Moretto, et al.. (2021). In vivo active organometallic-containing antimycotic agents. RSC Chemical Biology. 2(4). 1263–1273. 11 indexed citations
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Rubbiani, Riccardo, Wenyu Wu, Anu Naik, et al.. (2020). Studying the cellular distribution of highly phototoxic platinated metalloporphyrins using isotope labelling. Chemical Communications. 56(92). 14373–14376. 18 indexed citations
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Notaro, Anna, Angelo Frei, Riccardo Rubbiani, et al.. (2020). Ruthenium(II) Complex Containing a Redox-Active Semiquinonate Ligand as a Potential Chemotherapeutic Agent: From Synthesis to In Vivo Studies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(10). 5568–5584. 33 indexed citations
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Notaro, Anna, Marta Jakubaszek, Riccardo Rubbiani, et al.. (2020). A Maltol‐Containing Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex as a Potential Anticancer Agent. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(22). 4997–5009. 30 indexed citations
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Basto, Afonso P., Nicoleta Anghel, Riccardo Rubbiani, et al.. (2019). Targeting of the mitochondrion by dinuclear thiolato-bridged arene ruthenium complexes in cancer cells and in the apicomplexan parasite Neospora caninum. Metallomics. 11(2). 462–474. 30 indexed citations
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Mari, Cristina, et al.. (2017). Towards the Synthesis of New Tumor Targeting Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy and Imaging Applications. ChemistrySelect. 2(1). 190–200. 13 indexed citations
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Pierroz, Vanessa, Riccardo Rubbiani, Christian Gentili, et al.. (2016). Dual mode of cell death upon the photo-irradiation of a RuIIpolypyridyl complex in interphase or mitosis. Chemical Science. 7(9). 6115–6124. 84 indexed citations
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Clède, Sylvain, Noemi Cowan, François Lambert, et al.. (2016). Bimodal X‐ray and Infrared Imaging of an Organometallic Derivative of Praziquantel in Schistosoma mansoni. ChemBioChem. 17(11). 1004–1007. 16 indexed citations
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Rubbiani, Riccardo, et al.. (2014). Historical and biochemical aspects of a seventeenth century gold-based aurum vitae recipe. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 19(6). 961–965. 13 indexed citations
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Naik, Anu, Riccardo Rubbiani, José Marı́a Mateos, et al.. (2014). (Metallo)porphyrins as Potent Phototoxic Anti‐Cancer Agents after Irradiation with Red Light. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(3). 1179–1183. 73 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xinlai, Suzan Can, Hamed Alborzinia, et al.. (2014). A TrxR inhibiting gold(I) NHC complex induces apoptosis through ASK1-p38-MAPK signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. Molecular Cancer. 13(1). 221–221. 98 indexed citations
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Naik, Anu, Riccardo Rubbiani, Gilles Gasser, & Bernhard Spingler. (2014). Visible‐Light‐Induced Annihilation of Tumor Cells with Platinum–Porphyrin Conjugates. Angewandte Chemie. 126(27). 7058–7061. 52 indexed citations
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Rubbiani, Riccardo, Luca Salassa, Andreia de Almeida, Angela Casini, & Ingo Ott. (2014). Cytotoxic Gold(I) N‐heterocyclic Carbene Complexes with Phosphane Ligands as Potent Enzyme Inhibitors. ChemMedChem. 9(6). 1205–1210. 72 indexed citations
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Mari, Cristina, Vanessa Pierroz, Riccardo Rubbiani, et al.. (2014). DNA Intercalating RuII Polypyridyl Complexes as Effective Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(44). 14421–14436. 166 indexed citations
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Rubbiani, Riccardo, et al.. (2014). Anticancer Profile of a Series of Gold(III) (2‐phenyl)pyridine Complexes. ChemMedChem. 9(12). 2781–2790. 28 indexed citations
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Rubbiani, Riccardo, Esther Schuh, Andreas Meyer, et al.. (2013). TrxR inhibition and antiproliferative activities of structurally diverse gold N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. MedChemComm. 4(6). 942–942. 94 indexed citations
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Leonidova, Anna, Vanessa Pierroz, Riccardo Rubbiani, et al.. (2013). Towards cancer cell-specific phototoxic organometallic rhenium(i) complexes. Dalton Transactions. 43(11). 4287–4294. 153 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Kely Navakoski de, Susanne von Grafenstein, Liliane A. Onambele, et al.. (2012). Butyltin(IV) Benzoates: Inhibition of Thioredoxin Reductase, Tumor Cell Growth Inhibition, and Interactions with Proteins. ChemMedChem. 8(2). 256–264. 26 indexed citations
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Köster, S. David, Hamed Alborzinia, Suzan Can, et al.. (2012). A spontaneous gold(i)-azide alkyne cycloaddition reaction yields gold-peptide bioconjugates which overcome cisplatin resistance in a p53-mutant cancer cell line. Chemical Science. 3(6). 2062–2062. 88 indexed citations
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Kunz, P.C., Matthias U. Kassack, Alexandra Hamacher, et al.. (2011). Gold(i) complexes of water-soluble diphos-type ligands: Synthesis, anticancer activity, apoptosis and thioredoxin reductase inhibition. Dalton Transactions. 40(36). 9212–9212. 53 indexed citations

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