Rita Casadio

22.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
271 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Rita Casadio is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Casadio has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rita Casadio's work include Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (89 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (85 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (72 papers). Rita Casadio is often cited by papers focused on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (89 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (85 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (72 papers). Rita Casadio collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Rita Casadio's co-authors include Piero Fariselli, Pier Luigi Martelli, Emidio Capriotti, Remo Calabrese, Castrense Savojardo, Burkhard Rost, Carlo M. Bergamini, Andrea Pierleoni, Martin Griffin and Chris Sander and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rita Casadio

266 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

I-Mutant2.0: predicting stability changes upon mutation from the protein sequence or structure

2005 1.5k citations Emidio Capriotti, Piero Fariselli et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Transglutaminases: Nature’s biological glues

2002 848 citations Martin Griffin, Rita Casadio et al. profile →
Predicting the insurgence of human genetic diseases associated to single point protein mutations with support vector machines and evolutionary information

2006 690 citations Emidio Capriotti, Remo Calabrese et al. Bioinformatics profile →
Transmembrane helices predicted at 95% accuracy

1995 574 citations Rita Casadio, Piero Fariselli et al. profile →
Topology prediction for helical transmembrane proteins at 86% accuracy–Topology prediction at 86% accuracy

1996 506 citations Piero Fariselli, Rita Casadio et al. profile →
Functional annotations improve the predictive score of human disease-related mutations in proteins

2009 505 citations Remo Calabrese, Emidio Capriotti et al. Human Mutation profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	AlphaFold2 and ESMFold: A large-scale pairwise model comparison of human enzymes upon Pfam functional annotation 2025 ·Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal ·Matteo Manfredi, (unknown), Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio	1
2	Merging metabolomics and genomics provides a catalog of genetic factors that influence molecular phenotypes in pigs linking relevant metabolic pathways 2025 ·Genetics Selection Evolution ·Samuele Bovo, Anisa Ribani, Flaminia Fanelli, Giuliano Galimberti, Pier Luigi Martelli, Paolo Trevisi, Francesca Bertolini, (unknown), Rita Casadio, Stefania Dall’Olio, Monica Gallo, Diana Luise, Gianluca Mazzoni, Giuseppina Schiavo, (unknown), Paolo Zambonelli, Paolo Bosi, Uberto Pagotto, Luca Fontanesi	2
3	Bioinformatic Sweeties: a unified portal for characterizing human proteins and their variants 2024 ·Giulia Babbi, (unknown), (unknown), Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio	0
4	MultifacetedProtDB: a database of human proteins with multiple functions 2023 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Giulia Babbi, Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio	8
5	E-SNPs&GO: embedding of protein sequence and function improves the annotation of human pathogenic variants 2022 ·Bioinformatics ·(unknown), Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio	18
6	Wood feeding and social living: Draft genome of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea; Termitoidae) 2022 ·Insect Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Giobbe Forni, (unknown), Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Barbara Mantovani, Andrea Luchetti, Omar Rota‐Stabelli	8
7	Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Brucella abortus Isolates from Various Regions of South Africa 2021 ·Microorganisms ·(unknown), (unknown), Itumeleng Matle, Giuseppe Profiti, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Katiuscia Zilli, Anna Janowicz, Francesca Marotta, Giuliano Garofolo, Henriëtte van Heerden	11
8	Molecular modelling evaluation of exon 18 His845_Asn848delinsPro PDGFRα mutation in a metastatic GIST patient responding to imatinib 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Margherita Nannini, Giuseppe Tarantino, Valentina Indio, Gloria Ravegnini, Annalisa Astolfi, Milena Urbini, Antonio De Leo, Donatella Santini, Claudio Ceccarelli, Elisa Gruppioni, Annalisa Altimari, Paolo Castellucci, Stefano Fanti, Valerio Di Scioscio, Maristella Saponara, Lidia Gatto, Andrea Pession, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Maria A. Pantaleo	5
9	Draft genomes and genomic divergence of two Lepidurus tadpole shrimp species (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Notostraca) 2018 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Castrense Savojardo, Andrea Luchetti, Pier Luigi Martelli, Rita Casadio, Barbara Mantovani	15
10	SUS-BAR: a database of pig proteins with statistically validated structural and functional annotation 2013 ·Database ·Damiano Piovesan, Giuseppe Profiti, Pier Luigi Martelli, Piero Fariselli, Luca Fontanesi, Rita Casadio	4
11	Exploring copy number variation in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) genome by array comparative genome hybridization 2012 ·Genomics ·Luca Fontanesi, Pier Luigi Martelli, E. Scotti, Vincenzo Russo, Claire Rogel Gaillard, Rita Casadio, Cristiano Vernesi	22
12	A genome wide association study for backfat thickness in Italian Large White pigs highlights new regions affecting fat deposition including neuronal genes 2012 ·BMC Genomics ·Luca Fontanesi, Giuseppina Schiavo, Giuliano Galimberti, Daniela Giovanna Calò, Emilio Scotti, Pier Luigi Martelli, L. Buttazzoni, Rita Casadio, Vincenzo Russo	84
13	A first comparative map of copy number variations in the sheep genome 2010 ·Genomics ·Luca Fontanesi, Francesca Beretti, Pier Luigi Martelli, Michela Colombo, Stefania Dall’Olio, M. Occidente, Baldassare Portolano, Rita Casadio, D. Matassino, Vincenzo Russo	99
14	Thermodynamics of binding of regulatory ligands to tissue transglutaminase 2009 ·Amino Acids ·Carlo M. Bergamini, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Carlo Cervellati, (unknown), Carlo Mischiati, Gianluca Tasco, (unknown), Martin Griffin, Rita Casadio	16
15	Predicting the Insurgence of Human Genetic Diseases Due to Single Point Protein Mutation using Machine Learning Approach. 2007 ·Remo Calabrese, Emidio Capriotti, Rita Casadio	1
16	Use of estimated evolutionary strength at the codon level improves the prediction of disease-related protein mutations in humans 2007 ·Human Mutation ·Emidio Capriotti, Leonardo Arbiza, Rita Casadio, Joaquı́n Dopazo, Hernán Dopazo, Marc A. Martı́-Renom	27
17	I-Mutant2.0: predicting stability changes upon mutation from the protein sequence or structure breakdown → 2005 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Emidio Capriotti, Piero Fariselli, Rita Casadio	1465
18	Histone deacetylase 1: a target of 9-hydroxystearic acid in the inhibition of cell growth in human colon cancer 2005 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Natalia Calonghi, Concettina Cappadone, Eleonora Pagnotta, Carla Boga, Carlo Bertucci, Jessica Fiori, Gianluca Tasco, Rita Casadio, Lanfranco Masotti	38
19	A predictor of transmembrane ?-helix domains of proteins based on neural networks 1996 ·European Biophysics Journal ·Rita Casadio, Piero Fariselli, (unknown), Mario Compiani	22
20	Light-Induced Transmembrane Potential Difference in Chromatophores of Photosynthetic Bacteria: Measurements with an Ion-Selective Minielectrode 1981 ·Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics. ·Rita Casadio, Giovanni Venturoli, Bruno Andrea Melandri	13

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