Roberto Viola

13.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Roberto Viola is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Viola has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Plant Science and 37 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Roberto Viola's work include Potato Plant Research (21 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (15 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers). Roberto Viola is often cited by papers focused on Potato Plant Research (21 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (15 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers). Roberto Viola collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Roberto Viola's co-authors include Robert D. Hancock, Riccardo Velasco, Kieran Tuohy, Howard V. Davies, Lorenza Conterno, Mattia Gasperotti, Vadim Goremykin, Sophie Haupt, Francesca Fava and Jin‐Soo Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Viola

104 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

DNA-Free Genetically Edited Grapevine and Apple Protoplas... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. DNA-Free Genetically Edited Grapevine and Apple Protoplast Using CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins
    2016 456 citations Mickaël Malnoy, Roberto Viola et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberto Viola Italy 46 3.5k 3.1k 1.3k 502 459 106 6.2k
Hans‐Peter Mock Germany 54 5.9k 1.7× 4.9k 1.6× 742 0.6× 544 1.1× 339 0.7× 177 9.1k
Kanzo Sakata Japan 39 2.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.1× 832 0.7× 431 0.9× 286 0.6× 194 6.7k
Mitsuru Yoshida Japan 39 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 935 0.7× 520 1.0× 297 0.6× 161 5.1k
Lloyd W. Sumner United States 59 5.7k 1.6× 7.4k 2.4× 848 0.7× 354 0.7× 410 0.9× 156 12.0k
David A. Lightfoot United States 50 5.7k 1.7× 1.4k 0.5× 773 0.6× 260 0.5× 483 1.1× 228 8.1k
Annick Moing France 45 3.7k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 829 0.7× 196 0.4× 232 0.5× 145 5.5k
Gad Galili Israel 57 7.8k 2.2× 5.8k 1.9× 526 0.4× 565 1.1× 394 0.9× 155 10.8k
Malik Zainul Abdin India 43 3.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.9× 498 0.4× 236 0.5× 252 0.5× 255 6.5k
Marc De Loose Belgium 42 3.5k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 766 0.6× 250 0.5× 1.0k 2.2× 138 6.2k
Dianna J. Bowles United Kingdom 47 5.0k 1.4× 6.1k 1.9× 437 0.3× 474 0.9× 293 0.6× 103 9.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberto Viola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Viola

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roberto Viola. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roberto Viola 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 Roberto Viola. Roberto Viola 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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Malnoy, Mickaël, Roberto Viola, Minhee Jung, et al.. (2016). DNA-Free Genetically Edited Grapevine and Apple Protoplast Using CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 1904–1904. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cavalieri, Duccio, Lisa Rizzetto, Noemi Tocci, et al.. (2016). Plant microRNAs as novel immunomodulatory agents. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 25761–25761. 94 indexed citations
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Kanchiswamy, Chidananda Nagamangala, Mickaël Malnoy, Riccardo Velasco, Jin‐Soo Kim, & Roberto Viola. (2015). Non-GMO genetically edited crop plants. Trends in biotechnology. 33(9). 489–491. 49 indexed citations
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Moretto, Marco, J. A. Ward, Nada Šurbanovski, et al.. (2013). An evaluation of the PacBio RS platform for sequencing and de novo assembly of a chloroplast genome. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 670–670. 121 indexed citations
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Cappellin, Luca, Christos Soukoulis, Eugenio Aprea, et al.. (2012). PTR-ToF-MS and data mining methods: a new tool for fruit metabolomics. Metabolomics. 8(5). 761–770. 53 indexed citations
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Goremykin, Vadim, Roberto Viola, & Frank H. Hellwig. (2009). Removal of Noisy Characters from Chloroplast Genome-Scale Data Suggests Revision of Phylogenetic Placements of Amborella and Ceratophyllum. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 68(3). 197–204. 19 indexed citations
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Vezzulli, Silvia, Michela Troggio, Giuseppina Coppola, et al.. (2008). A reference integrated map for cultivated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) from three crosses, based on 283 SSR and 501 SNP-based markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 117(4). 499–511. 77 indexed citations
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Zharkikh, Andrey, Michela Troggio, Dmitry Pruss, et al.. (2008). Sequencing and assembly of highly heterozygous genome of Vitis vinifera L. cv Pinot Noir: Problems and solutions. Journal of Biotechnology. 136(1-2). 38–43. 20 indexed citations
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Goremykin, Vadim, Francesco Salamini, Riccardo Velasco, & Roberto Viola. (2008). Mitochondrial DNA of Vitis vinifera and the Issue of Rampant Horizontal Gene Transfer. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(1). 99–110. 214 indexed citations
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Tedone, Luigi, et al.. (2004). Long-distance transport of L-ascorbic acid in potato. BMC Plant Biology. 4(1). 16–16. 76 indexed citations
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Collén, Pi Nyvall, et al.. (2004). EFFECT OF NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION AND RESUPPLY ON METABOLITES AND ENZYMES RELATED TO CARBON ALLOCATION IN GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA (RHODOPHYTA)1. Journal of Phycology. 40(2). 305–314. 31 indexed citations
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Matteo, Antonio Di, Robert D. Hancock, Luigi Frusciante, & Roberto Viola. (2003). Characterisation of Chlorella pyrenoidosa L-ascorbic acidaccumulating mutants: Identification of an enhanced biosynthetic enzyme activity and cloning of the putative gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 134. 42 indexed citations
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Hancock, Robert D., et al.. (2003). Synthesis of L-ascorbic acid in the phloem. BMC Plant Biology. 3(1). 69 indexed citations
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Nyvall, Pi, Jérôme Pelloux, Howard V. Davies, Marianne Pedersén, & Roberto Viola. (1999). Purification and characterisation of a novel starch synthase selective for uridine 5′-diphosphate glucose from the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata. Planta. 209(1). 143–152. 25 indexed citations
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Hadfield, Andrea T., Gitay Kryger, Jun Ouyang, et al.. (1999). Structure of Aspartate-β-semialdehyde Dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli, a Key Enzyme in the Aspartate Family of Amino Acid Biosynthesis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 289(4). 991–1002. 61 indexed citations
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Angeles, Thelma S., James R. Hunsley, & Roberto Viola. (1992). Reversal of enzyme regiospecificity with alternative substrates for aspartokinase I from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 31(3). 799–805. 6 indexed citations
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Oparka, Karl, Howard V. Davies, Kathryn M. Wright, Roberto Viola, & D. A. M. Prior. (1990). Effect of sink isolation on sugar uptake and starch synthesis by potato-tuber storage parenchyma. Planta. 182(1). 113–7. 18 indexed citations
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Karsten, William E., et al.. (1988). L-Aspartase from Escherichia coli: substrate specificity and role of divalent metal ions. Biochemistry. 27(26). 9089–9093. 45 indexed citations

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