Rosario Rizzuto

65.4k total citations · 18 hit papers
312 papers, 42.9k citations indexed

About

Rosario Rizzuto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rosario Rizzuto has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 42.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 263 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 44 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Rosario Rizzuto's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (160 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (78 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers). Rosario Rizzuto is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (160 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (78 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers). Rosario Rizzuto collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Rosario Rizzuto's co-authors include Tullio Pozzan, Paolo Pinton, Diego De Stefani, Anna Raffaello, Marisa Brini, György Szabadkai, Cristina Mammucari, Marta Murgia, Carlotta Giorgi and Ildikò Szabó and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rosario Rizzuto

310 papers receiving 42.3k citations

Hit Papers

Close Contacts with the E... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1998 2011 2012 2006 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Close Contacts with the Endoplasmic Reticulum as Determinants of Mitochondrial Ca 2+ Responses
    1998 1.9k citations Rosario Rizzuto, Paolo Pinton et al. Science profile →
  2. A forty-kilodalton protein of the inner membrane is the mitochondrial calcium uniporter
    2011 1.5k citations Diego De Stefani, Anna Raffaello et al. profile →
  3. Mitochondria as sensors and regulators of calcium signalling
    2012 1.4k citations Rosario Rizzuto, Diego De Stefani et al. profile →
  4. Chaperone-mediated coupling of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial Ca2+ channels
    2006 1.1k citations Diego De Stefani, Mariusz R. Wiȩckowski et al. profile →
  5. Lysosomal calcium signalling regulates autophagy through calcineurin and TFEB
    2015 1.1k citations Diego L. Medina, Simone Di Paola et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  6. Microdomains with High Ca 2+ Close to IP 3 -Sensitive Channels that Are Sensed by Neighboring Mitochondria
    1993 1.0k citations Rosario Rizzuto, Marisa Brini et al. Science profile →
  7. Molecular and cellular physiology of intracellular calcium stores
    1994 973 citations Tullio Pozzan, Rosario Rizzuto et al. profile →
  8. Electron Transfer between Cytochrome c and p66Shc Generates Reactive Oxygen Species that Trigger Mitochondrial Apoptosis
    2005 968 citations Paolo Pinton, Rosario Rizzuto et al. profile →
  9. Microdomains of Intracellular Ca2+: Molecular Determinants and Functional Consequences
    2005 955 citations Rosario Rizzuto, Tullio Pozzan profile →
  10. Calcium and apoptosis: ER-mitochondria Ca2+ transfer in the control of apoptosis
    2008 929 citations Paolo Pinton, Carlotta Giorgi et al. profile →
  11. Control of Macroautophagy by Calcium, Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase Kinase-β, and Bcl-2
    2007 872 citations Rosario Rizzuto et al. profile →
  12. Rapid changes of mitochondrial Ca2+ revealed by specifically targeted recombinant aequorin
    1992 769 citations Rosario Rizzuto, Marisa Brini et al. profile →
  13. PERK is required at the ER-mitochondrial contact sites to convey apoptosis after ROS-based ER stress
    2012 693 citations Tom Verfaillie, Noemí Rubio et al. profile →
  14. Regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthesis by calcium: Evidence for a long-term metabolic priming
    1999 676 citations Paolo Pinton, Carlo Bastianutto et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  15. MAM: more than just a housekeeper
    2009 651 citations Rosario Rizzuto, György Hajnóczky et al. profile →
  16. Coming together to define membrane contact sites
    2019 498 citations Maria Antonietta De Matteis, György Hajnóczky et al. Nature Communications profile →
  17. Calcium at the Center of Cell Signaling: Interplay between Endoplasmic Reticulum, Mitochondria, and Lysosomes
    2016 396 citations Anna Raffaello, Cristina Mammucari et al. profile →
  18. Mitochondrial Function, Biology, and Role in Disease
    2016 357 citations Rosario Rizzuto et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rosario Rizzuto Italy 103 31.6k 8.0k 7.8k 6.2k 6.1k 312 42.9k
Paolo Pinton Italy 99 23.1k 0.7× 5.7k 0.7× 3.5k 0.5× 5.0k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 392 34.3k
Tullio Pozzan Italy 111 31.4k 1.0× 7.1k 0.9× 14.4k 1.8× 2.7k 0.4× 6.2k 1.0× 329 45.3k
Florian Läng Germany 113 36.0k 1.1× 5.4k 0.7× 6.7k 0.8× 2.8k 0.4× 21.3k 3.5× 1.4k 68.2k
Ted M. Dawson United States 133 28.9k 0.9× 5.3k 0.7× 19.4k 2.5× 7.1k 1.1× 15.3k 2.5× 433 61.8k
Andrea Ballabio Italy 98 20.0k 0.6× 7.9k 1.0× 2.9k 0.4× 13.0k 2.1× 8.0k 1.3× 377 40.3k
Valina L. Dawson United States 126 26.9k 0.8× 4.9k 0.6× 15.8k 2.0× 6.8k 1.1× 12.9k 2.1× 380 56.5k
Isidró Ferrer Spain 101 20.4k 0.6× 3.2k 0.4× 11.4k 1.5× 2.6k 0.4× 12.8k 2.1× 910 42.1k
Stuart A. Lipton United States 125 26.9k 0.9× 3.2k 0.4× 18.7k 2.4× 3.3k 0.5× 12.3k 2.0× 386 52.8k
Junying Yuan United States 103 36.5k 1.2× 8.1k 1.0× 4.7k 0.6× 10.9k 1.8× 4.3k 0.7× 254 52.9k
Richard J. Youle United States 103 43.9k 1.4× 6.6k 0.8× 4.8k 0.6× 20.3k 3.3× 7.5k 1.2× 239 63.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rosario Rizzuto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rosario Rizzuto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rosario Rizzuto 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 Rosario Rizzuto. Rosario Rizzuto 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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Reane, Denis Vecellio, Ryan R. Cupo, James Shorter, et al.. (2025). Dependence of mitochondrial calcium signalling and dynamics on the disaggregase, CLPB. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2810–2810. 2 indexed citations
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Mario, Agnese De, Elisabetta Trevellin, Ilaria Piazza, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling is a hallmark of specific adipose tissue-cancer crosstalk. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5 indexed citations
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Pallafacchina, Giorgia, Sofia Zanin, & Rosario Rizzuto. (2021). From the Identification to the Dissection of the Physiological Role of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter: An Ongoing Story. Biomolecules. 11(6). 786–786. 18 indexed citations
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Reane, Denis Vecellio, Marta Canato, Laura Pietrangelo, et al.. (2021). Parvalbumin affects skeletal muscle trophism through modulation of mitochondrial calcium uptake. Cell Reports. 35(5). 109087–109087. 22 indexed citations
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Trevellin, Elisabetta, Marnie Granzotto, Diego De Stefani, et al.. (2020). A Novel Loss of Function Melanocortin-4-Receptor Mutation (MC4R-F313Sfs*29) in Morbid Obesity. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(3). 736–749. 6 indexed citations
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Medina, Diego L., Simone Di Paola, Ivana Peluso, et al.. (2015). Lysosomal calcium signalling regulates autophagy through calcineurin and TFEB. Nature Cell Biology. 17(3). 288–299. 1060 indexed citations breakdown →
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O‐Uchi, Jin, Bong Sook Jhun, Shangcheng Xu, et al.. (2014). Adrenergic Signaling Regulates Mitochondrial Ca 2+ Uptake Through Pyk2-Dependent Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Mitochondrial Ca 2+ Uniporter. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 21(6). 863–879. 70 indexed citations
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Granatiero, Veronica, et al.. (2013). The Use of Aequorin and Its Variants for Ca2+Measurements. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2014(1). pdb.top066118–pdb.top066118. 17 indexed citations
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Drago, Ilaria, Diego De Stefani, Rosario Rizzuto, & Tullio Pozzan. (2012). Mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake contributes to buffering cytoplasmic Ca 2+ peaks in cardiomyocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(32). 12986–12991. 177 indexed citations
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Verfaillie, Tom, Noemí Rubio, Abhishek D. Garg, et al.. (2012). PERK IS REQUIRED AT THE ER-TO-MITOCHONDRIA CONTACT SITES TO CONVEY APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING ROS-MEDIATED ER STRESS. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Carlotta, Keisuke Ito, Hui‐Kuan Lin, et al.. (2010). PML Regulates Apoptosis at Endoplasmic Reticulum by Modulating Calcium Release. Science. 330(6008). 1247–1251. 345 indexed citations
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Aguiari, Gianluca, Alessandra Mangolini, Paolo Pinton, et al.. (2006). Polycystin-1 promotes PKCα-mediated NF-κB activation in kidney cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 350(2). 257–262. 14 indexed citations
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Adinolfi, Elena, Maria Giulia Callegari, Davide Ferrari, et al.. (2005). Basal Activation of the P2X7 ATP Receptor Elevates Mitochondrial Calcium and Potential, Increases Cellular ATP Levels, and Promotes Serum-independent Growth. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(7). 3260–3272. 235 indexed citations
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Tonachini, Laura, Massimiliano Monticone, Claudia Puri, et al.. (2004). Chondrocyte protein with a poly‐proline region (CHPPR) is a novel mitochondrial protein and promotes mitochondrial fission. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 201(3). 470–482. 23 indexed citations
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Chami, Mounia, Davide Ferrari, Pierluigi Nicotera, Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot, & Rosario Rizzuto. (2003). Caspase-dependent Alterations of Ca2+ Signaling in the Induction of Apoptosis by Hepatitis B Virus X Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(34). 31745–31755. 88 indexed citations
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Lasorsa, Francesco M., Paolo Pinton, Luigi Palmieri, et al.. (2003). Recombinant Expression of the Ca2+-sensitive Aspartate/Glutamate Carrier Increases Mitochondrial ATP Production in Agonist-stimulated Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(40). 38686–38692. 114 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Eleanor D., Rosario Rizzuto, Jean‐Marc Theler, et al.. (1996). Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion correlates with changes in mitochondrial and cytosolic Ca2+ in aequorin-expressing INS-1 cells.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 98(11). 2524–2538. 130 indexed citations
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Brini, Marisa, Robert Marsault, Carlo Bastianutto, Tullio Pozzan, & Rosario Rizzuto. (1994). Nuclear targeting of aequorin. Cell Calcium. 16(4). 259–268. 67 indexed citations
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Rizzuto, Rosario, Hirofumi Nakase, Massimo Zeviani, Salvatore DiMauro, & Eric A. Schon. (1988). Subunit Va of human and bovine cytochrome c oxidase is highly conserved. Gene. 69(2). 245–256. 38 indexed citations

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