Salvatore Melchionda

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Salvatore Melchionda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Salvatore Melchionda has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Sensory Systems and 6 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Salvatore Melchionda's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (20 papers), Connexins and lens biology (9 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (6 papers). Salvatore Melchionda is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (20 papers), Connexins and lens biology (9 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (6 papers). Salvatore Melchionda collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Salvatore Melchionda's co-authors include Paolo Gasparini, Leopoldo Zelante, Xavier Estivill, Raquel Rabionet, Paolo Fortina, Leonardo D’Agruma, Nancy Govea, Montserrat Milà, L. Zelante and Eric Rappaport and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Salvatore Melchionda

39 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

1998 523 citations Xavier Estivill, Paolo Fortina et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salvatore Melchionda Italy	22	1.6k	1.5k	478	410	350	41	2.3k
Markus Pfister Germany	27	1.1k 0.7×	842 0.5×	429 0.9×	110 0.3×	335 1.0×	85	2.0k
Karen P. Steel United Kingdom	17	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	293 0.6×	79 0.2×	214 0.6×	21	1.7k
Hashem Shahin Palestinian Territory	15	756 0.5×	697 0.5×	318 0.7×	107 0.3×	150 0.4×	17	1.2k
Kimia Kahrizi Iran	30	826 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	382 0.8×	148 0.4×	162 0.5×	141	3.0k
P J Willems Belgium	17	559 0.4×	611 0.4×	264 0.6×	89 0.2×	210 0.6×	36	1.3k
Hideichi Shinkawa Japan	27	1.2k 0.7×	609 0.4×	757 1.6×	115 0.3×	273 0.8×	105	2.1k
Kumar N. Alagramam United States	24	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	477 1.0×	40 0.1×	201 0.6×	56	1.9k
Héla Azaiez United States	20	1.2k 0.7×	860 0.6×	393 0.8×	68 0.2×	238 0.7×	45	1.7k
Frank J. Probst United States	19	613 0.4×	781 0.5×	248 0.5×	55 0.1×	172 0.5×	27	1.4k
Nahid G. Robertson United States	22	1.1k 0.7×	616 0.4×	726 1.5×	63 0.2×	242 0.7×	31	1.7k

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Palumbo, Orazio, Eleonora M. C. Trecca, Lucia Micale, et al.. (2021). Compound Heterozygosity for OTOA Truncating Variant and Genomic Rearrangement Cause Autosomal Recessive Sensorineural Hearing Loss in an Italian Family. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(3). 443–451. 1 indexed citations

Carraro, Andrea, Elisa Benetti, Franz Schaefer, et al.. (2018). Could the interaction between LMX1B and PAX2 influence the severity of renal symptoms?. European Journal of Human Genetics. 26(11). 1708–1712. 6 indexed citations

Palumbo, Pietro, Stefano Castellana, Orazio Palumbo, et al.. (2017). Putative TMPRSS3/GJB2 digenic inheritance of hearing loss detected by targeted resequencing. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 33. 24–27. 8 indexed citations

Ercolino, Tonino, Valentino Giaché, Salvatore Melchionda, et al.. (2013). Patient affected by neurofibromatosis type 1 and thyroid C-cell hyperplasia harboring pathogenic germ-line mutations in both NF1 and RET genes. Gene. 536(2). 332–335. 21 indexed citations

Cama, Elona, Emanuele Bellacchio, Rosamaria Santarelli, et al.. (2009). Identification of a novel mutation in the SLC26A4 gene in an Italian with fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 73(10). 1458–1463. 9 indexed citations

Bicego, Massimiliano, Martina Beltramello, Salvatore Melchionda, et al.. (2006). Pathogenetic role of the deafness-related M34T mutation of Cx26. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(17). 2569–2587. 61 indexed citations

Melchionda, Salvatore, et al.. (2005). Pendred syndrome: study of three families.. PubMed. 25(4). 233–9. 3 indexed citations

Donaudy, Francesca, Markus Pfister, Hans-Peter Zenner, et al.. (2004). Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy-Chain Gene MYH14 Is Expressed in Cochlea and Mutated in Patients Affected by Autosomal Dominant Hearing Impairment (DFNA4). The American Journal of Human Genetics. 74(4). 770–776. 109 indexed citations

Jacobs, Howard T., Timothy Hutchin, Greta Gillies, et al.. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA mutations in patients with postlingual, nonsyndromic hearing impairment. European Journal of Human Genetics. 13(1). 26–33. 99 indexed citations

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Donaudy, Francesca, Antonella Ferrara, Laura Esposito, et al.. (2003). Multiple Mutations ofMYO1A, a Cochlear-Expressed Gene, in Sensorineural Hearing Loss. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 72(6). 1571–1577. 78 indexed citations

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D’Andrea, Paola, Valentina Veronesi, Massimiliano Bicego, et al.. (2002). Hearing loss: frequency and functional studies of the most common connexin26 alleles. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 296(3). 685–691. 75 indexed citations

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Rabionet, Raquel, Leopoldo Zelante, Núria López-Bigas, et al.. (2000). Molecular basis of childhood deafness resulting from mutations in the GJB2 (connexin 26) gene. Human Genetics. 106(1). 40–44. 190 indexed citations

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Seri, Marco, Salvatore Melchionda, Sandra D. Dreyer, et al.. (1999). Identification of LMX1B gene point mutations in italian patients affected with Nail-Patella syndrome.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 4(3). 285–90. 23 indexed citations

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Estivill, Xavier, Paolo Fortina, Saul Surrey, et al.. (1998). Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness. The Lancet. 351(9100). 394–398. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gasparini, Paolo, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, J. Delaunay, et al.. (1997). Localization of the Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia II Locus to Chromosome 20q11.2 by Genomewide Search. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 61(5). 1112–1116. 66 indexed citations

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Piemontese, Maria Rosaria, et al.. (1997). Detection of dystrophin deletion carriers using FISH analysis. Clinical Genetics. 52(1). 17–22. 6 indexed citations

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Pronk, Jan C., Rachel A. Gibson, Anna Savoia, et al.. (1995). Localisation of the Fanconi anaemia complementation group A gene to chromosome 16q24.3. Nature Genetics. 11(3). 338–340. 78 indexed citations

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Melchionda, Salvatore, M. Cristina Digilio, Rita Mingarelli, et al.. (1995). Transposition of the great arteries associated with deletion of chromosome 22q11. The American Journal of Cardiology. 75(1). 95–98. 37 indexed citations

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Capon, Francesca, et al.. (1994). First‐trimester prenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy using microsatellite markers. Prenatal Diagnosis. 14(6). 459–462. 9 indexed citations

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Capon, Francesca, Salvatore Melchionda, Massimo Gennarelli, et al.. (1993). A tool for the molecular analysis of an early lethal disease: slide-PCR in spinal muscular atrophy patients. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 7(3). 221–226. 5 indexed citations

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