Simona Coco

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Simona Coco is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Coco has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Oncology, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Simona Coco's work include Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (33 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (19 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (19 papers). Simona Coco is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (33 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (19 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (19 papers). Simona Coco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Simona Coco's co-authors include Carlo Genova, Francesco Grossi, Angela Alama, Maria Giovanna Dal Bello, Erika Rijavec, Irene Vanni, Giovanni Rossi, Federica Biello, Luca Longo and Anna Truini and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Simona Coco

98 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Chest CT score in COVID-19 patients: correlation with disease severity and short-term prognosis

2020 460 citations Simona Coco et al. profile →
Therapeutic Implications of Tumor Microenvironment in Lung Cancer: Focus on Immune Checkpoint Blockade

2022 154 citations Carlo Genova, Chiara Dellepiane et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Coco Italy	27	998	863	797	717	392	102	2.6k
Spasenija Savic Switzerland	26	1.0k 1.0×	524 0.6×	922 1.2×	386 0.5×	384 1.0×	49	2.5k
Qingzhu Jia China	21	971 1.0×	628 0.7×	551 0.7×	418 0.6×	338 0.9×	55	2.4k
Stefania Croci Italy	27	518 0.5×	733 0.8×	835 1.0×	216 0.3×	248 0.6×	109	2.4k
Samuel A. Jacobs United States	25	1.4k 1.4×	620 0.7×	450 0.6×	329 0.5×	124 0.3×	143	2.9k
Hans Schlößer Germany	21	1.3k 1.3×	623 0.7×	280 0.4×	277 0.4×	242 0.6×	65	2.6k
Giovanni Ponti Italy	28	1.3k 1.3×	734 0.9×	349 0.4×	644 0.9×	312 0.8×	105	3.1k
Da Xu China	24	609 0.6×	839 1.0×	401 0.5×	592 0.8×	108 0.3×	71	2.1k
Yusuke Okuma Japan	24	1.6k 1.6×	549 0.6×	936 1.2×	273 0.4×	395 1.0×	186	2.5k
Heinz Sill Austria	32	912 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	344 0.4×	795 1.1×	82 0.2×	137	3.3k
S. M. Steinberg United States	23	1.2k 1.2×	935 1.1×	632 0.8×	279 0.4×	95 0.2×	56	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Simona Coco

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Coco

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Cardinali, Bárbara, Patrizia Piccioli, Simona Coco, et al.. (2023). 83P Exoxomes and miRNA in breast cancer cancerogenesis: A case-control study. ESMO Open. 8(1). 101306–101306. 1 indexed citations

Costa, Delfina, Roberta Venè, Simona Coco, et al.. (2023). SB202190 Predicts BRAF-Activating Mutations in Primary Colorectal Cancer Organoids via Erk1-2 Modulation. Cells. 12(4). 664–664. 7 indexed citations

Cardinali, Bárbara, Roberta Tasso, Simona Coco, et al.. (2022). Targeting PIK3CA Actionable Mutations in the Circulome: A Proof of Concept in Metastatic Breast Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(11). 6320–6320. 7 indexed citations

Zullo, Lodovica, Giovanni Rossi, Simona Coco, et al.. (2022). Immunotherapy-chemotherapy combinations for non-small cell lung cancer: current trends and future perspectives. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 22(10). 1259–1273. 17 indexed citations

Vezzulli, Luigi, Caterina Oliveri, Ismael A. Kimirei, et al.. (2021). Aquatic reservoir of Vibrio cholerae in an African Great Lake assessed by large scale plankton sampling and ultrasensitive molecular methods. ISME Communications. 1(1). 20–20. 7 indexed citations

Izzotti, Alberto, Alessandra Pulliero, Simona Coco, et al.. (2021). Identification by MicroRNA Analysis of Environmental Risk Factors Bearing Pathogenic Relevance in Non-Smoker Lung Cancer. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11(7). 666–666. 1 indexed citations

Rebuzzi, Sara Elena, Lodovica Zullo, Giovanni Rossi, et al.. (2021). Novel Emerging Molecular Targets in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(5). 2625–2625. 40 indexed citations

Rossi, Giovanni, Lodovica Zullo, Luigi Cerbone, et al.. (2020). ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors for treating non-small cell lung cancer: new additions to the pharmacotherapeutic armamentarium. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 21(6). 679–686. 2 indexed citations

Rossi, Giovanni, Alessandro Russo, Marco Tagliamento, et al.. (2020). Precision Medicine for NSCLC in the Era of Immunotherapy: New Biomarkers to Select the Most Suitable Treatment or the Most Suitable Patient. Cancers. 12(5). 1125–1125. 48 indexed citations

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Rossi, Giovanni, Alessandro Fedeli, Gianluca Ficarra, et al.. (2020). Radiomic Detection of EGFR Mutations in NSCLC. Cancer Research. 81(3). 724–731. 78 indexed citations

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Luca, Paola De, Laura de Girolamo, Dimitrios Kouroupis, et al.. (2020). Intervertebral disc and endplate cells response to IL-1β inflammatory cell priming and identification of molecular targets of tissue degeneration. European Cells and Materials. 39. 227–248. 16 indexed citations

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Alama, Angela, Simona Coco, Carlo Genova, et al.. (2019). Prognostic Relevance of Circulating Tumor Cells and Circulating Cell-Free DNA Association in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Nivolumab. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 8(7). 1011–1011. 45 indexed citations

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Bonaventura, Aldo, Francesco Grossi, Federico Carbone, et al.. (2019). Serum PCSK9 levels at the second nivolumab cycle predict overall survival in elderly patients with NSCLC: a pilot study. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 68(8). 1351–1358. 28 indexed citations

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Tagliamento, Marco, Carlo Genova, Giovanni Rossi, et al.. (2019). Microtubule-targeting agents in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: insights on new combination strategies and investigational compounds. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs. 28(6). 513–523. 22 indexed citations

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Genova, Carlo, Simona Boccardo, Marco Mora, et al.. (2019). Correlation between B7-H4 and Survival of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Nivolumab. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 8(10). 1566–1566. 23 indexed citations

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Rossi, Giovanni, Angela Alama, Carlo Genova, et al.. (2018). The evolving role of pemetrexed disodium for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 19(17). 1969–1976. 17 indexed citations

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Coco, Simona, Angela Alama, Irene Vanni, et al.. (2017). Circulating Cell-Free DNA and Circulating Tumor Cells as Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with First-Line Chemotherapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 18(5). 1035–1035. 37 indexed citations

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Vanni, Irene, Angela Alama, Francesco Grossi, Maria Giovanna Dal Bello, & Simona Coco. (2017). Exosomes: a new horizon in lung cancer. Drug Discovery Today. 22(6). 927–936. 89 indexed citations

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Alama, Angela, Anna Truini, Simona Coco, Carlo Genova, & Francesco Grossi. (2014). Prognostic and predictive relevance of circulating tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Drug Discovery Today. 19(10). 1671–1676. 33 indexed citations

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Grosso, Federica, Simona Coco, Paola Scaruffi, et al.. (2011). Role of CXCL13-CXCR5 Crosstalk Between Malignant Neuroblastoma Cells and Schwannian Stromal Cells in Neuroblastic Tumors. Molecular Cancer Research. 9(7). 815–823. 26 indexed citations

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