Simona Ferro

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 674 citations indexed

About

Simona Ferro is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Ferro has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 674 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Simona Ferro's work include Immune cells in cancer (5 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (3 papers). Simona Ferro is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (5 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (3 papers). Simona Ferro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Qatar and United States. Simona Ferro's co-authors include Veronica Huber, Licia Rivoltini, Chiara Camisaschi, Luana Lugini, Chiara Castelli, Alessandra Tuccitto, Angela Berzi, Tiziana Triulzi, Elda Tagliabue and Eriomina Shahaj and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Oncology, Frontiers in Immunology and Seminars in Cancer Biology.

In The Last Decade

Simona Ferro

6 papers receiving 663 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.

Cancer acidity: An ultimate frontier of tumor immune escape and a novel target of immunomodulation

2017 466 citations Veronica Huber, Chiara Camisaschi et al. Seminars in Cancer Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Ferro Italy	6	333	287	213	194	161	6	674
Shelly Maman Israel	9	263 0.8×	154 0.5×	216 1.0×	241 1.2×	123 0.8×	12	649
Lynsey A. Huxham Canada	13	276 0.8×	195 0.7×	147 0.7×	300 1.5×	134 0.8×	15	806
Shonagh Russell United States	9	418 1.3×	317 1.1×	387 1.8×	269 1.4×	136 0.8×	14	927
Amy Weber United States	9	279 0.8×	420 1.5×	233 1.1×	433 2.2×	128 0.8×	17	865
Michael Timaner Israel	14	301 0.9×	232 0.8×	170 0.8×	359 1.9×	101 0.6×	20	758
Yael Ben‐Nun Israel	13	248 0.7×	135 0.5×	192 0.9×	196 1.0×	144 0.9×	17	658
Myrofora Panagi Cyprus	15	297 0.9×	223 0.8×	136 0.6×	312 1.6×	297 1.8×	24	883
Sonja Schelhaas Germany	14	359 1.1×	141 0.5×	110 0.5×	231 1.2×	87 0.5×	27	718
Yuze Hua China	6	317 1.0×	211 0.7×	216 1.0×	301 1.6×	101 0.6×	14	670
Roberto Ruiu Italy	15	284 0.9×	178 0.6×	114 0.5×	194 1.0×	65 0.4×	18	600

Countries citing papers authored by Simona Ferro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simona Ferro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Ferro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simona Ferro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simona Ferro 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 Simona Ferro. Simona Ferro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Federici, Cristina, Eriomina Shahaj, Serena Cecchetti, et al.. (2020). Natural-Killer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Immune Sensors and Interactors. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 262–262. 125 indexed citations

2.

Tuccitto, Alessandra, Eriomina Shahaj, Elisabetta Vergani, et al.. (2018). Immunosuppressive circuits in tumor microenvironment and their influence on cancer treatment efficacy. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 474(4). 407–420. 41 indexed citations

3.

Ferro, Simona, Veronica Huber, & Licia Rivoltini. (2018). Mechanisms of tumor immunotherapy, with a focus on thoracic cancers. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10(7). 4619–4631. 9 indexed citations

4.

Verzoni, Elena, Simona Ferro, Giuseppe Procopio, et al.. (2018). Potent natural killer (NK) and myeloid blood cell remodeling by cabozantinib (Cabo) in pre-treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients (pts). Annals of Oncology. 29. viii312–viii312. 11 indexed citations

5.

Huber, Veronica, Chiara Camisaschi, Angela Berzi, et al.. (2017). Cancer acidity: An ultimate frontier of tumor immune escape and a novel target of immunomodulation. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 43. 74–89. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Camisaschi, Chiara, Viviana Vallacchi, Elisabetta Vergani, et al.. (2016). Targeting Immune Regulatory Networks to Counteract Immune Suppression in Cancer. Vaccines. 4(4). 38–38. 22 indexed citations

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