Simona Kovarich

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Simona Kovarich is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Kovarich has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 14 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Simona Kovarich's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (14 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (9 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (7 papers). Simona Kovarich is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (14 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (9 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (7 papers). Simona Kovarich collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Bulgaria. Simona Kovarich's co-authors include Paola Gramatica, Ester Papa, Stefano Cassani, Nicola Chirico, Partha Pratim Roy, Chun Wei Yap, Leon van der Wal, Elena Fioravanzo, Arianna Bassan and Andrew Worth and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Atmospheric chemistry and physics and Journal of Computational Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Simona Kovarich

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. QSARINS: A new software for the development, analysis, and validation of QSAR MLR models
    2013 589 citations Paola Gramatica, Nicola Chirico et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simona Kovarich Italy 16 840 375 344 302 187 34 1.5k
Stefano Cassani Italy 10 848 1.0× 398 1.1× 321 0.9× 281 0.9× 207 1.1× 32 1.5k
Mark Hewitt United Kingdom 23 473 0.6× 305 0.8× 273 0.8× 355 1.2× 100 0.5× 42 1.6k
Alessandra Roncaglioni Italy 25 1.1k 1.3× 231 0.6× 446 1.3× 475 1.6× 178 1.0× 116 2.0k
Tatiana I. Netzeva United Kingdom 28 1.2k 1.4× 353 0.9× 433 1.3× 581 1.9× 228 1.2× 46 1.9k
Cecilia Bossa Italy 27 864 1.0× 201 0.5× 680 2.0× 439 1.5× 210 1.1× 54 2.1k
Aynur O. Aptula United Kingdom 32 1.1k 1.3× 644 1.7× 436 1.3× 567 1.9× 222 1.2× 56 3.0k
Manuela Pavan Italy 22 1.3k 1.5× 415 1.1× 474 1.4× 438 1.5× 197 1.1× 46 2.2k
Ralf‐Uwe Ebert Germany 22 795 0.9× 412 1.1× 227 0.7× 601 2.0× 212 1.1× 35 1.9k
R.M. McDowell United States 8 682 0.8× 300 0.8× 299 0.9× 136 0.5× 93 0.5× 10 1.2k
Pravin Ambure India 18 1.6k 1.9× 612 1.6× 706 2.1× 229 0.8× 185 1.0× 26 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Kovarich

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kovarich, Simona & Claudia Cappelli. (2022). Use of In Silico Methods for Regulatory Toxicological Assessment of Pharmaceutical Impurities. Methods in molecular biology. 2425. 537–560. 4 indexed citations
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Benfenati, Emilio, Alessandra Roncaglioni, Edoardo Carnesecchi, et al.. (2021). Maintenance, update and further development of EFSA's Chemical Hazards: OpenFoodTox 2.0. EFSA Supporting Publications. 18(3). 3 indexed citations
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Benfenati, Emilio, Edoardo Carnesecchi, Alessandra Roncaglioni, et al.. (2020). Maintenance,update and further development of EFSA's Chemical Hazards: OpenFoodTox 2.0. EFSA Supporting Publications. 17(3). 7 indexed citations
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Ceriani, Lidia, et al.. (2018). Final report on the update and maintenance of OpenFoodTox: EFSA's Chemical Hazards Database. EFSA Supporting Publications. 15(7). 7 indexed citations
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Decesari, Stefano, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the mutagenic potential of aerosol organic compounds using informatics-based screening. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(3). 2329–2340.
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Ceriani, Lidia, et al.. (2018). Third report on the update and maintenance of EFSA's Chemical Hazards Database. EFSA Supporting Publications. 15(6). 1 indexed citations
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Tsakovska, Ivanka, Ilza Pajeva, Petko Alov, et al.. (2017). Quantitative structure-skin permeability relationships. Toxicology. 387. 27–42. 72 indexed citations
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Kovarich, Simona, et al.. (2017). Update and maintenance of EFSA's Chemical Hazards Database. EFSA Supporting Publications. 14(4). 6 indexed citations
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Tsakovska, Ivanka, Ilza Pajeva, Petko Alov, et al.. (2016). The application of molecular modelling in the safety assessment of chemicals: A case study on ligand-dependent PPARγ dysregulation. Toxicology. 392. 140–154. 19 indexed citations
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Pavan, Manuela, et al.. (2016). The Consultancy Activity on In Silico Models for Genotoxic Prediction of Pharmaceutical Impurities. Methods in molecular biology. 1425. 511–529. 4 indexed citations
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Kovarich, Simona, et al.. (2015). Further development and update of EFSA's Chemical Hazards Database. EFSA Supporting Publications. 12(7). 10 indexed citations
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Cassani, Stefano, Simona Kovarich, Ester Papa, et al.. (2013). Daphnia and fish toxicity of (benzo)triazoles: Validated QSAR models, and interspecies quantitative activity–activity modelling. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 258-259. 50–60. 92 indexed citations
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Gramatica, Paola, Nicola Chirico, Ester Papa, Stefano Cassani, & Simona Kovarich. (2013). QSARINS: A new software for the development, analysis, and validation of QSAR MLR models. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 34(24). 2121–2132. 589 indexed citations breakdown →
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Papa, Ester, Simona Kovarich, & Paola Gramatica. (2013). QSAR prediction of the competitive interaction of emerging halogenated pollutants with human transthyretin£. SAR and QSAR in environmental research. 24(4). 333–349. 16 indexed citations
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Gramatica, Paola, Stefano Cassani, Partha Pratim Roy, et al.. (2012). QSAR Modeling is not “Push a Button and Find a Correlation”: A Case Study of Toxicity of (Benzo‐)triazoles on Algae. Molecular Informatics. 31(11-12). 817–835. 198 indexed citations
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Chirico, Nicola, Ester Papa, Simona Kovarich, Stefano Cassani, & Paola Gramatica. (2012). QSARINS-Software for QSAR MLR model development and validation. 22 indexed citations
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Roy, Partha Pratim, Simona Kovarich, & Paola Gramatica. (2011). QSAR model reproducibility and applicability: A case study of rate constants of hydroxyl radical reaction models applied to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and (benzo‐)triazoles. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 32(11). 2386–2396. 63 indexed citations
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Bhhatarai, Barun, Tao Liu, Tomas Öberg, et al.. (2011). CADASTER QSPR Models for Predictions of Melting and Boiling Points of Perfluorinated Chemicals. Molecular Informatics. 30(2-3). 189–204. 31 indexed citations
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Papa, Ester, Simona Kovarich, & Paola Gramatica. (2011). On the Use of Local and Global QSPRs for the Prediction of Physico‐chemical Properties of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers. Molecular Informatics. 30(2-3). 232–240. 11 indexed citations
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Kovarich, Simona, Ester Papa, & Paola Gramatica. (2011). QSAR classification models for the prediction of endocrine disrupting activity of brominated flame retardants. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 190(1-3). 106–112. 45 indexed citations

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