Simona Polo

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
78 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Simona Polo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Polo has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Simona Polo's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (37 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (22 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers). Simona Polo is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (37 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (22 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers). Simona Polo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Simona Polo's co-authors include Pier Paolo Di Fiore, Sara Sigismund, Elena Maspero, Stefano Confalonieri, Elena Cavallaro, Kaisa Haglund, Ivan Đikić, Iwona Szymkiewicz, Elisabetta Argenzio and Carlo Tacchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Simona Polo

77 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Clathrin-independent endocytosis of ubiquitinated cargos

2005 660 citations Sara Sigismund, Claudia Puri et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Multiple monoubiquitination of RTKs is sufficient for their endocytosis and degradation

2003 650 citations Sara Sigismund, Simona Polo et al. profile →
A single motif responsible for ubiquitin recognition and monoubiquitination in endocytic proteins

2002 526 citations Simona Polo, Sara Sigismund et al. profile →
Clathrin-Mediated Internalization Is Essential for Sustained EGFR Signaling but Dispensable for Degradation

2008 506 citations Sara Sigismund, Elisabetta Argenzio et al. Developmental Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Polo Italy	45	5.4k	2.4k	1.4k	928	732	78	7.4k
Gary Thomas United States	45	4.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	747 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	79	8.1k
Jacques Camonis France	58	8.9k 1.6×	3.9k 1.6×	1.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	748 1.0×	149	11.9k
Linda Hicke United States	34	6.9k 1.3×	3.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	596 0.6×	967 1.3×	42	8.1k
Selene K. Swanson United States	55	8.6k 1.6×	930 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	806 1.1×	93	10.7k
Claude Boucheix France	53	4.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 2.4×	472 0.6×	180	10.2k
George Banting United Kingdom	43	3.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	475 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	792 1.1×	108	6.5k
Santos Mañes Spain	46	3.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	2.5k 2.7×	413 0.6×	88	6.9k
Bruce J. Mayer United States	54	9.9k 1.8×	3.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.7×	1.9k 2.0×	368 0.5×	112	13.6k
Yoav I. Henis Israel	49	5.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	862 0.6×	468 0.5×	447 0.6×	159	7.3k
Robert Grosse Germany	44	4.2k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	729 0.8×	212 0.3×	106	7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Polo

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maspero, Elena & Simona Polo. (2025). Deconstructing destruction: A rapid route to proteasomal fate. Molecular Cell. 85(7). 1255–1257. 1 indexed citations

Kravić, Bojana, Johannes van den Boom, Nina Schulze, et al.. (2024). Lysosomal damage sensing and lysophagy initiation by SPG20-ITCH. Molecular Cell. 84(8). 1556–1569.e10. 34 indexed citations

Weber, Janine, Stefano Villa, Emanuele Martini, et al.. (2023). A planar polarized MYO6-DOCK7-RAC1 axis promotes tissue fluidification in mammary epithelia. Cell Reports. 42(8). 113001–113001. 3 indexed citations

Pérez, Coralia, Elena Maspero, Mikel Azkargorta, et al.. (2023). BioE3 identifies specific substrates of ubiquitin E3 ligases. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7656–7656. 27 indexed citations

Buel, Gwen R., Carlos A Martínez Niño, Elena Maspero, et al.. (2019). Clathrin light chain A drives selective myosin VI recruitment to clathrin-coated pits under membrane tension. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4974–4974. 36 indexed citations

Nepravishta, Ridvan, Anna Mattioni, Janine Weber, et al.. (2019). CoCUN, a Novel Ubiquitin Binding Domain Identified in N4BP1. Biomolecules. 9(7). 284–284. 10 indexed citations

Wagner, Wolfgang, Kristina Lippmann, Frank F. Heisler, et al.. (2019). Myosin VI Drives Clathrin-Mediated AMPA Receptor Endocytosis to Facilitate Cerebellar Long-Term Depression. Cell Reports. 28(1). 11–20.e9. 21 indexed citations

Caldieri, Giusi, Elisa Barbieri, Andrea Raimondi, et al.. (2017). Reticulon 3–dependent ER-PM contact sites control EGFR nonclathrin endocytosis. Science. 356(6338). 617–624. 103 indexed citations

He, Fahu, Hans-Peter Wollscheid, Urszula Nowicka, et al.. (2016). Myosin VI Contains a Compact Structural Motif that Binds to Ubiquitin Chains. Cell Reports. 14(11). 2683–2694. 42 indexed citations

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Cavallaro, Elena, et al.. (2015). USP9X Controls EGFR Fate by Deubiquitinating the Endocytic Adaptor Eps15. Current Biology. 26(2). 173–183. 60 indexed citations

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Sigismund, Sara, Alexia Conte, Roberta Pascolutti, et al.. (2013). Threshold-controlled ubiquitination of the EGFR directs receptor fate. The EMBO Journal. 32(15). 2140–2157. 135 indexed citations

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Sigismund, Sara, Elisabetta Argenzio, Daniela Tosoni, et al.. (2008). Clathrin-Mediated Internalization Is Essential for Sustained EGFR Signaling but Dispensable for Degradation. Developmental Cell. 15(2). 209–219. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Polo, Simona & Pier Paolo Di Fiore. (2006). Endocytosis Conducts the Cell Signaling Orchestra. Cell. 124(5). 897–900. 224 indexed citations

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Sigismund, Sara, Claudia Puri, Elena Maspero, et al.. (2005). Clathrin-independent endocytosis of ubiquitinated cargos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(8). 2760–2765. 660 indexed citations breakdown →

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Polo, Simona, Salvatore Pece, & Pier Paolo Di Fiore. (2004). Endocytosis and cancer. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 16(2). 156–161. 89 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Elisabetta, Simona Denti, Raffaella Catena, et al.. (2003). Characterization of Human Constitutive Photomorphogenesis Protein 1, a RING Finger Ubiquitin Ligase That Interacts with Jun Transcription Factors and Modulates Their Transcriptional Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(22). 19682–19690. 89 indexed citations

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Longhi, Renato, Simona Polo, Francesca Sironi, et al.. (2001). Structural determinants of CCR5 recognition and HIV-1 blockade in RANTES.. Nature Structural Biology. 8(7). 611–615. 45 indexed citations

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Comuzzi, Barbara, et al.. (2000). Multi-step purification strategy for RANTES wild-type and mutated analogues expressed in a baculovirus system. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 737(1-2). 47–54. 2 indexed citations

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Sabri, Farideh, Eleonora Tresoldi, Mariantonietta Di Stefano, et al.. (1999). Nonproductive Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection of Human Fetal Astrocytes: Independence from CD4 and Major Chemokine Receptors. Virology. 264(2). 370–384. 94 indexed citations

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Ghisotti, Daniela, Federica Briani, Francesca Forti, et al.. (1995). Multiple regulatory mechanisms controlling phage-plasmid P4 propagation. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 17(1-2). 127–134. 14 indexed citations

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