Simone Melchionna

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Simone Melchionna is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Melchionna has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Computational Mechanics, 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 44 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Simone Melchionna's work include Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (53 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (36 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (31 papers). Simone Melchionna is often cited by papers focused on Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (53 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (36 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (31 papers). Simone Melchionna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Simone Melchionna's co-authors include Giovanni Ciccotti, Brad Lee Holian, Sauro Succi, Fabio Sterpone, Jean-Pierre Hansen, Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi, Efthimios Kaxiras, Rosalind J. Allen, Philippe Derreumaux and Maria Fyta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Simone Melchionna

136 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Hoover NPT dynamics for systems varying in shape and size 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Hoover NPT dynamics for systems varying in shape and size
    1993 983 citations Simone Melchionna et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simone Melchionna Italy 33 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 832 699 138 4.1k
Thomas M. Fischer Germany 35 1.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 536 0.5× 366 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 201 4.3k
D. M. Kroll Germany 37 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 672 0.6× 663 0.8× 811 1.2× 86 3.8k
Christian D. Lorenz United Kingdom 38 1.4k 1.2× 969 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 274 0.3× 1.1k 1.6× 202 5.8k
W. J. Briels Netherlands 44 2.8k 2.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.8× 1.0k 1.5× 179 6.7k
Friederike Schmid Germany 36 1.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 212 0.3× 839 1.2× 189 4.4k
Peter D. Kaplan United States 26 1.4k 1.2× 2.5k 2.1× 836 0.8× 356 0.4× 625 0.9× 52 5.2k
Pep Español Spain 33 3.4k 2.9× 1.5k 1.3× 770 0.7× 1.9k 2.2× 642 0.9× 91 6.1k
J. M. V. A. Koelman Netherlands 16 2.5k 2.1× 784 0.7× 497 0.4× 881 1.1× 674 1.0× 29 4.6k
Marek Cieplak Poland 42 1.8k 1.5× 765 0.7× 2.9k 2.6× 452 0.5× 1.7k 2.4× 220 6.4k
Franz Rosenberger United States 40 3.2k 2.7× 763 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 796 1.0× 494 0.7× 127 4.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Melchionna

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Melchionna, Simone, et al.. (2025). Cilia beating misalignment, immotility or death pathologically affect the efficiency of mucus-clearance. Communications Physics. 8(1). 3 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone, et al.. (2024). Comparison of effective and stable Langevin dynamics integrators. Computer Physics Communications. 299. 109152–109152. 1 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone, et al.. (2024). Fluid flow and amyloid transport and aggregation in the brain interstitial space. PNAS Nexus. 4(1). pgae548–pgae548. 1 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone, et al.. (2023). Influence of nanopore coating patterns on the translocation dynamics of polyelectrolytes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(13). 1 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone, et al.. (2023). An operative framework to model mucus clearance in silico by coupling cilia motion with the liquid environment. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(9). 95103–95103. 5 indexed citations
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Brandner, Astrid F., Štěpán Timr, Simone Melchionna, et al.. (2019). Modelling lipid systems in fluid with Lattice Boltzmann Molecular Dynamics simulations and hydrodynamics. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16450–16450. 20 indexed citations
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Timr, Štěpán, Simone Melchionna, Philippe Derreumaux, & Fabio Sterpone. (2019). Multi-Scale Simulations Yield Insight into Protein Diffusion and Stability in Crowded Environments. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 38a–38a. 1 indexed citations
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Chiricotto, Mara, Fabio Sterpone, Philippe Derreumaux, & Simone Melchionna. (2016). Multiscale simulation of molecular processes in cellular environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 374(2080). 20160225–20160225. 21 indexed citations
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Greiner, Andreas, et al.. (2014). A hydro-kinetic scheme for the dynamics of hydrogen bonds in water-like fluids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(29). 15510–15510. 3 indexed citations
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Hsu, Chia Wei, Maria Fyta, Greg Lakatos, Simone Melchionna, & Efthimios Kaxiras. (2012). Ab initio determination of coarse-grained interactions in double stranded DNA. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Marconi, Umberto Marini Bettolo & Simone Melchionna. (2011). Multicomponent diffusion in nanosystems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 135(4). 44104–44104. 12 indexed citations
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Sterpone, Fabio & Simone Melchionna. (2011). Thermophilic proteins: insight and perspective from in silico experiments. Chemical Society Reviews. 41(5). 1665–1676. 65 indexed citations
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Borkin, Michelle A., Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Dimitris Mitsouras, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of Artery Visualizations for Heart Disease Diagnosis. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 17(12). 2479–2488. 120 indexed citations
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Gizzi, Alessio, Massimo Bernaschi, Donato Bini, et al.. (2011). Three-band decomposition analysis of wall shear stress in pulsatile flows. Physical Review E. 83(3). 31902–31902. 15 indexed citations
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Sterpone, Fabio, Claudia Bertonati, G. Briganti, & Simone Melchionna. (2010). Water around thermophilic proteins: the role of charged and apolar atoms. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(28). 284113–284113. 14 indexed citations
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Sega, Marcello, R. Vallauri, Paola Brocca, Laura Cantù, & Simone Melchionna. (2007). Short-Range Structure of a GM3 Ganglioside Membrane:  Comparison between Experimental WAXS and Computer Simulation Results. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 111(37). 10965–10969. 15 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone & Artur J. Moro. (2004). Molecular Dynamics simulation of biosystems: Perspectives and open problems. 4. 75.
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Allen, Rosalind J., Simone Melchionna, & Jean-Pierre Hansen. (2002). Permeation of nanopores by water: the effects of channel polarization. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 15(1). S297–S302. 7 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone, et al.. (2001). Molecular characterization of a laminin-derived oligopeptide with implications in biomimetic applications. Biophysical Chemistry. 89(2-3). 129–144. 5 indexed citations
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Melchionna, Simone & Alessandro Desideri. (1999). Origin of the low-frequency modes of globular proteins. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(4). 4664–4670. 8 indexed citations

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