Simone Sprio

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Simone Sprio is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Sprio has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 46 papers in Biomaterials and 30 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Simone Sprio's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (90 papers), Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (23 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (21 papers). Simone Sprio is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (90 papers), Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (23 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (21 papers). Simone Sprio collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Simone Sprio's co-authors include Anna Tampieri, Elena Landi, G. Celotti, Monica Sandri, Silvia Panseri, Monica Montesi, Giandomenico Logroscino, Massimiliano Dapporto, Andrea Ruffini and Michele Iafisco and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biomaterials and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Simone Sprio

112 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Densification behaviour and mechanisms of synthetic hydroxyapatites

2000 649 citations Elena Landi, Anna Tampieri et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simone Sprio Italy	35	3.5k	1.5k	968	833	739	116	4.5k
Román A. Pérez Spain	38	3.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	996 1.0×	863 1.0×	901 1.2×	108	5.2k
Toshiki Miyazaki Japan	32	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	972 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	190	4.6k
Ayako Oyane Japan	30	2.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	795 0.8×	666 0.8×	767 1.0×	141	4.1k
Elisa Boanini Italy	38	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	828 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	119	5.3k
Eng San Thian Singapore	35	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	825 0.9×	647 0.8×	821 1.1×	110	4.2k
Vehid Salih United Kingdom	38	3.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1000 1.2×	692 0.9×	85	4.6k
Sandra Pina Portugal	28	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	812 0.8×	522 0.6×	439 0.6×	49	3.7k
Marivalda M. Pereira Brazil	33	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	740 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	603 0.8×	106	3.8k
Monica Sandri Italy	41	4.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	678 0.8×	592 0.8×	135	5.5k
José D. Santos Portugal	45	3.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	960 1.3×	193	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Sprio

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Esposti, Lorenzo Degli, et al.. (2025). Iron-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles for Magnetic Guided siRNA Delivery. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(16). 7712–7712. 1 indexed citations

Pacheco, Diana, Artur Mateus, Silvia Panseri, et al.. (2025). Magnetic-responsive materials tailored to enhance the cascade of bone regeneration and immune response. Materials & Design. 251. 113645–113645. 5 indexed citations

Sprio, Simone, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles in Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(5). 2809–2809. 17 indexed citations

Toni, Roberto, Nicoletta Zini, Lisa Elviri, et al.. (2023). A bioartificial and vasculomorphic bone matrix‐based organoid mimicking microanatomy of flat and short bones. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 112(1). e35329–e35329. 7 indexed citations

Sprio, Simone, et al.. (2023). Exploiting the ferroaddiction of pancreatic cancer cells using Fe-doped nanoparticles. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 55. 102714–102714. 3 indexed citations

Gomes, Susana I.L., Elisabetta Campodoni, Monica Sandri, et al.. (2022). Environmental Hazards of Nanobiomaterials (Hydroxyapatite-Based NMs)—A Case Study with Folsomia candida—Effects from Long Term Exposure. Toxics. 10(11). 704–704. 6 indexed citations

Gomes, Susana I.L., Elisabetta Campodoni, Monica Sandri, et al.. (2022). Safer and Sustainable-by-Design Hydroxyapatite Nanobiomaterials for Biomedical Applications: Assessment of Environmental Hazards. Nanomaterials. 12(22). 4060–4060. 5 indexed citations

Iaquinta, Maria Rosa, Elena Torreggiani, Chiara Mazziotta, et al.. (2021). In Vitro Osteoinductivity Assay of Hydroxylapatite Scaffolds, Obtained with Biomorphic Transformation Processes, Assessed Using Human Adipose Stem Cell Cultures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(13). 7092–7092. 10 indexed citations

Scialla, Stefania, Francesca Carella, Massimiliano Dapporto, et al.. (2020). Mussel Shell-Derived Macroporous 3D Scaffold: Characterization and Optimization Study of a Bioceramic from the Circular Economy. Marine Drugs. 18(6). 309–309. 31 indexed citations

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Tampieri, Anna, Monica Sandri, Michele Iafisco, et al.. (2019). Nanotechnological approach and bio-inspired materials to face degenerative diseases in aging. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 33(4). 805–821. 11 indexed citations

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Patrício, Tatiana, Silvia Panseri, Monica Montesi, et al.. (2018). Superparamagnetic hybrid microspheres affecting osteoblasts behaviour. Materials Science and Engineering C. 96. 234–247. 14 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Michele, Lorenzo Degli Esposti, Fabiola Liscio, et al.. (2017). Strontium doped calcium phosphate coatings on poly(etheretherketone) (PEEK) by pulsed electron deposition. Surface and Coatings Technology. 319. 191–199. 42 indexed citations

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Ramírez‐Rodríguez, Gloria B., Monica Montesi, Silvia Panseri, et al.. (2017). ^{Biomineralized Recombinant Collagen-Based Scaffold Mimicking Native Bone Enhances Mesenchymal Stem Cell Interaction and Differentiation}. Tissue Engineering Part A. 23(23-24). 1423–1435. 22 indexed citations

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Gostyńska, Natalia, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar, Elisabetta Campodoni, et al.. (2017). 3D porous collagen scaffolds reinforced by glycation with ribose for tissue engineering application. Biomedical Materials. 12(5). 55002–55002. 26 indexed citations

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Campodoni, Elisabetta, Alessio Adamiano, Silvia Panseri, et al.. (2016). Development of Innovative Hybrid and Intrinsically Magnetic Nanobeads As a Drug Delivery System. Nanomedicine. 11(16). 2119–2130. 13 indexed citations

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Sprio, Simone, Andrea Ruffini, Federica Valentini, et al.. (2011). Biomimesis and biomorphic transformations: New concepts applied to bone regeneration. Journal of Biotechnology. 156(4). 347–355. 32 indexed citations

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Ruffini, Andrea, Simone Sprio, & Anna Tampieri. (2007). Towards Hierarchically Organized Scaffolds for Bone Substitutes from Wood Structures. Key engineering materials. 361-363. 959–962. 2 indexed citations

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Landi, Elena, Simone Sprio, Monica Sandri, G. Celotti, & Anna Tampieri. (2007). Development of Sr and CO3 co-substituted hydroxyapatites for biomedical applications. Acta Biomaterialia. 4(3). 656–663. 101 indexed citations

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Celotti, G., Anna Tampieri, Simone Sprio, et al.. (2006). Crystallinity in apatites: how can a truly disordered fraction be distinguished from nanosize crystalline domains?. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 17(11). 1079–1087. 35 indexed citations

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Tampieri, Anna, G. Celotti, Simone Sprio, & D. Rinaldi. (2003). EFFECTS OF Cu AND OTHER METALLIC DOPINGS ON THE SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF MgB₂. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 17(04n06). 438–445. 4 indexed citations

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