Stefania Ferro

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Stefania Ferro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefania Ferro has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Infectious Diseases and 37 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stefania Ferro's work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (37 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (19 papers). Stefania Ferro is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (37 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (19 papers). Stefania Ferro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Belgium and United States. Stefania Ferro's co-authors include Laura De Luca, Alba Chimirri, Giulio Jori, Rosaria Gitto, Marina Soncin, Olimpia Coppellotti, Gabrio Roncucci, Donata Dei, Clara Fabris and Giacomo Chiti and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Carbon and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefania Ferro

91 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of microbial infect... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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.

  1. Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of microbial infections: Basic principles and perspective applications
    2006 694 citations Stefania Ferro 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
Stefania Ferro Italy 33 1.4k 956 923 865 629 91 3.5k
Abhijit A. Date United States 30 1.1k 0.8× 437 0.5× 198 0.2× 399 0.5× 295 0.5× 75 4.8k
Maria Teresa Sciortino Italy 31 786 0.6× 474 0.5× 275 0.3× 598 0.7× 247 0.4× 86 2.8k
G. K. Khuller India 40 1.5k 1.1× 313 0.3× 990 1.1× 380 0.4× 1.5k 2.4× 194 5.1k
Serge Van Calenbergh Belgium 44 3.4k 2.5× 1.4k 1.5× 124 0.1× 304 0.4× 819 1.3× 227 6.3k
Shirô Shigeta Japan 46 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 184 0.2× 49 0.1× 2.2k 3.5× 218 6.4k
Manfred Marschall Germany 44 2.0k 1.5× 776 0.8× 85 0.1× 102 0.1× 707 1.1× 177 6.4k
Annarita Stringaro Italy 36 1.9k 1.4× 235 0.2× 143 0.2× 259 0.3× 718 1.1× 103 4.0k
Michael J. Hall United Kingdom 32 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 244 0.3× 690 0.8× 222 0.4× 109 4.1k
Chunhua Wang China 31 1.0k 0.7× 706 0.7× 63 0.1× 287 0.3× 332 0.5× 168 3.7k
Donatella Taramelli Italy 41 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 112 0.1× 75 0.1× 594 0.9× 194 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefania Ferro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefania Ferro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefania Ferro

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tonolo, Federica, Alessandra Folda, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2023). Fermentation of Corn By-Products: From Agrifood Waste to Higher Value Antioxidant Products. Fermentation. 9(4). 373–373. 4 indexed citations
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Biasiolo, Alessandra, Michele Sandre, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2023). Epitope-Specific Anti-SerpinB3 Antibodies for SerpinB3 Recognition and Biological Activity Inhibition. Biomolecules. 13(5). 739–739. 4 indexed citations
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Ferro, Stefania, Rosaria Gitto, Maria Rosa Buemi, et al.. (2018). Identification of influenza PA-Nter endonuclease inhibitors using pharmacophore- and docking-based virtual screening. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(15). 4544–4550. 10 indexed citations
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Luca, Laura De, Stefania Ferro, Maria Rosa Buemi, et al.. (2017). Inhibitory effects and structural insights for a novel series of coumarin-based compounds that selectively target human CA IX and CA XII carbonic anhydrases. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 143. 276–282. 56 indexed citations
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Buemi, Maria Rosa, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2016). In Vivo Evaluation of Selective Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors as Potential Anticonvulsant Agents. ChemMedChem. 11(16). 1812–1818. 35 indexed citations
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Buemi, Maria Rosa, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2016). Structure-guided design of new indoles as negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) containing GluN2B subunit. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 24(7). 1513–1519. 8 indexed citations
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Buemi, Maria Rosa, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2015). Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: Design, synthesis and structural characterization of new heteroaryl-N-carbonylbenzenesulfonamides targeting druggable human carbonic anhydrase isoforms. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 102. 223–232. 27 indexed citations
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Ferro, Stefania, et al.. (2015). Optimization of rhodanine scaffold for the development of protein–protein interaction inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 23(13). 3208–3214. 4 indexed citations
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Gitto, Rosaria, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2014). Synthesis, modelling and biological characterization of 3-substituted-1H-indoles as ligands of GluN2B-containing N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(3). 1040–1048. 21 indexed citations
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Monforte, Anna‐Maria, Stefania Ferro, Laura De Luca, et al.. (2014). Design and synthesis of N1-aryl-benzimidazoles 2-substituted as novel HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(4). 1459–1467. 51 indexed citations
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Luca, Laura De, Stefania Ferro, Claudiu T. Supuran, et al.. (2013). Structure-based screening for the discovery of new carbonic anhydrase VII inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 71. 105–111. 47 indexed citations
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Gitto, Rosaria, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2013). From NMDA receptor antagonists to discovery of selective σ2 receptor ligands. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(1). 393–397. 10 indexed citations
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Luca, Laura De, Rosaria Gitto, Frauke Christ, et al.. (2011). 4-[1-(4-Fluorobenzyl)-4-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl]-2-hydroxy-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid as a prototype to develop dual inhibitors of HIV-1 integration process. Antiviral Research. 92(1). 102–107. 19 indexed citations
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Gitto, Rosaria, Stefano Agnello, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2010). Identification of Potent and Selective Human Carbonic Anhydrase VII (hCA VII) Inhibitors. ChemMedChem. 5(6). 823–826. 25 indexed citations
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Monforte, Anna‐Maria, Laura De Luca, Nunzio Iraci, et al.. (2010). Novel 1,3-dihydro-benzimidazol-2-ones and their analogues as potent non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(4). 1702–1710. 35 indexed citations
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Luca, Laura De, Stefania Ferro, Rosaria Gitto, et al.. (2010). Small molecules targeting the interaction between HIV-1 integrase and LEDGF/p75 cofactor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(21). 7515–7521. 51 indexed citations
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Luca, Laura De, Maria Letizia Barreca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2009). Pharmacophore‐Based Discovery of Small‐Molecule Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions between HIV‐1 Integrase and Cellular Cofactor LEDGF/p75. ChemMedChem. 4(8). 1311–1316. 83 indexed citations
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Gitto, Rosaria, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2009). Development of 3-substituted-1H-indole derivatives as NR2B/NMDA receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 17(4). 1640–1647. 29 indexed citations
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Gitto, Rosaria, Laura De Luca, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2008). Computational Studies to Discover a New NR2B/NMDA Receptor Antagonist and Evaluation of Pharmacological Profile. ChemMedChem. 3(10). 1539–1548. 32 indexed citations
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Monforte, Anna‐Maria, Angela Rao, Stefania Ferro, et al.. (2008). Novel N1-substituted 1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ones as potent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(15). 7429–7435. 39 indexed citations

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