Stefania Galdiero

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
156 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Stefania Galdiero is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefania Galdiero has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Microbiology and 29 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Stefania Galdiero's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (54 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (41 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (21 papers). Stefania Galdiero is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (54 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (41 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (21 papers). Stefania Galdiero collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United Kingdom. Stefania Galdiero's co-authors include Annarita Falanga, Massimiliano Galdiero, Mahendra Rai, Giancarlo Morelli, Mariateresa Vitiello, Marco Cantisani, Gianluigi Franci, Luciana Palomba, Avinash P. Ingle and Carlo Pedone and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stefania Galdiero

152 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Antibacterial Agents

2015 1.3k citations Gianluigi Franci, Annarita Falanga et al. Molecules profile →
Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Antiviral Agents

2011 707 citations Stefania Galdiero, Annarita Falanga et al. Molecules profile →
Silver Nanoparticles: Therapeutical Uses, Toxicity, and Safety Issues

2014 415 citations Stefania Galdiero, Massimiliano Galdiero et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefania Galdiero Italy	43	3.1k	2.4k	1.6k	1.4k	966	156	7.8k
Annarita Falanga Italy	41	2.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	822 0.9×	127	6.3k
Massimiliano Galdiero Italy	47	2.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	725 0.8×	295	10.1k
Neil M. O’Brien‐Simpson Australia	54	3.2k 1.0×	731 0.3×	2.3k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	748 0.8×	155	8.8k
George P. Tegos United States	48	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	986 0.6×	2.9k 2.1×	430 0.4×	78	8.4k
Gianluigi Franci Italy	33	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	673 0.4×	767 0.5×	319 0.3×	162	5.0k
Robert Bucki Poland	48	2.5k 0.8×	510 0.2×	1.6k 1.0×	826 0.6×	495 0.5×	202	6.1k
Yong Ho Park South Korea	40	1.8k 0.6×	4.1k 1.7×	459 0.3×	2.4k 1.7×	802 0.8×	149	9.9k
Hyun Koo United States	71	6.4k 2.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	3.2k 2.3×	559 0.6×	189	18.5k
Laura M. Ensign United States	35	3.0k 1.0×	796 0.3×	458 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	2.8k 2.8×	74	8.8k
Ivan Mijakovic̀ Denmark	53	4.5k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	270 0.2×	1.9k 1.3×	748 0.8×	201	9.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefania Galdiero

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefania Galdiero

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Bellavita, Rosa, Lucia Falcigno, Chiara Pagliuca, et al.. (2025). In Vitro Properties of WMRK-gH625, a Novel Hybrid Peptide against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens. ACS Omega. 10(46). 55704–55715.

Bellavita, Rosa, Bruno Casciaro, Silvano Palladino, et al.. (2024). Myxinidin-analogs able to sequester Fe(III): Metal-based gun to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 263. 112774–112774. 1 indexed citations

Loffredo, Maria Rosa, Bruno Casciaro, Rosa Bellavita, et al.. (2024). Strategic Single-Residue Substitution in the Antimicrobial Peptide Esc(1–21) Confers Activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Including Drug-Resistant and Biofilm Phenotype. ACS Infectious Diseases. 10(7). 2403–2418. 4 indexed citations

Bellavita, Rosa, Linda Leone, Angela Maione, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of temporin L hydroxamate-based peptides and evaluation of their coordination properties with iron(iii ). Dalton Transactions. 52(13). 3954–3963. 6 indexed citations

Bellavita, Rosa, Annarita Falanga, Francesco Merlino, et al.. (2022). Unveiling the mechanism of action of acylated temporin L analogues against multidrug-resistant Candida albicans. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 38(1). 36–50. 17 indexed citations

Bellavita, Rosa, Elisabetta Buommino, Bruno Casciaro, et al.. (2022). Synthetic Amphipathic β-Sheet Temporin-Derived Peptide with Dual Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Activities. Antibiotics. 11(10). 1285–1285. 17 indexed citations

Bellavita, Rosa, et al.. (2022). Peptides to Overcome the Limitations of Current Anticancer and Antimicrobial Nanotherapies. Pharmaceutics. 14(6). 1235–1235. 18 indexed citations

Bellavita, Rosa, Angela Maione, Francesco Merlino, et al.. (2022). Antifungal and Antibiofilm Activity of Cyclic Temporin L Peptide Analogues against Albicans and Non-Albicans Candida Species. Pharmaceutics. 14(2). 454–454. 23 indexed citations

Falanga, Annarita, Émilie Allard-Vannier, Katel Hervé-Aubert, et al.. (2022). Design and Validation of Nanofibers Made of Self-Assembled Peptides to Become Multifunctional Stimuli-Sensitive Nanovectors of Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin. Pharmaceutics. 14(8). 1544–1544. 25 indexed citations

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Maselli, Valeria, et al.. (2021). Identification and Characterization of a Rhodopsin Kinase Gene in the Suckers of Octopus vulgaris: Looking around Using Arms?. Biology. 10(9). 936–936. 9 indexed citations

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Falanga, Annarita, et al.. (2021). Antiviral Potential of Naphthoquinones Derivatives Encapsulated within Liposomes. Molecules. 26(21). 6440–6440. 6 indexed citations

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Bellavita, Rosa, Bruno Casciaro, Salvatore Di Maro, et al.. (2021). First-in-Class Cyclic Temporin L Analogue: Design, Synthesis, and Antimicrobial Assessment. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(15). 11675–11694. 30 indexed citations

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Falanga, Annarita, et al.. (2020). The World of Cell Penetrating: the Future of Medical Applications. Future Medicinal Chemistry. 12(15). 1431–1446. 26 indexed citations

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Falanga, Annarita, Antonietta Siciliano, Mariateresa Vitiello, et al.. (2020). <p>Ecotoxicity Evaluation of Pristine and Indolicidin-coated Silver Nanoparticles in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem</p>. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 15. 8097–8108. 21 indexed citations

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Iachetta, Giuseppina, Annarita Falanga, Françoise Jabès, et al.. (2019). gH625-liposomes as tool for pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide brain delivery. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9183–9183. 24 indexed citations

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Falanga, Annarita, Flavia Anna Mercurio, Antonietta Siciliano, et al.. (2018). Metabolomic and oxidative effects of quantum dots-indolicidin on three generations of Daphnia magna. Aquatic Toxicology. 198. 158–164. 22 indexed citations

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Franci, Gianluigi, Annarita Falanga, Carla Zannella, et al.. (2017). Infectivity inhibition by overlapping synthetic peptides derived from the gH/gL heterodimer of herpes simplex virus type 1. Journal of Peptide Science. 23(4). 311–319. 22 indexed citations

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Vitiello, Mariateresa, et al.. (2012). NF-κB as a potential therapeutic target in microbial diseases. Molecular BioSystems. 8(4). 1108–1120. 45 indexed citations

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Galdiero, Stefania, Annarita Falanga, Mariateresa Vitiello, et al.. (2005). Fusogenic Domains in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Glycoprotein H. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(31). 28632–28643. 90 indexed citations

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Galdiero, Stefania & Eric Gouaux. (2004). High resolution crystallographic studies of α‐hemolysin–phospholipid complexes define heptamer–lipid head group interactions: Implication for understanding protein–lipid interactions. Protein Science. 13(6). 1503–1511. 61 indexed citations

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