Stefania Vitale

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stefania Vitale is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefania Vitale has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Stefania Vitale's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (7 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (5 papers). Stefania Vitale is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (11 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (7 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (5 papers). Stefania Vitale collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Ireland and France. Stefania Vitale's co-authors include Eoin Casey, Laura Quinn, Stephanie Fulaz, Giuseppe Sappa, Maurizio Barbieri, Caio H. N. Barros, Angela Nigro, Henry Devlin, Lorenzo Ricolfi and Maria Battistel and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stefania Vitale

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Nanoparticle–Biofilm Interactions: The Role of the EPS Matrix

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefania Vitale Italy	17	360	282	239	165	125	45	1.2k
Boris L. T. Lau United States	20	367 1.0×	716 2.5×	391 1.6×	199 1.2×	112 0.9×	40	1.6k
Richard E. Edelmann United States	25	921 2.6×	156 0.6×	142 0.6×	117 0.7×	83 0.7×	55	2.3k
Prachi Joshi Germany	20	502 1.4×	449 1.6×	284 1.2×	126 0.8×	111 0.9×	62	1.7k
Fengyang Wang China	27	519 1.4×	362 1.3×	280 1.2×	231 1.4×	24 0.2×	112	2.3k
Shumin Hu China	19	303 0.8×	136 0.5×	208 0.9×	136 0.8×	43 0.3×	84	1.6k
Céline Caillet France	17	238 0.7×	375 1.3×	149 0.6×	115 0.7×	359 2.9×	37	1.2k
Kaoru Ikuma United States	15	254 0.7×	320 1.1×	185 0.8×	196 1.2×	62 0.5×	48	996
Ian L. Gunsolus United States	17	258 0.7×	954 3.4×	420 1.8×	258 1.6×	75 0.6×	30	1.7k
Danielle L. Slomberg France	19	295 0.8×	653 2.3×	490 2.1×	258 1.6×	294 2.4×	40	1.7k
Lijuan Cheng China	23	343 1.0×	177 0.6×	306 1.3×	97 0.6×	57 0.5×	70	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefania Vitale

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Vitale, Stefania, et al.. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability of an app for monitoring acute postoperative pain in major outpatient surgery. Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition). 72(8). 501854–501854. 1 indexed citations

Vitale, Stefania, Alessandro Sanginario, Dario Leone, et al.. (2024). Graphene‐Based Pressure Sensor Application in Non‐Invasive Pulse Wave Velocity Continuous Estimation. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(5). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Can, Luca Cusin, Chun Ma, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Carrier Transport in Monolayer MoS₂ through Interlayer Coupling with 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks. Advanced Materials. 36(1). e2305882–e2305882. 34 indexed citations

Sappa, Giuseppe, Stefania Vitale, Flavia Ferranti, & Maurizio Barbieri. (2023). Limpopo National Park (Mozambico): groundwater assessment as a tool for a sustainable management of the area. Environmental Earth Sciences. 82(20). 2 indexed citations

Vitale, Stefania, Enrico Rampazzo, Henry Devlin, et al.. (2022). Interaction between Engineered Pluronic Silica Nanoparticles and Bacterial Biofilms: Elucidating the Role of Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry and EPS Matrix. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(30). 34502–34512. 10 indexed citations

Barros, Caio H. N., et al.. (2021). Synthesis and self-assembly of curcumin-modified amphiphilic polymeric micelles with antibacterial activity. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 19(1). 104–104. 57 indexed citations

Fulaz, Stephanie, Henry Devlin, Stefania Vitale, et al.. (2020). <p>Tailoring Nanoparticle-Biofilm Interactions to Increase the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Agents Against <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em></p>. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 15. 4779–4791. 41 indexed citations

Barros, Caio H. N., et al.. (2020). Enhancing curcumin's solubility and antibiofilm activityviasilica surface modification. Nanoscale Advances. 2(4). 1694–1708. 29 indexed citations

Ricolfi, Lorenzo, et al.. (2020). Potential toxic elements in groundwater and their health risk assessment in drinking water of Limpopo National Park, Gaza Province, Southern Mozambique. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 42(9). 2733–2745. 86 indexed citations

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Devlin, Henry, Caio H. N. Barros, Stephanie Fulaz, et al.. (2020). A high throughput method to investigate nanoparticle entrapment efficiencies in biofilms. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 193. 111123–111123. 14 indexed citations

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Barros, Caio H. N., et al.. (2020). Surface functionalization-dependent localization and affinity of SiO2 nanoparticles within the biofilm EPS matrix. Biofilm. 2. 100029–100029. 29 indexed citations

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Barros, Caio H. N., Stephanie Fulaz, Stefania Vitale, Eoin Casey, & Laura Quinn. (2020). Interactions between functionalised silica nanoparticles and Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilm matrix: A focus on the protein corona. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236441–e0236441. 19 indexed citations

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Fulaz, Stephanie, Caio H. N. Barros, Henry Devlin, et al.. (2019). Ratiometric Imaging of the in Situ pH Distribution of Biofilms by Use of Fluorescent Mesoporous Silica Nanosensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(36). 32679–32688. 80 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Maurizio, et al.. (2018). Assessment of groundwater quality in the buffer zone of Limpopo National Park, Gaza Province, Southern Mozambique. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(1). 62–77. 60 indexed citations

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Habimana, Olivier, et al.. (2018). One particle, two targets: A combined action of functionalised gold nanoparticles, against Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 526. 419–428. 29 indexed citations

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Vitale, Stefania, Maurizio Barbieri, Angela Nigro, & Giuseppe Sappa. (2017). Groundwater: a matter of quality and quantity in Limpopo National Park. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Biganzoli, Laura, Anna Rachelle Mislang, Samantha Di Donato, et al.. (2017). Screening for Frailty in Older Patients With Early-Stage Solid Tumors: A Prospective Longitudinal Evaluation of Three Different Geriatric Tools. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 72(7). 922–928. 26 indexed citations

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Vitale, Stefania, Maurizio Barbieri, & Giuseppe Sappa. (2016). Groundwater quality characterization to protect biodiversity in SADC region (Southern African Development Community). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Donato, Samantha Di, Anna Rachelle Mislang, Alessia Vignoli, et al.. (2016). Serum metabolomic as biomarkers to differentiate early from metastatic disease in elderly colorectal cancer (crc) patients. Annals of Oncology. 27. iv45–iv45. 1 indexed citations

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Vitale, Stefania, et al.. (2015). Filling station short-range impact on the surrounding area: A novel methodology for environmental monitoring based on the shadows study. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 4. 210–217. 2 indexed citations

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