Stefano Moro

15.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
354 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Stefano Moro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Moro has authored 354 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Molecular Biology, 109 papers in Organic Chemistry and 88 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Moro's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (88 papers), Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (87 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (67 papers). Stefano Moro is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (88 papers), Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (87 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (67 papers). Stefano Moro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Stefano Moro's co-authors include Giorgio Cozza, Kenneth A. Jacobson, Santiago Vilar, Veronica Salmaso, Giampiero Spalluto, Valeria Conte, Mattia Sturlese, Fulvio Di Furia, Giuseppe Zagotto and Lorenzo A. Pinna and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Moro

350 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

Medicinal Chemistry and the Molecular Operating Environment (MOE): Application of QSAR and Molecular Docking to Drug Discovery

2008 880 citations Stefano Moro et al. profile →
Bridging Molecular Docking to Molecular Dynamics in Exploring Ligand-Protein Recognition Process: An Overview

2018 460 citations Veronica Salmaso, Stefano Moro profile →
Ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin attenuate microglia inflammatory response via TLR4/NF-kB pathway

2019 408 citations Stefano Moro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Moro Italy	56	7.4k	3.6k	2.2k	1.8k	1.2k	354	12.7k
Stefan Laufer Germany	62	6.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	191 0.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	469	15.2k
Timothy L. Macdonald United States	56	5.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	730 0.3×	270 0.2×	692 0.6×	199	9.6k
Andrea Mattevi Italy	69	10.0k 1.4×	2.3k 0.6×	239 0.1×	633 0.4×	345 0.3×	236	15.4k
Pier Giovanni Baraldi Italy	58	4.9k 0.7×	5.8k 1.6×	3.7k 1.7×	271 0.2×	710 0.6×	319	11.1k
Kennan C. Marsh United States	47	4.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	475 0.2×	428 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	178	9.7k
Alan P. Kozikowski United States	76	12.4k 1.7×	9.1k 2.5×	295 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	3.1k 2.6×	567	23.3k
Wolfgang Sippl Germany	57	6.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	584 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	303	10.3k
Jeremy R. Greenwood United States	27	6.8k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	138 0.1×	3.2k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	67	12.1k
Eliezer J. Barreiro Brazil	46	3.5k 0.5×	6.8k 1.9×	158 0.1×	925 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	364	11.4k
Dawei Ma China	74	5.8k 0.8×	17.1k 4.7×	265 0.1×	466 0.3×	725 0.6×	416	22.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Moro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Moro

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Pavan, Matteo, et al.. (2025). Thermal Titration Molecular Dynamics: The Revenge of the Fragments. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(3). 1492–1513. 1 indexed citations

Deganutti, Giuseppe, et al.. (2025). Hidden GPCR structural transitions addressed by multiple walker supervised molecular dynamics (mwSuMD). eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Bianchi, Nicoletta, et al.. (2024). TumFlow: An AI Model for Predicting New Anticancer Molecules. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 6186–6186. 2 indexed citations

Deganutti, Giuseppe, et al.. (2024). Hidden GPCR structural transitions addressed by multiple walker supervised molecular dynamics (mwSuMD). eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Pavan, Matteo, et al.. (2023). Targeting the I7L Protease: A Rational Design for Anti-Monkeypox Drugs?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(8). 7119–7119. 10 indexed citations

Spinaci, Andrea, Michela Buccioni, Daniela Catarzi, et al.. (2023). “Dual Anta-Inhibitors” of the A2A Adenosine Receptor and Casein Kinase CK1delta: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling Studies. Pharmaceuticals. 16(2). 167–167. 9 indexed citations

Pavan, Matteo, et al.. (2023). Thermal titration molecular dynamics (TTMD): shedding light on the stability of RNA-small molecule complexes. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 10. 1294543–1294543. 7 indexed citations

Celegato, Marta, Mattia Sturlese, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, et al.. (2023). Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Flaviviral NS3-NS5 Interaction with Broad-Spectrum Activity and Efficacy In Vivo. mBio. 14(1). e0309722–e0309722. 13 indexed citations

Bolcato, Giovanni, et al.. (2023). Drugging the Undruggable Trypanosoma brucei Monothiol Glutaredoxin 1. Molecules. 28(3). 1276–1276. 1 indexed citations

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Gianferrara, Teresa, Matteo Pavan, Davide Bassani, et al.. (2023). Are Two Riboses Better Than One? The Case of the Recognition and Activation of Adenosine Receptors. ChemMedChem. 18(14). e202300109–e202300109. 3 indexed citations

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Brischigliaro, Michele, Alfredo Cabrera‐Orefice, Mattia Sturlese, et al.. (2022). CG7630 is the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit COX7B. EMBO Reports. 23(8). e54825–e54825. 7 indexed citations

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Bissaro, Maicol, Giovanni Bolcato, Andrea Astolfi, et al.. (2019). Deciphering the Molecular Recognition Mechanism of Multidrug Resistance Staphylococcus aureus NorA Efflux Pump Using a Supervised Molecular Dynamics Approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(16). 4041–4041. 21 indexed citations

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Filippo, Elisabetta De, Sonja Hinz, Giuseppe Deganutti, et al.. (2019). A2A and A2B adenosine receptors: The extracellular loop 2 determines high (A2A) or low affinity (A2B) for adenosine. Biochemical Pharmacology. 172. 113718–113718. 30 indexed citations

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Barollo, Susi, Raffaele Pezzani, Marco Redaelli, et al.. (2013). Prevalence, Tumorigenic Role, and Biochemical Implications of Rare BRAF Alterations. Thyroid. 24(5). 809–819. 48 indexed citations

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Pozzi, Nicola, Laura Acquasaliente, Roberta Frasson, et al.. (2013). β2-Glycoprotein I binds to thrombin and selectively inhibits the enzyme procoagulant functions. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 11(6). 1093–1102. 32 indexed citations

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Floris, Matteo & Stefano Moro. (2011). Mimicking Peptides… In Silico. Molecular Informatics. 31(1). 12–20. 20 indexed citations

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Paoletta, Silvia, Stephanie Federico, Giampiero Spalluto, & Stefano Moro. (2010). Receptor-Driven Identification of Novel Human A3 Adenosine Receptor Antagonists as Potential Therapeutic Agents. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 485. 225–244. 7 indexed citations

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Moro, Stefano, et al.. (2010). Lessons from adoption of open source trouble ticket system in Turin Municipality to manage citizens' requests. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Soldaini, Elisabetta, et al.. (2000). DNA Binding Site Selection of Dimeric and Tetrameric Stat5 Proteins Reveals a Large Repertoire of Divergent Tetrameric Stat5a Binding Sites. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(1). 389–401. 157 indexed citations

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Fornasier, Roberto, Stefano Mammi, Franco Marcuzzi, M. Morandin, & Stefano Moro. (1997). Synthesis and computational study of a capped multifunctional supramolecular receptor: Heptakis-(6(A),6(C)-4,4'-dicarboxyamido-2,2'-dipyridyl)-6(A),6(C)-deoxy- 6(B),6(D),6(E),6(F),6(G)-pentamino-beta-cyclodextrin. Gazzetta chimica italiana. 127(2). 63–67. 1 indexed citations

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