Stefano Piccolo

648 total citations · 2 hit papers
4 papers, 334 citations indexed

About

Stefano Piccolo is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Piccolo has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 334 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cell Biology, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Piccolo's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (4 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (2 papers) and interferon and immune responses (1 paper). Stefano Piccolo is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (4 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (2 papers) and interferon and immune responses (1 paper). Stefano Piccolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Singapore. Stefano Piccolo's co-authors include Tito Panciera, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Paolo Contessotto, Mattia Forcato, Marco Foiani, Francesca Zanconato, Giusy Battilana, Vincenza Guzzardo, Giovanna Brusatin and Alessandro Gandin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Piccolo

3 papers receiving 330 citations

Hit Papers

YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by cont... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2022 50 100 150
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. YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS–STING
    2022 184 citations Francesca Zanconato, Giusy Battilana et al. Nature profile →
  2. YAP/TAZ as master regulators in cancer: modulation, function and therapeutic approaches
    2022 145 citations Stefano Piccolo, Tito Panciera et al. Nature Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefano Piccolo Italy 3 189 187 65 39 25 4 334
Alexandra Surcel United States 10 206 1.1× 229 1.2× 64 1.0× 69 1.8× 59 2.4× 11 424
Daoming Chen China 5 88 0.5× 142 0.8× 97 1.5× 28 0.7× 23 0.9× 8 299
Byron C. Knowles United States 8 167 0.9× 148 0.8× 49 0.8× 51 1.3× 26 1.0× 11 355
Natsuko Okamoto Japan 4 162 0.9× 115 0.6× 40 0.6× 70 1.8× 38 1.5× 7 345
Fanny Jaulin France 11 227 1.2× 225 1.2× 24 0.4× 74 1.9× 22 0.9× 24 423
Ankit Dahal United States 7 128 0.7× 94 0.5× 69 1.1× 84 2.2× 20 0.8× 9 334
Dmitri Kharitidi Canada 7 194 1.0× 84 0.4× 36 0.6× 14 0.4× 22 0.9× 7 257
Elmer Stickel Netherlands 4 248 1.3× 128 0.7× 33 0.5× 48 1.2× 13 0.5× 5 341
Rebecca L. Daugherty United States 6 311 1.6× 109 0.6× 19 0.3× 30 0.8× 21 0.8× 9 420
Nesrin Sabha Canada 8 223 1.2× 87 0.5× 25 0.4× 19 0.5× 18 0.7× 12 303

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Piccolo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Piccolo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stefano Piccolo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stefano Piccolo. The network helps show where Stefano Piccolo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Piccolo

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

All Works

4 of 4 papers shown
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Citron, Anna, Paolo Contessotto, Alessandro Gandin, et al.. (2025). Microtubule architecture connects AMOT stability to YAP/TAZ mechanotransduction and Hippo signalling. Nature Cell Biology. 27(10). 1725–1738.
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Li, Qingsen, Raoul J.P. Bonnal, Fabio Iannelli, et al.. (2024). Mechanical stress during confined migration causes aberrant mitoses and c-MYC amplification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(29). e2404551121–e2404551121. 5 indexed citations
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Zanconato, Francesca, Giusy Battilana, Tito Panciera, et al.. (2022). YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS–STING. Nature. 607(7920). 790–798. 184 indexed citations breakdown →
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Piccolo, Stefano, Tito Panciera, Paolo Contessotto, & Michelangelo Cordenonsi. (2022). YAP/TAZ as master regulators in cancer: modulation, function and therapeutic approaches. Nature Cancer. 4(1). 9–26. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

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