Stefano Ughetto

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Stefano Ughetto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Ughetto has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cancer Research and 1 paper in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Ughetto's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (3 papers). Stefano Ughetto is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (3 papers). Stefano Ughetto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Portugal. Stefano Ughetto's co-authors include Xandra O. Breakefield, Killian P. O’Brien, Koen Breyne, Louise C. Laurent, Shadi Mahjoum, Anil V. Nair, Luís Pereira de Almeida, David Rufino‐Ramos, D. Cristopher Bragg and Sevda Lüle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Biomaterials and Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Ughetto

6 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

RNA delivery by extracellular vesicles in mammalian cells... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2022 400 800 1.2k
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. RNA delivery by extracellular vesicles in mammalian cells and its applications
    2020 1.3k citations Killian P. O’Brien, Koen Breyne et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  2. Uptake, functionality, and re-release of extracellular vesicle-encapsulated cargo
    2022 142 citations Killian P. O’Brien, Stefano Ughetto et al. Cell Reports 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 Ughetto United States 6 1.3k 712 184 148 63 6 1.5k
Killian P. O’Brien United States 6 1.5k 1.1× 859 1.2× 188 1.0× 161 1.1× 62 1.0× 9 1.7k
Loukia Touramanidou United Kingdom 2 1.2k 0.9× 601 0.8× 171 0.9× 107 0.7× 66 1.0× 3 1.3k
Helena Sork Estonia 12 1.6k 1.2× 811 1.1× 186 1.0× 204 1.4× 49 0.8× 14 1.7k
Dinuka Ariyaratne Australia 2 1.0k 0.8× 597 0.8× 156 0.8× 93 0.6× 62 1.0× 6 1.2k
Haidar Al Saffar Australia 6 1.2k 0.9× 647 0.9× 177 1.0× 101 0.7× 86 1.4× 9 1.3k
Giulia Corso Sweden 10 1.8k 1.3× 997 1.4× 198 1.1× 240 1.6× 62 1.0× 11 1.9k
Alanna Sedgwick United States 10 1.5k 1.1× 724 1.0× 265 1.4× 134 0.9× 100 1.6× 13 1.7k
Tek N. Lamichhane United States 19 1.8k 1.3× 768 1.1× 106 0.6× 138 0.9× 55 0.9× 21 1.9k
Kening Zhao Australia 6 1.2k 0.9× 608 0.9× 178 1.0× 102 0.7× 96 1.5× 8 1.4k
Ryan Kim United States 13 1.5k 1.1× 932 1.3× 230 1.3× 172 1.2× 78 1.2× 21 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Ughetto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Ughetto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stefano Ughetto. 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 Ughetto. The network helps show where Stefano Ughetto may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Ughetto

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Solinge, Thomas S. van, Shadi Mahjoum, Stefano Ughetto, et al.. (2023). Illuminating cellular and extracellular vesicle-mediated communication via a split-Nanoluc reporter in vitro and in vivo. Cell Reports Methods. 3(2). 100412–100412. 5 indexed citations
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Chiriaco, Cristina, Stefano Ughetto, Chiara Modica, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of CAR-T immunotherapy in MET overexpressing tumors not eligible for anti-MET targeted therapy. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 41(1). 309–309. 15 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Killian P., Stefano Ughetto, Shadi Mahjoum, Anil V. Nair, & Xandra O. Breakefield. (2022). Uptake, functionality, and re-release of extracellular vesicle-encapsulated cargo. Cell Reports. 39(2). 110651–110651. 142 indexed citations breakdown →
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Breyne, Koen, Stefano Ughetto, David Rufino‐Ramos, et al.. (2022). Exogenous loading of extracellular vesicles, virus-like particles, and lentiviral vectors with supercharged proteins. Communications Biology. 5(1). 485–485. 21 indexed citations
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Rufino‐Ramos, David, Sevda Lüle, Shadi Mahjoum, et al.. (2022). Using genetically modified extracellular vesicles as a non-invasive strategy to evaluate brain-specific cargo. Biomaterials. 281. 121366–121366. 29 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Killian P., Koen Breyne, Stefano Ughetto, Louise C. Laurent, & Xandra O. Breakefield. (2020). RNA delivery by extracellular vesicles in mammalian cells and its applications. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 21(10). 585–606. 1290 indexed citations breakdown →

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