Valeria Specchia

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Valeria Specchia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Valeria Specchia has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Valeria Specchia's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (13 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (12 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). Valeria Specchia is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (13 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (12 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (10 papers). Valeria Specchia collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Morocco and France. Valeria Specchia's co-authors include Maria Pia Bozzetti, Antonio Rosato, Giovanni Sorrentino, Giannino Del Sal, Miguel Mano, Silvano Piazza, Roberta Sommaggio, Sirio Dupont, Andrea Manfrin and Stefano Piccolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Valeria Specchia

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway

2014 620 citations Giovanni Sorrentino, Valeria Specchia et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Investigating invasion patterns of Callinectes sapidus and the relation with research effort and climate change in the Mediterranean Sea 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Valeria Specchia, Maurizio Pinna	0
2	Assessing Fish Populations Through Length–Weight Relationships and Condition Factors in Three Lakes of Nigeria 2025 ·Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Franca Sangiorgio, (unknown), Valeria Specchia, (unknown), (unknown), Ilaria Rosati, Alberto Basset, Maurizio Pinna	2
3	Assessing benthic macroinvertebrate communities’ spatial heterogeneity in Mediterranean transitional waters through eDNA metabarcoding 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Maurizio Pinna, (unknown), Valeria Specchia	5
4	Biodiversity Patterns and DNA Barcode Gap Analysis of COI in Coastal Lagoons of Albania 2024 ·Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Valeria Specchia, Franca Sangiorgio, (unknown), (unknown), Alberto Basset, Maurizio Pinna	0
5	Valorization of Waste from Argan Seeds for Polyhydroxybutyrate Production Using Bacterial Strains Isolated from Argan Soils 2023 ·Polymers ·(unknown), Valeria Specchia, Mariaenrica Frigione	2
6	A Novel Sphingomonas sp. Isolated from Argan Soil for the Polyhydroxybutyrate Production from Argan Seeds Waste 2023 ·Polymers ·(unknown), Benedetta Saccomanno, Valeria Specchia, Mariaenrica Frigione	6
7	Expression of Transposable Elements in the Brain of the Drosophila melanogaster Model for Fragile X Syndrome 2023 ·Genes ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Valeria Specchia, Maria Pia Bozzetti	1
8	Building a transnational biodiversity geo-database of the protected areas in the Adriatic-Ionian Macro-Region: approaches and results from the IMPRECO Project 2021 ·ZooKeys ·(unknown), (unknown), Valeria Specchia, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ante Žuljević, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eleni Hatziyanni, (unknown), Maurizio Pinna	6
9	Isolation of Two Bacterial Species from Argan Soil in Morocco Associated with Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Accumulation: Current Potential and Future Prospects for the Bio-Based Polymer Production 2021 ·Polymers ·(unknown), Valeria Specchia, Mariaenrica Frigione	11
10	Targeted whole exome sequencing and Drosophila modelling to unveil the molecular basis of primary ovarian insufficiency 2021 ·Human Reproduction ·(unknown), Caterina Barbieri, (unknown), Valeria Specchia, Svetlana A. Yatsenko, (unknown), (unknown), Davide Gentilini, M. Crippa, Lidia Larizza, Anna Marozzi, Aleksandar Rajkovic, Daniela Toniolo, Maria Pia Bozzetti, Palma Finelli	12
11	A new extralimital sighting of Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) in the Aquatina di Frigole NATURA 2000 site (IT9150003) beach (Salento peninsula, Apulia Region, Italy) after two decades: strategies for conservation are needed 2020 ·ZooKeys ·(unknown), (unknown), Valeria Specchia, (unknown), Maurizio Pinna	9
12	Drosophila melanogaster as a Model to Study the Multiple Phenotypes, Related to Genome Stability of the Fragile-X Syndrome 2019 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·Valeria Specchia, (unknown), (unknown), Serafina Massari, Angela Giangrande, Maria Pia Bozzetti	21
13	The RNA Helicase BELLE Is Involved in Circadian Rhythmicity and in Transposons Regulation in Drosophila melanogaster 2019 ·Frontiers in Physiology ·Paola Cusumano, Milena Damulewicz, Elena Carbognin, (unknown), (unknown), Valeria Specchia, Maria Pia Bozzetti, Rodolfo Costa, G. Mazzotta	7
14	Mechanism of translation control of the alternative Drosophila melanogaster Voltage Dependent Anion-selective Channel 1 mRNAs 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Loredana Leggio, Francesca Guarino, Andrea Magrì, (unknown), Simona Reina, Valeria Specchia, Fabrizio Damiano, Marianna Flora Tomasello, Massimo Tommasino, Angela Messina	15
15	dFmr1 Plays Roles in Small RNA Pathways of Drosophila melanogaster 2017 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Valeria Specchia, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Pia Bozzetti	12
16	The Drosophila fragile X mental retardation protein participates in the piRNA pathway 2015 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Maria Pia Bozzetti, Valeria Specchia, Pierre B. Cattenoz, Pietro Laneve, (unknown), (unknown), Silvia Di Tommaso, (unknown), Serafina Massari, (unknown), Angela Giangrande	22
17	Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway breakdown → 2014 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Giovanni Sorrentino, (unknown), Valeria Specchia, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Miguel Mano, Sirio Dupont, Andrea Manfrin, (unknown), Roberta Sommaggio, Silvano Piazza, Antonio Rosato, Stefano Piccolo, Giannino Del Sal	620
18	Transposons, environmental changes, and heritable induced phenotypic variability 2014 ·Chromosoma ·Lucia Piacentini, Laura Fanti, Valeria Specchia, Maria Pia Bozzetti, Maria Berloco, G. Palumbo, Sergio Pimpinelli	70
19	Differentauberginealleles confirm the specificity of different RNAi pathways inDrosophila melanogaster 2009 ·Fly ·Valeria Specchia, Maria Pia Bozzetti	5
20	Structure, Regulation and Evolution of the Crystal–Stellate System of Drosophila 2003 ·Genetica ·Patrizia Tritto, Valeria Specchia, Laura Fanti, Maria Berloco, Rosalba D’Alessandro, Sergio Pimpinelli, Gioacchino Palumbo, Maria Pia Bozzetti	22

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