Veronica Ferrari

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 852 citations indexed

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Veronica Ferrari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Veronica Ferrari has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 852 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Neurology and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Veronica Ferrari's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (10 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (9 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (8 papers). Veronica Ferrari is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (10 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (9 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (8 papers). Veronica Ferrari collaborates with scholars based in Italy and United States. Veronica Ferrari's co-authors include P. Rusmini, B. Tedesco, V. Crippa, Riccardo Cristofani, M. Galbiati, Angelo Poletti, Margherita Piccolella, Elio Messi, M.E. Cicardi and M. Meroni and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Veronica Ferrari

28 papers receiving 848 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.

Trehalose induces autophagy via lysosomal-mediated TFEB activation in models of motoneuron degeneration

2018 319 citations P. Rusmini, Katia Cortese et al. Autophagy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Veronica Ferrari Italy	15	390	288	248	204	134	30	852
M. Meroni Italy	10	382 1.0×	315 1.1×	245 1.0×	223 1.1×	146 1.1×	14	784
Yasushi Takehisa Japan	19	359 0.9×	153 0.5×	500 2.0×	64 0.3×	260 1.9×	35	1.0k
Federica Lombardi Italy	8	179 0.5×	191 0.7×	166 0.7×	85 0.4×	246 1.8×	10	633
Kelvin K. Hui Japan	12	293 0.8×	315 1.1×	103 0.4×	123 0.6×	90 0.7×	21	767
Ekaterina Zakharova Russia	16	311 0.8×	145 0.5×	217 0.9×	164 0.8×	93 0.7×	128	962
Stefania Zampieri Italy	19	267 0.7×	126 0.4×	164 0.7×	183 0.9×	53 0.4×	34	867
Mercédes Pineda Spain	18	499 1.3×	127 0.4×	70 0.3×	82 0.4×	149 1.1×	29	1.0k
Nicolina Cristina Sorrentino Italy	13	205 0.5×	212 0.7×	50 0.2×	197 1.0×	46 0.3×	20	630
Davor Ivankovic United Kingdom	5	510 1.3×	250 0.9×	69 0.3×	133 0.7×	99 0.7×	5	729
Michelle Rothaug Germany	8	174 0.4×	101 0.4×	139 0.6×	127 0.6×	67 0.5×	8	670

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ferrari, Veronica, Federica Santoro, Michela Bosetti, et al.. (2025). Design, synthesis and characterization of aryl bis-guanyl hydrazones as RNA binders of C9orf72 G4C2 extended repeats. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 293. 117736–117736.

Tedesco, B., Veronica Ferrari, Marta Chierichetti, et al.. (2025). One gene, many phenotypes: the role of KIF5A in neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases. Cell Communication and Signaling. 23(1). 287–287.

Cristofani, Riccardo, B. Tedesco, Veronica Ferrari, et al.. (2025). Targeting androgen receptor stability and degradation: approaches for developing a therapy for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. Cell Communication and Signaling. 23(1). 344–344. 1 indexed citations

Ferrari, Veronica, B. Tedesco, Marta Chierichetti, et al.. (2024). Lysosome quality control in health and neurodegenerative diseases. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 29(1). 116–116. 10 indexed citations

Ferrari, Veronica, Riccardo Cristofani, B. Tedesco, et al.. (2022). Valosin Containing Protein (VCP): A Multistep Regulator of Autophagy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(4). 1939–1939. 25 indexed citations

Casarotto, Elena, Daisy Sproviero, Maria Cristina Gagliani, et al.. (2022). Neurodegenerative Disease-Associated TDP-43 Fragments Are Extracellularly Secreted with CASA Complex Proteins. Cells. 11(3). 516–516. 17 indexed citations

Tedesco, B., Veronica Ferrari, Marta Chierichetti, et al.. (2022). The Role of Small Heat Shock Proteins in Protein Misfolding Associated Motoneuron Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(19). 11759–11759. 12 indexed citations

Ferrari, Veronica, et al.. (2022). Autophagy Dysfunction in ALS: from Transport to Protein Degradation. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 72(7). 1456–1481. 20 indexed citations

Tedesco, B., Riccardo Cristofani, Veronica Ferrari, et al.. (2022). Insights on Human Small Heat Shock Proteins and Their Alterations in Diseases. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9. 842149–842149. 46 indexed citations

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Chierichetti, Marta, Mauro Cerretani, V. Crippa, et al.. (2022). Identification of HSPB8 modulators counteracting misfolded protein accumulation in neurodegenerative diseases. Life Sciences. 322. 121323–121323. 9 indexed citations

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Rusmini, P., Riccardo Cristofani, B. Tedesco, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Clearance of Neurotoxic Misfolded Proteins by the Natural Compound Berberine and Its Derivatives. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(10). 3443–3443. 12 indexed citations

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Galbiati, M., V. Crippa, P. Rusmini, et al.. (2020). Multiple Roles of Transforming Growth Factor Beta in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(12). 4291–4291. 32 indexed citations

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Meroni, M., V. Crippa, Riccardo Cristofani, et al.. (2019). Transforming growth factor beta 1 signaling is altered in the spinal cord and muscle of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice and patients. Neurobiology of Aging. 82. 48–59. 14 indexed citations

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Cicardi, M.E., Riccardo Cristofani, V. Crippa, et al.. (2019). Autophagic and Proteasomal Mediated Removal of Mutant Androgen Receptor in Muscle Models of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 10. 569–569. 20 indexed citations

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Rusmini, P., Katia Cortese, V. Crippa, et al.. (2018). Trehalose induces autophagy via lysosomal-mediated TFEB activation in models of motoneuron degeneration. Autophagy. 15(4). 631–651. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cicardi, M.E., Riccardo Cristofani, P. Rusmini, et al.. (2018). Tdp-25 Routing to Autophagy and Proteasome Ameliorates its Aggregation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Target Cells. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12390–12390. 49 indexed citations

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Rusmini, P., Riccardo Cristofani, M. Galbiati, et al.. (2017). The Role of the Heat Shock Protein B8 (HSPB8) in Motoneuron Diseases. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 10. 176–176. 58 indexed citations

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Mauri, Massimo Carlo, et al.. (2006). Hallucinatory disorder: Preliminary data for a clinical diagnostic proposal. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 11(5). 480–492. 2 indexed citations

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Mauri, Massimo Carlo, et al.. (2005). Patterns of clinical use of antipsychotics in hospitalized psychiatric patients. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 29(6). 957–963. 14 indexed citations

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Ruggiero, Giovanni Maria, et al.. (2001). A single blind comparison of amisulpride, fluoxetine and clomipramine in the treatment of restricting anorectics. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 25(5). 1049–1059. 48 indexed citations

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