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Alessandro Weisz

Alessandro Weisz

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
12271
World Ranking
13160
National Ranking
394

Alessandro Weisz publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandro Weisz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 349 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alessandro Weisz D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandro Weisz sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessandro Weisz is affiliated with the University of Salerno in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Molecular Biology and Cancer Research.

Their recent publications demonstrate a diverse range of study areas:

  • Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mouse Models Show Different Functional, Cellular and Molecular Patterns of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy (2023) - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Atrial myxomas arise from multipotent cardiac stem cells (2020) - European Heart Journal
  • Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and neonatal gut bacterial colonization are associated with cognitive development and gut microbiota composition in pre-school-age offspring (2021) - Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Insights into the Role of Estrogen Receptor β in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (2020) - Cancers
  • A ZFYVE19 gene mutation associated with neonatal cholestasis and cilia dysfunction: case report with a novel pathogenic variant (2021) - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

The topics that characterize their body of work include:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequent collaborators of Alessandro Weisz include:

  • Giorgio Giurato
  • Francesca Rizzo
  • Giovanni Nassa
  • Roberta Tarallo
  • Annamaria Salvati

Their publications have appeared in a variety of venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Cancer Research
  • Scientific Data
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Communications Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Tumor-selective action of HDAC inhibitors involves TRAIL induction in acute myeloid leukemia cells.

    Angela Nebbioso;Nicole Clarke;Emilie Voltz;Emmanuelle Germain

  • Hypoxia response element of the human vascular endothelial growth factor gene mediates transcriptional regulation by nitric oxide: control of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 activity by nitric oxide.

    Hideo Kimura;Alessandro Weisz;Yukiko Kurashima;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • The RNA-Binding Protein SYNCRIP Is a Component of the Hepatocyte Exosomal Machinery Controlling MicroRNA Sorting.

    Laura Santangelo;Giorgio Giurato;Carla Cicchini;Claudia Montaldo

  • 17beta-Estradiol induces cyclin D1 gene transcription, p36D1-p34cdk4 complex activation and p105Rb phosphorylation during mitogenic stimulation of G(1)-arrested human breast cancer cells.

    Lucia Altucci;R Addeo;L Cicatiello;S Dauvois

  • Identification of an estrogen response element upstream of the human c-fos gene that binds the estrogen receptor and the AP-1 transcription factor.

    Alessandro Weisz;Ricardo Rosales

  • Identification of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 ancillary sequence and its function in vascular endothelial growth factor gene induction by hypoxia and nitric oxide.

    Hideo Kimura;Alessandro Weisz;Tsutomu Ogura;Yoshiaki Hitomi

  • Regulation of the mouse inducible-type nitric oxide synthase gene promoter by interferon-gamma, bacterial lipopolysaccharide and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine.

    Alessandro Weisz;Luigi Cicatiello;Hiroyasu Esumi

  • Estrogen induces expression of c-fos and c-myc protooncogenes in rat uterus.

    Alessandro Weisz;Francesco Bresciani

  • Dual mechanism for the control of inducible-type NO synthase gene expression in macrophages during activation by interferon-gamma and bacterial lipopolysaccharide. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation

    A Weisz;S Oguchi;L Cicatiello;H Esumi

  • Estrogens and Progesterone Promote Persistent CCND1 Gene Activation during G1 by Inducing Transcriptional Derepression via c-Jun/c-Fos/Estrogen Receptor (Progesterone Receptor) Complex Assembly to a Distal Regulatory Element and Recruitment of Cyclin D1 to Its Own Gene Promoter

    Luigi Cicatiello;Raffaele Addeo;Annarita Sasso;Lucia Altucci

  • Global analysis of estrogen receptor beta binding to breast cancer cell genome reveals an extensive interplay with estrogen receptor alpha for target gene regulation

    Oli M V Grober;Margherita Mutarelli;Giorgio Giurato;Maria Ravo;Maria Ravo

  • Estrogen Stimulates Transcription of c-jun Protooncogene

    Alessandro Weisz;Luigi Cicatiello;Eliana Persico;Marilina Scalona

  • Estrogen Receptor α Controls a Gene Network in Luminal-Like Breast Cancer Cells Comprising Multiple Transcription Factors and MicroRNAs

    Luigi Cicatiello;Margherita Mutarelli;Oli M.V. Grober;Ornella Paris

  • Distinct nongenomic signal transduction pathways controlled by 17β-estradiol regulate DNA synthesis and cyclin D1 gene transcription in HepG2 cells

    Maria Marino;Filippo Acconcia;Francesco Bresciani;Alessandro Weisz

  • Role of parathyroid hormone in the glucose intolerance of chronic renal failure.

    M. Akmal;S. G. Massry;D. A. Goldstein;P. Fanti

  • Estradiol and progesterone receptors in malignant gastrointestinal tumors

    Vincenzo Sica;Ernesto Nola;Enrico Contieri;Rodolfo Bova

  • RNA sequencing identifies specific PIWI-interacting small non- coding RNA expression patterns in breast cancer

    Adnan Hashim;Francesca Rizzo;Giovanna Marchese;Maria Ravo

  • Signaling Networks Associated with AKT Activation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): New Insights on the Role of Phosphatydil-Inositol-3 kinase

    Marianna Scrima;Carmela De Marco;Fernanda Fabiani;Renato Franco

  • Estrogen regulation of proto-oncogenes coding for nuclear proteins

    A Weisz;F Bresciani

  • Regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression by insulin-like growth factor-I in endometrial adenocarcinoma cells.

    Laurent Bermont;Frédérique Lamielle;Sylvie Fauconnet;Hiroyasu Esumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Altucci
Lucia Altucci University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Hiroyasu Esumi
Hiroyasu Esumi Tokyo University of Science
Giuseppe Viglietto
Giuseppe Viglietto Magna Graecia University
Amedeo Columbano
Amedeo Columbano University of Cagliari
Giangennaro Coppola
Giangennaro Coppola University of Salerno
Riccardo Dolcetti
Riccardo Dolcetti Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Raffaele A. Calogero
Raffaele A. Calogero University of Turin
Gerardo Botti
Gerardo Botti Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Hideo Kimura
Hideo Kimura University of Tokyo
Roberto Mantovani
Roberto Mantovani University of Milan

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