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Elena Zocchi

Elena Zocchi

University of Genoa
Italy

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8024
World Ranking
16847
National Ranking
533

Elena Zocchi 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 Elena Zocchi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 152 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elena Zocchi 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 Elena Zocchi 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: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elena Zocchi is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research outputs are primarily concentrated in subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Plant Science, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Their work spans a range of topics including Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Sonia Spinelli, Laura Sturla, Mirko Magnone, Lucrezia Guida, and Mario Passalacqua. The scientist has published multiple papers in venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Nutrients, Preprints.org, UNC Libraries, and Scientific Reports.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Elena Zocchi include:

  • Abscisic Acid: A Conserved Hormone in Plants and Humans and a Promising Aid to Combat Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome (2020), Nutrients
  • Insulin-independent stimulation of skeletal muscle glucose uptake by low-dose abscisic acid via AMPK activation (2020), Scientific Reports
  • LANCL1 binds abscisic acid and stimulates glucose transport and mitochondrial respiration in muscle cells via the AMPK/PGC-1α/Sirt1 pathway (2021), Molecular Metabolism
  • CD38 downregulation modulates NAD+ and NADP(H) levels in thermogenic adipose tissues (2020), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • The ABA-LANCL1/2 Hormone-Receptors System Protects H9c2 Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia-Induced Mitochondrial Injury via an AMPK- and NO-Mediated Mechanism (2022), Cells

Best Publications

  • Connexin 43 hemichannels mediate Ca2+-regulated transmembrane NAD+ fluxes in intact cells

    Santina Bruzzone;Lucrezia Guida;Elena Zocchi;Luisa Franco

  • A Single Protein Immunologically Identified as CD38 Displays NAD+ Glycohydrolase, ADP-Ribosyl Cyclase and Cyclic ADP-Ribose Hydrolase Activities at the Outer Surface of Human Erythrocytes

    E. Zocchi;L. Franco;L. Guida;U. Benatti

  • Abscisic acid is an endogenous cytokine in human granulocytes with cyclic ADP-ribose as second messenger

    Santina Bruzzone;Iliana Moreschi;Cesare Usai;Lucrezia Guida

  • Autocrine and Paracrine Calcium Signaling by the CD38/NAD+/Cyclic ADP‐Ribose System

    Antonio De Flora;Elena Zocchi;Lucrezia Guida;Luisa Franco

  • Abscisic acid is an endogenous stimulator of insulin release from human pancreatic islets with cyclic ADP ribose as second messenger

    Santina Bruzzone;Nicoletta Bodrato;Cesare Usai;Lucrezia Guida

  • T-cell suppression mediated by mesenchymal stem cells is deficient in patients with severe aplastic anemia.

    Andrea Bacigalupo;Marisa Valle;Marina Podestà;Anna Pitto

  • The transmembrane glycoprotein CD38 is a catalytically active transporter responsible for generation and influx of the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose across membranes

    Luisa Franco;Lucrezia Guida;Santina Bruzzone;Elena Zocchi

  • Evidence of a role for cyclic ADP‐ribose in calcium signalling and neurotransmitter release in cultured astrocytes

    Claudia Verderio;Santina Bruzzone;Elena Zocchi;Ernesto Fedele

  • Extracellular NAD+ is an agonist of the human P2Y11 purinergic receptor in human granulocytes.

    Iliana Moreschi;Santina Bruzzone;Robert A. Nicholas;Floriana Fruscione

  • The temperature-signaling cascade in sponges involves a heat-gated cation channel, abscisic acid, and cyclic ADP-ribose

    Elena Zocchi;Armando Carpaneto;Carlo Cerrano;Giorgio Bavestrello

  • LANCL2 Is Necessary for Abscisic Acid Binding and Signaling in Human Granulocytes and in Rat Insulinoma Cells

    Laura Sturla;Chiara Fresia;Lucrezia Guida;Santina Bruzzone

  • Expression of CD38 Increases Intracellular Calcium Concentration and Reduces Doubling Time in HeLa and 3T3 Cells

    Elena Zocchi;Antonio Daga;Cesare Usai;Luisa Franco

  • A self-restricted CD38-connexin 43 cross-talk affects NAD+ and cyclic ADP-ribose metabolism and regulates intracellular calcium in 3T3 fibroblasts.

    Santina Bruzzone;Luisa Franco;Lucrezia Guida;Elena Zocchi

  • Paracrine roles of NAD+ and cyclic ADP-ribose in increasing intracellular calcium and enhancing cell proliferation of 3T3 fibroblasts.

    Luisa Franco;Elena Zocchi;Cesare Usai;Lucrezia Guida

  • Production and hydrolysis of cyclic ADP-ribose at the outer surface of human erythrocytes.

    Hon Cheung Lee;E. Zocchi;L. Guida;L. Franco

  • Ligand-induced internalization of CD38 results in intracellular Ca2+ mobilization: role of NAD+ transport across cell membranes

    Elena Zocchi;Cesare Usai;Lucrezia Guida;Luisa Franco

  • Abscisic acid released by human monocytes activates monocytes and vascular smooth muscle cell responses involved in atherogenesis.

    Mirko Magnone;Santina Bruzzone;Lucrezia Guida;Gianluca Damonte

  • ABA says NO to UV-B: a universal response?

    Vanesa Eleonora Tossi;Raul Oscar Cassia;Santina Bruzzone;Elena Zocchi

  • The CD38/cyclic ADP-ribose system: a topological paradox.

    Antonio De Flora;Lucrezia Guida;Luisa Franco;Elena Zocchi

  • Extracellular NAD+ regulates intracellular calcium levels and induces activation of human granulocytes

    Santina Bruzzone;Iliana Moreschi;Lucrezia Guida;Cesare Usai

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio De Flora
Antonio De Flora University of Genoa
Santina Bruzzone
Santina Bruzzone University of Genoa
Umberto Benatti
Umberto Benatti University of Genoa
Carlo Cerrano
Carlo Cerrano Marche Polytechnic University
Andrea Bacigalupo
Andrea Bacigalupo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Giorgio Bavestrello
Giorgio Bavestrello University of Genoa
Matthias U. Kassack
Matthias U. Kassack Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Lorenzo Lamattina
Lorenzo Lamattina National University of Mar del Plata
Claudia Verderio
Claudia Verderio University of Milan
Fabio Malavasi
Fabio Malavasi University of Turin

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