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Fabio Polticelli

Fabio Polticelli

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6506
World Ranking
19410
National Ranking
620

Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
5900
World Ranking
17318
National Ranking
688

Fabio Polticelli publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fabio Polticelli sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 221 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Fabio Polticelli D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fabio Polticelli sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fabio Polticelli is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Their research also spans subfields such as Nutrition and Dietetics, Hematology, and Cell Biology.

They have published research addressing a variety of topics, including Trace Elements in Health, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, Iron Metabolism and Disorders, Hemoglobin Structure and Function, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, and Protein Structure and Dynamics.

Key publication venues for their work include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biomolecules, Molecules, and Frontiers in Chemistry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Polticelli are:

  • DockingApp RF: A State-of-the-Art Novel Scoring Function for Molecular Docking in a User-Friendly Interface to AutoDock Vina (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Mycobacterial and Human Nitrobindins: Structure and Function (2020, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling)
  • Antioxidant Capacity and NF-kB-Mediated Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Six Red Uruguayan Grape Pomaces (2023, Molecules)
  • Computational Methods for the Identification of Molecular Targets of Toxic Food Additives. Butylated Hydroxytoluene as a Case Study (2020, Molecules)
  • A computational study of the structure and function of human Zrt and Irt-like proteins metal transporters: An elevator-type transport mechanism predicted by AlphaFold2 (2022, Frontiers in Chemistry)

Polticelli frequently collaborates with a network of co-authors, which includes Andrea Pasquadibisceglie, Gabriele Macari, Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti, Giovanni Musci, and Virginia Quadrotta. Among these, Andrea Pasquadibisceglie has the highest number of collaborations.

Best Publications

  • AtCYS1, a cystatin from Arabidopsis thaliana, suppresses hypersensitive cell death

    Beatrice Belenghi;Filippo Acconcia;Maurizio Trovato;Michele Perazzolli

  • Cytochrome c: An extreme multifunctional protein with a key role in cell fate

    Roberto Santucci;Federica Sinibaldi;Paola Cozza;Fabio Polticelli

  • Heterologous Expression and Biochemical Characterization of a Polyamine Oxidase from Arabidopsis Involved in Polyamine Back Conversion

    Paraskevi Tavladoraki;Marianna Nicoletta Rossi;Giuseppe Saccuti;Miguel Angel Perez-Amador

  • DockingApp: a user friendly interface for facilitated docking simulations with AutoDock Vina

    Elena Di Muzio;Daniele Toti;Fabio Polticelli

  • Extended cardiolipin anchorage to cytochrome c : a model for protein–mitochondrial membrane binding

    Federica Sinibaldi;Barry D. Howes;Maria Cristina Piro;Fabio Polticelli

  • Identification of FDA-Approved Drugs as Antivirulence Agents Targeting the pqs Quorum-Sensing System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Francesca D'Angelo;Valerio Baldelli;Nigel Halliday;Paolo Pantalone

  • The Quorum-Sensing Negative Regulator RsaL of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Binds to the lasI Promoter

    Giordano Rampioni;Iris Bertani;Elisabetta Zennaro;Fabio Polticelli

  • Heterologous expression and characterization of mouse spermine oxidase.

    Manuela Cervelli;Fabio Polticelli;Rodolfo Federico;Paolo Mariottini

  • Human haptoglobin structure and function – a molecular modelling study

    Fabio Polticelli;A Bocedi;G Minervini;Paolo Ascenzi

  • Spermine oxidase: ten years after

    Manuela Cervelli;Roberto Amendola;Fabio Polticelli;Paolo Mariottini

  • Multiple functions of insulin-degrading enzyme: a metabolic crosslight?

    Grazia R. Tundo;Diego Sbardella;Chiara Ciaccio;Giuseppe Grasso

  • Mitochondrial type I nitric oxide synthase physically interacts with cytochrome c oxidase

    Tiziana Persichini;Valeria Mazzone;Fabio Polticelli;Sandra Moreno

  • Ceruloplasmin-ferroportin system of iron traffic in vertebrates.

    Giovanni Musci;Fabio Polticelli;Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti

  • Role of Lysines in Cytochrome c−Cardiolipin Interaction

    Federica Sinibaldi;Barry D. Howes;Enrica Droghetti;Fabio Polticelli

  • Evolutionary conservativeness of electric field in the Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase active site. Evidence for co-ordinated mutation of charged amino acid residues.

    Alessandro Desideri;Mattia Falconi;Fabio Polticelli;Martino Bolognesi

  • Re-evaluation of amino acid sequence and structural consensus rules for cysteine-nitric oxide reactivity.

    Paolo Ascenzi;Marco Colasanti;Tiziana Persichini;Massimo Muolo

  • Investigation of de novo totally random biosequences, Part II: On the folding frequency in a totally random library of de novo proteins obtained by phage display.

    Cristiano Chiarabelli;Jan W. Vrijbloed;Davide De Lucrezia;Richard M. Thomas

  • Inhibition of cysteine protease activity by NO-donors.

    Paolo Ascenzi;Luca Salvati;Martino Bolognesi;Marco Colasanti

  • A barley polyamine oxidase isoform with distinct structural features and subcellular localization

    Manuela Cervelli;Alessandra Cona;Riccardo Angelini;Fabio Polticelli

  • Peculiar spectroscopic and kinetic properties of Cys-47 in human placental glutathione transferase. Evidence for an atypical thiolate ion pair near the active site.

    M. Lo Bello;M.W. Parker;A. Desideri;F. Polticelli

  • Structure-based design of novel Chlamydomonas reinhardtii D1-D2 photosynthetic proteins for herbicide monitoring.

    Giuseppina Rea;Fabio Polticelli;Amina Antonacci;Viviana Scognamiglio

  • ATP acts as a regulatory effector in modulating structural transitions of cytochrome c: implications for apoptotic activity.

    Antonella Patriarca;Tommaso Eliseo;Federica Sinibaldi;Maria Cristina Piro

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Ascenzi
Paolo Ascenzi Roma Tre University
Alessandro Desideri
Alessandro Desideri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Martino Bolognesi
Martino Bolognesi University of Milan
Massimo Coletta
Massimo Coletta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Viviana Trezza
Viviana Trezza Roma Tre University
Giulietta Smulevich
Giulietta Smulevich University of Florence
Giuseppe Rotilio
Giuseppe Rotilio University of Rome Tor Vergata
Paolo Atzeni
Paolo Atzeni Roma Tre University
Mauro Fasano
Mauro Fasano University of Insubria

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