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Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
26507
World Ranking
14138
National Ranking
1109

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna 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 Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 110 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna 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 Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna 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: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions within the subfields of Molecular Biology, Physiology, Immunology, Aging, and Oncology.

The core topics in their work include:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna has coauthored extensively with several researchers. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Francesca Rossiello
  • Ubaldo Gioia
  • Fabio Iannelli
  • Matteo Cabrini
  • Claudio Tripodo

Their research has appeared across a variety of scientific publication venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Nature Cell Biology

Among their recent scholarly articles are:

  • "Cellular senescence in ageing: from mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities," 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases," 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Guidelines for minimal information on cellular senescence experimentation in vivo," 2024, Cell
  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection induces DNA damage, through CHK1 degradation and impaired 53BP1 recruitment, and cellular senescence," 2023, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Tissue fluidification promotes a cGAS-STING cytosolic DNA response in invasive breast cancer," 2022, Nature Materials

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna is recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Cellular senescence: when bad things happen to good cells

    Judith Campisi;Judith Campisi;Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna

  • A DNA damage checkpoint response in telomere-initiated senescence

    Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna;Philip M. Reaper;Lorena Clay-Farrace;Heike Fiegler

  • Oncogene-induced senescence is a DNA damage response triggered by DNA hyper-replication

    Raffaella Di Micco;Marzia Fumagalli;Angelo Cicalese;Sara Piccinin

  • Chemokine Signaling via the CXCR2 Receptor Reinforces Senescence

    Juan C. Acosta;Ana O'Loghlen;Ana Banito;Maria V. Guijarro

  • Cellular senescence in ageing: from mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

    Raffaella Di Micco;Valery Krizhanovsky;Darren Baker;Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna

  • Living on a break: cellular senescence as a DNA-damage response.

    Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna

  • Telomeric DNA damage is irreparable and causes persistent DNA-damage-response activation

    Marzia Fumagalli;Francesca Rossiello;Michela Clerici;Sara Barozzi

  • Site-specific DICER and DROSHA RNA products control the DNA-damage response

    Sofia Francia;Flavia Michelini;Alka Saxena;Dave Tang

  • Damage-induced lncRNAs control the DNA damage response through interaction with DDRNAs at individual double-strand breaks

    Flavia Michelini;Sethuramasundaram Pitchiaya;Valerio Vitelli;Sheetal Sharma

  • Identification of a DNA Nonhomologous End-Joining Complex in Bacteria

    Geoffrey R. Weller;Boris Kysela;Rajat Roy;Louise M. Tonkin

  • Interplay between oncogene-induced DNA damage response and heterochromatin in senescence and cancer

    Raffaella Di Micco;Gabriele Sulli;Miryana Dobreva;Michalis Liontos

  • Effects of DNA nonhomologous end-joining factors on telomere length and chromosomal stability in mammalian cells

    Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna;M.Prakash Hande;Wei-Min Tong;David Roth

  • Functional links between telomeres and proteins of the DNA-damage response

    Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna;Soo-Hwang Teo;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Correction: Corrigendum: DNA damage response inhibition at dysfunctional telomeres by modulation of telomeric DNA damage response RNAs

    Francesca Rossiello;Julio Aguado;Sara Sepe;Fabio Iannelli

  • Crosstalk between chromatin state and DNA damage response in cellular senescence and cancer

    Gabriele Sulli;Raffaella Di Micco;Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna

  • Functional transcription promoters at DNA double-strand breaks mediate RNA-driven phase separation of damage response factors

    Fabio Pessina;Fabio Giavazzi;Yandong Yin;Ubaldo Gioia

  • Oncogene‐induced telomere dysfunction enforces cellular senescence in human cancer precursor lesions

    Anitha Suram;Jessica Kaplunov;Priyanka L Patel;Haihe Ruan

  • Interaction of HIV-1 Tat Protein with Heparin: ROLE OF THE BACKBONE STRUCTURE, SULFATION, AND SIZE

    Marco Rusnati;Daniela Coltrini;Pasqua Oreste;Giorgio Zoppetti

  • BRCA2 controls DNA:RNA hybrid level at DSBs by mediating RNase H2 recruitment

    Giuseppina D’Alessandro;Donna Rose Whelan;Sean Michael Howard;Valerio Vitelli

  • Erratum: Telomeric DNA damage is irreparable and causes persistent DNA-damage-response activation (Nature Cell Biology (2012) 14 (355-365))

    Marzia Fumagalli;Francesca Rossiello;Michela Clerici;Sara Barozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Jackson
Stephen P. Jackson University of Cambridge
Maria Pia Longhese
Maria Pia Longhese University of Milano-Bicocca
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci European Institute of Oncology
M. Prakash Hande
M. Prakash Hande National University of Singapore
Mats Ljungman
Mats Ljungman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Luisa Lanfrancone
Luisa Lanfrancone European Institute of Oncology
Judith Campisi
Judith Campisi Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Aidan J. Doherty
Aidan J. Doherty University of Sussex

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