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Francesca Ravera

Francesca Ravera

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
7176
World Ranking
14977
National Ranking
530

Francesca Ravera 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 Francesca Ravera sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 152 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesca Ravera 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 Francesca Ravera sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesca Ravera is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Medicine, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Food Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

Their research primarily revolves around Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Proteins in Food Systems, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, and Retinal and Macular Surgery.

Ravera has authored multiple papers, with notable publications including:

  • "Emulsification and emulsion stability: The role of the interfacial properties" (2020) in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Methods and models to investigate the physicochemical functionality of pulmonary surfactant" (2021) in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

They have also collaborated with frequent co-authors such as Libero Liggieri, Eva Santini, G. Loglio, R. Miller, and Eduardo Guzmán.

Key publication venues for Ravera's work include:

  • Colloids and Interfaces
  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Coatings

The body of work presents a sustained contribution to understanding the physicochemical properties and behaviors of emulsions and surfactants, extending to biomedical applications especially in respiratory medicine.

Best Publications

  • Emulsification and emulsion stability: The role of the interfacial properties.

    Francesca Ravera;Katarzyna Dziza;Eva Santini;Luigi Cristofolini

  • Effect of nanoparticles on the interfacial properties of liquid/liquid and liquid/air surface layers.

    Francesca Ravera;Eva Santini;Giuseppe Loglio;Michele Ferrari

  • Interfacial dilational rheology by oscillating bubble/drop methods

    Francesca Ravera;Giuseppe Loglio;Volodymyr I. Kovalchuk

  • Drop and bubble shape analysis as tool for dilational rheology studies of interfacial layers.

    G. Loglio;P. Pandolfini;R. Miller;A. V. Makievski

  • Influence of surface processes on the dilational visco-elasticity of surfactant solutions.

    Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Eva Santini;Libero Liggieri

  • Liquid–liquid interfacial properties of mixed nanoparticle–surfactant systems

    Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Libero Liggieri;Giuseppe Loglio

  • Wettability of silica nanoparticle–surfactant nanocomposite interfacial layers

    Armando Maestro;Eduardo Guzmán;Eva Santini;Francesca Ravera

  • A diffusion-based approach to mixed adsorption kinetics

    Libero Liggieri;Francesca Ravera;Alberto Passerone

  • Adsorption and partitioning of surfactants in liquid-liquid systems.

    Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Libero Liggieri

  • Interfacial rheology of Span 80 adsorbed layers at paraffin oil–water interface and correlation with the corresponding emulsion properties

    Eva Santini;Libero Liggieri;Linda Sacca;Daniele Clausse

  • Effect of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Nanoparticles on the Surface Pressure Response of DPPC Monolayers

    Eduardo Guzmán;Libero Liggieri;Eva Santini;Michele Ferrari

  • Sorption kinetics considered as a renormalized diffusion process

    Francesca Ravera;Libero Liggieri;Annie Steinchen

  • Adsorption kinetics of alkylphosphine oxides at water/hexane interface. 1. Pendant drop experiments

    M. Ferrari;L. Liggieri;F. Ravera;C. Amodio

  • DPPC–DOPC Langmuir monolayers modified by hydrophilic silica nanoparticles: Phase behaviour, structure and rheology

    Eduardo Guzmán;Libero Liggieri;Eva Santini;Michele Ferrari

  • Wide-frequency dilational rheology investigation of mixed silica nanoparticle–CTAB interfacial layers

    L. Liggieri;E. Santini;E. Guzmán;A. Maestro

  • Dynamic properties of mixed nanoparticle/surfactant adsorption layers

    P. A. Yazhgur;B. A. Noskov;L. Liggieri;S. Y. Lin

  • Adsorption Kinetics of Alkylphosphine Oxides at Water/Hexane Interface: 2. Theory of the Adsorption with Transport across the Interface in Finite Systems

    L. Liggieri;F. Ravera;M. Ferrari;A. Passerone

  • A surface rheological study of non-ionic surfactants at the water-air interface and the stability of the corresponding thin foam films

    Eva Santini;Francesca Ravera;Michele Ferrari;Cosima Stubenrauch

  • Mixed DPPC-cholesterol Langmuir monolayers in presence of hydrophilic silica nanoparticles.

    Eduardo Guzmán;Libero Liggieri;Eva Santini;Michele Ferrari

  • Measurement of the Partition Coefficient of Surfactants in Water/Oil Systems

    F. Ravera;M. Ferrari;L. Liggieri;R. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Libero Liggieri
Libero Liggieri University of Florence
Reinhard Miller
Reinhard Miller Max Planck Society
Jürgen Krägel
Jürgen Krägel Max Planck Society
Maria Teresa Buscaglia
Maria Teresa Buscaglia National Research Council (CNR)
Ramón G. Rubio
Ramón G. Rubio Complutense University of Madrid
Francisco Ortega
Francisco Ortega Complutense University of Madrid
John Ralston
John Ralston Adelaide University
Vincenzo Buscaglia
Vincenzo Buscaglia National Research Council (CNR)
V. B. Fainerman
V. B. Fainerman Chalmers University of Technology
A.W. Neumann
A.W. Neumann University of Toronto

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