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Francesca Turroni

Francesca Turroni

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
75
Citations
21012
World Ranking
1494
National Ranking
39

Francesca Turroni publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 218 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Francesca Turroni D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francesca Turroni is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy and has a research focus primarily spanning the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work engages deeply with subfields such as Molecular Biology, Food Science, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Microbiology.

Throughout their career, Francesca Turroni has contributed substantially to research topics including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Probiotics and fermented foods
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Infant nutrition and health
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Their frequent co-authors demonstrate a strong collaborative network and include:

  • Marco Ventura
  • Christian Milani
  • Leonardo Mancabelli
  • Gabriele Andrea Lugli
  • Chiara Tarracchini

Francesca Turroni's publications have appeared predominantly in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Microbiome Research Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology, and Environmental Microbiology.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesca Turroni include:

  • "Bifidobacterium adolescentis as a key member of the human gut microbiota in the production of GABA" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "The infant gut microbiome as a microbial organ influencing host well-being" (2020, The Italian Journal of Pediatrics)
  • "Insights into endogenous Bifidobacterium species in the human gut microbiota during adulthood" (2022, Trends in Microbiology)
  • "Unraveling the Microbiome of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Insights in Novel Microbial and Metabolomic Biomarkers" (2021, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • "METAnnotatorX2: a Comprehensive Tool for Deep and Shallow Metagenomic Data Set Analyses" (2021, mSystems)

Best Publications

  • The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota

    Christian Milani;Sabrina Duranti;Francesca Bottacini;Eoghan Casey

  • Mother-to-Infant Microbial Transmission from Different Body Sites Shapes the Developing Infant Gut Microbiome.

    Pamela Ferretti;Edoardo Pasolli;Adrian Tett;Francesco Asnicar

  • Stress Physiology of Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Konstantinos Papadimitriou;Ángel Alegría;Peter A Bron;Maria de Angelis

  • Diversity of Bifidobacteria within the Infant Gut Microbiota

    Francesca Turroni;Francesca Turroni;Clelia Peano;Daniel A. Pass;Elena Foroni

  • Intestinal Dysbiosis Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Arancha Hevia;Christian Milani;Patricia López;Adriana Cuervo

  • Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics.

    Marco Ventura;Sarah Josephine O'Flaherty;Marcus J. Claesson;Francesca Turroni

  • Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging

    Francesca Turroni;Francesca Bottacini;Elena Foroni;Imke Mulder

  • Exploring the Diversity of the Bifidobacterial Population in the Human Intestinal Tract

    Francesca Turroni;Elena Foroni;Paola Pizzetti;Vanessa Giubellini

  • Molecular dialogue between the human gut microbiota and the host: a Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium perspective

    Francesca Turroni;Marco Ventura;Ludovica F. Buttó;Sabrina Duranti

  • Assessing the Fecal Microbiota: An Optimized Ion Torrent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analysis Protocol

    Christian Milani;Arancha Hevia;Elena Foroni;Sabrina Duranti

  • Maternal inheritance of bifidobacterial communities and bifidophages in infants through vertical transmission

    Sabrina Duranti;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Leonardo Mancabelli;Federica Armanini

  • Bifidobacterium adolescentis as a key member of the human gut microbiota in the production of GABA.

    Sabrina Duranti;Lorena Ruiz;Lorena Ruiz;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Héctor Tames;Héctor Tames

  • Glycan Utilization and Cross-Feeding Activities by Bifidobacteria.

    Francesca Turroni;Christian Milani;Sabrina Duranti;Jennifer Mahony

  • Human gut microbiota and bifidobacteria: from composition to functionality.

    Francesca Turroni;Angela Ribbera;Elena Foroni;Douwe van Sinderen

  • Bifidobacteria exhibit social behavior through carbohydrate resource sharing in the gut.

    Christian Milani;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Sabrina Duranti;Francesca Turroni

  • Genomic encyclopedia of type strains of the genus Bifidobacterium.

    Christian Milani;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Sabrina Duranti;Francesca Turroni

  • Role of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium–host interactions

    Francesca Turroni;Fausta Serafini;Elena Foroni;Sabrina Duranti

  • Exploring vertical transmission of bifidobacteria from mother to child

    Christian Milani;Leonardo Mancabelli;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Sabrina Duranti

  • Ability of bifidobacteria to metabolize chitin-glucan and its impact on the gut microbiota.

    Giulia Alessandri;Christian Milani;Sabrina Duranti;Leonardo Mancabelli

  • Gut microbiota composition and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized elderly individuals: a metagenomic study

    Christian Milani;Andrea Ticinesi;Jacoline Gerritsen;Antonio Nouvenne

  • Identification of universal gut microbial biomarkers of common human intestinal diseases by meta-analysis.

    Leonardo Mancabelli;Christian Milani;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Francesca Turroni

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Ventura
Marco Ventura University of Parma
Douwe van Sinderen
Douwe van Sinderen University College Cork
Christian Milani
Christian Milani University of Parma
Sabrina Duranti
Sabrina Duranti University of Parma
Gabriele Andrea Lugli
Gabriele Andrea Lugli University of Parma
Leonardo Mancabelli
Leonardo Mancabelli University of Parma
Abelardo Margolles
Abelardo Margolles Spanish National Research Council
Borja Sánchez
Borja Sánchez Spanish National Research Council
Massimo Delledonne
Massimo Delledonne University of Verona
Mary O'Connell Motherway
Mary O'Connell Motherway University College Cork

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