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D-Index
34
Citations
3631
World Ranking
5484
National Ranking
211

Luca Espen publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luca Espen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 111 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Luca Espen D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luca Espen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 19th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Biostimulants on Crops: Their Impact under Abiotic Stress Conditions

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  • Proteomic analysis of somatic embryogenesis in Vitis vinifera.

    Milena Marsoni;Marcella Bracale;Luca Espen;Bhakti Prinsi

  • Hyperacidification of Vacuoles by the Combined Action of Two Different P-ATPases in the Tonoplast Determines Flower Color

    Marianna Faraco;Cornelis Spelt;Mattijs Bliek;Walter Verweij

  • Proteome changes in the skin of the grape cultivar Barbera among different stages of ripening

    Alfredo S Negri;Bhakti Prinsi;Mara Rossoni;Osvaldo Failla

  • Plasma membrane H+-ATPase-dependent citrate exudation from cluster roots of phosphate-deficient white lupin.

    Nicola Tomasi;Tobias Kretzschmar;Luca Espen;Laure Weisskopf

  • Iron deficiency differently affects metabolic responses in soybean roots

    Graziano Zocchi;Patrizia De Nisi;Marta Dell'Orto;Luca Espen

  • Peach fruit ripening: A proteomic comparative analysis of the mesocarp of two cultivars with different flesh firmness at two ripening stages

    Bhakti Prinsi;Alfredo Simone Negri;Chiara Fedeli;Silvia Morgutti

  • Insight into composition of bioactive phenolic compounds in leaves and flowers of green and purple basil

    Bhakti Prinsi;Silvia Morgutti;Noemi Negrini;Franco Faoro

  • Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments

    F. Meggio;B. Prinsi;A.S. Negri;G. Simone di Lorenzo

  • Proteomic characterization of iron deficiency responses in Cucumis sativus L. roots

    Silvia Donnini;Bhakti Prinsi;Alfredo S Negri;Gianpiero Vigani

  • Evaluation of protein pattern changes in roots and leaves of Zea mays plants in response to nitrate availability by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis

    Bhakti Prinsi;Alfredo S Negri;Paolo Pesaresi;Maurizio Cocucci

  • Nitrogen Uptake in Plants: The Plasma Membrane Root Transport Systems from a Physiological and Proteomic Perspective.

    Chiara Muratore;Luca Espen;Bhakti Prinsi

  • Combined 2D electrophoretic approaches for the study of white lupin mature seed storage proteome.

    Chiara Magni;Alessio Scarafoni;Anita Herndl;Fabio Sessa

  • Metabolic responses in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) roots under Fe-deficiency: a 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance in-vivo study.

    Luca Espen;Marta Dell'Orto;Patrizia De Nisi;Graziano Zocchi

  • Mineral nitrogen sources differently affect root glutamine synthetase isoforms and amino acid balance among organs in maize

    Bhakti Prinsi;Luca Espen

  • Lack of the Golgi phosphate transporter PHT4;6 causes strong developmental defects, constitutively activated disease resistance mechanisms and altered intracellular phosphate compartmentation in Arabidopsis.

    Sebastian Hassler;Lilia Lemke;Benjamin Jung;Torsten Möhlmann

  • Effects of Ni2+ during the early phases of radish (Raphanus sativus) seed germination

    Luca Espen;Livia Pirovano;Sergio M. Cocucci

  • Differentiation and functional connection of vascular elements in compatible and incompatible pear/quince internode micrografts

    Luca Espen;Maurizio Cocucci;Gian Attilio Sacchi

  • Root proteomic and metabolic analyses reveal specific responses to drought stress in differently tolerant grapevine rootstocks.

    Bhakti Prinsi;Alfredo Simone Negri;Osvaldo Failla;Attilio Scienza

  • On the role of ethylene, auxin and a GOLVEN-like peptide hormone in the regulation of peach ripening

    Alice Tadiello;Vanina Ziosi;Alfredo Simone Negri;Massimo Noferini

  • Growth, Peroxidase Activity and Cytological Modifications in Pisum sativum Seedlings Exposed to Ni2+ Toxicity

    R. Gabbrielli;T. Pandolfini;L. Espen;M.R. Palandri

  • Analysis of grape berry cell wall proteome: A comparative evaluation of extraction methods

    Alfredo Simone Negri;Bhakti Prinsi;Attilio Scienza;Silvia Morgutti

  • Comparative analysis of fruit aroma patterns in the domesticated wild strawberries “Profumata di Tortona” (F. moschata) and “Regina delle Valli” (F. vesca)

    Alfredo S. Negri;Domenico Allegra;Laura Simoni;Fabio Rusconi

  • Nitrogen Starvation and Nitrate or Ammonium Availability Differently Affect Phenolic Composition in Green and Purple Basil

    Bhakti Prinsi;Noemi Negrini;Silvia Morgutti;Luca Espen

  • The proteome of exudates from germinating Lupinus albus seeds is secreted through a selective dual-step process and contains proteins involved in plant defence

    Alessio Scarafoni;Alessandro Ronchi;Bhakti Prinsi;Luca Espen

  • Time-Course of Metabolic and Proteomic Responses to Different Nitrate/Ammonium Availabilities in Roots and Leaves of Maize

    Bhakti Prinsi;Luca Espen

  • Proteins involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses as the most significant biomarkers in the ripening of Pinot Noir skins

    Alfredo Simone Negri;Elisa Robotti;Bhakti Prinsi;Luca Espen

Frequent Co-Authors

Graziano Zocchi
Graziano Zocchi University of Milan
Zeno Varanini
Zeno Varanini University of Verona
Marcello Duranti
Marcello Duranti University of Milan
Roberto Pinton
Roberto Pinton University of Udine
Franco Faoro
Franco Faoro University of Milan
Chiara Tonelli
Chiara Tonelli University of Milan
Ronald Koes
Ronald Koes University of Amsterdam
Enrico Martinoia
Enrico Martinoia University of Zurich
Riccardo Velasco
Riccardo Velasco The Canadian Real Estate Association
Luigi Cattivelli
Luigi Cattivelli The Canadian Real Estate Association

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