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Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
32276
World Ranking
4003
National Ranking
83

Lucia Altucci 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 Lucia Altucci sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 391 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lucia Altucci 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 Lucia Altucci 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: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Lucia Altucci is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a total of 287 and 189 publications respectively. Within these domains, Altucci has a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, and Physiology as specific subfields of study.

The scientist's major research topics encompass Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, RNA modifications and cancer, and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

Altucci's frequent co-authors include Angela Nebbioso (56 publications), Rosaria Benedetti (48 publications), Vincenzo Carafa (41 publications), Nunzio Del Gaudio (36 publications), and Ugo Chianese (31 publications).

Regarding publication venues, the scientist has contributed extensively to journals such as:

  • Cancers (16 publications)
  • Clinical Epigenetics (9 publications)
  • Frontiers in Oncology (8 publications)
  • International Journal of Cancer (6 publications)
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (6 publications)

Some of Altucci's recent papers include:

  • The SGLT-2 inhibitor empagliflozin improves myocardial strain, reduces cardiac fibrosis and pro-inflammatory cytokines in non-diabetic mice treated with doxorubicin, 2021, Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023, 2023, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • SIRT1 Activation by Natural Phytochemicals: An Overview, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Molecular networks in Network Medicine: Development and applications, 2020, WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 spike protein detection through a plasmonic D-shaped plastic optical fiber aptasensor, 2021, Talanta

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • The promise of retinoids to fight against cancer

    Lucia Altucci;Lucia Altucci;Hinrich Gronemeyer

  • Inhibitors of histone deacetylases induce tumor-selective apoptosis through activation of the death receptor pathway.

    Alessandra Insinga;Silvia Monestiroli;Simona Ronzoni;Vania Gelmetti

  • Tumor-selective action of HDAC inhibitors involves TRAIL induction in acute myeloid leukemia cells.

    Angela Nebbioso;Nicole Clarke;Emilie Voltz;Emmanuelle Germain

  • RAR and RXR modulation in cancer and metabolic disease

    Lucia Altucci;Mark D Leibowitz;Kathleen M Ogilvie;Angel R de Lera

  • 17beta-Estradiol induces cyclin D1 gene transcription, p36D1-p34cdk4 complex activation and p105Rb phosphorylation during mitogenic stimulation of G(1)-arrested human breast cancer cells.

    Lucia Altucci;R Addeo;L Cicatiello;S Dauvois

  • Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing of two distinct interconvertible DNA methylomes of mouse embryonic stem cells

    Ehsan Habibi;Arie B. Brinkman;Julia Arand;Leonie I. Kroeze

  • Retinoic acid-induced apoptosis in leukemia cells is mediated by paracrine action of tumor-selective death ligand TRAIL

    Lucia Altucci;Lucia Altucci;Aurelie Rossin;Wolfgang Raffelsberger;Armin Reitmair

  • Cancer epigenetics: Moving forward.

    Angela Nebbioso;Francesco Paolo Tambaro;Carmela Dell’Aversana;Lucia Altucci

  • Sirtuin functions and modulation: from chemistry to the clinic.

    Vincenzo Carafa;Dante Rotili;Mariantonietta Forgione;Mariantonietta Forgione;Francesca Cuomo

  • BLUEPRINT to decode the epigenetic signature written in blood

    David Adams;Lucia Altucci;Stylionos E. Antonarakis;Juan Ballesteros

  • PML-RARα/RXR Alters the Epigenetic Landscape in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

    Joost H.A. Martens;Arie B. Brinkman;Femke Simmer;Kees-Jan Francoijs

  • Design of selective nuclear receptor modulators: RAR and RXR as a case study

    Angel R de Lera;William Bourguet;William Bourguet;Lucia Altucci;Hinrich Gronemeyer

  • Salermide, a Sirtuin inhibitor with a strong cancer-specific proapoptotic effect

    E Lara;A Mai;V Calvanese;L Altucci

  • HDAC2 blockade by nitric oxide and histone deacetylase inhibitors reveals a common target in Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment

    Claudia Colussi;Chiara Mozzetta;Aymone Gurtner;Barbara Illi

  • Trials with ‘epigenetic’ drugs: An update

    Angela Nebbioso;Vincenzo Carafa;Rosaria Benedetti;Lucia Altucci

  • Erratum: Inhibitors of histone deacetylases induce tumor-selective apoptosis through activation of the death receptor pathway (Nature Medicine (2005) 11(71-76))

    A. Insinga;S. Monestiroli;S. Ronzoni;V. Gelmetti

  • Epi-drugs to fight cancer: From chemistry to cancer treatment, the road ahead

    Antonello Mai;Lucia Altucci

  • The SGLT-2 Inhibitor Empagliflozin Improves Myocardial Strain, Reduces Cardiac Fibrosis and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Non-Diabetic Mice Treated With Doxorubicin

    Vincenzo Quagliariello;Michelino De Laurentiis;Domenica Rea;Antonio Barbieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonello Mai
Antonello Mai Sapienza University of Rome
Hinrich Gronemeyer
Hinrich Gronemeyer Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dante Rotili
Dante Rotili Sapienza University of Rome
Hendrik G. Stunnenberg
Hendrik G. Stunnenberg Radboud University
Sergio Valente
Sergio Valente Sapienza University of Rome
Joost H.A. Martens
Joost H.A. Martens Radboud University
Angel R. de Lera
Angel R. de Lera Universidade de Vigo
Alessandro Weisz
Alessandro Weisz University of Salerno
Ettore Novellino
Ettore Novellino University of Naples Federico II
Alfonso Baldi
Alfonso Baldi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

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