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Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 51 2476 2235 60 58 125 14680

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lucia Ricci-Vitiani between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lucia Ricci-Vitiani published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2023. 18 of the 170 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2023. 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications
2000 2025

170 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lucia Ricci-Vitiani: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 3
2001 1
2002 0
2003 2
2004 5
2005 4
2006 4
2007 5
2008 8
2009 6
2010 9
2011 11
2012 5
2013 8
2014 5
2015 9
2016 5
2017 4
2018 5
2019 6
2020 10
2021 12
2022 8
2023 17
2024 10
2025 8
Total 170
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Lucia Ricci-Vitiani publications per year - data summary

  • Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, a Molecular Biology scholar from Istituto Superiore di Sanità, has 170 publications recorded across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2000 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 17 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2001, with 1 publication.
  • 1 of the 26 years in the span carries no publications at all (2002).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.8 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 55 publications, 32% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2000-2008: 32 publications (3.6 per year); 2009-2017: 62 publications (6.9 per year); 2018-2025: 76 publications (9.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucia Ricci-Vitiani sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 117–126 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 125 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177 125
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Lucia Ricci-Vitiani publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 47–56 to 564+ publications.
  • Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, a Molecular Biology scholar from Istituto Superiore di Sanità, records 125 publications - the 25th percentile of the discipline.
  • 25% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, and about 75% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 177–186 publications range, and Lucia Ricci-Vitiani ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 117–126 publications, holding 177 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 53% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 177–186 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 564 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucia Ricci-Vitiani sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50–51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130 51
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Lucia Ricci-Vitiani D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,076 Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 40–41 to 145+ D-Index.
  • Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, a Molecular Biology scholar from Istituto Superiore di Sanità, records 51 D-Index - the 20th percentile of the discipline.
  • 20% of ranked Molecular Biology scientists score the same or lower than Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, and about 80% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 68–69 D-Index range, and Lucia Ricci-Vitiani ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 64–65 D-Index, holding 131 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 50% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 66–67 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work covers multiple specialized areas including molecular biology, cancer research, genetics, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include glioma diagnosis and treatment, microRNA in disease regulation, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, cancer cells and metastasis, extracellular vesicles in disease, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Cell Reports
  • Cancers
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lucia Ricci-Vitiani include:

  • Roberto Pallini
  • Mariachiara Buccarelli
  • Quintino Giorgio D'Alessandris
  • Maurizio Martini
  • Mauro Biffoni

Notable recent publications are:

  • "Elesclomol-induced increase of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species impairs glioblastoma stem-like cell survival and tumor growth", 2021, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • "ADAR1 is a new target of METTL3 and plays a pro-oncogenic role in glioblastoma by an editing-independent mechanism", 2021, Genome Biology
  • "Rapid and Efficient Invasion Assay of Glioblastoma in Human Brain Organoids", 2020, Cell Reports
  • "c-MYC Expression Is a Possible Keystone in the Colorectal Cancer Resistance to EGFR Inhibitors", 2020, Cancers
  • "Inhibition of mitochondrial translation suppresses glioblastoma stem cell growth", 2021, Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Identification and expansion of human colon-cancer-initiating cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Dario G. Lombardi;Emanuela Pilozzi;Mauro Biffoni

  • Tumour vascularization via endothelial differentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Roberto Pallini;Mauro Biffoni;Matilde Todaro

  • Chemotherapy resistance of glioblastoma stem cells

    A Eramo;L Ricci-Vitiani;A Zeuner;R Pallini

  • Cancer Stem Cell Analysis and Clinical Outcome in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme

    Roberto Pallini;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Giuseppe Luigi Banna;Michele Signore

  • Colon cancer stem cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Eros Fabrizi;Elisabetta Palio;Ruggero De Maria

  • Bone morphogenetic protein 4 induces differentiation of colorectal cancer stem cells and increases their response to chemotherapy in mice.

    Ylenia Lombardo;Alessandro Scopelliti;Patrizia Cammareri;Matilde Todaro

  • Inhibition of autophagy increases susceptibility of glioblastoma stem cells to temozolomide by igniting ferroptosis.

    Mariachiara Buccarelli;Matteo Marconi;Simone Pacioni;Ivana De Pascalis

  • Thyroid cancer resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs via autocrine production of interleukin-4 and interleukin-10.

    Giorgio Stassi;Matilde Todaro;Monica Zerilli;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

  • Control of target cell survival in thyroid autoimmunity by T helper cytokines via regulation of apoptotic proteins

    G Stassi;D Di Liberto;M Todaro;A Zeuner

  • Analysis of the combined action of miR-143 and miR-145 on oncogenic pathways in colorectal cancer cells reveals a coordinate program of gene repression

    A Pagliuca;C Valvo;E Fabrizi;S di Martino

  • Expression of EGFRvIII in glioblastoma: prognostic significance revisited.

    Nicola Montano;Tonia Cenci;Maurizio Martini;Quintino Giorgio D'alessandris

  • Endogenous activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors supports the proliferation and survival of neural progenitor cells

    V Di Giorgi-Gerevini;D Melchiorri;G Battaglia;L Ricci-Vitiani

  • Cannabidiol stimulates Aml-1a-dependent glial differentiation and inhibits glioma stem-like cells proliferation by inducing autophagy in a TRPV2-dependent manner.

    Massimo Nabissi;Maria Beatrice Morelli;Maria Beatrice Morelli;Consuelo Amantini;Sonia Liberati

  • Autocrine Production of Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-10 Is Required for Survival and Growth of Thyroid Cancer Cells

    Matilde Todaro;Monica Zerilli;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Miriam Bini

  • Targeting apoptosis pathways in cancer stem cells.

    Michele Signore;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Ruggero De Maria

  • Absence of Caspase 8 and High Expression of PED Protect Primitive Neural Cells from Cell Death

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Francesca Pedini;Cristiana Mollinari;Gerolama Condorelli

  • CD95 death-inducing signaling complex formation and internalization occur in lipid rafts of type I and type II cells.

    Adriana Eramo;Massimo Sargiacomo;Lucia Ricci‐Vitiani;Matilde Todaro

  • Expression of the stem cell marker CD133 in recurrent glioblastoma and its value for prognosis

    Roberto Pallini;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Nicola Montano;Cristiana Mollinari

  • Colon cancer stem cells

    L Ricci-Vitiani;A Pagliuca;E Palio;A Zeuner

  • Erratum: Tumour vascularization via endothelial differentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells (Nature (2010) 468 (824-828))

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Roberto Pallini;Mauro Biffoni;Matilde Todaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruggero De Maria
Ruggero De Maria Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Luigi Maria Larocca
Luigi Maria Larocca Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Matilde Todaro
Matilde Todaro University of Palermo
Giorgio Stassi
Giorgio Stassi University of Palermo
Gerolama Condorelli
Gerolama Condorelli University of Naples Federico II
Eugenio A. Parati
Eugenio A. Parati Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia Sapienza University of Rome
Cesare Peschle
Cesare Peschle Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Paola Matarrese
Paola Matarrese Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Cesare Peschle
Cesare Peschle Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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