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Margherita Bignami

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14985
World Ranking
8263
National Ranking
217

Margherita Bignami 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 Margherita Bignami sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 227 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Margherita Bignami 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 Margherita Bignami sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Margherita Bignami is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their publication record includes 83 works in this main field, with a focus on several subfields such as Food Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

Their research addresses diverse topics including:

  • Agricultural safety and regulations
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Potato Plant Research

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances in food, 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food, 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Re-evaluation of the risks to public health related to the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) in foodstuffs, 2023, EFSA Journal
  • Risk assessment of ochratoxin A in food, 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive, 2021, EFSA Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Christiane Vleminckx
  • Laurent Bodin
  • Elsa Nielsen
  • Salomon Sand
  • Christer Högstrand

Major publication venues for their work include:

  • EFSA Journal (39 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (32 publications)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (11 publications)
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research) (6 publications)
  • EFSA Supporting Publications (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances in food

    Dieter Schrenk;Margherita Bignami;Laurent Bodin

  • Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Risks to human and animal health related to the presence of deoxynivalenol and its acetylated and modified forms in food and feed

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food

    Dieter Schrenk;Margherita Bignami;Laurent Bodin

  • Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive

    Flavourings (Faf);Maged Younes;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin???like PCBs in feed and food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård

  • Risk assessment of ochratoxin A in food

    Dieter Schrenk;Laurent Bodin;James Kevin Chipman

  • The Mammalian Mismatch Repair Pathway Removes DNA 8-oxodGMP Incorporated from the Oxidized dNTP Pool

    Claudia Colussi;Eleonora Parlanti;Paolo Degan;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Risks for human health related to the presence of 3- and 2-monochloropropanediol (MCPD), and their fatty acid esters, and glycidyl fatty acid esters in food

    Heather Wallace;Alexander Jan;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Human MRE11 is inactivated in mismatch repair‐deficient cancers

    Giuseppe Giannini;Elisabetta Ristori;Fabio Cerignoli;Christian Rinaldi

  • Risks for animal health related to the presence of zearalenone and its modified forms in feed

    Helle-Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård

  • A Specific Mutational Signature Associated with DNA 8-Oxoguanine Persistence in MUTYH-defective Colorectal Cancer

    Alessandra Viel;Alessandro Bruselles;Ettore Meccia;Mara Fornasarig

  • Accumulation of the Oxidative Base Lesion 8-Hydroxyguanine in DNA of Tumor-Prone Mice Defective in Both the Myh and Ogg1 DNA Glycosylases

    Maria Teresa Russo;Gabriele De Luca;Paolo Degan;Eleonora Parlanti

  • Risks for human health related to the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in honey, tea, herbal infusions and food supplements

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård

  • The oxidized deoxynucleoside triphosphate pool is a significant contributor to genetic instability in mismatch repair-deficient cells.

    Maria Teresa Russo;Monica Francesca Blasi;Federica Chiera;Paola Fortini

  • ATR and ATM differently regulate WRN to prevent DSBs at stalled replication forks and promote replication fork recovery.

    Francesca Ammazzalorso;Livia Maria Pirzio;Margherita Bignami;Annapaola Franchitto

  • Erucic acid in feed and food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water.

    Dieter Schrenk;Margherita Bignami;Laurent Bodin

  • Appropriateness to set a group health based guidance value for nivalenol and its modified forms

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Scientific opinion: Risks for animal health related to the presence of zearalenone and its modified forms in feed

    Helle-Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

Frequent Co-Authors

Bettina Grasl-Kraupp
Bettina Grasl-Kraupp Medical University of Vienna
Christer Hogstrand
Christer Hogstrand King's College London
Sandra Ceccatelli
Sandra Ceccatelli Karolinska Institute
Lutz Edler
Lutz Edler German Cancer Research Center
Eugenia Dogliotti
Eugenia Dogliotti Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Jan Alexander
Jan Alexander Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Isabelle P. Oswald
Isabelle P. Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Peter Karran
Peter Karran The Francis Crick Institute
Dieter Schrenk
Dieter Schrenk Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Manfred Metzler
Manfred Metzler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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