2026 Paolo Bernardi: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	111	934	828	10	8	403	47103

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Paolo Bernardi is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and focuses extensively on mitochondrial biology, particularly studying the mitochondrial permeability transition pore and its associated processes.

Their recent publications include:

Identity, structure, and function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: controversies, consensus, recent advances, and future directions (2023, Cell Death and Differentiation)
The mitochondrial permeability transition: Recent progress and open questions (2021, FEBS Journal)
Hexokinase 2 displacement from mitochondria-associated membranes prompts Ca²⁺-dependent death of cancer cells (2020, EMBO Reports)
Defining the molecular mechanisms of the mitochondrial permeability transition through genetic manipulation of F-ATP synthase (2021, Nature Communications)
Molecular nature and regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore(s), drug target(s) in cardioprotection (2020, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology)

The frequent co-authors of Paolo Bernardi include:

Michela Carraro
Giovanna Lippe
Andrea Rasola
Ludovica Tommasin
Christoph Gerle

The main publication venues where Bernardi's work regularly appears consist of:

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Biophysical Journal
Cell Death and Differentiation

Bernardi's primary fields of study are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with Medicine as a secondary focus. Within these disciplines, their subfields include Molecular Biology, Physiology, Clinical Biochemistry, Ecology, and Epidemiology.

The main scientific topics of their research encompass:

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
Signaling Pathways in Disease
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
RNA modifications and cancer

Best Publications

Mitochondrial Transport of Cations: Channels, Exchangers, and Permeability Transition

Paolo Bernardi

1921
Citations
Electron Transfer between Cytochrome c and p66Shc Generates Reactive Oxygen Species that Trigger Mitochondrial Apoptosis

Marco Giorgio;Enrica Migliaccio;Francesca Orsini;Demis Paolucci

1351
Citations
Dephosphorylation by calcineurin regulates translocation of Drp1 to mitochondria

G. M. Cereghetti;A. Stangherlin;O. Martins de Brito;C. R. Chang

1170
Citations
Mitochondria and cell death. Mechanistic aspects and methodological issues.

Paolo Bernardi;Luca Scorrano;Raffaele Colonna;Valeria Petronilli

1014
Citations
Dimers of mitochondrial ATP synthase form the permeability transition pore

Valentina Giorgio;Sophia von Stockum;Manuela Antoniel;Astrid Fabbro

994
Citations
Properties of the Permeability Transition Pore in Mitochondria Devoid of Cyclophilin D

Emy Basso;Emy Basso;Lisa Fante;Jonathan Fowlkes;Valeria Petronilli

973
Citations
Opening of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Causes Depletion of Mitochondrial and Cytosolic NAD+and Is a Causative Event in the Death of Myocytes in Postischemic Reperfusion of the Heart

Fabio Di Lisa;Roberta Menabò;Marcella Canton;Maria Barile

964
Citations
The mitochondrial permeability transition from in vitro artifact to disease target

Paolo Bernardi;Alexandra Krauskopf;Emy Basso;Valeria Petronilli

783
Citations
Transient and Long-Lasting Openings of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Can Be Monitored Directly in Intact Cells by Changes in Mitochondrial Calcein Fluorescence

Valeria Petronilli;Giovanni Miotto;Marcella Canton;Marisa Brini

737
Citations
Mitochondria as all-round players of the calcium game.

Rosario Rizzuto;Paolo Bernardi;Tullio Pozzan

713
Citations
Recent progress on regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore; a cyclosporin-sensitive pore in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Paolo Bernardi;Kimberly M. Broekemeier;Douglas R. Pfeiffer

701
Citations
Mitochondrial permeability transition in Ca(2+)-dependent apoptosis and necrosis

Andrea Rasola;Paolo Bernardi

695
Citations
High concordance of drug-induced human hepatotoxicity with in vitro cytotoxicity measured in a novel cell-based model using high content screening.

P. J. O’Brien;W. Irwin;D. Diaz;E. Howard-Cofield

680
Citations
Modulation of the mitochondrial cyclosporin A-sensitive permeability transition pore by the proton electrochemical gradient. Evidence that the pore can be opened by membrane depolarization.

P Bernardi

637
Citations
The mitochondrial permeability transition pore and its involvement in cell death and in disease pathogenesis

Andrea Rasola;Paolo Bernardi

624
Citations
Modulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore by pyridine nucleotides and dithiol oxidation at two separate sites.

Paola Costantini;Boris V. Chernyak;Valeria Petronilli;Paolo Bernardi

615
Citations
The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition, Release of Cytochrome c and Cell Death: CORRELATION WITH THE DURATION OF PORE OPENINGS IN SITU

Valeria Petronilli;Daniele Penzo;Luca Scorrano;Paolo Bernardi

588
Citations
The mitochondrial permeability transition pore: Molecular nature and role as a target in cardioprotection

Paolo Bernardi;Fabio Di Lisa

582
Citations
The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore: Channel Formation by F-ATP Synthase, Integration in Signal Transduction, and Role in Pathophysiology

Paolo Bernardi;Andrea Rasola;Andrea Rasola;Andrea Rasola;Michael Forte;Giovanna Lippe;Giovanna Lippe;Giovanna Lippe

582
Citations
The permeability transition pore as a mitochondrial calcium release channel: A critical appraisal

Paolo Bernardi;Valeria Petronilli

581
Citations