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 Pierluigi Nicotera sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 244 publications — 65th percentile
65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.
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 Pierluigi Nicotera sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.
Pierluigi Nicotera is affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields primarily focused on medicine, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.
The scientist's publications address a wide range of topics, including migraine and headache studies, trigeminal neuralgia and treatments, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, mitochondrial function and pathology, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, olfactory and sensory function studies, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.
Frequent publication venues for their work include Cell Death and Differentiation, Current Opinion in Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, Toxins, and The EMBO Journal.
Some of their recent papers are:
Among the scientist's frequent coauthors are Damiana Scuteri, Giacinto Bagetta, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti, Paolo Tonin, and Daniele Bano.
Research subfields include molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, pharmacology, and pathology and forensic medicine.
Pierluigi Nicotera was appointed a member of Academia Europaea in 2005.
Sten Orrenius;Boris Zhivotovsky;Pierluigi Nicotera
Emanuela Bonfoco;Dimitri Krainc;Maria Ankarcrona;Pierluigi Nicotera
Maria Ankarcrona;Jeannette M. Dypbukt;Emanuela Bonfoco;Boris Zhivotovsky
Marcel Leist;Barbara Single;Anna F. Castoldi;Simone Kühnle
Sten Orrenius;David J. McConkey;Giorgio Bellomo;Pierluigi Nicotera
L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri
David J. McConkey;Pia Hartzell;Pierluigi Nicotera;Sten Orrenius
David J. McConkey;Pierluigi Nicotera;Pia Hartzell;Giorgio Bellomo
Cristian Bellodi;Maria Rosa Lidonnici;Ashley Hamilton;G. Vignir Helgason
Daniele Bano;Kenneth W. Young;Christopher J. Guerin;Ros LeFeuvre
Pierluigi Nicotera;Giorgio Bellomo;Sten Orrenius
Pierluigi Nicotera;Sten Orrenius
Udo K. Meßmer;Maria Ankarcrona;Pierluigi Nicotera;Bernhard Brüne
J M Dypbukt;M Ankarcrona;M Burkitt;A Sjöholm
Sten Orrenius;Pierluigi Nicotera;Boris Zhivotovsky
Pierluigi Nicotera;Marcel Leist;Elisa Ferrando-May
Marcel Leist;Pierluigi Nicotera
Donato Di Monte;Giorgio Bellomo;Hjördis Thor;Pierluigi Nicotera
Daniele Bano;Pierluigi Nicotera
C Bellodi;Lidonnici;A Hamilton;GV Helgason
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