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Raffaele Riccio

Raffaele Riccio

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
11557
World Ranking
10655
National Ranking
326

Raffaele Riccio publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raffaele Riccio sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 314 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Raffaele Riccio D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raffaele Riccio sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Raffaele Riccio is affiliated with the University of Salerno in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus also on Medicine. The scientist's work crosses several subfields including Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Oncology, and Genetics.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas related to molecular and biochemical analysis, including:

  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Raffaele Riccio has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Recent papers include:

  • "DFT/NMR Approach for the Configuration Assignment of Groups of Stereoisomers by the Combination and Comparison of Experimental and Predicted Sets of Data," published in 2020 in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Targeting mPGES-1 by a Combinatorial Approach: Identification of the Aminobenzothiazole Scaffold to Suppress PGE2 Levels," published in 2020 in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • "Determining the Effect of Pterostilbene on Insulin Secretion Using Chemoproteomics," published in 2020 in Molecules
  • "EFEITOS DA MASSAGEM COM AROMATERAPIA NA QUALIDADE DE SONO EM UM GRUPO DE ESTUDANTES DO CURSO DE MEDICINA," published in 2025 in Revista Multidisciplinar do Nordeste Mineiro

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Riccio include Giuseppe Bifulco, Gianluigi Lauro, Pronay Das, D. Srinivasa Reddy, and Maria Giovanna Chini. The scientist has published primarily in these venues:

  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • Molecules
  • Revista Multidisciplinar do Nordeste Mineiro

Best Publications

  • Determination of Relative Configuration in Organic Compounds by NMR Spectroscopy and Computational Methods

    Giuseppe Bifulco;Paolo Dambruoso;Luigi Gomez-Paloma;Raffaele Riccio

  • Polyoxygenated steroids of marine origin

    Maria Valeria. D'Auria;Luigi. Minale;Raffaele. Riccio

  • Structure validation of natural products by quantum-mechanical GIAO calculations of 13C NMR chemical shifts.

    Giampaolo Barone;Luigi Gomez-Paloma;Dario Duca;Arturo Silvestri

  • Avarol a novel sesquiterpenoid hydroquinone with a rearranged drimane skeleton from the sponge disidea avara

    L. Minale;R. Riccio;G. Sodano

  • New bisindole alkaloids of the topsentin and hamacanthin classes from the Mediterranean marine sponge Rhaphisia lacazei.

    Agostino Casapullo;Giuseppe Bifulco;Ines Bruno;Raffaele Riccio

  • Further Brominated Bis- and Tris-Indole Alkaloids from the Deep-Water New Caledonian Marine Sponge Orina sp.

    Giuseppe Bifulco;Ines Bruno;Raffaele Riccio;Jacques Lavayre

  • Comparison of different theory models and basis sets in the calculation of 13C NMR chemical shifts of natural products

    Paola Cimino;Luigi Gomez-Paloma;Dario Duca;Raffaele Riccio

  • Determination of the relative stereochemistry of flexible organic compounds by Ab initio methods: conformational analysis and Boltzmann-averaged GIAO 13C NMR chemical shifts.

    Giampaolo Barone;Dario Duca;Arturo Silvestri;Luigi Gomez-Paloma

  • Structure-Based Discovery of Inhibitors of Microsomal Prostaglandin E2 Synthase−1, 5-Lipoxygenase and 5-Lipoxygenase-Activating Protein: Promising Hits for the Development of New Anti-inflammatory Agents

    Rosa De Simone;Maria Giovanna Chini;Ines Bruno;Raffaele Riccio

  • New bromo-pyrrole derivatives from the sponge Agelas oroides

    S. Forenza;L. Minale;R. Riccio;E. Fattorusso

  • Dragmacidin F: A New Antiviral Bromoindole Alkaloid from the Mediterranean Sponge Halicortex sp.

    Adele Cutignano;Giuseppe Bifulco;Ines Bruno;Agostino Casapullo

  • Polycyclic guanidine alkaloids from the marine sponge Crambe crambe and Ca++ channel blocker activity of crambescidin 816

    Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck;Jean Claude Braekman;Désiré Daloze;Ines Bruno

  • Steroidal Oligoglycosides and Polyhydroxysteroids from Echinoderms

    L. Minale;R. Riccio;F. Zollo

  • Quantum Mechanical Calculation of NMR Parameters in the Stereostructural Determination of Natural Products

    Simone Di Micco;Maria Giovanna Chini;Raffaele Riccio;Giuseppe Bifulco

  • Biological activity of saponins and saponin-like compounds from starfish and brittle-stars

    Leif Andersson;Lars Bohlin;Maria Iorizzi;Raffaele Riccio

  • Two new guanidine alkaloids from the mediterranean sponge crambe crambe.

    Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck;Jean Claude Braekman;Désiré Daloze;Klaas Hallenga

  • Tolaasins A--E, five new lipodepsipeptides produced by Pseudomonas tolaasii.

    Carla Bassarello;Silvia Lazzaroni;Giuseppe Bifulco;Pietro Lo Cantore

  • The absolute configuration of avarol, a rearranged sesquiterpenoid hydroquinone from a marine sponge

    Salvatore de Rosa;Luigi Minale;Raffaele Riccio;Guido Sodano

  • Ptilomycalin A, crambescidin 800 and related new highly cytotoxic guanidine alkaloids from the starfishes Fromia monilis and Celerina heffernani

    Elio Palagiano;Simona De Marino;Luigi Minale;Raffaele Riccio

  • Structural basis for the design and synthesis of selective HDAC inhibitors

    Simone Di Micco;Maria Giovanna Chini;Stefania Terracciano;Ines Bruno

  • Molecular insights into azumamide e histone deacetylases inhibitory activity.

    Nakia Maulucci;Maria Giovanna Chini;Simone Di Micco;Irene Izzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Bifulco
Giuseppe Bifulco University of Salerno
Maria Chiara Monti
Maria Chiara Monti University of Salerno
Cécile Debitus
Cécile Debitus University of Western Brittany
Jean Claude Braekman
Jean Claude Braekman Université Libre de Bruxelles
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Udo Oppermann
Udo Oppermann University of Oxford
Yasukatsu Oshima
Yasukatsu Oshima Tohoku University
Paolo Rovero
Paolo Rovero University of Florence
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Antonio Evidente
Antonio Evidente University of Naples Federico II

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