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Roberto Viola 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 Roberto Viola sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 127 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roberto Viola 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 Roberto Viola sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roberto Viola is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research work spans multiple fields including Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry.

Their scientific contributions can be categorized into the subfields of Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Spectroscopy. Within these areas, their main topics of focus include Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, as well as Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography.

The publication record includes recent work such as the paper titled "On-site GC-QEPAS analysis on the scene of crime: The RISEN project", published in 2022 in the journal Annales de Toxicologie Analytique.

  • Francesco Saverio Romolo
  • Sandro Mengali
  • Nicola Liberatore
  • Stefano Zampolli
  • Ivan Elmi

Frequent coauthors in Roberto Viola's research include:

  • Francesco Saverio Romolo
  • Sandro Mengali
  • Nicola Liberatore
  • Stefano Zampolli
  • Ivan Elmi

Roberto Viola's articles have appeared predominantly in the journal Annales de Toxicologie Analytique.

Best Publications

  • The genome of the domesticated apple ( Malus × domestica Borkh.)

    Riccardo Velasco;Andrey Zharkikh;Jason Affourtit;Amit Dhingra

  • The genome of woodland strawberry ( Fragaria vesca )

    Vladimir Shulaev;Daniel J. Sargent;Ross N. Crowhurst;Todd C. Mockler

  • A High Quality Draft Consensus Sequence of the Genome of a Heterozygous Grapevine Variety

    Riccardo Velasco;Andrey Zharkikh;Michela Troggio;Dustin A. Cartwright

  • DNA-Free Genetically Edited Grapevine and Apple Protoplast Using CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins

    Mickael Malnoy;Roberto Viola;Min-Hee Jung;Ok-Jae Koo

  • Tuberization in Potato Involves a Switch from Apoplastic to Symplastic Phloem Unloading

    Roberto Viola;Alison G. Roberts;Sophie Haupt;Silvia Gazzani;Silvia Gazzani

  • Role of social wasps in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ecology and evolution

    Irene Stefanini;Leonardo Dapporto;Jean-Luc Legras;Jean-Luc Legras;Antonio Calabretta

  • A versatile targeted metabolomics method for the rapid quantification of multiple classes of phenolics in fruits and beverages.

    Urska Vrhovsek;Domenico Masuero;Mattia Gasperotti;Pietro Franceschi

  • The Draft Genome Sequence of European Pear (Pyrus communis L. ‘Bartlett’)

    David Chagné;Ross N. Crowhurst;Massimo Pindo;Amali Thrimawithana

  • Up-regulating the Human Intestinal Microbiome Using Whole Plant Foods, Polyphenols, and/or Fiber

    Kieran M. Tuohy;Lorenza Conterno;Mattia Gasperotti;Roberto Viola

  • Mitochondrial DNA of Vitis vinifera and the Issue of Rampant Horizontal Gene Transfer

    Vadim V. Goremykin;Francesco Salamini;Riccardo Velasco;Roberto Viola

  • Development and validation of a 20K Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) whole genome genotyping array for apple (Malus × domestica Borkh)

    Luca Bianco;Alessandro Cestaro;Daniel James Sargent;Elisa Banchi

  • Obesity and the gut microbiota: does up-regulating colonic fermentation protect against obesity and metabolic disease?

    Lorenza Conterno;Francesca Fava;Roberto Viola;Kieran M. Tuohy

  • Co-ordinated gene expression during phases of dormancy release in raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) buds

    Luca Mazzitelli;Robert D. Hancock;Sophie Haupt;Paul G. Walker

  • Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of grapevine berry ripening reveals a set of genes similarly modulated during three seasons and the occurrence of an oxidative burst at vèraison

    Stefania Pilati;Michele Perazzolli;Andrea Malossini;Alessandro Cestaro

  • Transgenic potato plants with strongly decreased expression of pyrophosphate:fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase show no visible phenotype and only minor changes in metabolic fluxes in their tubers

    Mohammad Hajirezaei;Uwe Sonnewald;Roberto Viola;Sarah Carlisle

  • Saturated linkage map construction in Rubus idaeus using genotyping by sequencing and genome-independent imputation

    Judson A Ward;Jasbir Bhangoo;Felicidad Fernández-Fernández;Patrick Moore

  • CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing in apple and grapevine.

    Yuriko Osakabe;Zhenchang Liang;Chong Ren;Chikako Nishitani

  • An evaluation of the PacBio RS platform for sequencing and de novo assembly of a chloroplast genome

    Marco Ferrarini;Marco Moretto;Judson A Ward;Nada Šurbanovski

  • The unique features of starch metabolism in red algae

    Roberto Viola;Pi Nyvall;Marianne Pedersén

  • Biotechnological approaches for l-ascorbic acid production

    Robert D Hancock;Roberto Viola

Frequent Co-Authors

Riccardo Velasco
Riccardo Velasco The Canadian Real Estate Association
Howard V. Davies
Howard V. Davies James Hutton Institute
Michela Troggio
Michela Troggio Fondazione Edmund Mach
Kieran M. Tuohy
Kieran M. Tuohy Fondazione Edmund Mach
Francesco Salamini
Francesco Salamini Parco Tecnologico Padano
Duccio Cavalieri
Duccio Cavalieri University of Florence
Fulvio Mattivi
Fulvio Mattivi University of Trento
Urska Vrhovsek
Urska Vrhovsek Fondazione Edmund Mach
Mark H. Skolnick
Mark H. Skolnick Myriad Genetics (Germany)
Silvio Salvi
Silvio Salvi University of Bologna

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