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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
15374
World Ranking
6761
National Ranking
159

Sonia Levi 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 Sonia Levi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 168 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sonia Levi 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 Sonia Levi 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: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Sonia Levi is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a notable focus on Neurology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Hematology as subfields.

The scientist's main topics of interest include:

  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis

Recent significant publications by Sonia Levi include:

  • Iron imbalance in neurodegeneration, 2024, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Mitochondrial Ferritin: Its Role in Physiological and Pathological Conditions, 2021, Cells

Other related works from frequent collaborators contributing to similar research themes are:

  • Iron Administration Overcomes Resistance to Erastin-Mediated Ferroptosis in Ovarian Cancer Cells, 2022, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Massive iron accumulation in PKAN-derived neurons and astrocytes: light on the human pathological phenotype, 2022, Cell Death and Disease
  • Harmful Iron-Calcium Relationship in Pantothenate kinase Associated Neurodegeneration, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors working alongside Sonia Levi include Paolo Santambrogio, Anna Cozzi, Maddalena Ripamonti, Ivano Di Meo, and Valeria Tiranti.

The scientist has published multiple papers in these venues most often:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Oncology

Best Publications

  • Solving the structure of human H ferritin by genetically engineering intermolecular crystal contacts.

    D. M. Lawson;P. J. Artymiuk;S. J. Yewdall;J. M. A. Smith

  • Ferritin, iron homeostasis, and oxidative damage.

    Paolo Arosio;Sonia Levi

  • Mechanism of ferritin iron uptake: activity of the H-chain and deletion mapping of the ferro-oxidase site. A study of iron uptake and ferro-oxidase activity of human liver, recombinant H-chain ferritins, and of two H-chain deletion mutants.

    S Levi;A Luzzago;G Cesareni;A Cozzi

  • A human mitochondrial ferritin encoded by an intronless gene.

    Sonia Levi;Barbara Corsi;Marta Bosisio;Rosangela Invernizzi

  • Structure, function, and evolution of ferritins

    S. C. Andrews;Paolo Arosio;W. Bottke;J. F. Briat

  • Identification of the ferroxidase centre in ferritin

    David M. Lawson;Amyra Treffry;Peter J. Artymiuk;Pauline M. Harrison

  • The human counterpart of zebrafish shiraz shows sideroblastic-like microcytic anemia and iron overload.

    Clara Camaschella;Alessandro Campanella;Luigia De Falco;Loredana Boschetto

  • Evidence of H- and L-chains have co-operative roles in the iron-uptake mechanism of human ferritin.

    S Levi;S J Yewdall;P M Harrison;P Santambrogio

  • Cytosolic and mitochondrial ferritins in the regulation of cellular iron homeostasis and oxidative damage

    Paolo Arosio;Sonia Levi

  • Early embryonic lethality of H ferritin gene deletion in mice.

    Chrystophe Ferreira;Danièle Bucchini;Marie Elise Martin;Sonia Levi

  • Overexpression of wild type and mutated human ferritin H-chain in HeLa cells: in vivo role of ferritin ferroxidase activity.

    Anna Cozzi;Barbara Corsi;Sonia Levi;Paolo Santambrogio

  • Mitochondrial ferritin expression in erythroid cells from patients with sideroblastic anemia

    Mario Cazzola;Rosangela Invernizzi;Gaetano Bergamaschi;Sonia Levi

  • Reconstitution of manganese oxide cores in horse spleen and recombinant ferritins

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Trevor Douglas;Sonia Levi;Paolo Arosio

  • The role of iron in mitochondrial function.

    Sonia Levi;Ermanna Rovida

  • Mitochondrial ferritin: a new player in iron metabolism.

    Jim Drysdale;Paolo Arosio;Rosangela Invernizzi;Mario Cazzola

  • The role of the L-chain in ferritin iron incorporation. Studies of homo and heteropolymers.

    Sonia Levi;Paolo Santambrogio;Anna Cozzi;Ermanna Rovida

  • Production and characterization of recombinant heteropolymers of human ferritin H and L chains.

    P. Santambrogio;S. Levi;A. Cozzi;E. Rovida

  • Influence of site-directed modifications on the formation of iron cores in ferritin

    Vanessa J. Wade;Sonia Levi;Paolo Arosio;Amyra Treffry

  • Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: update on pathogenic mechanisms.

    Sonia Levi;Dario Finazzi

  • Human Mitochondrial Ferritin Expressed in HeLa Cells Incorporates Iron and Affects Cellular Iron Metabolism

    Barbara Corsi;Anna Cozzi;Paolo Arosio;Jim Drysdale

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Arosio
Paolo Arosio ETH Zurich
Mario Cazzola
Mario Cazzola University of Pavia
Alberto Albertini
Alberto Albertini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Silvia Fargion
Silvia Fargion University of Milan
Anna Ludovica Fracanzani
Anna Ludovica Fracanzani University of Milan
Clara Camaschella
Clara Camaschella Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Hal E. Broxmeyer
Hal E. Broxmeyer Indiana University
Gianni Cesareni
Gianni Cesareni University of Rome Tor Vergata
Anne Janin
Anne Janin Université Paris Cité
Valeria Tiranti
Valeria Tiranti Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

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