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Stefano Ciurli

Stefano Ciurli

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
10308
World Ranking
11213
National Ranking
356

Stefano Ciurli 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 Stefano Ciurli sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 260 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefano Ciurli 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 Stefano Ciurli sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefano Ciurli is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Materials Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Oncology.

The main topics covered in Ciurli's work include:

  • Microbial Applications in Construction Materials
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Ciurli has contributed extensively to academic journals with frequent publications in several venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • Metallomics
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions

Recent notable publications include:

  • "The structure-based reaction mechanism of urease, a nickel dependent enzyme: tale of a long debate," 2020, JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • "The model structure of the copper-dependent ammonia monooxygenase," 2020, JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Nickel as a virulence factor in the Class I bacterial carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori," 2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • "Inhibition of Urease, a Ni-Enzyme: The Reactivity of a Key Thiol With Mono- and Di-Substituted Catechols Elucidated by Kinetic, Structural, and Theoretical Studies," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Targeting the Protein Tunnels of the Urease Accessory Complex: A Theoretical Investigation," 2020, Molecules

Ciurli has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Luca Mazzei
  • Francesco Musiani
  • Michele Cianci
  • Barbara Zambelli
  • Dario Braga

Best Publications

  • Biogeochemical processes and geotechnical applications: progress, opportunities and challenges

    J. T. Dejong;K. Soga;E. Kavazanjian;S. Burns

  • A new proposal for urease mechanism based on the crystal structures of the native and inhibited enzyme from Bacillus pasteurii: why urea hydrolysis costs two nickels.

    Stefano Benini;Wojciech R Rypniewski;Keith S Wilson;Silvia Miletti

  • Nonredox Nickel Enzymes

    Michael J. Maroney;Stefano Luciano Ciurli

  • Chemistry of Ni2+ in Urease: Sensing, Trafficking, and Catalysis

    Barbara Zambelli;Francesco Musiani;S. Benini;Stefano Luciano Ciurli;Stefano Luciano Ciurli

  • Nickel impact on human health: An intrinsic disorder perspective.

    Barbara Zambelli;Vladimir N. Uversky;Stefano Ciurli

  • Subsite‐Specific Structures and Reactions in Native and Synthetic [4Fe‐4S] Cubane‐Type Clusters

    Richard H. Holm;Stefano Ciurli;John A. Weigel

  • The complex of Bacillus pasteurii urease with acetohydroxamate anion from X-ray data at 1.55 A resolution.

    S. Benini;W. R. Rypniewski;K. S. Wilson;S. Miletti

  • Structural properties of the nickel ions in urease: novel insights into the catalytic and inhibition mechanisms

    Stefano Ciurli;Stefano Benini;Wojciech R. Rypniewski;Keith S. Wilson

  • The structure-based reaction mechanism of urease, a nickel dependent enzyme: tale of a long debate.

    Luca Mazzei;Francesco Musiani;Stefano Ciurli

  • Molecular Details of Urease Inhibition by Boric Acid: Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism

    Stefano Benini;Wojciech R. Rypniewski;Keith S. Wilson;T. Stefano Mangani

  • Structure-based rationalization of urease inhibition by phosphate: novel insights into the enzyme mechanism

    Benini S;Rypniewski Wr;Wilson Ks;Ciurli S

  • The complex of Bacillus pasteurii urease with beta-mercaptoethanol from X-ray data at 1.65-A resolution

    S. Benini;W. R. Rypniewski;K. S. Wilson;S. Ciurli

  • The electronic structure of FeS centers in proteins and models a contribution to the understanding of their electron transfer properties

    Ivano Bertini;Stefano Ciurli;Claudio Luchinat

  • Urease from the soil bacterium Bacillus pasteurii: immobilization on Ca-polygalacturonate.

    S. Ciurli;C. Marzadori;S. Benini;S. Deiana

  • Nickel and Human Health

    Barbara Zambelli;Stefano Luciano Ciurli

  • Structure-based computational study of the catalytic and inhibition mechanisms of urease

    Francesco Musiani;Elisa Arnofi;Rita Casadio;Stefano Ciurli

  • UreG, a Chaperone in the Urease Assembly Process, Is an Intrinsically Unstructured GTPase That Specifically Binds Zn2+

    Barbara Zambelli;Massimiliano Stola;Francesco Musiani;Kris De Vriendt

  • Structural characterization of binding of Cu(II) to tau protein.

    Alice Soragni;Barbara Zambelli;Marco D. Mukrasch;Jacek Biernat

  • Identification of the iron ions of high potential iron protein from Chromatium vinosum within the protein frame through two-dimensional NMR experiments

    Ivano Bertini;Francesco Capozzi;Stefano Ciurli;Claudio Luchinat

  • High-Field NMR Studies of Oxidized Blue Copper Proteins: The Case of Spinach Plastocyanin

    Ivano Bertini;Stefano Ciurli;Alexander Dikiy;Ralphreed Gasanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Luchinat
Claudio Luchinat University of Florence
Richard H. Holm
Richard H. Holm Harvard University
Ivano Bertini
Ivano Bertini University of Florence
Angiola Chiesi-Villa
Angiola Chiesi-Villa University of Parma
Keith S. Wilson
Keith S. Wilson University of York
Vladimir N. Uversky
Vladimir N. Uversky University of South Florida
Paola Turano
Paola Turano University of Florence
Stefano Mangani
Stefano Mangani University of Siena
Michael J. Maroney
Michael J. Maroney University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lucia Banci
Lucia Banci University of Florence

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