2026 Tommasina Coviello: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	41	12723	12307	297	289	99	6357

Overview

Tommasina Coviello is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research focuses on multiple fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their main areas of study include:

Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
Wound Healing and Treatments
Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Coviello's scholarly contributions cover a range of specialized subfields:

Cell Biology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pharmaceutical Science
Biomaterials
Food Science

The frequent venues for their publications are:

Journal of Controlled Release
Pharmaceutics
Carbohydrate Polymers
Journal of Materials Science
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Notable recent papers include:

"Biodistribution and intracellular localization of hyaluronan and its nanogels. A strategy to target intracellular S. aureus in persistent skin infections," 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
"Hyaluronan-Cholesterol Nanogels for the Enhancement of the Ocular Delivery of Therapeutics," 2021, Pharmaceutics
"Strategies to load therapeutics into polysaccharide-based nanogels with a focus on microfluidics: A review," 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers
"Glycerol as a green solvent for enhancing the formulation of dextran methacrylate and gellan-based semi-interpenetrating polymer networks," 2020, Journal of Materials Science
"Anomalous enhanced water diffusion in polysaccharide interpenetrating hydrogels," 2021, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Coviello has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

Pietro Matricardi
Chiara Di Meo
Nicole Zoratto
Elita Montanari
Luciana Mosca

Best Publications

Polysaccharide hydrogels for modified release formulations.

Tommasina Coviello;Pietro Matricardi;Carlotta Marianecci;Franco Alhaique

1189
Citations
Interpenetrating Polymer Networks polysaccharide hydrogels for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Pietro Matricardi;Chiara Di Meo;Tommasina Coviello;Wim E. Hennink

594
Citations
Hyaluronic acid and dextran-based semi-IPN hydrogels as biomaterials for bioprinting.

Laura Pescosolido;Wouter Schuurman;Jos Malda;Pietro Matricardi

290
Citations
Solution properties of xanthan. 1. Dynamic and static light scattering from native and modified xanthans in dilute solutions

T. Coviello;K. Kajiwara;W. Burchard;M. Dentini

182
Citations
Preparation and characterization of novel gellan gum hydrogels suitable for modified drug release.

Pietro Matricardi;Claudia Cencetti;Roberto Ria;Franco Alhaique

154
Citations
Preparation and properties of new unilamellar non-ionic/ionic surfactant vesicles

M Carafa;E Santucci;F Alhaique;T Coviello

147
Citations
Scleroglucan: a versatile polysaccharide for modified drug delivery.

Tommasina Coviello;Antonio Palleschi;Mario Grassi;Pietro Matricardi

143
Citations
Solution properties of exocellular microbial polysaccharides. 3. Light scattering from gellan and from the exocellular polysaccharide of Rhizobium trifolii (strain TA-1) in the ordered state

M. Dentini;T. Coviello;W. Burchard;V. Crescenzi

139
Citations
Recent advances and perspectives on coated alginate microspheres for modified drug delivery

Pietro Matricardi;Chiara Di Meo;Tommasina Coviello;Franco Alhaique

132
Citations
Two galactomannans and scleroglucan as matrices for drug delivery: Preparation and release studies

Tommasina Coviello;Franco Alhaique;Antonello Dorigo;Pietro Matricardi

114
Citations
Comparative analysis of the behavior of gellan gum (S-60) and welan gum (S-130) in dilute aqueous solution

Vittorio Crescenzi;Mariella Dentini;Tommasina Coviello;Roberto Rizzo

108
Citations
Novel hydrogel system from scleroglucan: synthesis and characterization

Tommasina Coviello;Mario Grassi;Giuseppe Rambone;Eleonora Santucci

100
Citations
Effect of temperature and cross-linking density on rheology of chemical cross-linked guar gum at the gel point

Chiara Sandolo;Pietro Matricardi;Franco Alhaique;Tommasina Coviello

95
Citations
A new vesicle-loaded hydrogel system suitable for topical applications: preparation and characterization.

Maria Carafa;Carlotta Marianecci;Luisa Di Marzio;Federica Rinaldi

95
Citations
Molecular dynamics investigations of the polysaccharide scleroglucan: first study on the triple helix structure

Antonio Palleschi;Gianfranco Bocchinfuso;Tommasina Coviello;Franco Alhaique

93
Citations
Drug delivery strategies using polysaccharidic gels

Tommasina Coviello;Pietro Matricardi;Franco Alhaique

92
Citations
Mesh size distribution determination of interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels

Laura Pescosolido;Luigi Feruglio;Rossella Farra;Simona Fiorentino

88
Citations
Scleroglucan/borax: characterization of a novel hydrogel system suitable for drug delivery.

T. Coviello;M. Grassi;R. Lapasin;A. Marino

86
Citations
In situ cross-linkable novel alginate-dextran methacrylate IPN hydrogels for biomedical applications: mechanical characterization and drug delivery properties.

Pietro Matricardi;Marilena Pontoriero;Tommasina Coviello;Maria Antonietta Casadei

86
Citations
A novel co-crosslinked polysaccharide: studies for a controlled delivery matrix

Tommasina Coviello;Mariella Dentini;G. Rambone;P. Desideri

85
Citations
Characterization of polysaccharide hydrogels for modified drug delivery

C. Sandolo;T. Coviello;P. Matricardi;F. Alhaique

84
Citations