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Researcher · University of Ferrara · Italy

Francesco Di Virgilio

Francesco Di Virgilio publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, on topics such as Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Cell death mechanisms and regulation and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

World rank
#4,659
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#118
of 65,712
Works
82
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
16.0

What does Francesco Di Virgilio research?

Molecular Biology: 25.0%Physiology: 22.0%Immunology: 6.0%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4.0%other fields: 43.0%25%top field
Molecular Biology25.0%Physiology22.0%Immunology6.0%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4.0%other fields43.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology25% of their works
  2. 2Physiology22% of their works
  3. 3Immunology6% of their works
  4. 4Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works
  5. 5Endocrine and Autonomic Systems4% of their works
  6. 6Speech and Hearing3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francesco Di Virgilio's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, Neuroprotection, Adenosine Receptors, Purinergic Signalling, Cell Death, Mitochondria, Apoptosis and Bcl-2 Family.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation252 topics
  2. Neuroprotection252 topics
  3. Adenosine Receptors221 topic
  4. Purinergic Signalling221 topic
  5. Cell Death72 topics
  6. Mitochondria72 topics
  7. Apoptosis41 topic
  8. Bcl-2 Family41 topic
  9. Central Chemoreception41 topic
  10. Respiratory Rhythm41 topic
  11. Adolescents31 topic
  12. CD4731 topic
  13. Chaperone31 topic
  14. Inflammasome31 topic
  15. NLRP331 topic
  16. Neurotransmission31 topic
  17. Sigma-1 Receptor31 topic
  18. Synaptic Plasticity31 topic
  19. Transition31 topic
  20. apoptotic cells31 topic

Where does Francesco Di Virgilio work?

Francesco Di Virgilio's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ferrara, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Francesco Di Virgilio have?

Science Explorer counts 82 works and 1,309 citations for Francesco Di Virgilio, ranking #4,659 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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