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Researcher · University of Ferrara · Italy

Francesco Di Virgilio

Francesco Di Virgilio publishes mostly in Physiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology, on topics such as Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

ORCID 0000-0003-3566-1362 OpenAlex
World rank
#17,561
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#308
of 242,206
Works
553
Citations
50k
Citations per work
89.6
h-index
116
i10-index 313Top 0.2% in Physiology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Francesco Di Virgilio

What does Francesco Di Virgilio research?

Francesco Di Virgilio's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (40%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%), Neuroscience (6%).

Life Sciences: 297 works · 53.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 219 works · 39.6% of their workPhysiology: 136 works · 24.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 83 works · 15.0% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 44 works · 8.0% of their workImmunology: 44 works · 8.0% of their workNeuroscience: 34 works · 6.1% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 18 works · 3.3% of their workNeurology: 15 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 233 works · 42.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 23 works · 4.1% of their workHealth Professions: 23 works · 4.1% of their workSpeech and Hearing: 23 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancesco DiVirgilio553works
Life Sciences54%Health Sciences4%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21939.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology448.0%
    3. Neuroscience346.1%
  2. Everything else23342.2%
    1. Health Professions234.1%
  1. 1Physiology25% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology15% of their works
  3. 3Immunology8% of their works
  4. 4Speech and Hearing4% of their works
  5. 5Endocrine and Autonomic Systems3% of their works
  6. 6Neurology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francesco Di Virgilio's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adenosine Receptors, Purinergic Signalling, Adolescents, Transition, Central Chemoreception, Respiratory Rhythm, Ion Channels and Voltage-Gated Channels.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Adenosine Receptors3111 topic
  2. Purinergic Signalling3111 topic
  3. Adolescents541 topic
  4. Transition541 topic
  5. Central Chemoreception441 topic
  6. Respiratory Rhythm441 topic
  7. Ion Channels261 topic
  8. Voltage-Gated Channels261 topic
  9. Neurotransmission251 topic
  10. Synaptic Plasticity251 topic
  11. NK Cell Recognition211 topic
  12. Natural Killer Cells211 topic
  13. RNA Interference211 topic
  14. siRNA Delivery211 topic
  15. COVID-19201 topic
  16. Pregnancy201 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?

OpenAlex counts 553 works and 49,529 citations for Francesco Di Virgilio, an h-index of 116, ranking #17,561 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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