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Researcher · University of Turin · Italy

Paola Bonfante

Paola Bonfante publishes mostly in Plant Science, Pharmacology and Cell Biology, on topics such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Fungal Biology and Applications and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

ORCID 0000-0003-3576-8530 OpenAlex
World rank
#45,558
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#803
of 242,206
Works
540
Citations
33k
Citations per work
60.2
h-index
100
i10-index 343Top 0.1% in Plant Science
Paola Bonfante

What does Paola Bonfante research?

Paola Bonfante's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Medicine (10%).

Life Sciences: 442 works · 81.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 369 works · 68.3% of their workPlant Science: 326 works · 60.4% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 works · 4.5% of their workInsect Science: 18 works · 3.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 works · 13.6% of their workCell Biology: 38 works · 7.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 36 works · 6.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 56 works · 10.3% of their workMedicine: 56 works · 10.3% of their workPharmacology: 56 works · 10.3% of their workEverything else: 42 works · 7.8% of their workTHEIR WORKPaola Bonfante540works
Life Sciences82%Health Sciences10%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36968.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7313.6%
    1. Medicine5610.3%
  3. Everything else427.8%
  1. 1Plant Science60% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology10% of their works
  3. 3Cell Biology7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology7% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paola Bonfante's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mycorrhizal Fungi, Ecosystem Functioning, Fungal Diversity, Plant Interactions, Host Recognition, Antioxidant Activity, Medicinal Mushrooms and Legumes.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mycorrhizal Fungi4762 topics
  2. Ecosystem Functioning4282 topics
  3. Fungal Diversity3961 topic
  4. Plant Interactions3961 topic
  5. Host Recognition2052 topics
  6. Antioxidant Activity1451 topic
  7. Medicinal Mushrooms1451 topic
  8. Legumes1251 topic
  9. Symbiosis1251 topic
  10. Endophytic Fungi1001 topic
  11. Fungal Pathogens1001 topic
  12. Plant Immunity861 topic
  13. Rhizosphere Interactions861 topic
  14. Plant Hormones801 topic
  15. Strigolactones801 topic
  16. Nitrogen481 topic
  17. Phosphorus481 topic
  18. Dead Wood321 topic
  19. Forest Management321 topic

Where does Paola Bonfante work?

Paola Bonfante's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Turin, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Paola Bonfante have?

OpenAlex counts 540 works and 32,532 citations for Paola Bonfante, an h-index of 100, ranking #45,558 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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