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Researcher · University of Brescia · Italy

PierFranco Spano

PierFranco Spano publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology, on topics such as Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

World rank
#240,794
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#7,460
of 65,712
Works
112
Citations
299
Citations per work
2.7

What does PierFranco Spano research?

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20.4%Molecular Biology: 14.6%Physiology: 6.8%Neurology: 5.8%other fields: 52.4%20%top field
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience20.4%Molecular Biology14.6%Physiology6.8%Neurology5.8%other fields52.4%

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

  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience20% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology15% of their works
  3. 3Physiology7% of their works
  4. 4Neurology6% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe PierFranco Spano's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cell Signaling, Signal Transduction, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Stress, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity and Dopamine.

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. Cell Signaling112 topics
  2. Signal Transduction112 topics
  3. Crystal Structure91 topic
  4. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors91 topic
  5. Stress82 topics
  6. Neurotransmission71 topic
  7. Synaptic Plasticity71 topic
  8. Dopamine51 topic
  9. Serotonin51 topic
  10. Apoptosis42 topics
  11. Neuropeptides31 topic
  12. Receptors31 topic
  13. Electrode Arrays21 topic
  14. Eph receptors21 topic
  15. Metastasis Suppressors21 topic
  16. NDRG Family21 topic
  17. NR4A221 topic
  18. Neural Stimulation21 topic
  19. Nurr121 topic
  20. Semaphorins21 topic

Where does PierFranco Spano work?

PierFranco Spano's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Brescia, Italy.

How many publications and citations does PierFranco Spano have?

Science Explorer counts 112 works and 299 citations for PierFranco Spano, ranking #240,794 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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