| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1 | Autophagy | 2021 | 1,430 |
| 2 | Polystyrene nanoparticles internalization in human gastric adenocarcinoma cells | Toxicology in Vitro | 2016 | 238 |
| 3 | Patterns in species richness and endemism of European freshwater fish | Global Ecology and Biogeography | 2007 | 236 |
| 4 | Butyrate Regulates Liver Mitochondrial Function, Efficiency, and Dynamics in Insulin-Resistant Obese Mice | Diabetes | 2017 | 214 |
| 5 | Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment and COVID-19 transmission risk from environmental matrices and surfaces | Environmental Pollution | 2020 | 185 |
| 6 | Probiotic modulation of the microbiota-gut-brain axis and behaviour in zebrafish | Scientific Reports | 2016 | 165 |
| 7 | Effect of Ecklonia maxima seaweed extract on yield, mineral composition, gas exchange, and leaf anatomy of zucchini squash grown under saline conditions | Journal of Applied Phycology | 2017 | 153 |
| 8 | Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea | Global Change Biology | 2022 | 144 |
| 9 | Cephalopods in neuroscience: regulations, research and the 3Rs | Invertebrate Neuroscience | 2014 | 142 |
| 10 | Orexin System: The Key for a Healthy Life | Frontiers in Physiology | 2017 | 142 |
| 11 | Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Insulin Resistance: Focus on the Regulation of Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress | Nutrients | 2018 | 142 |
| 12 | Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Spermatogenesis Regulation | Frontiers in Endocrinology | 2014 | 134 |
| 13 | The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species | Genome Biology | 2016 | 130 |
| 14 | (Epi)genotype–phenotype correlations in Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome | European Journal of Human Genetics | 2016 | 113 |
| 15 | Photocatalytic degradation of the antibiotic chloramphenicol and effluent toxicity effects | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | 2016 | 112 |
| 16 | Effects of nanoparticles in species of aquaculture interest | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2017 | 109 |
| 17 | Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea | Frontiers in Marine Science | 2019 | 104 |
| 18 | Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2019 | 101 |
| 19 | Expanding the Role of the Histone Lysine-Specific Demethylase LSD1 in Cancer | Cancers | 2019 | 100 |
| 20 | Multiple shifts to different pollinators fuelled rapid diversification in sexually deceptive Ophrys orchids | New Phytologist | 2015 | 98 |
| 21 | Ribonuclease/angiogenin inhibitor 1 regulates stress-induced subcellular localization of angiogenin and controls its growth and survival activities | Journal of Cell Science | 2013 | 95 |
| 22 | Antimicrobial potency of cationic antimicrobial peptides can be predicted from their amino acid composition: Application to the detection of “cryptic” antimicrobial peptides | Journal of Theoretical Biology | 2017 | 89 |
| 23 | A review of chemical methods for the selective sulfation and desulfation of polysaccharides | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2017 | 89 |
| 24 | Maleness-on-the-Y ( MoY ) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests | Science | 2019 | 88 |
| 25 | High-Fat Diet Induces Neuroinflammation and Mitochondrial Impairment in Mice Cerebral Cortex and Synaptic Fraction | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | 2019 | 87 |
| 26 | A mycobacterial disease is associated with the silent mass mortality of the pen shell Pinna nobilis along the Tyrrhenian coastline of Italy | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 86 |
| 27 | Toxicity Effects of Functionalized Quantum Dots, Gold and Polystyrene Nanoparticles on Target Aquatic Biological Models: A Review | Molecules | 2017 | 85 |
| 28 | Biofilms: Novel Strategies Based on Antimicrobial Peptides | Pharmaceutics | 2019 | 85 |
| 29 | Monitoring metal pollution in soils using portable-XRF and conventional laboratory-based techniques: Evaluation of the performance and limitations according to metal properties and sources | Science of the Total Environment | 2018 | 79 |
| 30 | Space radiation effects on plant and mammalian cells | Acta Astronautica | 2014 | 78 |
| 31 | Comparative pathology in bivalves: Aetiological agents and disease processes | Journal of Invertebrate Pathology | 2015 | 76 |
| 32 | Exploring the role of unnatural amino acids in antimicrobial peptides | Scientific Reports | 2018 | 76 |
| 33 | Halophiles and Their Biomolecules: Recent Advances and Future Applications in Biomedicine | Marine Drugs | 2020 | 76 |
| 34 | Biocompatibility, uptake and endocytosis pathways of polystyrene nanoparticles in primary human renal epithelial cells | Journal of Biotechnology | 2015 | 75 |
| 35 | Enhancing the Potency of Antimicrobial Peptides through Molecular Engineering and Self-Assembly | Biomacromolecules | 2019 | 75 |
| 36 | Comparison between heterogeneous and homogeneous solar driven advanced oxidation processes for urban wastewater treatment: Pharmaceuticals removal and toxicity | Separation and Purification Technology | 2020 | 75 |
| 37 | Advanced Oxidation Processes for Antibiotics Removal: A Review | Current Organic Chemistry | 2017 | 75 |
| 38 | The role of monochromatic red and blue light in tomato early photomorphogenesis and photosynthetic traits | Environmental and Experimental Botany | 2020 | 74 |
| 39 | Lysine-specific demethylase LSD1 regulates autophagy in neuroblastoma through SESN2-dependent pathway | Oncogene | 2017 | 72 |
| 40 | A fast‐moving target: achieving marine conservation goals under shifting climate and policies | Ecological Applications | 2020 | 71 |
| 41 | Flavonoids profile and antioxidant activity in flowers and leaves of hawthorn species (Crataegus spp.) from different regions of Iran | International Journal of Food Properties | 2018 | 70 |
| 42 | Long Feeding High-Fat Diet Induces Hypothalamic Oxidative Stress and Inflammation, and Prolonged Hypothalamic AMPK Activation in Rat Animal Model | Frontiers in Physiology | 2018 | 70 |
| 43 | Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress Caused by Cryopreservation in Reproductive Cells | Antioxidants | 2021 | 70 |
| 44 | Nano albumin bound-paclitaxel in pancreatic cancer: Current evidences and future directions | World Journal of Gastroenterology | 2017 | 70 |
| 45 | Butyrate as a bioactive human milk protective component against food allergy | Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2021 | 68 |
| 46 | Gazing toward humans: A study on water rescue dogs using the impossible task paradigm | Behavioural Processes | 2015 | 67 |
| 47 | Ontogenetic effects on gazing behaviour: a case study of kennel dogs (Labrador Retrievers) in the impossible task paradigm | Animal Cognition | 2016 | 67 |
| 48 | Red list of threatened vascular plants in Italy | Plant Biosystems | 2021 | 67 |
| 49 | S2O82−/UV-C and H2O2/UV-C treatment of Bisphenol A: Assessment of toxicity, estrogenic activity, degradation products and results in real water | Chemosphere | 2015 | 66 |
| 50 | The polysaccharide and low molecular weight components of Opuntia ficus indica cladodes: Structure and skin repairing properties | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2017 | 66 |
