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Frezza, Christian  PhD

Senior researcher with 242 publications in the last 25 years
Dr. Christian Frezza is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Metabolomics in Ageing, at CECAD, at the University of Cologne. He studied Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Padova, Italy, and gained his MSc in 2002, after a period of research on mitochondrial toxicity induced by photoactivable anticancer drugs. Christian then joined the laboratory of Luca Scorrano in Padova to start a PhD on mitochondrial dynamics and apoptosis. In 2008, he moved to the Beatson Institute of Cancer Research in Glasgow as recipient of an EMBO Long Term Fellowship, where he investigated the role of mitochondrial defects in tumorigenesis. He moved to the MRC Cancer Unit in 2012 as tenure track Group Leader and became a Programme Leader in 2017. In 2021 he moved to CECAD to establish his laboratory in Germany. His laboratory is mainly interested in investigating the emerging connection between cancer and metabolism, with a particular focus on mitochondrial metabolism. By using a combination of biochemistry, metabolomics, and systems biology he investigates the role of altered metabolism in cancer with the aim to understand how metabolic transformation regulates the process of tumorigenesis. His aim is to exploit these findings to establish novel therapeutic strategies and diagnostic tools for cancer. show More

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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
242

Total documents

7.83

Normalized Impact

116

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

60.74

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

993
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

963
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

952
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

649
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

949
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

985
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

851
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

268
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 242 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 9.68 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 193 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 162 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 5 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 26 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 0 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 0 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 8 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 3 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 0 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 32 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials N/A Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 32760 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 441 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 1.346 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 98.654 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 1788 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 135.37 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 7.825 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 2.569 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 74 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 168 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 141 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.693 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.658 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 116 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 4.793 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 34 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 14.05 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 8 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 32 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 64 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 26.45 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 21 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 8.68 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 53.06 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 13.22 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 2.17 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 147 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 60.74 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 294 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 0 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 0 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 197 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 81.4 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 56 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 62 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 44 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 32 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 45 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 0 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 3 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 0 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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