Alice Sabatino

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alice Sabatino is a scholar working on Nephrology, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alice Sabatino has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nephrology, 32 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Alice Sabatino's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (35 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (26 papers) and Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (14 papers). Alice Sabatino is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (35 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (26 papers) and Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (14 papers). Alice Sabatino collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Sweden and Netherlands. Alice Sabatino's co-authors include Enrico Fiaccadori, Giuseppe Regolisti, Carla María Avesani, Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, Lílian Cuppari, Carmela Cosola, Adamasco Cupisti, Loreto Gesualdo and Santo Morabito and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Nutrients and Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

In The Last Decade

Alice Sabatino

52 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease: what have we learned so far?

2020 306 citations Alice Sabatino, Lílian Cuppari et al. Journal of Nephrology profile →
Nutritional status and the risk of malnutrition in older adults with chronic kidney disease – implications for low protein intake and nutritional care: A critical review endorsed by ERN-ERA and ESPEN

2023 81 citations Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Tommy Cederholm et al. Clinical Nutrition profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alice Sabatino Italy	24	1.0k	940	352	305	277	58	1.9k
Matthew K. Abramowitz United States	25	584 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	200 0.6×	318 1.0×	404 1.5×	59	2.3k
Winnie Chan United Kingdom	13	593 0.6×	856 0.9×	356 1.0×	187 0.6×	262 0.9×	22	1.8k
Noël Cano France	25	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	581 1.7×	418 1.4×	239 0.9×	70	2.9k
G. Toigo Italy	17	790 0.8×	455 0.5×	508 1.4×	242 0.8×	139 0.5×	52	1.6k
Ranjani N. Moorthi United States	21	432 0.4×	697 0.7×	150 0.4×	211 0.7×	164 0.6×	62	1.4k
Baback Roshanravan United States	21	630 0.6×	1000 1.1×	83 0.2×	360 1.2×	223 0.8×	36	1.8k
Simone Vettoretti Italy	27	336 0.3×	798 0.8×	173 0.5×	165 0.5×	200 0.7×	76	1.8k
Ryuichi Furuya Japan	17	440 0.4×	634 0.7×	104 0.3×	248 0.8×	92 0.3×	52	1.2k
Elisabeth De Waele Belgium	27	855 0.8×	464 0.5×	1.1k 3.0×	331 1.1×	101 0.4×	105	2.1k
Emilio González‐Parra Spain	21	301 0.3×	816 0.9×	331 0.9×	174 0.6×	255 0.9×	86	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alice Sabatino

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Torreggiani, Massimo, Carla María Avesani, Adamasco Cupisti, et al.. (2025). Dos and Don’ts in Kidney Nutrition: Practical Considerations of a Panel of Experts on Protein Restriction and Plant-Based Diets for Patients Living with Chronic Kidney Disease. Nutrients. 17(12). 2002–2002.

Avesani, Carla María, Valeria Cecchini, Alice Sabatino, et al.. (2025). Ultra-Processed Foods and Food Additives in CKD. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 21(2). 321–331.

Sabatino, Alice, et al.. (2024). Making the invisible visible: imaging techniques for assessing muscle mass and muscle quality in chronic kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(3). sfae028–sfae028. 14 indexed citations

Sabatino, Alice, Jeroen P. Kooman, Carla María Avesani, et al.. (2024). Sarcopenia diagnosed by ultrasound-assessed quadriceps muscle thickness and handgrip strength predicts mortality in patients on hemodialysis. Journal of Nephrology. 37(4). 993–1003. 3 indexed citations

Piccoli, Giorgina Barbara, Tommy Cederholm, Carla María Avesani, et al.. (2023). Nutritional status and the risk of malnutrition in older adults with chronic kidney disease – implications for low protein intake and nutritional care: A critical review endorsed by ERN-ERA and ESPEN. Clinical Nutrition. 42(4). 443–457. 81 indexed citations breakdown →

Sabatino, Alice, Carla María Avesani, Giuseppe Regolisti, et al.. (2023). Sarcopenic obesity and its relation with muscle quality and mortality in patients on chronic hemodialysis. Clinical Nutrition. 42(8). 1359–1368. 18 indexed citations

Sabatino, Alice, Giuseppe Regolisti, Nicola Sverzellati, et al.. (2023). The impact of muscle mass and myosteatosis on mortality in critically ill patients with Sars-Cov2-related pneumonia. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 58. 409–415. 4 indexed citations

Cupisti, Adamasco, Piergiorgio Bolasco, Claudia D’Alessandro, et al.. (2021). Protection of Residual Renal Function and Nutritional Treatment: First Step Strategy for Reduction of Uremic Toxins in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients. Toxins. 13(4). 289–289. 16 indexed citations

Fiaccadori, Enrico, Alice Sabatino, Rocco Barazzoni, et al.. (2021). ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with acute or chronic kidney disease. Clinical Nutrition. 40(4). 1644–1668. 122 indexed citations

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Avesani, Carla María, Alice Sabatino, Juliana Rodrigues, et al.. (2021). A Comparative Analysis of Nutritional Assessment Using Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Versus Subjective Global Assessment and Malnutrition Inflammation Score in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 32(4). 476–482. 33 indexed citations

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Battaglia, Yuri, Pasquale Esposito, Giovanni Ciancìo, et al.. (2020). Ultrasonography of Quadriceps Femoris Muscle and Subcutaneous Fat Tissue and Body Composition by BIVA in Chronic Dialysis Patients. Nutrients. 12(5). 1388–1388. 30 indexed citations

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Sahathevan, Sharmela, Ban‐Hock Khor, Alice Sabatino, et al.. (2020). Association of Ultrasound-Derived Metrics of the Quadriceps Muscle with Protein Energy Wasting in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 12(11). 3597–3597. 27 indexed citations

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Sabatino, Alice, Lílian Cuppari, Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, & Carla María Avesani. (2020). Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease: what have we learned so far?. Journal of Nephrology. 34(4). 1347–1372. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sabatino, Alice, Giuseppe Regolisti, Francesca Di Mario, et al.. (2019). Validation by CT scan of quadriceps muscle thickness measurement by ultrasound in acute kidney injury. Journal of Nephrology. 33(1). 109–117. 28 indexed citations

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Khor, Ban‐Hock, Sharmela Sahathevan, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of Nutritional Interventions on Inflammatory Markers in Haemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Limited Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 10(4). 397–397. 33 indexed citations

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Cosola, Carmela, Alice Sabatino, Ighli di Bari, Enrico Fiaccadori, & Loreto Gesualdo. (2018). Nutrients, Nutraceuticals, and Xenobiotics Affecting Renal Health. Nutrients. 10(7). 808–808. 18 indexed citations

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Regolisti, Giuseppe, Umberto Maggiore, Alice Sabatino, et al.. (2018). Interaction of healthcare staff’s attitude with barriers to physical activity in hemodialysis patients: A quantitative assessment. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0196313–e0196313. 44 indexed citations

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Sabatino, Alice, Giuseppe Regolisti, Ilaria Gandolfini, et al.. (2017). Diet and enteral nutrition in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis: a review focusing on fat, fiber and protein intake. Journal of Nephrology. 30(6). 743–754. 26 indexed citations

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Sabatino, Alice, Giuseppe Regolisti, Santo Morabito, et al.. (2016). [Protein-energy wasting and nutritional supplementation in chronic hemodialysis].. PubMed. 32(5). 3 indexed citations

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Sabatino, Alice, Giuseppe Regolisti, Tilakavati Karupaiah, et al.. (2016). Protein-energy wasting and nutritional supplementation in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. Clinical Nutrition. 36(3). 663–671. 134 indexed citations

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