Angelo Boffa

1.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Angelo Boffa is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Urology. According to data from OpenAlex, Angelo Boffa has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Surgery, 46 papers in Rheumatology and 28 papers in Urology. Recurrent topics in Angelo Boffa's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (45 papers), Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (36 papers) and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (28 papers). Angelo Boffa is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (45 papers), Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques (36 papers) and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (28 papers). Angelo Boffa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United States. Angelo Boffa's co-authors include Giuseppe Filardo, Luca Andriolo, Stefano Zaffagnini, Alessandro Di Martino, Davide Previtali, Annarita Cenacchi, Sante Alessandro Altamura, Giulia Merli, Christian Candrian and Laura de Girolamo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Angelo Boffa

62 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Leukocyte-Rich versus Leukocyte-Poor Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial

2022 86 citations Alessandro Di Martino, Angelo Boffa et al. The American Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
The Minimal Clinically Important Difference Changes Greatly Based on the Different Calculation Methods

2023 79 citations Angelo Boffa, Luca Andriolo et al. The American Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
PRP Injections for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Improvement Is Clinically Significant and Influenced by Platelet Concentration: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

2025 16 citations Angelo Boffa, Giuseppe Filardo et al. The American Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Angelo Boffa Italy	18	578	571	401	278	108	70	1.0k
Nicolás Fiz Spain	15	344 0.6×	615 1.1×	587 1.5×	332 1.2×	60 0.6×	24	891
Lior Laver Israel	21	238 0.4×	743 1.3×	315 0.8×	683 2.5×	41 0.4×	55	1.3k
Davide Previtali Italy	16	232 0.4×	485 0.8×	161 0.4×	263 0.9×	16 0.1×	34	748
Marzieh Babaee Iran	10	267 0.5×	362 0.6×	370 0.9×	174 0.6×	22 0.2×	23	588
Eva Johanna Kubosch Germany	16	170 0.3×	203 0.4×	90 0.2×	193 0.7×	87 0.8×	46	615
Aiguo Zhou China	13	166 0.3×	418 0.7×	205 0.5×	268 1.0×	19 0.2×	44	660
Dustin L. Richter United States	14	245 0.4×	584 1.0×	74 0.2×	169 0.6×	29 0.3×	58	734
Deryk G. Jones United States	19	450 0.8×	934 1.6×	80 0.2×	344 1.2×	42 0.4×	61	1.3k
Yong‐Woon Shin South Korea	13	174 0.3×	541 0.9×	147 0.4×	105 0.4×	359 3.3×	36	961
Eduardo Branco de Sousa Brazil	13	146 0.3×	281 0.5×	43 0.1×	112 0.4×	54 0.5×	62	609

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Boffa, Angelo, Luca Andriolo, Alessandro Di Martino, et al.. (2025). Influence of Platelet Concentration on the Clinical Outcome of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections in Knee Osteoarthritis: Response. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(8). NP15–NP16.

Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2025). Corticosteroids versus platelet-rich plasma injections for knee osteoarthritis: Where is there more evidence? A systematic review of 60 years of literature. The Knee. 55. 104–111. 1 indexed citations

Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2025). Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Patients with Knee Cartilage Lesions Treated with a Cell-Free Scaffold Implantation. Cartilage. 3536437098–3536437098. 1 indexed citations

Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2025). PRP Injections for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Improvement Is Clinically Significant and Influenced by Platelet Concentration: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(3). 745–754. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

Boffa, Angelo, Carlotta Perucca Orfei, Laura de Girolamo, et al.. (2024). Cell‐based therapies have disease‐modifying effects on osteoarthritis in animal models: A systematic review by the ESSKA Orthobiologic Initiative. Part 3: Umbilical cord, placenta, and other sources for cell‐based injectable therapies. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 33(5). 1695–1708. 5 indexed citations

Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2024). Symptoms and joint degeneration correlate with the temperature of osteoarthritic knees: an infrared thermography analysis. International Orthopaedics. 49(1). 101–108.

Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2024). Chitosan‐based scaffold augmentation to microfractures: Stable results at mid‐term follow‐up in patients with patellar cartilage lesions. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 11(3). e12065–e12065. 2 indexed citations

Andriolo, Luca, et al.. (2024). Cell-free biomimetic scaffold for chondral and osteochondral lesions: surgical technique for custom and standardized implantation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 100173–100173. 3 indexed citations

Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2024). Knee temperature remains abnormal in patients successfully treated with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An infrared thermography analysis. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 11(3). e70012–e70012.

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Salerno, Manuela, et al.. (2024). A call for standardization for secretome and extracellular vesicles in osteoarthritis: results show disease-modifying potential, but protocols are too heterogeneous—a systematic review. Human Cell. 37(5). 1243–1275. 3 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, Luca Andriolo, Alessandro Di Martino, et al.. (2024). Influence of Platelet Concentration on the Clinical Outcome of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections in Knee Osteoarthritis. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 52(13). 3223–3231. 12 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, Luca Andriolo, Alessandro Di Martino, et al.. (2024). Cell‐free biomimetic osteochondral scaffold for the treatment of knee articular surface lesions: Clinical outcomes differ based on patient and lesion characteristics. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 33(2). 544–554. 2 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, Gina Lisignoli, Claudio Belvedere, et al.. (2024). Knee osteotomy combined with meniscal allograft transplantation versus knee osteotomy alone in patients with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis: a prospective double-blind randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open. 14(12). e087552–e087552.

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Boffa, Angelo, Carlotta Perucca Orfei, Lior Laver, et al.. (2023). Cell‐based therapies have disease‐modifying effects on osteoarthritis in animal models. A systematic review by the ESSKA Orthobiologic Initiative. Part 2: bone marrow‐derived cell‐based injectable therapies. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 31(8). 3230–3242. 28 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2023). Intra‐articular injections in sport‐active patients with degenerative cartilage lesions or osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 10(1). 112–112. 6 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2023). Infrared Thermography in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Joint Temperature Differs Based on Patient and Pain Characteristics. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(6). 2319–2319. 17 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, et al.. (2023). Joint Response to Exercise Is Affected by Knee Osteoarthritis: An Infrared Thermography Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(10). 3399–3399. 8 indexed citations

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Cavallo, Carola, Angelo Boffa, Manuela Salerno, et al.. (2023). Adipose Tissue-Derived Products May Present Inflammatory Properties That Affect Chondrocytes and Synoviocytes from Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(15). 12401–12401. 3 indexed citations

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Andriolo, Luca, Angelo Boffa, Alessandro Di Martino, et al.. (2022). Prospective double-blind randomised controlled trial protocol comparing bone marrow aspirate concentrate intra-articular injection combined with subchondral injection versus intra-articular injection alone for the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. BMJ Open. 12(9). e062632–e062632. 5 indexed citations

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Boffa, Angelo, Giulia Merli, Luca Andriolo, et al.. (2020). Synovial Fluid Biomarkers in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Evaluation Using BIPEDs Criteria. Cartilage. 13(1_suppl). 82S–103S. 52 indexed citations

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